Posted on 05/23/2009 9:10:25 PM PDT by Quix
Quixs commentary on Pope Paul VI-ths:
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PAUL VI
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLES
MARCH 26, 1967
FROM:
paragraph 13:
Qx:
A couple of things stand out to me in this paragraph. . . . signs of the times. Thats a rather Pentecostal phrase! LOL. I wonder what his thinking was as he chose that phrase. Or does it mean something different in Latin than it does to Pentecostals in English?
In English, to Pentecostals it equals END TIMES and the Biblical signs thereof. Id think, HOPE, that the Vatican translators would KNOW that. If they didnt and it slipped through, then their scholarship is not very impressive.
This term: . . . a global perspective on man and human realities is a bit fascinating . . . Certainly the Pope would have reason to consider his turf of global reachquite reasonably, plausibly.
However, it also certainly fits globalisms goals, wording and purview, as well. Whether this was deliberately done or not, the globalist puppet masters had to be pleased with that wording.
20. If development calls for an ever-growing number of technical experts, even more necessary still is the deep thought and reflection of wise men in search of a new humanism, one which will enable our contemporaries to enjoy the higher values of love and friendship, of prayer and contemplation, (17) and thus find themselves. This is what will guarantee man's authentic developmenthis transition from less than human conditions to truly human ones.
Hmmmmm . . . a new humanism, . . . Doesnt sound that different than the Georgia Guidestonesthe globalists Ten Commandments.
http://www.radioliberty.com/stones.htm
Im not really that thrilled with the term humanism. Why would a Pope need to use it. Humanism is NOT the objective of Believers in Christ. If anything, it should be God-ism. We are being conformed to HIS LIKENESSif we are truly His Children.
Humanism is a satanic term in virtually all its modern uses. It is a seductive deception from hell. It pleases the flesh and flatters pride. It exalts man above or at least equal to God. Im saddened to see the Pope use it.
23. "He who has the goods of this world and sees his brother in need and closes his heart to him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (21) Everyone knows that the Fathers of the Church laid down the duty of the rich toward the poor in no uncertain terms. As St. Ambrose put it: "You are not making a gift of what is yours to the poor man, but you are giving him back what is his. You have been appropriating things that are meant to be for the common use of everyone. The earth belongs to everyone, not to the rich." (22) These words indicate that the right to private property is not absolute and unconditional.
Ive long pondered this issue. Biblically, in terms of Christian thought and practice, I mostly agree with the Pope. And, I believe that authentic Christians in most places in these END TIMES will end up sharing all things in common as they did 2000 years ago. And that those proudly, selfishly unwilling to do so will suddenly find themselves WITHOUT their goods and wealth AND HIGHLY LIKELY, without--outside the camp of Gods people.
HOWEVER, we can observe in the story of Peter and Ananias and Sapphira, that there was NO COMPULSION FROM the Disciples. It was VOLUNTARY.
I dont see IN SCRIPTURE, per se, the You are not making a gift of what is yours to the poor man, but you are giving him back what is his.
Scripture indicates thatessentiallyIN GENERALthat Godly people are blessed of God. That can end up creating a false vending machine mentality about God. However, the Promises of God are clear in Scripture and include being blessed materially for those who walk close to God. King David and Solomon are but two examples. Kenneth Hagin was Biblical in his teachings and practices on that score. Most of his disciples have jumped off the cliff with it but he was not that far off, himself.
Yet, God does also seem to call some individuals to a life of material poverty and spiritual wealth. And, many believers would bankrupt their souls if God blessed them materiallyidolizing things.
In fact, SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR that whether by the work of ones hands or as manna from HeavenALL BLESSINGS COME FROM GOD. The rich man AND the poor man who construes it otherwise are both on thin ice, from Gods perspective.
And, I CERTAINLY BELIEVE that IF Christians had applied theif you have two, give your brother one Biblical principle, the horrendous welfare system would never have gotten off the ground short of a globalist forced strong-armed thing. CHRISTIANS TOO have been far too materialistic in every Christian group and flavor. And the Church Universal and individual Believers have suffered great loss because of that.
Yet, it is NOT the stuff thats evilbut the LOVE of the stuff that is damning idolatry.
This begins to feel, again, like globalist tyrannical group-think, forced, coerced charity a la the looming globalist Gestapo--forced conformity etc. As Shrillery said, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THINGS FROM YOU, FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
SCRIPTURE is quite differentGOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVERNOT out of compulsion, social pressure [perhaps we could saynor out of law]but freely AS UNTO GOD. 2 Cor 9:7
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24. If certain landed estates impede the general prosperity because they are extensive, unused or poorly used, or because they bring hardship to peoples or are detrimental to the interests of the country, the common good sometimes demands their expropriation.
Hmmmmm . . . that phrase again The Common Good. LIBERATION THEOLOGY . . . that ended up deepening the enslavement of the serfsquite along globalist lines and agenda. . . . demands their expropriation. Perhaps morally. To do it as government fiat is tyranny.
True enough. They do wrong their own country. And likely they wrong their own souls. However, freedom at some point and for quite a distance, still requires that they be accountable to God and His Body of Believers vs to government tyrannical fiatimho. And, I think the Believers as a group in every group have let evil hearted fat cats get off with horrific stuff because we were respecters of persons in violation of scripture. This is evident in the RC delivery of The Lords Supper to the likes of Scuba Teddy et al.
26. However, certain concepts have somehow arisen out of these new conditions and insinuated themselves into the fabric of human society. These concepts present profit as the chief spur to economic progress, free competition as the guiding norm of economics, and private ownership of the means of production as an absolute right, having no limits nor concomitant social obligations.
While I might technically agree with him from a Biblical perspective . . . the limits must arise out of each individuals relationship with God and NOT be a result of government fiat inserting itself between the individual and God.
Yet, the Pope seems to be setting up a kind of foundation for LIBERATION THEOLOGY GLOBALIST mandate for confiscating private property. Thats more than a little disturbing.
This is indeed a paradox. Liberalism as currently practiced and, actually, as practiced for many decades . . . has been mostly about CONFISCATION of private property for WASTEFUL government bureaucracy and globalist tyranny types of programs.
And, it is the globalists and their tyrannical world government that will be the ultimate most intense imperialismwith a very deified materialism morphing into satan worship. It is more than a little odd that the Pope comes off speaking such memes, such phrasing, such themes.
Thats a lofty ideal. Though I cant think of a Scripture, per se, that espouses it. . . . can never be condemned enough ; sounds like Communistic tyranny, to me.
I dont recall a single Scripture condemning riches, per se. Riches can easily keep a rich man out of Heaven. A rich man who shuts up his heart to the needs of the poor is in trouble with God. However, we are talking about heart attitudes first and foremost and deeds secondarily. The idolatry is the root issue.
However, Christians of all flavors have demonstrated far too much [any is too much] of such idolatryshutting up their hearts against the poor . . . Being given far too much to selfishness. Ignoring God to work extra hours for a bigger TV screen, a flashier car, more expensive Nikes etc.
30. The injustice of certain situations cries out for God's attention. Lacking the bare necessities of life, whole nations are under the thumb of others; they cannot act on their own initiative; they cannot exercise personal responsibility; they cannot work toward a higher degree of cultural refinement or a greater participation in social and public life. They are sorely tempted to redress these insults to their human nature by violent means.
QUITE SO. However, most such situations have been and are set up by the globalists over the last century plus. Siding with their priorities, motivations, goals will only worsen such things. The globalists are collecting to themselves MORE of the worlds wealth at the expense of the poor and are determined to not just leave folks poorbut to exterminate them--massively.
Thankfully, he does see the truth of that! Praise God for that!
33. Individual initiative alone and the interplay of competition will not ensure satisfactory development. We cannot proceed to increase the wealth and power of the rich while we entrench the needy in their poverty and add to the woes of the oppressed. Organized programs are necessary for "directing, stimulating, coordinating, supplying and integrating" (35) the work of individuals and intermediary organizations.
Sounds like Shrillery, Biden, Puhlousey, Scuba Teddy and OThuga again. Bring Heaven to earth by government fiat. Wont happen. Would NEVER succeed. Heart change is required else all other systems and means descend into hell. And ONLY Christ engineers heart changes.
Is this a milk-sop in behalf of private initiative? Sounds rather weak along-side the other assertions.
35. We can even say that economic growth is dependent on social progress, the goal to which it aspires; and that basic education is the first objective for any nation seeking to develop itself. Lack of education is as serious as lack of food; the illiterate is a starved spirit. When someone learns how to read and write, he is equipped to do a job and to shoulder a profession, to develop selfconfidence and realize that he can progress along with others. As We said in Our message to the UNESCO meeting at Teheran, literacy is the "first and most basic tool for personal enrichment and social integration; and it is society's most valuable tool for furthering development and economic progress." (36)
Sounds lofty. HOWEVER, UNESCO is a globalist organization that has been tirelessly seducing the world in behalf of globalism and globalist goals for many decades.
AND, EDUCATION was designed more than 100 years ago as a primary way of destroying the family and delivering the new Gestapo to the globalist masters untainted by God, religion and parental influences. Certainly Im for educationGod fearing education. I assume the Pope was, too. Yet, why this praise, seemingly, for UNESCO. Was he that ignorant of UNESCOS aims? I doubt that.
Thankfully, he included private initiative. HOWEVER, he seemed to give the lions share of support for public authorities and INTERNATIONAL organizations. International organizations have been main tools of globalism for many decades. The Pope MUST have known that. If he was too ignorant to know that, then the Vatican information gathering and analyzing apparatus was still in kindergarten or chronically drunk on their rears.
IF he knew thatas he should haveand still ended up supporting INTERNATIOINAL ORGS, more or less carte blanche--then hes complicit in globalism plain and simple.
37. There is no denying that the accelerated rate of population growth brings many added difficulties to the problems of development where the size of the population grows more rapidly than the quantity of available resources to such a degree that things seem to have reached an impasse. In such circumstances people are inclined to apply drastic remedies to reduce the birth rate. There is no doubt that public authorities can intervene in this matter, within the bounds of their competence. They can instruct citizens on this subject and adopt appropriate measures, so long as these are in conformity with the dictates of the moral law and the rightful freedom of married couples is preserved completely intact. When the inalienable right of marriage and of procreation is taken away, so is human dignity. Finally, it is for parents to take a thorough look at the matter and decide upon the number of their children. This is an obligation they take upon themselves, before their children already born, and before the community to which they belongfollowing the dictates of their own consciences informed by God's law authentically interpreted, and bolstered by their trust in Him. (39)
This whole section is MOST CURIOUS. He seemsSEEMS to tread a thin line here. He doesnt actually violate RC dogmabut he sure seems to come close. He sure seems to walk as close as possible to globalist constructions on population and to globalist goals, aims and methods. Disturbing.
42. The ultimate goal is a fullbodied humanism. (44) And does this not mean the fulfillment of the whole man and of every man? A narrow humanism, closed in on itself and not open to the values of the spirit and to God who is their source, could achieve apparent success, for man can set about organizing terrestrial realities without God. But "closed off from God, they will end up being directed against man. A humanism closed off from other realities becomes inhuman." (45)
I was glad to see this paragraph. However, along-side all the others, it comes across as a bit of a weak milk-sop.
This, comes across to me as an upside-down way of putting it. GOD in Christ-redeemed RELATIONSHIP WITH MAN results in individuals becoming TRULY HUMAN as God designed them to be. Humanismeven True Humanism doesnt point to God, imho. Humanism as a term, as a concept is still taintedto me--with its origins in hell.
44. This duty concerns first and foremost the wealthier nations. Their obligations stem from the human and supernatural brotherhood of man, and present a three-fold obligation: 1) mutual solidaritythe aid that the richer nations must give to developing nations; 2) social justicethe rectification of trade relations between strong and weak nations; 3) universal charitythe effort to build a more humane world community, where all can give and receive, and where the progress of some is not bought at the expense of others. The matter is urgent, for on it depends the future of world civilization.
This sounds quite lofty. However, its almost straight globalist dogma. Its full of globalist euphemismsbeginning with the brotherhood of man. . . . to build a more humane world community.
Who could be against that? Any thinking person aware of THE MEANS and the eventual structure of the purported HUMANE WORLD community. Theres that emphasis on HUMANISM and WORLD again. Disturbing.
45. "If a brother or a sister be naked and in want of daily food," says St. James, "and one of you say to them, 'Go in peace, be warm and filled,' yet you do not give them what is necessary for the body, what does it profit?" (48) Today no one can be unaware of the fact that on some continents countless men and women are ravished by hunger and countless children are undernourished. Many children die at an early age; many more of them find their physical and mental growth retarded. Thus whole populations are immersed in pitiable circumstances and lose heart.
Quite so. And, it IS the Body of Christs duty and privilege to help rectify such situations, conditions etc. And we have failed far too much at that task.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO SUCCEEDED at correcting such, FAR MORE THAN globalist government efforts have.
Joya is still working on getting me the 2nd half. So Im going to go ahead and post this much. Ill add the 2nd half later or tomorrow, Lord willing and the Creek Indians dont rise up.
Joyas impression of the last half is that its much MORE full of globalism than this half. God have mercy.
Satans seductions have been very skillful and comprehensive for millennia. And, he no doubt targeted the Vatican from early on. . . . as he has and does any even possibly authentic expression of Christianity. Sigh.
Good points.
Thanks thanks.
More excellent points.
I do hope . . . perhaps when I’ve completed my commentary on this encyclical . . . that you’ll suggest some . . . meaningful answer to the question . . .
AT WHAT POINT, does an earnest RC Christian
go UT-OH about the Vatican’s seeming dance with, affirmation of globalism????
And I guess we're going to have to postulate a bunch of Vatican bureaucrats who "really" run the place. I just don't think the College of Cardinals is simple enough for elections to be jiggered. So the pope in question has to be one who is being "handled" by his underlings.
I dunno .... It's like this. One of my favorite guys, the socius (sort of deputy/assistant) to the prior (boss) of the eastern Province of the Order of Preachers in the US was a student of Benedict's.
So I have to think that Fr. Brian who does a mean chicken dance and who preaches exquisitely, was suckered by a shy and scholarly cardinal/professor in Rome who even then was being set up to take over a significant role in a Dan Brownish plot to ... etc. etc.
One more thing: If the wise guys at the Vatican realio trulio think, as they appear to do, that a 2-state solution to Israel's travails is the only answer, they will say so, while they know that (a) not too may people will take them seriously, and (b) a whole bunch of other stuff has got to be taken care of before a 2-state plan would be anything other than borderline suicide on Israel's part. A group that has been ticking over, even by your estimate, for more than 1,500 years is going to tend to take the long view.
So, I think, they will tend to encourage global cooperation and the use of already in place organs of, say, the UN, even though they recognize that some others, who aren't Christians at all, would love to use the UN and globalism for ends not compatible with God's plan or Human good.
70. We would also say a word to those who travel to newly industrialized nations for business purposes: industrialists, merchants, managers and representatives of large business concerns. It often happens that in their own land they do not lack a social sense. Why is it, then, that they give in to baser motives of self-interest when they set out to do business in the developing countries? Their more favored position should rather spur them on to be initiators of social progress and human betterment in these lands.
Certainly thats a plausible question. And, where Christians performed poorly in such a context, where were their Brothers holding them to a higher standard?
However, again, the globalist oligarchy cares little for inequities except as they can play on them to gain greater !!!!CONTROL!!!! and tyranny over more regions, spheres, and peoples.
[Qx extra paragraphing here]
Actually, a lot of that has been done overseas. Some of it became more and more true because the cost of keeping Western management folks in place overseas in the manner to which theyd become accustomed . . . became quite expensive. And, a lot has been done toward improving the working conditions/ standards of say Nikes shoe factories overseas.
Nevertheless, on the whole, the globalist oligarchy has steadily deepened its entrenchment over the whole of the globe . . . as well as their closer and more restrictive !!!!CONTROL!!!! over more helpless-to-differ souls. Sometimes, the oligarchy uses even things they care little aboutsuch as working conditionsin order to deepen their tyrannical control. They wouldnt hesitate to reverse such progress in a flash, should it so suit some other oligarchy goal in the future.
PRAISE GOD for this wonderful assertion. It would last about as long as a fog on a Phoenix summer day at noon . . . in the fiery furnace of globalisms core goals and values. Yet, its nice to see such a good Biblical assertion stated, at least.
71. We certainly rejoice over the fact that an ever increasing number of experts are being sent on development missions by private groups, bilateral associations and international organizations. These specialists must not "act as overlords, but as helpers and fellow workers.'' (59) The people of a country soon discover whether their new helpers are motivated by good will or not, whether they want to enhance human dignity or merely try out their special techniques. The expert's message will surely be rejected by these people if it is not inspired by brotherly love.
Thankfully, indigenous people have become more discerning about the motives of foreigners. And they certainly dont respect nor work wholeheartedly in behalf of overlords who operate out of clearly less than admirable motives.
However, often, they have little choice in terms of whether they cooperate at all for some significantly greater benefit in life than they have been enjoyingor refuse to cooperate and continue to endure grinding poverty, disease and the like. The oligarchy has become masterful at making one-down or far down the pecking order folksmaking them offers they cant refuse.
72. Technical expertise is necessary, but it must be accompanied by concrete signs of genuine love. Untainted by overbearing nationalistic pride or any trace of racial discrimination, experts should learn how to work in collaboration with everyone. They must realize that their expert knowledge does not give them superiority in every sphere of life. The culture which shaped their living habits does contain certain universal human elements; but it cannot be regarded as the only culture, nor can it regard other cultures with haughty disdain. If it is introduced into foreign lands, it must undergo adaptation.
Im glad to see this straight-forward assertion. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the oligarchy doesnt really care a flip about other cultures. They are only intent on forcing their constructions on reality on the whole of the world, totally. They may extend a milk-sop to other cultural features in order to gain a bigger foot-hold of influence or !!!!CONTROL!!!! However, their heart is not in it. Their hearts have already been consumed by their very Dark Lord.
Another wonderful statement. And, with many Good Christian businessmen and international aid and mission agencies, that HAS been overwhelmingly the caseparticularly in the last 3-5 decades or so.
However, again, the oligarchy doesnt give a flip about such priorities except as they can be put to use deepening their death grip on more peoples and regions and spheres of resources etc.
73. Sincere dialogue between cultures, as between individuals, paves the way for ties of brotherhood. Plans proposed for man's betterment will unite all nations in the joint effort to be undertaken, if every citizenbe he a government leader, a public official, or a simple workmanis motivated by brotherly love and is truly anxious to build one universal human civilization that spans the globe. Then we shall see the start of a dialogue on man rather than on the products of the soil or of technology.
Hmmmm . . . . . . to build one universal human civilization that spans the globe. Again, thats straight out of the globalist playbook and propaganda machine. And it will be far from what its cracked up to be.
However, as even the white-washed version of their goals in the GEORGIA GUIDESTONES refd above showsthe spiritual and moral values sought and which WILL BE FORCED on the globeis a homogenized pabulum of a humanistic religion that will then morph into clear and plain horrific satan worship. For the Vatican to give any aid or comfort toward such a goal is suicidal.
74. We are fully aware of the fact that many young people have already responded wholeheartedly to the invitation of Our predecessor Pius XII, summoning the laity to take part in missionary work. (60) We also know that other young people have offered their services to public and private organizations that seek to aid developing nations. We are delighted to learn that in some nations their requirement of military duty can be fulfilled, in part at least, by social service or, simply, service. We commend such undertakings and the men of good will who take part in them. Would that all those who profess to be followers of Christ might heed His plea: "I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; naked and you covered me; sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me." (61)
I certainly applaud such efforts on the part of youth, as well. Servant-hearted work in behalf of the poor and unfortunateparticularly as unto God--brings spiritual growth benefits regardless of other factors.
However, OThugas version of such will turn out ultimately to be no more saintly than Hitlers youth brigades.
INDEED. Christians must respond with compassionate actions as well as prayerful feelings of compassion. Yet, whos name is anything being done in? All too soon, the only name authorized will be that of the Dark Lord.
75. Let everyone implore God the Father Almighty that the human race, which is certainly aware of these evils, will bend every effort of mind and spirit to their eradication. To this prayer should be added the resolute commitment of every individual. Each should do as much as he can, as best he can, to counteract the slow pace of progress in some nations. And it is to be hoped that individuals, social organizations and nations will join hands in brotherly fashionthe strong aiding the weakall contributing their knowledge, their enthusiasm and their love to the task, without thinking of their own convenience.
VoluntarilyAMEN! AMEN! Coerced as a globalist oligarchic demand, under tyrannical control . . . that would be something else. Paying the piper for that could be more than expensive.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
76. Extreme disparity between nations in economic, social and educational levels provokes jealousy and discord, often putting peace in jeopardy. As We told the Council Fathers on Our return from the United Nations: "We have to devote our attention to the situation of those nations still striving to advance. What We mean, to put it in clearer words, is that our charity toward the poor, of whom there are countless numbers in the world, has to become more solicitous, more effective, more generous." (64)
ADMIRABLE, AGAIN. However, before any Christian group goes very far down that road internationally, the oligarchy is right at hand insisting on compliance with one or more of their strictures, !!!!CONTROL!!!! features, influence etc. until they have at least swallowed up what they can get away with of the authority over such projects.
LOFTY WORDS. Between there and where the rubber meets the road . . . is a host of intractable challenges . . . all the more so with the oligarchy breathing down everyones necks.
Sounding rather like a globalist script, again.
78. Such international collaboration among the nations of the world certainly calls for institutions that will promote, coordinate and direct it, until a new juridical order is firmly established and fully ratified. We give willing and wholehearted support to those public organizations that have already joined in promoting the development of nations, and We ardently hope that they will enjoy ever growing authority. As We told the United Nations General Assembly in New York: "Your vocation is to bring not just some peoples but all peoples together as brothers. . . Who can fail to see the need and importance of thus gradually coming to the establishment of a world authority capable of taking effective action on the juridical and political planes?" (66)
AHHHHH . . . the quote. THIS ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dogs and catsIS PURE GLOBALISM. I cannot imagine that the Pope wrote such a statement ignorant of that fact. If he was ignorant, then he and the Vatican information resources are pathetic in terms of awareness. If he knew and was consciously complicitthen a lot of the rest of what hes said in this encyclical is a farce. And how could he know and NOT be consciously complicit? Sorry, but this paragraph is well over the line, to me. He has deliberately signed-on to the plan, design, & methods of hell.
And, imho, he has no excuse. Scripture is quite clear that the global government brought about in the era in which Israel becomes a nation again in the Holy Land WILL BE A SATANIC GLOBAL GOVERNMENT. This is very sad to see in the context of this whole encyclical. The RC who claimed I was making this up must be willfully blind or utterly clueless. This is a dreadful declaration for any Pontiff of our era to make.
79. Some would regard these hopes as vain flights of fancy. It may be that these people are not realistic enough, and that they have not noticed that the world is moving rapidly in a certain direction. Men are growing more anxious to establish closer ties of brotherhood; despite their ignorance, their mistakes, their offenses, and even their lapses into barbarism and their wanderings from the path of salvation, they are slowly making their way to the Creator, even without adverting to it.
. . . from the path of salvation . . . . . . making their way to the Creator . . .
EXCUSE ME? Globalism has nothing to do with Christian Salvation NOR a path to The Creatorquite the opposite. Was this Pope that blind? I think not. This is a perversion of Biblical truth. This is a hideous white-washing of dastardly hellish forces in our era in the geopolitical arena.
NO amount of globalist homogenized mushing the world together into a tighter, more controlled tidy little ball . . . absent more than 5 billion murdered citizens . . . NO amount of globalist propaganda, white-wash and lies will result in MORE of Gods Salvation through Christ and certainly NOT closer travel to God on the path to the Creator. What nonsense! Globalism is abjectly and fiercely about the opposite on both counts.
SOUNDS good. Yet, in the face of those assertions just above, it doesnt ring very true or authentic.
80. We must travel this road together, united in minds and hearts. Hence We feel it necessary to remind everyone of the seriousness of this issue in all its dimensions, and to impress upon them the need for action. The moment for action has reached a critical juncture. Can countless innocent children be saved? Can countless destitute families obtain more human living conditions? Can world peace and human civilization be preserved intact? Every individual and every nation must face up to this issue, for it is their problem.
Certainly it is a problem having an effect on everyone. The globalists have a solution. Exterminate all down to 200 million. Problem solved. WHEN they are sufficiently in control, of course. Sad that this Pontiff sounds like hes cheering them onat whatever the sanitized distance.
81. We appeal, first of all, to Our sons. In the developing nations and in other countries lay people must consider it their task to improve the temporal order. While the hierarchy has the role of teaching and authoritatively interpreting the moral laws and precepts that apply in this matter, the laity have the duty of using their own initiative and taking action in this areawithout waiting passively for directives and precepts from others. They must try to infuse a Christian spirit into people's mental outlook and daily behavior, into the laws and structures of the civil community. (68) Changes must be made; present conditions must be improved. And the transformations must be permeated with the spirit of the Gospel.
SOUNDS GREAT. However, given his other assertions, he should count on the oligarchy to neuter any efforts whatsoever to infuse anything of the authentic Gospel of Christ into any of the oligarchys goals, systems and structures.
There is but one moral law of Globalism. Their way or death. And, ultimately, it will be WORSHIP the Dark Lord, or death.
82. All Our Christian brothers, We are sure will want to consolidate and expand their collaborative efforts to reduce man's immoderate self-love and haughty pride, to eliminate quarrels and rivalries, and to repress demagoguery and injusticeso that a more human way of living is opened to all, with each man helping others out of brotherly love.
Regardless of the propaganda and white-wash, it is the purpose and goal of the oligarchy to carnalize any notion of brotherly love that may exist. They may use glowing Christian SOUNDING words. But they mean something entirely different from being Brothers in Christs Blood.
They essentially mean what OThuga means when he enlists youth in his Gestapo Brothers movement. Conformity to his will and orders at all costs.
Delegates to international organizations, public officials, gentlemen of the press, teachers and educatorsall of you must realize that you have your part to play in the construction of a new world order. EXCUSE ME!!!! HOW IS THIS ASSERTION DIFFERENT FROM SIMILAR ASSERTIONS BY the likes of Kissenger, Soros, Brezenski, Bush Sr, Carter, Shrillery or OThuga???? Its not. It says the same thing and obviously must mean essentially the same thing. Horrific. Uhhhh . . . OK. Maybe. Nice words. In the context of globalist realities, they pale dreadfully in import. . . . true brotherhood . . . . . . a human society based on mutual harmony. Sorry. That doesnt cut it. The ONLY LASTINGLY CONSTRUCTIVE BROTHERHOOD is that based on the blood relationship IN CHRISTS BLOOD. All other brotherhood is destructively & suicidally polluted with sin. No harmony outside of harmony IN AND THROUGH CHRIST, HIS BLOOD AND HIS SPIRIT will ever produce anything lastingly good. This secular humanist harmony of the globalist oligarchy is founded in hell and will bear the fruits of hell. Id have thought that a Pontiff would have known this and sought to make a clear distinction about such facts and issues. Balderdash. The bread proffered through the globalist oligarchy will have strangling strings attached and will reflect NOTHING of Christian Brotherly Love nor of the helping hand of God. WOW. Im reminded of the Scripture about how the Anti-Christ will I suppose I was vainly hoping that the Pontiff would somehow neutralize the brazenly globalist assertion in the quote that brought me to this encyclical. He did not. Im greatly saddened that even back in 1967, he was clearly on board with the global agenda of the satanic globalist oligarchy. I would love to be able to honestly conclude otherwise. The evidence just does not allow me to do so. May all Christians of every flavor and brand prayerfully ponder this evidence and these issues. May they prepare their hearts, spirits and families for the looming implications. BLESSED BE THE NAME AND WORD OF THE LORD. WATCH, PREPARE, LOOK UP! MARANATHA!
83. Finally, We look to all men of good will, reminding them that civil progress and economic development are the only road to peace. Delegates to international organizations, public officials, gentlemen of the press, teachers and educatorsall of you must realize that you have your part to play in the construction of a new world order. We ask God to enlighten and strengthen you all, so that you may persuade all men to turn their attention to these grave questions and prompt nations to work toward their solution .
84. Government leaders, your task is to draw your communities into closer ties of solidarity with all men, and to convince them that they must accept the necessary taxes on their luxuries and their wasteful expenditures in order to promote the development of nations and the preservation of peace. Delegates to international organizations, it is largely your task to see to it that senseless arms races and dangerous power plays give way to mutual collaboration between nations, a collaboration that is friendly, peace oriented, and divested of self-interest, a collaboration that contributes greatly to the common development of mankind and allows the individual to find fulfillment.
85. It must be admitted that men very often find themselves in a sad state because they do not give enough thought and consideration to these things. So We call upon men of deep thought and wisdomCatholics and Christians, believers in God and devotees of truth and justice, all men of good willto take as their own Christ's injunction, "Seek and you shall find." (69) Blaze the trails to mutual cooperation among men, to deeper knowledge and more widespread charity, to a way of life marked by true brotherhood, to a human society based on mutual harmony.
86. Finally, a word to those of you who have heard the cries of needy nations and have come to their aid. We consider you the promoters and apostles of genuine progress and true development. Genuine progress does not consist in wealth sought for personal comfort or for its own sake; rather it consists in an economic order designed for the welfare of the human person, where the daily bread that each man receives reflects the glow of brotherly love and the helping hand of God.
I still don’t know what to make of Benedict. I wish him well.
There are certainly plenty of complexities involved.
I appreciate your candid response. I THINK I understand it.
If THAT’S YOUR criteria, God help souls of lesser perceptiveness.
Thanks for your kind msgs.
END TIMES PING
“B” LIST
This concluding section of my commentary responds to the most troublesome paragraphs in the encyclical.
I can’t imagine a way to rationalize away the clearly globalist statements included in the encyclical.
Blessings,
In regards to your comment,
I hope youre accurate about that. Its beginning to appear a bit like muddy water on that score, to me. (in regards to liberation theology)
Well, Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), while performing the duties of Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote Instruction on certain aspects of the "Theology of Liberation" Libertatis nuntius back in 1984. That document pretty well categorically denounces the perversion of the Christian message within the Marxist hermeneutic and the attempt to devolve Christianity into a Class struggle (which is essentially what liberation theology does).
PRAISE GOD FOR THAT!
Glad to hear of it.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Take your time.
Will leave on Friday for Colo and not sure how much computer access I’ll have. I assume we’ll have some time after we come back. I don’t think things are going to fall down around our ears quite THAT soon! LOL.
Blessings to you and yours.
(OMG, am I agreeing with Quix?!?)
;O)
Perhaps confession and penance will deal with it nicely.
Agreed.
I recommend you commence forthwith.
Can virtually always count on your
faithfulness
to
projection.
Are you asking?
Yes.
I can virtually always count on your faithfulness to projection.
Hi Quix,
Please remember that this was from ‘67 in the meantime a lot of the terms used have come to mean something else and have been co-opted by all sorts of weird and wonderful groups. For a better reading one would need to understand how the terms were commonly used and viewed in the day. I was only 7 at the time so not much hope of me doing that!
Cheers
Mel
I appreciate your yeoman’s work.
However when the person you’re educating goes off into “space people from Mars and Venus” and ties in a dying Pope in one big mess of psuedo-history, conspiracy-mania, and bogus science
You’re swatting at boogie men and fairy tales.
Good job, Quix.
Scary stuff.
Lift up your heads, O, you gates.
Be lifted up, ye everlasting doors.
The King of Glory shall come in, the King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty.
Mighty in battle.
It MAY be reasonable to subtract out some percentage for that.
HOWEVER,
as the list of quotes ref’d in my tagline illustrate . . .
THE IDEAS,
THE THEMES,
THE GOALS,
THE METHODS,
THE MEANS
of achieving a global government
have been around since AT LEAST 1900.
At some point word nuances and their changes are INSUFFICIENT rationalization.
I have yet to read an RC hereon acknowledge that.
Mad Dawg
dealt with the topic and the perspective
honorably,
honestly,
reasonably,
mutually respectfully,
charitably,
in a Christian manner.
Evidently 99% of the RC’s hereon have an incapacity &/or an unwillingness to do so.
That’s VERY IMPRESSIVE . . . in an obverse direction. Not at all something to be proud of, in a truly Christian sense.
Mad Dawg candidly noted he’d have to see the Pope’s hand in Soros’ pocket to be greatly concerned. At least he clearly understands the issues and is prepared theologically, philosophically . . . & teologically? to deal with plausible future contingencies in a Biblically redemptive manner. I have negligible confidence that many to most RC’s hereon will be able to do that short of some very quick and very large miracles of Holy Spirit’s Grace at the time.
Most RC responses are some variation of
MY DADDY IS !!!!TOO!!!! BIGGER THAN YOUR DADDY, SO HARUMPH [sticks tongue out]!
I’m sure satan is very impressed with that stance and perspective.
That attitude and position will undoubtedly save millions of RC’s from the looming satanic deceptions.
/sar
AMEN! THANKS.
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