Posted on 08/27/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
The ultimate intention of Catholicism is the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire. That has always been the ambition, at least covertly, but now it is being promoted overtly and openly.
The purpose of this article is only to make that intention clear. It is not a criticism of Catholics or Catholicism (unless you happen to think a Catholic dictatorship is not a good thing).
The most important point is to understand that when a Catholic talks about liberty or freedom, it is not individual liberty that is meant, not the freedom to live one's life as a responsible individual with the freedom to believe as one chooses, not the freedom to pursue happiness, not the freedom to produce and keep what one has produced as their property. What Catholicism means by freedom, is freedom to be a Catholic, in obedience to the dictates of Rome.
The Intentions Made Plain
The following is from the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution:
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"B. Catholic Culture and Civilization
"Therefore, the ideal of the Counter-Revolution is to restore and promote Catholic culture and civilization. This theme would not be sufficiently enunciated if it did not contain a definition of what we understand by Catholic culture and Catholic civilization. We realize that the terms civilization and culture are used in many different senses. Obviously, it is not our intention here to take a position on a question of terminology. We limit ourselves to using these words as relatively precise labels to indicate certain realities. We are more concerned with providing a sound idea of these realities than with debating terminology.
"A soul in the state of grace possesses all virtues to a greater or lesser degree. Illuminated by faith, it has the elements to form the only true vision of the universe.
"The fundamental element of Catholic culture is the vision of the universe elaborated according to the doctrine of the Church. This culture includes not only the learning, that is, the possession of the information needed for such an elaboration, but also the analysis and coordination of this information according to Catholic doctrine. This culture is not restricted to the theological, philosophical, or scientific field, but encompasses the breadth of human knowledge; it is reflected in the arts and implies the affirmation of values that permeate all aspects of life.
"Catholic civilization is the structuring of all human relations, of all human institutions, and of the State itself according to the doctrine of the Church.
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Got that? "Catholic civilization is the structuring of all human relations, of all human institutions, and of the State itself according to the doctrine of the Church." The other name for this is called "totalitarianism," the complete rule of every aspect of life.
This book and WEB sites like that where it is found are spreading like wildfire. These people do not believe the hope of America is the restoration of the liberties the founders sought to guarantee, these people believe the only hope for America is Fatima. Really!
In Their Own Words
The following is from the site, "RealCatholicTV." It is a plain call for a "benevolent dictatorship, a Catholic monarch;" their own words. They even suggest that when the "Lord's Payer," is recited, it is just such a Catholic dictatorship that is being prayed for.
[View video in original here or on Youtube. Will not show in FR.]
Two Comments
First, in this country, freedom of speech means that anyone may express any view no matter how much anyone else disagrees with that view, or is offended by it. I totally defend that meaning of freedom of speech.
This is what Catholics believe, and quite frankly, I do not see how any consistent Catholic could disagree with it, though I suspect some may. I have no objection to their promoting those views, because it is what they believe. Quite frankly I am delighted they are expressing them openly. For one thing, it makes it much easier to understand Catholic dialog, and what they mean by the words they use.
Secondly, I think if their views were actually implemented, it would mean the end true freedom, of course, but I do not believe there is any such danger.
The word is “krino” and means:
1) to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose
2) to approve, esteem, to prefer
3) to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion
4) to determine, resolve, decree
5) to judge
a) to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong
1) to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one’s case may be examined and judgment passed upon it
b) to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure
1) of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others
6) to rule, govern
a) to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment
7) to contend together, of warriors and combatants
a) to dispute
b) in a forensic sense
1) to go to law, have suit at law
Not according to The Lord.
INDEED.
Sad to watch . . . when it isn’t so absurd as to be hilarious.
I sometimes wonder if even THAT’s a true statement.
However, comprehension is different from merely reading, anyway.
So it seems.
Really, find me where Luther or Calvin EVER denied the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Mother.
Right here, in Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 1:25:
From this Calvin says it's unknowable. That is certainly a denial of her alleged ever-virginity being a truth.
Jesus touched lepers. Nine months in contact with a sinful person isn’t going to contaminate Jesus. That person doesn’t need to be holy.
If Jesus identifies with us with us fully in our humanity, that would include being borne by a sinful mother, just like the rest of us.
Mary never had to be perfect and sinless, just obedient.
We need to find some ways to post some of that on this thread.
I don’t have time to retype it. I suppose I could print the page and scan it then post the pic of the scan.
Need to find the most useful sections.
I’d thought the box had been declared more recent but evidently not—given the very rigorous scientific study of the rock it was made of etc.
The best scholars seem to put it about 63 AD—which matches various annecdotal historic accounts rather well.
It certainly does trash the lie that Christ had no blood half siblings and therefore the lie that Mary had no more children.
Thanks Thanks.
Can you cite a reference or were you just pulling this out of the nether world?
Um, nothing.
Sin isn't transmitted by contact, nor is sinfulness, nor the sin nature.
The sin nature is inherited from the father, not contact with the mother.
The Ark carried God. You might want to head on back to the OT and read up on the Ark.
Jesus' body carried God.
There is not one verse in Scripture which indicates that the ark foreshadowed Mary. That's merely a Catholic construct used to justify the claim that she was immaculately conceived.
Yeah. Now. now that they HAD to because people were learning the truth about it.
It was the RCC which deliberately mistranslated it in the first place. They're no heroes for correcting their own deliberate mistranslation.
I think this makes a good case for it being real.
They arrest the guy who added claiming he was making forgeries but what are the chances he would know the differences in the changes of the language ?
To claim it a forgery would benefit many.
” The script is very important for the date because the Aramaic script changed over time in way we could measure ,” said P. Kyle McCarter , a paleographer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. “It’s the most important criterion for dating this object , and the script is consistent with the date in the middle of the first century A.D.
What a bunch of , ummm... errrr... nonsense.
The victory is Jesus. Not Mary’s.
God will not share His glory with another.
Maybe the Jedi mind trick really does work on anti-Catholics.
The age of the box was not in question but rather part of the inscription (and it’s the inscription that gives value to the box) some experts had declared of recent date.
The collector that sold the box was arrested for fraud. So at last I saw, it was dueling experts on part of the inscription’s authenticity.
Look in the mirror.
I agree.
NOPE.
Nor do the white hankys
I don’t have time to retype it. I suppose I could print the page and scan it then post the pic of the scan.
Highlight the parts you want and hit Ctrl and C
then open up Word and paste what you want into it by hitting Ctrl and V
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