Jesuit Sup. General: ‘We have formed symbolic figures such as the devil to express evil’ [Cath Cauc]

Catholic Herald ^ | June 1, 2017 | staff reporter

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Maybe the Jesuits should leave the Roman Catholic and take Pope Francis with them.

[Uversabound]

Oh he means the pope.

I was afraid to post this not to offend it but I am not alone.

My Dad makes the cassocks the priests wear during mass. He is still going strong in his business at 81(swims 3 days a week!)

I have been blessed in parking lots all over NY state.

This pope breaks my heart. I MISS JOHN PAUL.

[pleasenotcalifornia]

God bless your dad. Guess us traditional Catholics are being put to the test.

[bigtoona]

And they can take this 'Throne of Lucifer" with them from the Vatican Yes it is real, and yes the nickname is throne of Lucifer and yes it is in the Vatican. AKA Satan's Throne It's a work of "art" put in place in 1977 that is supposed to be depicting Christ's resurrection.

[right way right]

The book of Jude repeats itself in this age.

[longfellowsmuse]

Satan’s greatest achievement is convincing people he doesn’t exist.

[ReaganGeneration2]

The sad fact: nearly all Westerners behave as if this guy is correct.

[Bratch]

Of course he’s real.

I watch his show on the Fox Network. ;)

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Sick

[ebb tide]

Superior-General of the Society of Jesus: The "devil" doesn't exist, just a mental construction to symbolize "evil"

We invent names to represent evil, malice, or idiocy. Such as "devil". Or "Jesuit Superior General".

From Spanish daily El Mundo, via the Catholic Herald:

In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Fr Arturo Sosa said: “Christians believe that we are made in the image and likeness of God, and God is free, but He always chooses to do good because He is all goodness.

“We have formed symbolic figures such as the devil to express evil. Social conditioning can also represent this figure, since there are people who act [in an evil way] because they are in an environment where it is difficult to act to the contrary.”

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How long till the Society of Jesus change their name to "Society of Satan"? Far better to use the name of a merely "symbolic" figure than to continuously offend the Most Holy Name of God Incarnate, right?...

[BlessedBeGod]

Isn’t this formal heresy?

[Albion Wilde]

Wow, is he in for a surprise.

[SaraJohnson]

It makes me happy to hear the good fortune of your dad. Thanks for sharing that.

[Little Blue Nun]

So nice to see someone missing Pope John Paul II! I miss him also. There a couple of Treatises, out of five, that feature His Holiness and St. John the Apostle, and I choose to hope and believe in them. See:

https://sites.google.com/view/thewitnessesarehere
Scroll to BMOF III & BMOF V. If you believe as we do after reading this, that Pope John Paul II is very possibly going to be one of the witnesses, please come back to us and let us know, as we are looking for people with like mind who consider themselves to be members of the remnant Church. All communications can go through the website contact email: fatimarevisted@yahoo.com. We are negotiating at this time with the Trad Bishop to be the Spiritual Director for Fatima Revisited and anyone who wants to join us and Pope John Paul II.

We've been looking at different websites to find people that love/loved Pope John Paul II and the Scripturally true Church with very little success; but a remnant is just that...a remnant. If you know people who are not inclined to be a part of this forum, but feel as we do about Pope John Paul II and the remnant Church, please encourage them to be in touch with us through the website of Fatima Revisited as well.

[Jeff Chandler]

Thanks to “feminine creativity”, he said, there could be “Christian communities with a different structure” within 30 years.

Boy howdy.

[captmar-vell]

This ‘throne’ reminds me of the following verse:

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.” Revelation 16:13

[bigtoona]

If you look a the hair on the sculpture on center, it is very odd even if is intended to appear wind blown. Then from the side, like in the picture I posted, it looks like a reptile head.

I cannot believe this was an accident. And it’s simply creepy no matter which way you look at it, even if the artist was sincere. Any art depicting Jesus should have beauty and be respectful.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I am unsure of your meaning when you use the term “remnant church.” Who is your bishop? Are you a member of a parish and a diocese which is in union with the Pope? (I am not looking for a discussion o Pope Francis’ various offenses. I am looking to see whether, canonically and jurisdictionally, you are an ecclesiastical subject of the Roman Pontiff.)

[Little Blue Nun]

Your definition of a true Catholic is as legalistic as the unending geneologies in the Old Testament. In St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8 & 9, St. Paul corrects those who believe that there physical geneology as a Jew is what makes them acceptable to God. St. Paul says that the true believers are not physical sons of Abraham but spiritual children of Abraham. Please see Romans 9:7 & 8. We as Catholics are spiritual children of Abraham, in other words, children of the Promise, and the Promise is Christ. Any Catholic with a Baptismal Certificate can register in any parish on the Earth. It would then be assumed that they are subjects of the Roman Pontiff. They may be atheists, Freemasons, whoremongers, active homosexuals, communists, or sede vacantis (Which I am not). None of your criteria will guarantee a good Catholic. In Romans 9:27, St. Paul, quoting Isaiah, in verses 27~29, says as much. A remnant is a small piece of the original.

The much maligned Pope St. John Paul II imitated and understood Abraham in how he sought after the hearts of non Catholics and Catholics alike trying as Jesus did to adopt them as His Spiritual Children. (The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church teaches us that our Baptism is in reality Jesus adopting us as part of His family.) My heart, as I believe Pope St. John Paul II's heart was, is with the teachings of The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church pre-Fatima, and I, like Abraham, in Hebrews 11, am not looking for and earthly city (Rome) but rather..."a city that has foundations; whose Builder and Maker is God." (Verse 10) As In Hebrews 11:16, Like Abraham..."I desire a better, that is to say, a Heavenly Country." Therefore, having God not be ashamed to be called my God for He has prepared for me a city. Jesus never taught legalism but rather what is in each person's heart in saying that what's in a man's heart will soon come out of his mouth. My heart is with Christ and I am joined, through the Scriptures, and my Baptism, as part of His True Spiritual Church. I could never consider Pope St. John Paul II as I do if my heart were otherwise as I believe him to be the father Abraham of our times. I also believe that he will return to us along with St. John, the Apostle (see Apocalypse 10:8~11) as one of the two Witnesses in Apocalypse 11. I believe he's in the same place as is St. John the Apostle, having been translated and being still in touch with their bodies. I believe that it is through him that the channel of Grace still flows between God and His Church. Therefore, he is the Pope of the Remnant Church and therefore my Pope. I may not pass your muster/qualifications, but then my concern is truly to pass God's muster/qualifications as I have been taught them as a traditional Catholic.