Posted on 11/17/2019 2:33:10 PM PST by fproy2222
The Radical Traditionalists and Francis Derangement Syndrome
The RadTrad Heresy grows exponentially with its Jansenistic emphasis on the pernicious nature of the human spirit, its legalism, its deep suspicion of human sexuality, and its hatred of the Pope. It has chosen as its spokespersons the three musketeers of clericalism: Cardinal Raymond Burke, Archbishop Vigano, and Bishop Athanasius Schneider–all three of whom criticize the Pope non-stop to the point of opposing him openly. The RadTrad’s Francis Derangement Syndrome is worth exploring and the insights we glean will tell us why Francis is the Pope we need for our times.
The growth of the RadTrad Heresy runs parallel to the focus of Francis’ pontificate. Remember the dour man from Argentina elected to the papacy? He was not known as a smiling ecclesiastic and, in fact, often appeared as a typical frowning cleric. That all changed once he took the name of Francis. Suddenly as Pope, he seemed to drop years of age and become a laughing, smiling pontiff with a focus on mercy not judgment. Francis Derangement Syndrome began the day he said, “Who am I to judge?” in answer to a question on homosexuality. The opposition took shape in the Year of Mercy 2016, when the pontiff declared that the Church would emphasize mercy over judgment.
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What they call as overly legalistic and rigid in reality is clear and useful!
And dour and sour!
Not there right now.
You get to make the rules you must be Pope.
Per the Bible we have been in the end times since Christ ascended to Heaven.
And Jesus also warned us not to speculate about the end times. There was a reason for that.
This guy definitely gets an “OK, Boomer” award.
Really. where? We are actually commanded to know the season we are in and keep watch. If you have a reference where we are told not to speculate on end times i’d love to see if.
John Paul together with Ronald Regan bought down the Godless Russian Communists.
John Paul together with Ronald Regan bought down the Godless Russian Communists.
It's a word some FReepers (those who lack the time or energy to type a proper response) use to "bump" a thread to the top of the "Pings" page for later reading of the thread. Some FReepers use "bzzt" or a similar word.
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Not much good at all you can say about Francis.
He seems more enamored with radical environmentalism than Catholicism. Those things are fundamentally in conflict as the former teaches that Earth’s #1 challenge is that it has too many people. It’s hard to see how he maintains the Church’s Pro Life stance in view of that.
He has revived Liberation Theology which tells people in developing countries that Christ wants them to participate in a Marxist revolution. Pope John Paul II had put this back in the can 40 years ago but Francis has revived it.
He allowed a very disturbing pagan ritual to take place at a Mass attached to the recent Amazon Synod. He is packing the College of Cardinals with like-minded leftist radicals.
Only constructive thing I can see in my opinion is that he is moving us towards having married priests. This in my view is inevitable and probably a good thing (if nothing else it will attract higher-quality candidates into the mix who currently walk away because they’re not up for a life of celibacy). Not all Catholics agree with me on that though.
Matthew 24:36 says only the Father knows. Not even the Son.
There is your answer.
I do not want any more posts from you please. Thank-you.
I second you on the very last paragraph about the married priests. It is a done deal.
Thank you
Thank you
Bkmk
But what is going on is that the Pope and his minions are destroying the dogma and even the ten commandments, saying different things at different times, so if you object, they point to statement one and call you a liar, even though they have said the exact opposite at other times.
There is a name for this type of psychological manipulation: gaslighting As for joy minded folks... what do you mean? The joy of the Lord in this world of sorrows, or the worldly joy of sociopaths who sin and hurt people but don't care?
Exactly!
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