Do what you will, but do not pretend to dress it up in any scriptural analysis.
I haven't read Alphonsus de Liguoris book and will not comment on short quotes without context.
castigating those outside of it
Who did I castigate?
Seeing as you've not managed to poke any holes in that analysis . . .
Who did I castigate?
I was using "you" in the collective plural sense.