The Secret Synod Does What We Expected: Evil

The Remnant Newspaper ^ | 10/13/14 | Christopher A. Ferrara

[BlatherNaut]

Ping!

[Alex Murphy]

Francis would have us believe that the Secret Synod speaks with the voice of the Lord; and with disgusting audacity and brazen blasphemy the drafters of this devilish piece of trash have dared to profess that they maintain “a fixed gaze on Jesus Christ, to pause in contemplation and in adoration of His Face.” But we know who this “God of surprises” really is. His name is legion, and that legion is at work in the Hall of the Secret Synod. Four days ago I wrote: “the Secret Synod is in the grip of madness.” I never imagined that that assessment would border on an understatement. Even if the final document of the Secret Synod somehow retreats from what we have seen today, there is little doubt that we have entered into the time of the Great Apostasy foretold in Scripture. With a strange Pope in command of the Church and another claiming to be a Pope Emeritus for the first time in history, it seems only a miracle can deliver the Church from a situation she has never before witnessed.

What happened to "the gates of hell shall not" blah blah blah?

[FR_addict]

“Without denying the moral problems connected to homosexual unions it has to be noted that there are cases in which mutual aid to the point of sacrifice constitutes a precious support in the life of the partners. Furthermore, the Church pays special attention to the children who live with couples of the same sex, emphasizing that the needs and rights of the little ones must always be given priority.”

This is the part that bothers me the most. The synod is giving homosexual couples the approval to adopt children.

[kidd]

This is the anniversary of Pope Leo’s vision of Satan’s attack on the Church (leading to his composition of the Leonine prayer suddenly abandoned after Vatican II)

I had never heard of the term "Leonine prayer". Had to look it up. It is prayer that is said after Mass. Wikipedia says it is:

"The final form of the Leonine Prayers consisted of three Ave Marias, a Salve Regina followed by a versicle and response, a prayer for the conversion of sinners and the liberty and exaltation of the Catholic Church, and a prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel. Pope Pius X permitted the addition of the invocation "Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us", repeated three times."

This is part of the practice at St. Bernadette Church in Monroeville, PA. I had no idea why they were doing it until now. I have not seen this practiced anywhere else.

Wikipedia states that "Pope Pius XI ordered them to be said for the restoration to the people of Russia of tranquillity and freedom to profess the Catholic faith."

Interesting.

[cotton]

See the thread, what gay marriage is all about, and jinxapose that with this. Indeed we may have the apocalypse. The Church of Jesus Christ will not die, but reduced to the remnant told of in Holy Scripture. It is something to think about.

[Faith Presses On]

This writer blames “Protestants” and speaks of “Protestant theological errors” but evangelical Christians and their churches still hold to homosexuality being a sin for the reason that the Bible shows us that it is. There is no “Protestant church”! It doesn’t exist! And to be part of an evangelical church, you have to enter into it of your own free choice. You are not merely born into it. So, you can not merely be a dead fish in the stream, unless you are a dead one pretending to be alive, which is different. And for these reasons, heretics are disfellowship. Belief is entrance and disbelief is exit. On the other hand, open heretics, even in leadership, are kept in the Catholic Church, against the teaching of the Bible!

And this whole “finding a compromise” is part of the “tradition” problem. The priesthood’s words may not be officially “infallible,” but the power of their authority is still enough to get them treated as equal to Scripture, and from there they can “correct” the New Testament like (Cont’d)

[Albion Wilde]

Your opinion, please?

[Albion Wilde]

In effect, the Secret Synod has proposed, and the whole world will now hail incessantly, a practical abolition of the consequences of sin, including even habitual sodomy, with respect to standing in the Church.

Eases overcrowding at the confession booths...

[CynicalBear]

I’m making mine Carmel corn. Looks like I’ll need lot’s of it.

[Albion Wilde]

Yes, the Secret Synod has invented a new moral law: “the law of gradualness,”

Sort of like a penumbra to the Constitution.

[Faith Presses On]

the New “corrected” the Old. And many times this is laid on the base of prior interpreting done by the priesthood. For example, a number of times I’ve heard Catholic radio hosts say “moderation” is a Catholic value. I believe, if I’m not mistaken, that that’s been something long taught in the Catholic Church. So, just recently, I heard a host speaking of finding the moderate path between “the extremes” of atheism and fundamentalism. But “moderation” is not itself a Biblical principle, nor is “extremism” ever rejected. And if you keep finding “the middle” in a society going further away from God’s Word, you will be get further from it, too. And that is why the “moderation” tradition works against Scripture. There are Scriptures that you could say call for “moderation” in a sense, but also for “extremism” but when you say you can reduce Scripture to “moderation” and treat that shorthand as equal to the Scripture, and that credo is constantly used as dependable tradition, then you reap the worldly fruits of it.

[newheart]

I wonder if there is any possibility that we could actually see the reports and recommendations from this “secret” synod, or should we merely accept the word of this Ferrara guy? Just because he may believe that this pope is the anti-christ or his immediate predecessor, does not make it so.

[Biggirl]

Moderation is good in regards to taking good care of your health and the health of dear ones, but it can also be abused.

[newheart]

In response to my own question, here is a link to the text in unofficial translation:
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/10/13/0751/03037.html

But before anyone decides to argue that the Church is ready to recognize and bless homosexual unions on the same level as traditional marriage, please read item # 51.

[FR_addict]

Moderation in eating and drinking. Both are not a sin, but too much eating and drinking is.

But there is no moderation in your beliefs. For example, is abortion a sin or not.

In politics, moderation is a cop out.

[elcid1970]

In the Missal I still have from the 1950’s, the prayers said after Mass were called “Prayers for Russia” following the Bolshevik revolution in 1917.

Don’t know what to make of our new Pope except I’ve heard all my life, “never trust a Jesuit”.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

(This comic originally appeared in The New Yorker during Vatican II.)

[MrB]

Something about a woman riding on the dragon’s back comes to mind.