By Grillo Teologante of St. Anselm to the Dominican exalting Schillebeeckx

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FROM THE CRICKET TEOLOGANTE OF THE SANT'ANSELMO DOMINICAN THAT ENHANCES SCHILLEBEECKX

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Speaking only on the purely theological level, ever on the human, should be 'noted that this academic, doctrinally speaking, It is a kind of antithesis of the legendary King Midas that changed everything he touched into gold. At its opposite, Andrea Grillo, like a kind of Re Mirda, everything theologically and doctrinally touches turns to shit, because clearly and fundamentally flawed in its thinking from the mother of all heresies: Modernism.

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Author Father Ariel

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Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo

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Dear Father Ariel.

My bishop sent me years ago at St. Anselm in Rome to the specialization. I do not even finished the first half, because after attending a series of lectures given by Prof.. Elmar Salmann and dal prof. Andrea Grillo, I told the bishop that I did not go, since in no quell'ateneo he was taught theology and Catholic sacramental. The bishop did not take it, He dismissed from the post of master of ceremonies, but he accepted my decision. By reading this article by Professor. Cricket [ed see WHO], I boast that my final decision. What do you think?

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the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, a name, and a guarantee, today, of heresy …

Andrea Grillo She is an intellectually unpleasant man, as are practices of the people of haughty disposition. We have also recently seen, through the way in which he debated with the Vatican Rai Aldo Maria Valli, It is known to all - even to his colleagues offline with him - as a loving man with a delicate and elegant expressive style [link the debate, WHO].

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I find it unpleasant Andrea Grillo not as a person, because as a person is not at all unpleasant, quite the opposite! I find it unpleasant on a purely theological level, as I find unpleasant all those theologasters last fifty years who do not speak of God and the mysteries of the Faith, but of political and clerical fenomenologie. Take as an example among many article reported by our reader Priest [cf. WHO], analyze it and then tell: where is that, How many times, the manner in which Andrea Grillo, speaking of his clerical-political phenomenology a sacrament as Holy Orders, He mentioned only in passing God, or the Word of God, the Son consubstantial with the Father that the Sacrament of the set for the perpetuation of the living and holy Memorial? Once he mentions - and inappropriately - so: "The" presence of Christ "come out of the historical opposition between" transubstantiation "and" consubstantiation ' ". And this amounts to read the concept of “presence of Christ” not a metaphysical dimension, but how political problem to solve, into effect the supreme dogma of that dialogue opened by destroying false ecumenism, what is protestantizzando the Church from within, thanks to Pony Trojan as Andrea Grillo. Therefore, so much more intellectually honest, You should do this academic sociologist or expert ecclesial phenomenology, or better still: ecclesiastical, But no theologian sacramentary liturgical, given that many of the sacraments and how many live there as we celebrate them for mystery of grace, They have relationship with them far, which it is a relationship of faith, a mystical relationship, not a relationship clerical, political and phenomenological.

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Speaking only on the theological level, ever on the human, should be 'noted that this academic, doctrinally speaking, It is a kind of antithesis of the legendary King Midas that changed everything he touched into gold. At its opposite, Andrea Grillo, like a kind of Re Mirda, what theologically and doctrinally touches turns to shit, because clearly and fundamentally flawed in its thinking from the mother of all heresies: Modernism. And always avoid any misunderstanding I repeat: "Everything theologically and doctrinally touches", because only this is referred to the expression of mirdiano mutely gold of the truth of faith, in the shit of heresies. Indeed, then as it regards all other rest, this man is definitely the most worthy and exemplary citizen of the Italian Republic, the person most beautiful, the most faithful husband to holy matrimony, the most commendable father family model of this world and so to follow. In fact - I repeat - I do not contest the person, nor his undoubted human and moral qualities, what context is only his theological heterodoxy, to which I have applied the most appropriate word: "Shit". Because heresy remains and is that for every good Catholic: the worst crap out of Satan, Prince of corruption and forgery, the one who changes the true into false and false into true.

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Andrea Grillo is worthy pupil of the Benedictine monaco German Elmar Salmann [cf. WHO], which is' the merit of having protestantized during three decades of its rule the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum. Suffice it to recall just - and I remember him many more -, that when Elmar Salmann held between 2010 and the 2011 courses in preparation for the doctorate at this university, It used to dabble in defining Blessed Pius IX as "a mental case", citing in support of these ideas the Jesuit James Martin, which results have been a distinguished historian, however, not a psychiatric specialist in psychosomatic disorders papal personality. And quoting the four volumes published by the historian Jesuit opposed to the beatification of the Pope [cf. WHO e WHO] - that do not have the "truth of faith" but opinions of a scholar -, the good Benedictine stated how the clinical psychiatric case of Pius IX "has placed his medal on his chest inventing a new dogma », in a clear allusion to the dogma of papal infallibility.

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Sneers Teutonic-romanofobi fully understood, considered to be the head and mouth in question, besides the fact that the modernist adoring students court of miracles salmanniana, advised - obviously critical level, is intende! - the reading of two works of the heretic Hans Küng, among which: Infallible? A question. After that, the sacred fire luteran-Teutonic Salmann Elmar proceeded forward and knocked down the Holy Pontiff Pius X, which - and I quote - "with his Feeding of Dominic's Sheep, He tried to hinder progress and scientific speculation, while the Protestant exegetes did wonders on philosophical research plan, theological and biblical ". It said this is worth remembering that between the beneficiary of such limited public pearls of wisdom salmanniana, was present as well as the listener renowned journalist Giuliano Ferrara, It is not that just be devoid of excellent memory.

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This is man, or rather the tiny heretical who put in the chair at St. Anselm his Modernist court of miracles, Andrea Grillo included, with this logical consequence: within those walls, today can not even approach what theologically and doctrinally is Catholic. Suffice to say that the exchanges between the St. Anselm and Waldensian theological faculty range from the pseudo-ecumenical idolatry and real prostration Protestants, to the point that the evangelical pastor Paul Rich has long been a guest professor at the pontifical university.

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This is to say that if a Catholic, for its sum misfortune, approached in such an environment poisoned and poisoning, radically corrupted because peppered with modernism and protestantismi, It would be burned at the stake by the members of heretical court of miracles settled inside by Elmar Salmann, sculettanti including many monks who threw languid glances at various students, because heresy - to paraphrase my Brother Polish Darius Oko [cf. WHO e WHO] ―, often becomes omoeresia, with all the nubifrossing universal that follows in the Church, And it came without much circumlocution I explain in my book 2011.

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Very it would have to write modernist sull'eretico Andrea Grillo, that ingenuity of the great modernists of the caliber of Ernesto Buonaiuti, endowed with a considerable intellect, But unfortunately the contrary of science and used wisdom, It has nothing, because now we have become even mediocre heresy. And that Theologizing cricket is a modernist, is out of the question, not because I say, but because they feel his writings, its non-Catholic ideas on the Eucharist, the Sacrament of Orders, the Sacrament of Marriage, or more generally on dogmatic sacramental. Not to speak of ecumenism, the enhancement of inter-communion with Protestants, hypothesis on holy orders to women, the second Catholic marriage, to follow along with all the devastating corollary that has led to the collapse of the various Lutheran and Anglican aggregations. Because with their liberal ideologies replaced the old dogmas of the faith, their exasperated feminism, their “women priests”, their picturesque “bishop” married lesbians who adopt children with their spouse [cf. WHO], in facts, much-admired Theologian luterani, they only got the result to empty their churches, long it has been more empty than Catholic ones, where it happens to come to profess faith in the Church, "one holy catholic and apostolic Church" their many exiles, in particular Anglicans. For if the Theologizing cricket He was a Catholic theologian rather than a teologista ideological, should first remind himself that in Symbol of faith Nicene Creed, we do not profess faith in “multiplicity of churches”, we continue to profess: "I think the Church one, holy catholic and apostolic Church " [Εἰς μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν]. Because the Word of God Incarnate, through Blessed Apostle John, It exhorts us to be perfect in one [cf. GV 17, 23], not in the multiplicity and fragmentation of “churches”. Therefore, the only ecumenism that we can conceive of a Catholic, It is the one that aims to bring the separated brothers in the unity of the Church "a, holy catholic and apostolic Church ", certainly not to confer on them the rank of heretical schism “reform” and their heresiarch Luther the rank of “reformer”.

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Nonetheless, the Theologizing cricket It never fails to insist so open today, no longer subliminal, than it would in his opinion should be discussed on the admission of women to holy orders, while aware maliciously that this speech was closed forever with a pronouncement of St. John Paul II, that referring to what has been stated by very conciliar Blessed Paul VI - and not by “old Church” Saints Popes Pius X and Pius V -, reiterated that the Church "It does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination" [see document, WHO]. Affirmation to which the Theologizing cricket retorts with low alloy defining it as sophistry: "A declaration of" no "authority" [see full article, WHO]. A quel point, the Theologizing Cricket, playing more on the legal and theologically, he claims: "Non irreformability of Priestly ordination that, in a longer perspective, ecclesial authorities could recognize tomorrow to have the authority to extend the ordination also the woman. For the text of the 1994 And definitively held, but not in an absolute way. Only until the Church deems to have that authority in 1994 It decided to exclude. Lacking the requirements of "infallibility", the document is only relatively irreformable ".

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Unfortunately, this player at all skilled, playing for your dome with the fallibile and l’infallible, It takes no account of the Gospel and especially the life of the Incarnate Word of God, precisely that before which, The Popes, They affirmed that the Church "does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination". Simple the reason why the Church does not recognize this authority, because those who live a dimension of faith christocentric rather than politicocentrica, knows well that Christ, with the women, He had no problems of any kind, as they had subjects them Jews, even more than the Mosaic Law, the chicanery rabbinical. Think about the kind of scandal often aroused by Christ who allowed women to approach and even touch; in a society faced with a law that does not even allow themselves to fathers, touching their daughters, but above conversely, not to mention the meticulous criteria of separation between men and women, the relative purity rituals and so on. These things which, the Christ, He could not care less. So why ever, instituting the priesthood and the Eucharist, He not chose as women priests? And what kind of women, They were close to Christ God! Starting from Mater Dei, born without the stain of original sin. Because instead he chose Judas who betrayed him, Peter who denied him three times, and others that, before the ill-parade, as recounted in the Gospel of the Passion: «Then all the disciples, forsook him, they fled»? [cf. Mt 26,56]? Why not choose that extraordinary figure of Mary Magdalene, who followed him to the cross and that came first in the morning to the tomb? Probably, the Word of God, did not choose women because it was not yet a Christian adult, there was not yet the “reform” big “reformer” Luther by which we can now witness the grotesque carnival of “bishop” lesbians who strut with miter and pastoral; there was not yet the interpreters of theologians after the Council advocates of their staff Council egomenico, but most had not been developed hermeneutics of rupture and discontinuity from the Bologna School of Dossetti & Alberigo. Now, however, that we had this and much more, we could go even further, compared to certain “limitations” the … poor Christ, on account of which the Church "does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination". In conclusion, It would be enough to put himself above God, and act accordingly as best we deem appropriate. Is not this the essence of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

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Andrea Grillo is a heretic because in his thinking and unorthodox ecumenical pseudo they recur every major errors indicated in the declaration Lord Jesus of the year 2000, while in his misconceptions of the sacred liturgy uses all that is indicated as an error by the education Sacramentum, place that he has lent to serious liturgical abuses in various parish churches in Liguria, where repeatedly he held sermons in the Gospel instead of the priest during the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, which it is precisely "sacrifice", through which the bread and wine transustanziano in the Body and Blood of Christ, really present in soul, body and divinity. The Eucharist is not a Lutheran transignification, nor a protestantica transfinalization, or a festive dinner at the Calvinist way in which the Eucharist is understood as a mere symbol drained of sacredness. Because for Theologizing Cricket any term is good, species protesting, except the end of living and holy sacrifice. Without it even going to touch the upper echelons of dogmatic sacramental, would be enough to simply remember what the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Holy Eucharist:

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In SS. Sacrament of the Eucharist is contained truly, Really, substantially the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, with the soul and divinity, so, the Whole Christ. This presence is called “real” not by exclusion, the other types are not “royalty”, but par excellence, because it's substantial, and by which Christ, God and man, wholly and entirely present [cf. CCC, n. 1374]

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But basically, who am I, to judge a celebrity as the Theologizing cricket, vacated for years to poison the minds with their heresies in a Pontifical University, directly under the windows of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith headed by Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments presided over by Cardinal Robert Sarah? For if they do not think these two Cardinals, dressed in red not for choreography, but what a symbol of loyalty and obedience to the faith until the shedding of their own blood, as such responsible to direct these two closely competent ministries for modernist heresy peddled by the papal chair of Theologizing Cricket, I think maybe I? Unfortunately I do not have power to depose from teaching certain characters clearly and proudly non-Catholics. Had he been in office in the place of certain prefects, I would have done for a long time, regardless of the wrath and attacks of the powerful consortium of modernists who for half a century in this part is the host within the Church.

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That is to say how much I am mindful of being really small thing, before this reality now gone far beyond the same, "Imagination in power", because even the most vivid imagination would ever have imagined that one day, all that was condemned by Pope Pius X, about Modernism as a mother of all heresies, He would have lorded it in the church, to the point where they are heretics, to punish and expel the devotees to the doctrine and the sacred deposit of the Catholic faith, starting from the most renowned universities and pontifical universities, and especially the older ones, where not taught to future theologians have been as pernicious errors of the Protestant heresy, quite the opposite! It's called the heresiarch Luther "reformer", people are even saying that thanks to “reform” Protestant he could have, after almost five centuries, the Second Vatican Council, that "he allowed the applications of Luther ' (!?) What true only partially and as such to analyze and explain very carefully, place some instances born by not a few legitimate protests of Luther - as in the past I wrote -, not only were received as a result of Vatican II, but already before, the Council of Trent, in several of its disciplinary canons, He did own several of these instances its legitimate. Different is instead attributed to Luther certain reforms of Vatican II and, in case that's not enough, directly accommodate Protestants in our house as professors invited in ecclesiastical universities where they form our future theologians, most of them priests and religious, that once titrated into heresy through the seal of the Sante Roman academic papers, then go up on church pulpits to announce proudly as many heresies, with aura from superfine and mimicking intellectual pejorative their bad teachers.

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therefore aware of my limitations, I leave you to answer the heterodoxies Theologizing cricket both the Pope St. Pius X, what about the Modernist court of miracles mail from the chief heretic Elmar Salmann in the Chairs of the St. Anselm Pontifical Anteneo, He says in clear words and unambiguous in what follows …

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the Island of Patmos, 3 November 2016

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.crest-pio-xSPEECH OF THE HIGH PONTIFF PIUS X
DIRECTED TO NEW CARDINALS *

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Vatican CITY, 17 April 1907

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the Holy Pontiff Pius X, author of the solemn repudiation of heresy Modernist [See Sheep feeding Domici, WHO]

We welcome more alive glue complacency feelings of devotion and filial love toward Us and this Apostolic See, There you have meanings in the name of you and your beloved brothers for the honor of Purple to which you were called [1]. But if we accept your thanks, we must mean, that the preclear virtue, of which you are adorned, only opera di very, you have done, and the other signal services, that in several fields you have rendered to the Church, They made it even worthy to be numbered in the albo of Our Sacred Senate.

And it rejoices not only hope, but the certainty, which also covered the new dignity always consecrate, As in the past, ingenuity and strength to assist the Roman Pontiff in governing the Church.

If the Roman Pontiffs have always had also they need external assistance to fulfill their mission, this need is felt more keenly now for very serious conditions of the time in which we live and continuous assaults pei, which it is made a sign for the Church of his enemies.

And here do not believe it, Esteemed Fratelli, We want to allude that the facts, however painful, of France, because these are largely offset by more expensive consolations: the wonderful union of the Venerable Episcopate, generous disinterest of the clergy, and compassionate firmness of Catholics willing to make any sacrifice for the protection of the faith and for the glory of their homeland; It has fulfilled a’ Last time that persecution only serve to highlight and point to’ universal admiration of the virtues of the persecuted and at most are like the waves of the sea, that in frangendosi storm on the rocks, they purify them, if it was necessary, the mud that had sullied them.

And you know it, Esteemed Fratelli, that is why he did not fear the Church, When the edicts of Caesar summoned to the early Christians: or abandon the worship of Jesus Christ or die; because the blood of the martyrs was the seed of new converts to the faith. Ma stormy war, that makes repeat: Here, in my bitterness, is that which arises from the aberration of the minds, for which they fail to recognize its doctrines and is repeated in the world of the uprising cry, that the rebels were ousted from heaven. And unfortunately are those rebels, they profess and spread in subtle forms monstrous errors on the evolution of dogma, the return to pure Gospel, namely leafless, with’ they say, from the explanations of theology, from the definitions of the councils, by the highest asceticism, - emancipation from the Church, But in a new way without rebelling not to be cut off, but even submit not to miss with their own convictions, and finally on’ adaptation to the times around, in speech, writing and preaching a charity without faith, very tender pei unbelievers, which opens to all, unfortunately, the way to eternal ruin.

I ben stars, Oh venerable Fratelli, is November, that we must defend with all our might the store that I was entrusted, we have no reason to be in distress in the face of this attack, which is not a heresy, but the compendium and the poison of all heresies, which tends to undermine the foundations of faith and annihilate Christianity.

Yup, wipe out Christianity, because the Holy Scripture to these modern heretics is no longer the sure source of all the truths that belong to the faith, but a common book; the inspiration for them narrows the dogmatic doctrines, However, arrangements in their own way, and nearly differs from’ poetic inspiration of Aeschylus and Homer. Legitimate interpreter of the Bible is the Church, However, subject to the rules of the so-called critical science, that is imposed to Theology and enslaves. For the tradition finally everything is relative and subject to mutations, and then reduced to naught the authority of the Holy Fathers. And all these and a thousand other errors propalano them into booklets, in magazines, ascetic in books and even in novels and involgono them in certain ambiguous terms, in certain forms nebulae, so you always have opened an escape to the defense in order to avoid a’ open condemnation and though taking the unwary to their laces.

We therefore rely too much on the work your, Esteemed Fratelli, because if you know with your suffragan bishops in your regions of these sowers of discord, We will join in the fight, There we inform of the danger in which souls are exposed, reported their books to the Holy Roman Congregations and meanwhile, using the powers that are granted by the sacred canons, solemnly condemn them, persuaded highest obligation that you have hired to help the Pope in governing the Church, to fight the’ error and to defend the truth until’ effusion of blood.

Moreover, we trust in the Lord, beloved children, that will give us the appropriate time the aid necessarii; and the Apostolic Blessing, you have invoked, learn how great its vol, the clergy and the people of your Dioceses, above all the venerable Bishops and the elect children, who decorated with their presence this solemn ceremony, on your and their relatives; and is a source for all and for each of the elected thanks more and more gentle consolations.

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[1] Card. Aristide Cavallari, Patriarch of Venice.

* AAS, vol. XL (1907), pp. 259-262.

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DOMINICAN THAT THAT ENHANCES SCHILLEBEECKX

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One of the serious shortcomings of Edward Schillebeeckx is that he confuses the concept and language. The languages ​​vary, change and must change; they must be updated and adapted to the environment; but certain realities of reason or faith, that they express, they are universal and immutable, I'm, in the words of Benedict XVI, "non-negotiable" values, inalienable. So let's go cautious before defining Schillebeeckx a "great theologian".

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Dear Father Giovanni ,

I follow always on the island of Patmos, and I remember to have read his critical judgments on the Dutch Dominican theologian Schillebeeckx, she accused of modernism, gnoseologia, etc.. Days ago, I came across a presentation made on the official website of the Dominican Order [Ed. WHO], where this theologian from her often criticized is presented in the list of “large Dominican figures”. I am a bit’ confused, I could ask for an explanation?

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in the picture: Edward Schillebeeckx – Feature of the clergy and religious modernists, It is that they remain in the annals their official photos of themselves penalty in suits, holding a mug of beer (Kark Rahner) or with a cigarette (Edward Schillebeeckx), but none of them became immortalized with their ecclesiastical or religious habit, least of all with the breviary and the rosary in his hand …

On the site of the Dominican Province of St. Thomas Aquinas Order of Friars Preachers appeared the presentation of the figure and work of the Dominican Edward Schillebeeckx for the pen of Father Gerardo Cioffari, ON [See WHO].

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The author makes great praise, many of which are undeserved, for me since 1984 [1], along with other critics and in consonance with the complaints, Edward Schillebeeckx in his time received by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, I have reported on many occasions and in some publications [2], its serious errors, which find their root in its gnoseology historicist and relativistic and that put his theology in contrast with the doctrine of faith.

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The fact that Schillebeeckx was one of the architects of Dutch Catechism, I put so stressed by Gerardo Cioffari, It does no credit to Schillebeeckx, since the Catechism It contained errors against the faith and so serious gaps, that Blessed Pope Paul VI was forced to do it corrected and completed by a specially appointed commission of cardinals. The Dutch Catechism without the corrections made by Roma, is the flag of the neo-pro-Protestant modernism and falsely pretends to interpretation of Vatican Council II.

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The fundamental defect of the epistemology of Schillebeeckx It is a radical distrust of reason, replaced by a "faith" experiential and athematic, very reminiscent of the setting of Luther. In fact, he believes that the concept does not capture reality, therefore it can not be an objective and faithful representation of the real, but it is the expression or interpretation relating to the subject of a previous "athematic experience" of reality, Thus the idea is limited to indicating the object, without identifying with it intentionally, but it is only in conventional form, linguistic or symbolic, as well as, for instance, a road sign indicates the direction to follow to reach the goal, but it is still the place to be attained.

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Note that the ' "athematic experience" is not the experience of the senses, but it is a priori intellectual intuition of the concrete mixed with real meaning, Schillebeeckx that deduced from Husserl's phenomenology. The knowledge, so, per Schillebeeckx, does not start with sensible experience, as Aristotle and St. Thomas, but with this experience or intuition a priori, bringing to mind the Cartesian and Kantian apriorism.

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Sense experience, per Schillebeeckx, It does not take place before the conceptualization, as in Thomism, but against the backdrop of the experience athematic, that does not exist in St. Thomas, and which for Schillebeeckx is the starting point of knowledge. He admits that the concept is linked to the experience of meaning, but it is formed only after the experience athematic, as an interpretation and expression "inadequate" (in the sense that we will see) of this experience. All this is accompanied by a marked antipathy to intellectual abstraction, occamistica of origin, which makes it incapable Schillebeeckx, in the name of un'indiscreta concreteness and historicity, to grasp and appreciate the value and realistic objective universal essence of abstraction from the concrete particular, and then the supratemporal being independent and unchangeable by the temporal and mutable.

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According to the old prejudice Occamistic, the abstract is inevitable, but it takes away or impoverishes the content of knowledge, which would be achieved only by experience athematic, and adds a subjective element, that would be the "interpretation", if it is to grasp the object; or conceptual expression in the language, when it comes to communicating it to others.

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Per Schillebeeckx, we, by means of the concept we can not objectively know reality, but only "interpret" according to the changing and diverse categories, including the dogmas. The athematic experience miss its true, but it is in itself, as athematic, incommunicable in concept and language. It is easy to say that everything is obviously detrimental to the understanding of the dogmas of the faith, whose content is notoriously immutable and eternal, being infallible interpretation of God's Word. Because of this, wonder supremely, not to say that scandalizes, that Schillebeeckx was right in dogmatic theology professor. The rest, similar cases in the history of thought are not new. Suffice to say that Kant was a professor of metaphysics. It seems that the encyclical Schillebeeckx Feeding of Dominic's Sheep St. Pius X has come to nothing.

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To understand the theory of Schillebeckx on the concept, comprehensor but no "indicator", We can give an example. If I see the street sign "Bologna", I know the direction that I have to keep to Bologna, but I can not tell you even be in Bologna. But this separation from reality is worsening in vision Schillbeecckxiana, for which the concept points to the reality, ma does not ever reach.

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This explains the statement Schillebeeckx cited by Gerardo Cioffari: "The conceptual expression is but the imperfect, inadequate and abstract explication cognitive act constituted by an implicit intuition. It always depends on a certain earthly experience, from a given historical moment and a particular culture ".

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This "implicit intuition" pre-conceptual experience is original, Global and ineffable reality, which is then "interpreted" or expressed in concepts that tend to it, but not the reach.

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Reality, per Schillebeeckx, It is an objective and; It gives the truth, but the conceptual approaches are many and contingent, as are many road signs, Bologna pointing in different directions. In one reality, so, It did not give a single concept, but many in time and space. Hence the mutability and relativity of dogmatic concepts.

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For instance, one is the mystery of Christ. But it is one thing the New Testament Christology, an account that Chalcedon, an account that medieval, an account that modern. Compare with each other ever, contradict each other. Instead, they are true, if you refer each to its own time. Truth daughter time. The ontological concept of person was fine for the time of Chalcedon. Today we have to use what existentialist. The flag moves depending on the wind.

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We also observe that "inadequate expression" It is not only synonymous with "imperfect" - imperfection is natural to the human concept, especially in theology, in the sense that the concept does not totally includes the thing -, but it means missing that ' the conformity of intellect and thing, conditioning and constitutes the truth of knowing. It lacks precisely because the concept does not reach the reality, It does not own, not assimilated, not internalized, but it stays out, impenetrable, unknowable and alien, It just turns around, as in Kant's epistemology.

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In this way, the subject - "a certain earthly experience, a given historical moment, a particular culture "- enters, by l ' "interpretation", to constitute the object, so the truth is no longer a simple equating the object, but it is relevant to the subject. You epistemological relativism. I can not know the thing how, ma as it is for me. The object is not in itself, but it's relevant to me. There is no more pure objectivity, but the subject contributes to constitute or to form the object, come in Kant.

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Look Gerardo Cioffari: "But this is not an assertion of agnosticism, as the inadequacy of the concept it does not mean that does not correspond to anything real, but that does not adequately captures the real, but shows, it provides the direction and sense. That is especially true for the speech about God, of which we know, to say S. Tommaso, what is not, and not what is. As a result the revelation remains an unfathomable mystery, and the dogmatic definitions have the function to orient toward the mystery of salvation ".

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To avoid agnosticism not enough that the concept corresponds to "something real", then if the concept does not reach it and do not know what that something. Even for Kant the thing itself exists, but the trouble is that it is unknowable. What is needed is that the mind knows what is the essence of the thing. Without this act of the mind, lacking the same knowledge, because to know is to know precisely, of one thing, what is it, it means knowing the essence. Knowledge is knowledge say something.

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With regards to the knowledge of God, We have to remember the distinction made by Gaetano between know its essence, know the essence in any way and the learn essential, knowing manner of wood or essence force.

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When St. Thomas says that God rationally we know only that which is not, rather than what is, It refers to know quidditativamente, that is, to know God in His essence or in its own essence. It 'impossible to define the essence of God, or form a concept of God by gender and difference, because God is pure Being, above all genera and species. We know God quidditativamente only in faith and especially in the beatific vision. But that does not mean it's completely impossible to form any concept of God or define its essence - know its essence - any one way, however imperfect and analog. It is used, as it suggests the same Holy Scripture [Is 3,14], the entity category, which it is in excess of all kinds, and therefore better than any other lends itself to form a concept of God, as it does St. Thomas with his famous notion of 'a subsistent is the very being of God by itself,.

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The concept, as already he knew Hegel, It is nothing but the thing "in the element of thought"; the thing as thought, the thing in soul, as Saint Thomas said. This does not mean we should not distinguish thinking from being, or thing from the concept of the thing. To confuse these two terms, while claiming to know the subject exhaustively, as Hegel did, Idealism would Gnostic, repeatedly condemned by Pope Francis [3].

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Gerardo Cioffari then quotes other words of Schillebeeckx: "Theologically, it seems to me untenable and even impossible to want to fix once and for all the theological concepts by resorting to an ecclesiastical regulation of language. Because every assertion, also dogmatic, It means something only within a specific context. If it brought in another context, the significance of what had been alleged is inevitably shifted ".

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Another major flaw of Schillebeeckx It is that he confuses the concept and language. The languages ​​vary, change and must change; must be updated and adapted to the environment; but certain realities of reason or faith, that they express, they are universal and immutable, I'm, in the words of Benedict XVI, "non-negotiable" values, inalienable.

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It is true that the same thing can be expressed in different ways. But do not use the pretext of changing the expression or speech, things that can be useful or necessary, to change it. If you change the meaning or concept of a thing, it can not be the same. And if a value is immutable, It is unfair and misleading to present it as mutable. It must remain the concept of what remains and change the concept of what changes. The knowledge, Certain, must progress; but if the object known is immutable, It is not about to change his concept, but to improve.

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The language course is not just a verbal terms or linguistic signs. It is too evident that these vary and change. But there are also ways of expression of conceptual, such as the metaphorical concepts, pictures, and symbols, The myths, comparisons, different from culture to culture, from time to time in the same culture. It is clear that these expressive elements change and must change, remaining the same the object's meaning.

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That being the case, we must say that the Magisterium of the Church fixed once and for all the theological concepts, above all dogmatic, not primarily resorting "to an ecclesiastical adjustment of language", but deepening the meaning of God's Word. The Magisterium is not the search for '. It fixed forever these concepts, especially in solemn dogmatic definitions, simply because the realities and truths that are the subject of these definitions are eternal and divine.

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Sthe interpretation is infallible, under the assistance of the Holy Spirit, of the Word of God, that "no go" (Mt 24,35) and that is "firm in heaven" [Shall 119,89]. Whether the Magisterium also takes the properties of language, this is true; but always and only in order to explain to the faithful the true meaning of the dogma and therefore the Word of God which interprets the dogma.

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It is therefore not true that "every assertion, also dogmatic, It means something only within a specific context ". On the contrary, it means something, that is the truth of faith, within any context, although it must be mediated by a certain context, because the truth of faith is a universal and immutable truth. The meaning of the truths of faith, whatever the context in which it is expressed, It's always the same, because it is above the horizon time and belongs eternal and divine, It is not tied to any particular historical context and applies to all. The word of God remains forever.

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Unlike speech applies to the language, by which the Church expresses dogmatic truth. His language is and can actually be tied to changing historical and linguistic contexts systems. The dogmatic formula, But, It can vary in its linguistic and semantic aspect, but never in the concept of faith that it expresses.

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Other Schillebeeckx statements reported by Gerardo Cioffari: "The Magisterium sets each time in the changing temporal circumstances which language is valuable in the Church; in other words it regulates the use of the ecclesiastical language and establishes: Who does not speak, and so the faith, exhibits, at least in this cultural situation with its specific preconditions, if not himself, certainly the other faithful, the danger of altering the intended meaning of the Gospel message about the saving reality '.

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The task of the Church It is not primarily establish of words or verbal formulas, but the concepts, clarify concepts, the concepts of faith, albeit expressed in words suitable and understandable. Certainly the Church's concern to express the Gospel message in the most suitable, so as to be understood by men of his time. But what is most dear is to let us know what Christ taught us for our salvation. And to understand these things, We need a gnoseology who admits that the intellect grasps the real through the concept, otherwise the knowledge vanishes and we lose the great dignity that God has given us to have been created in his image and likeness. So let's go cautious before defining Schillebeeckx a "great theologian".

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Varazze, 3 November 2016

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[1] CF The criterion of truth in Schillebeeckx, in sacred Doctrine, 2, 1984, pp.188-205.

[2] I mention Schillebeeckx also in my recent article "Decline and Dominican Order recovery" [see text WHO].

[3] Cf. my essay "The dependence of the idea from reality in ' The gospel of joy of Pope Francis, in PATH, 2, 2014, pp.287-316.

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The editorial staff had titled this article published the address book of the Readers 3 November at 21: «Small heretics grow: by Grillo teologante Sant'Anaselmo of the Dominican prankster who exalts Schillebeeckx». Names and photographs are the result of editorial work and not of the Authors, I proceeded to change the title given to two different comulativamente published writings together. Indeed, the “accusation” of heresy and modernism that I have seen fit to put to the positions of sacramentary liturgical theologian Andrea Grillo, as part of what are ordinary theological disputes, They can not extend to the Dominican Gerardo Cioffari ON, with regard to the writing of it that is different subject. So I proceeded to titrate: «From Grillo teologante Sant'Anaselmo of the Dominican exalting Schillebeeckx»

Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo

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The commemoration of the deceased and present society: there is still an idea of ​​Christian burial in his ecclesial aspect?

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THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD AND THE COMPANY CURRENT: THERE IS STILL AN IDEA OF HER APPEARANCE IN NECROPOLIS CHRISTIAN CHURCH?

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In contemporary society, death is increasingly demonized, exorcised by building real "dormitory" districts through the creation of "columbarium" all equal to each other, the huge apartment blocks with lifts, the mechanism of which seems to disturb the sleep of the dead, where they capture the most devastating aspects of an inhuman and sad loneliness, Reflux of a corporate mechanism now more devoted to the series, which the substance or the voice of the heart.

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Again Coming after glory
judge the living and the dead,
th CDK reign ESTA fee [1]

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Resurrection of Christ (1966) in the painting of Quirino De Ieso [tempera, cm.50X35)

Jesus tells us: "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming when all who are in the graves shall hear his voice and come forth: those who have done good to the resurrection of life and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation " [cf. GV 5, 28-29]. And yet Jesus said in a previous track: "The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who have listened live» [cf. GV 5, 25]. To follow with the Apocalypse in which it is written: "Those who" heed ", or obey, the instructions they receive after they are resurrected will have their names written in “scroll of life”» [AP 20, 12-13].

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Crater Eufronio, depicting ypnos e thanatos, sleep and death [Etruscan-Roman museum of Cerveteri]

The sleep of death It makes a man impotent entity, silent before the inexorable occurrence scientific and rationalistic, but fortunately comforting to human memory and expanded into both poems, the epigraph, is the artistic representation rescues the perpetuation of individual identity of each of us. As well as the Evangelist John tells us, with the words of Christ, the deceased, It must be recognized as such, with their culture, their experience, with a mission, by "the funeral celebration or in memory" or the memory ensured epitaph; to then be finally, the death, defeated by the Risen Christ through the recognition of eternal life, through the resurrection of the body that makes us share in the resurrection of Christ.

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Sergio Alessandro Ughi, 1981: Chess game with Death [Collection of Ferrara Savings Bank]

The Evangelist John's warning is clear: the experience of man can not be forgotten for the multitude of writings, artifacts, works more vast and various intellectual and craft that we are accustomed to appreciate or not through books, newspapers, real cities and their, reveal that in addition to the mind, the presence of a soul and now the same media, inventions and technological equipment will make it almost perfect the same earthly existence. But we're so overly focused on living this life that we sometimes forget even be fatal. So one wonders how much more is the attention, the interest, care to their deceased are recognized as men of extraordinary ability or not, inclination, even after having lived this mortal life.

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Yet a distant time the man took care to confer "proper burial" to the dead, especially in Greek society witnessed by the Homeric poems in which the agonizing tension of a failure burial vitiated the soul's fate, he could reach his final home in the afterlife only when the body had received the honors and the rites of burial. Therefore their care for the custody of the corpse were equal to those of the soul and functional well-being of the latter to ensure the memory even through the centuries.

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Etruscan tomb Pietrera a Vetulonia, in Maremma Grosseto

Since the origins of man's appearance on earth, styles and burial arrangements have contributed to the continuity of the "memory" funeral crossing the boundaries of time, and the cemetery (from greek κοιμητήριον resting place) as a place of eternal rest, involved and interested in different aspects of human life, from anthropology, the history of art to politics, to society, fashionable even, to find comfort and motivation to this eschatological sense in all of us. the burial, indeed, since ancient times has been expressed in many different ways through various forms and ways: from cremation to burial, taking shape structurally by sarcophagi, artificial cave tombs, tumulus, a cyst, ad enchytrismos, symbolically linked to the various pagan religious beliefs and reaching in the Christian era by interment sprinkling of oils on the body that was covered by the shroud (linen sheet).

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Basilica Sant’Isidoro, Leon (Castile), the grave

The only watershed that has always distinguished the modus sepolturae even among Christians concerns the construction of tombs, which have been more or less decorated depending on the economic possibilities of the families, or rather sometimes stained the glorious events or distinctive in life characterized the deceased, within the framework of different historical periods. It is not yet negligible, mention the Byzantine period between the fourth and sixth centuries, when he proceeded to bury prominent figures, high prelates, or lords of the city within the churches, asking the intercession of the martyrs buried there, through so-called burials the saints, such a distinctive feature of the society of which even became a fad. Only during the Napoleonic era, with the famous Edict of Saint Cloud 1804, then also extended to Italy, They forbade buildings cemetery inside the town, imposing their placement Extra moenia with tombstones all equal placed along the same wall.

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glimpse of the necropolis of Pantalica (Syracuse)

Veritable necropolis, cast of the living city will extend outside the towns, characterized by gardens, almost immense lush greenery of parks and tombstones planted therein by way of "stems" are, but not floral, but funeral. The cemetery is considered as an open air museum, witness to history, of a people, symbol of religious and social representation. Legacy of the latter is the contemporary cemetery no longer understood as a time, simply resting place but now more than ever the grave fulfills the functionality of a home for the deceased, abbellendone death, and proceeding to a schedule of necrophiliac landscape of family chapels that take the form of real houses, where not only there is space dedicatory to the memory of the late, but there shall be a celebration emphasized the economic and social role of the man who has disappeared.

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columbarium of modern cemeteries

In contemporary society, death is increasingly demonized, exorcised by building real "dormitory" districts through the creation of "columbarium" all equal to each other, the huge apartment blocks with lifts, the mechanism of which seems to disturb the sleep of the dead, where they capture the most devastating aspects of an inhuman and sad loneliness, Reflux of a corporate mechanism now more devoted to the series, which the substance or the voice of the heart.

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"In the shadow of 'cypress e inside the urns comforted crying is perhaps the sleep of death less hard?», Ugo Foscolo poem recited in the "Tomb", and still Kafka, in his Diary, complained: death is considered "cruel side of evil is an apparent end that produces a real pain». But today, what remains of these two precious "movements of the soul"? If it has even come to freeze the mortal remains through a complex process of cryo-melting to give life through the generative cycle mechanism to a vegetable, or even an unusual funeral home is able to produce "Memory diamonds" [CF. WHO] where human ashes are transformed into precious stones, to set and carry around for the human ambitions.

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Dome frescoed by Correggio in Parma Cathedral, depicting the resurrection of the dead

Here art there is very little, but still less than the spirit, because it is no longer contact the artist who realizes the marble or wooden tomb concentrating all his energies in the ornate design of punching or low reliefs from the deep meaning iconological, symbolic and spiritual, then store it in the mausoleum or the most elegant funerary chapel of the necropolis. Death is certainly always the same, but the man tries to exorcise it in a very different way, not giving it more the meaning of the memory of the man who was, as well as for centuries it has been used to remember, but his who will, ie a piece of mineral or a vegetable, depriving now even the next of the eschatological meaning of death itself, linked to a hope that is a certainty of faith: "I believe in the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come", as we say in our Profession of Faith.

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[1] And he will come again with glory,
to judge the living and the dead,
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It will come again, in glory,
to judge the living and the dead,
and his reign will have no end.

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The earthquake in Norcia can not destroy what we have already destroyed the Benedictines between money, sex, drugs and even rock and roll of their Abbot Primate

THE EARTHQUAKE IN NORCIA CAN NOT DESTROY WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED The BENEDETTINI BETWEEN MONEY, SEX, DRUGS AND EVEN THE ROCK AND ROLL THEIR ABBOT PRIMATE

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On the figures and personalities "prominent" the Benedictine world in recent decades could write pages of rivers, all tested and documented, as regards sex, money and even use drugs, such as the Arch-Abbot of Monte Cassino, cocaine last stage. the triad: money, sex and drugs, only lacked the Rock and Roll, thing that he thought the Abbot Primate Wolf Nokter, so as not to miss anything.

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Then he said to them,: «People will rise up against people and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes from place to place, famines and pestilences; There will be terrors and great signs from heaven ".

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the ruins of the Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia in the town of Norcia

the journal The New Compass Daily published an article signed by the Prior of the Benedictine Monastery of San Benedetto in Norcia [see WHO], finished razed for earthquakes. Since we live in a society that thought is now passed from the liquid to the vaporous and that's why live each event with irrational emotionalism, no historical memory and reading skills, I believe deserves mentioning that "God punish and mercy", to paraphrase an article by John Cavalcoli ON [see WHO].

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The fall of the Benedictine basilica, in Hometown of Blessed Benedict of Nursia, founder of Western monasticism, It is only the visible fall of an old order which for several decades was destroyed by members of the various Benedictine families.

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In today's Church there are two historical Orders that they are paradigm of our irreversible decline: the Jesuits and the Benedictines. Not that the other Orders and Congregations are better placed, because the decadence of the religious life in general, It is now in a state in which long has exceeded the threshold of non-return.

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Dom Nokter Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation in rock concert

The Jesuits are the paradigm of the worst theological drift. In fact, if we analyze with clarity the history of the last fifty years of their lives, we find that the spread of the worst theologians e sociologisms heterodox have all their work, although vacated, under Pope St. John Paul II, then under that of Benedict XVI, to spread the worst mistakes of doctrine in Latin America and the Eastern countries.

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The nickname coined by me: Company of the Indies, It aims to indicate in a tragicomic the progressive transformation of the old, glorious and praiseworthy Society of Jesus was founded by Blessed Father Ignatius of Loyola. This Order, for decades in free fall - also in number, if we consider that in just one year of the millennium were recorded about 500 deaths and 20 new priestly ordinations in the world -, It has its own current tank vocations in India and Africa, with a slight consequently not: many new fathers are clearly animists and syncretistic, with all due respect to what was once the long and strict Catholic education to which the Jesuits were subjected in the past. Obvious consequences: If we analyze in depth the issue we discover that behind the worst aberrations born from liberation theology, the Theology of the People, by Indigenous Theology, the Theology syncretistic, until the Theology of the death of God, to follow with the infiltration of the worst theologians Protestants and Biblical Judaism within the Catholic Church, always and invariably discover that behind all of you are like capocomici Theologian and gods sociologists Jesuits.

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When before the evidence of facts not known how to respond, but above all to deny the obvious and horrible truth, at that point usually comes the admonition: "Your pessimistic spirit and absolutist borders on lack of light and of Christian charity. In short, can that everything is rotten? There will also be good Jesuits!». Or good, we will the good Jesuits, I can witness it even better than others, It is having been the first result in the vocational path, afterward format for the ministerial priesthood also from two Jesuits belonging to the old Society of Jesus, certainly not to the modernistic and syncretistic Company of the Indies. But we are in fact talking with men of an entirely different generation, as evidence the age of one of the two still living, which it has long exceeded ninety years of age. Men trained in the most rigid orthodoxy, with a setting of military company, with an encyclopedic knowledge acquired in the course of their lives. In short: the Society of Jesus who was and who unfortunately is no longer. That glorious company that I, through some reduced elders today to four cats on their way to the tomb, I had the honor and privilege to know and to attend.

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Dom Nokter Wolf, Abbot of the Benedictine Confederation during a rock concert

The wishful thinking - It is because of illusion -, about the fact that "... there will be some good Jesuits!», does not detract from an objective: if in a vineyard vines are attacked grapevine downy mildew, better known as late blight [1], it is useless to console themselves by saying that scattered across the rows there are - however few - even some of the healthy grapes, because regardless they, the vineyard is sick, diffusely and unfortunately irreversible.

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Expenses, He has never seen plants or trees completely rotted, but they had one or two still green and healthy leaves? but yet, before the plants affected by communicable diseases to the other crops, I am not aware that any agronomist ever said that since the plant running and infects survived one or two healthy leaves, It could not be cut, or better left in place so that it could also infect other plants. This thing of which - speaking of the Society of Jesus -, remain responsible for the Blessed Paul VI and John Paul II to follow St., that, despite having thought of dissolving, It seems to have been persuaded not to do so, or perhaps he himself was convinced not to do so, as he explains Giovanni Cavalcoli in an article dedicated long ago the Society of Jesus [see WHO].

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If the Jesuits are the paradigm of doctrinal decay, The Benedictines are the worst moral decadence, always according to the principle of plants and completely rotted trees, where they survive one or two still green and healthy leaves. Suffice it to say in this regard that thethe case of Montecassino, Abbey West's Mother, It is by no means an isolated case, but only the tip of the 'iceberg. In the past I wrote about the events and lived Luciferian abbot of this abbey, adhering strictly to the facts and legal documents, in which materials are contained before which would take the distances even the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. A Head of the West's historic abbey, was in fact over a gaia Princess capricious who squandered money in luxury living, partying homosexuals and drugs [see the second part of my previous article WHO].

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Dom Nokter Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation, during a rock concert

Alla Badia di Sant'Anselmo Primaziale in Urbe, seat of the Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation, home of the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, headquarters annex international college for theology students, The Congregation for Catholic Education, between 2007 and the 2008, after several previous calls, finally imposed to higher Benedictine Superiors to clean up the "sacred" horde walls of homosexuals within them had created a real brothel, with lots of couples living together more or less official or unofficial. Anyone who wishes can always ask for confirmation to the still healthy and well, Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, at the time Prefect of this Congregation, that the seriousness of the case treated personally and made it finally dictate the ultimatum: "Or cleaned your College, or I'll do close ».

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Lately, the Abbey of Grottaferrata, prelature immediately subject to the Holy See, It lost this ancient status. After the appointment of the new higher, the Belgian Benedictine Dom Michel Van Parys, the Holy See has taken the diocesan jurisdiction entrusted to the Abbot of the Abbey near Bishop of Albano Laziale. Exactly as it happened a little over a year ago for the Abbey of Montecassino, deprived of the diocesan jurisdiction exercised for centuries by Abati cassinesi and passed to the neighboring Diocese of Sora, whose Diocesan Ordinary has assumed the title of Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo-Montecassino.

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What happened in the Abbey of Grottaferrata? Solita organize, even worse, the usual and by now crystallized frocismi monks, which gives us news so pompous French Catholic newspaper The cross, imputing the serious decision of the Holy See to the "frequent nocturnal comings and goings in the abbey". And this nocturnal comings and goings, strictly based on youngsters, It resulted in this serious point that the Holy See has subsequently declared invalid the ordination of some monks, as suffering from blatant and serious factory defect. Writes the French Catholic daily:

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the Holy See would have indeed asked the Abbot of Grottaferrata to resign after complaints of residents' repeated nocturnal activities "and" back and forth frequent ". Rome had also requested the nullity pronounced several ordinations of monks of the abbey [2].

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Pescara - i Feedback, German group that counts among its members Notker Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine

i Feedback, German group that counts among its members Dom Notker Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation [see WHO]

I always remember with horror stories I made to me in Rome as an ambassador, devout Catholic, also always healthy and well beyond that with extraordinary memory, when he told me that on his return from his mission in a war zone at the beginning of 2000, He decided to retire for a few days in the Abbey of Praglia for the Easter Triduum. I told the diplomat desolate in front of my co-worker: "In the guesthouse of the Abbey two young French we were hosted, those in Roman jargon are commonly referred to as marchettari, one of whom slept in a room adjoining my. And all night I had to hear the comings and goings of the monks'. He ended with the diplomat bitterness: "That was my Easter Triduum in the Abbey of Praglia after my long diplomatic mission in a war zone, in which I had lived for a couple of years fully armored inside the embassy '.

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Abbey of Monte Oliveto Moste and its current Abate, known by senior monks ever since he was a young cleric - and of which the writer has had to direct its time and personal knowledge - spread a veil, sure no one will have the imprudence to lift issues vilified monastic honor, given that within the "sacred" walls happened just about everything, how can testify many former monks, several of which emerged from that abbey to go to the secular clergy, ready to report to any ecclesiastical authority that repeatedly witnessed to me: "Within those walls I saw before the moral corruption, hereinafter hell '. Perhaps the same hell that he sees the postulant 38 years in that 2007 He killed himself by jumping from a window. Obviously, the face of such tragedy, the justification was good and ready: "The poor fellow was suffering from mental disorders". A justification before which, however, is a question as pertinent as logical: of when, They are allowed in the oldest and noblest Benedictine abbeys of poor people suffering from mental disorders? Or we are we to infer that an old abbey performs volunteer service as a mental health center? In short: the real disturbed, It is the one who killed himself in despair, or those who have remained inside, starting by the then Abbot Dom Michelangelo Maria Tiribilli, at least devoid of introspective ability and spirit of the Christian vocation discernment, after following in his time for many years the formation of candidates to sacred orders clerics, many of which have become the gay monks flickering, among which then, near, They were chosen and elected abbots bearing altrettanza and graceful gaiety?

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CD cover of rock band Dom Nokter Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation

More than a few personalities of the Benedictine world involved in scandals in recent decades often unspeakable, all linked to the penalty from which moral problems are always born of ordinary homosexuality stories, sometimes even of pedophilia, such as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, the Benedictine Hans Wilhelm Groër, forced to leave the Archdiocese in 2005. His successor, Christopher von Schoenborn, Order of Preachers, In the 2008 publicly asked forgiveness from Austrian Catholics for acts committed by his predecessor, admitting to that effect all the facts to him charged [cf. WHO].

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Just as fate indignitosa touched former Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation, Dom Rembert G. Weakland, spearhead of the ultra liberalism, that at the end of his term he was elected Bishop of Milwaukee in the United States of America, where he was accused of sexual harassment by a former student of theology, from which he tried to buy the silence with large sums of money stolen to the coffers of the diocese [3].

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Dom Nokter Wolf, Bavarian abbot of the Abbey of Sankt Ottilien, lampante catholic-protestant setting and exponent of the crudest modernist progressivism - given that there are fine modernist with deep and unique culture -, It was the most worthy successor of Dom Rembert G. Weakland in the office of abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation. Skilful exploiter of its position, Dom Nokter Wolf has devoted mostly to personal entrepreneurship, giving to the press one after the other books made ridiculous by the lack of elementary theological dignity, well as being without logical sense. A Bavarian small in stature and always smiling, good Dom Nokter Wolf, more like the stereotype of speck Neapolitan instead the Nordic Teutonic blond washed eyes of ice and high physical stature. Remembered as such - that is, as a speck - from dozens and dozens of former students of St. Anselm, especially when the morning, comes in the monastic choir, He showed visible signs revealing than perhaps he had not yet disposed of the alcoholic spirit of the previous evening.

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Dom Nokter Wolf, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation, during the ovations at the end of the concert

On the figures and personalities "prominent" the Benedictine world of recent decades could write pages of rivers, all tested and documented as regards sex, money and even drugs, as in the case of the Abbot of Monte Cassino, cocaine last stage. the triad: money, sex and drugs, But lacked the Rock and Roll, thing that he thought the penultimate abbot primate, Dom Nokter Wolf, so as not to miss anything in this merciless and painful decline of the Benedictine glory that was.

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Question from one million Euros, which should respond to the Holy See, making money in this way this sum to be distributed among the poor of existential suburbs : if a number so worrying and high Benedictine monks, that after becoming abbots of historical abbeys, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation, promoted by the Popes and Bishops raised to the dignity of cardinal, Gone are involved in sex scandals, money and even drugs; if they have been elected to the highest offices within the monastic communities, and later within the universal Church, because they were at the time to choose the best, maybe someone intends to question, quickly and well, at what levels can instead be the worst that populate abbeys and monasteries?

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When this year the abbots of Confederation Benedictine Congregation They gathered in Rome to elect a successor to Dom Nokter Wolf, a couple of friends who have close relationships within the Primatial Abbey of St. Anselm in Urbe, they told me: "For days we have" tasted "a vision “extraordinary”. Under the eyes we had a slew of abbots gathered to elect a new abbot primate '. They concluded by saying: "It seemed to be a gathering of gay pride ».

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Long would be the origins of speech and of the reasons entirely. The Benedictines, and Germany have always had their largest nucleus and their numerical stronghold, They were severely affected by the best of the worst of the post-conciliar theologians who have given life to their staff Council egomenico. But since the conversation would be precisely along, I will just summarize my old conference in Rieti years ago held together Academician Pontifical John Cavalcoli, in which he for a verse, I on the other hand, We explained to the large audience that the dogma of the crisis generates a doctrinal crisis, then faith. And the loss of the doctrine, consequently the loss of faith dimension, It generates inevitably before the moral crisis and then the worst moral decadence, that is all the fruit and consequence of the doctrinal crisis.

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one of several booklets of Dom Nokter Wolf, if anything our readers were not yet clear how well not learn from monks like him …

And this moral crisis, the Benedictines are paradigm. Still without generalizing, but reaffirming the principle of the tree and now rotting and diseased plant, in which survive one or two healthy leaves. Therefore, the fall of the Benedictine Basilica erected in Norcia in the birthplace of the Blessed Benedict, It is the visible fall of an order that has long since decayed doctrinally, so morally. Just as it is morally decayed Europe, after having lost the faith. Europe was born as an idea and then developed in a concrete right in the largest of the ancient circuit and glorious Benedictine abbeys, in which, after the fall of Roman Empire, It was first preserved and then spread the best science knowledge; that same Europe of which the Blessed Benedict is the Patron Saint and Venerable, after being in Europe itself the main architect.

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[1] The microorganism belonging to the class of oomycetes, native to and imported accidentally in France around 1878, from which it has spread across Europe.

[2] The cross, 04.11.2013: Resignation of Father exarchal Grottaferrata, and Italy [Article readable WHO, reported in the Italian version by Sandro Magister 6.9.2016, WHO].

[3] CF. Sandro Master: "Resigned d'urgenza the bishop of Milwaukee, World progressive wing leader. The leaders d'accusa: sex and money ", [article in the 28.05.2002, readable WHO]

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Really "proselytizing is a solemn nonsense ', as said the Holy Father Francis? A few things to clear up “proselytizing” e “ecumenism”

REALLY THE "THE PROSELYTISM IS A SOLEMN TRIFLE" AS TOLD THE HOLY FATHER? SOME THINGS TO CLARIFY “PROSELYTIZING” ED “ECUMENISM”

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In an interview in 2013 the Supreme Pontiff Francis said: "Proselytism is a solemn nonsense ' [cf. WHO]. Some Catholics accused the Successor of Peter to demolish the Catholic doctrine and to contradict the Gospel precept that commands: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, whoever does not believe will be condemned " [MC 16, 15-16]». Today, the same are relaunching these accusations while the Pope is about to travel to Sweden to participate in the celebration of 500 years of psuedo “reform” Lutheran …

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In an interview in 2013 the Supreme Pontiff Francis said: "Proselytism is a solemn nonsense ' [cf. WHO]. Some Catholics accused the Successor of Peter to demolish the Catholic doctrine and to contradict the Gospel precept that commands: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, whoever does not believe will be condemned " [1]. Today, the same are relaunching these accusations while the Pope is about to travel to Sweden to participate in the celebration of 500 years of psuedo “reform” Lutheran; a visit that perhaps could also avoid, because nothing we Catholics have to celebrate before all'eresiarca Luther. The Vicar of Christ on earth does not need some of our Office defenses, But it is worth remembering that the proselytism, in its negative sense, He has not been convicted only by the Holy Father Francis, but by Jesus Christ Himself: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!, For you cross land and sea to make one proselyte, and, got it, ye make him a son of hell worse than you!» [2].

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Several times the Holy Father Francis defined proselytism as contrary to ecumenism, perhaps explaining the troubles which in itself can create proselytism. Then we proceed to clarify, from the same term that could be misunderstood by those who do not first know the etymological root of the words. It derives from "proselyte", the greek Proselyte, lemma used in the New Testament to indicate the "converted", verbatim: He-who-is-approached [3]. The origin of the word has nothing derogatory or inappropriate. In "proselytism" originally simply means "proselytizing", which it is obviously a good work. Except that Christ already shows a completely wrong way to make converts:

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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!, For you cross land and sea to make one proselyte, and, got it, ye make him a son of hell worse than you!» [4].

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Hence the negative sense of proselytism. so be careful about how we proclaim the Gospel, how we encourage people to repent and to come closer to Christ and the Church, by what means, by what method, with what feelings, for what purpose. We must also ask ourselves: And the true Gospel that we proclaim, or ideas are picked up on by impostors of trendy theology? The work of evangelization, We follow the signs that come from the Church or act to attract the sympathy of the world? In this work we want to state our ideas and attract disciples we applaud, or teach humbly and courageously what the Church teaches accepting suffering and adversities? We are moved by the authentic spirit of service and compassion for sinners, or simply by the desire to impose on others with our doctrinal novelties?

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The tip does not proselytize on persuasion, but on the suggestion, It does not provide signs of credibility, but playing on sentiment, does not show things difficult, but only the comforts. It does not demonstrate the reasonableness of believing, but it stimulates the emotions, hides one hand the defects of their co-religionists, and exaggerates their quality, while on the other denigrates religion counterparty. Use dishonest means to convince, or exerts undue pressure, prospecting perhaps nonexistent benefits. It is silent on the difficulties of religion that proposes and tickles his passions, It does not stimulate the responsibility, but creates plagiarized persons. No form of free people, but creates, as in the case of Islamists, of lemmings and fanatics, ready if necessary to kill those who do not accept the forced conversion, unaware that the gift of freedom and free will is contained in the mystery of man's creation, to whom God has always offered during the whole of Revelation Mystery, You never have imposed, much less with violence.

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Proselytism is contrary to ecumenism not because proselytism wants to persuade the other party of the goodness of the values ​​that the proposed, This is also in ecumenism; nor because the proselytizing does convince the separated brother to enter the Catholic Church - even though this is the ultimate goal of ecumenism -, but because the proselytizing refuses to admit that the other party retains certain values ​​of Catholicism, or because they do not want to admit certain historical errors of the Church, or because the proselytizing is his brother with contempt or arrogance. Proselytism, so, It is an excess of zeal, the very uno sleale, by its bitter and aggressive nature in doing a work in itself important and doverosissima: evangelization. It has no reason and supernatural purpose and is based on methods and purposes merely human, unclean or dishonest, sometimes only nationalistic, political or power. It is a job in itself good, but performed poorly, so that you get results illusory or counterproductive: or brother is deceived, or embracing Catholicism of bogus foundations, or embracing a false Catholicism. In these cases the "converts" are not true converts, but people who pretend to believe in order to obtain temporal advantages, or not to be persecuted or marginalized.

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The Second Vatican Council teaches at No.. 3 from the Bond : "To the only body of Christ on earth" - the Catholic Church - "they should be fully incorporated who already belong in any way to the People of God", ie non-Catholic Christians, belonging to "not small communities, who became separated from full communion with the Catholic Church ". So they must rejoin the Catholic Church. these communities, although sometimes the "deficiencies" serious - heresies - that "constitute impediments to the full ecclesiastical communion", however, they maintain "a certain communion, although imperfect, with the Catholic Church ". In fact, they, though "not enjoy that unity, that Jesus Christ wanted to give to all those whom he regenerated and vivified together for one body and for a new life ", However "they retain some elements and even many and reported" - dogmas -, "By which the Catholic Church itself is built up and vivified. All these things come from Christ and lead to Him, that they belong to the one Church of Christ ", that is the Catholic Church, which he possesses "the fullness of grace and truth", that "only by means of the Catholic Church of Christ, which it is the universal help toward salvation, you can get all the fullness of the means of salvation ". However, "the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using these communities as means of salvation", useful tools but not sufficient.

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The non-Catholic communities therefore possess some means of salvation and why, for them all, They must enter the Catholic Church, which alone possesses the fullness of the means of salvation.

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From this it appears that the Council document, although there are divisions among Christians, this does not mean that the Catholic Church is divided against itself, or that the current conflict between the Catholic Church and other churches will be resolved in the union of all in a supposed "Church" broader and higher, that embraces all, because this is false ecumenism. This supposed "Church", supreme and superior to the Catholic Church, does not exist, why the Church, the only one founded by Christ, is none other than the Roman Catholic Church, one and indivisible, so, in this sense, a Catholic Church separated from the others or herself, that should merge with others in a super-Church, It never existed, nor ever will exist.

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The non-existence of Christian communities separated from Rome It is not a sign that the Church's unity is broken, that the Church is as it were "shattered", to which the parties or the Church pieces - the various Churches - should be led back to unity, in the likeness of a vase, that it must be reconstructed by bringing together between them the pieces, why things, as it is also apparent from the n. 3 of this document, they are not like that. Instead, the image that it suggests to us - "they are detached" - is that of the branch that detaches from the vine [5]. The phenomenon of non-Catholic community is not the sign that the screw is torn, is not a sign that it is, as it were, went into shreds: it is obvious that in these conditions the screw may not even live, but it presupposes a very much alive and strong lives, from which They came off the branches. An account is in fact the separation between A and B and an account is the separation of A from B. The phenomenon of the dissident community is of the second type and not the first. Are the branches that can not live without the screw, not vice versa. And if the community separated brethren They are still living, it means that you are not totally detached, but they retain a certain union with the screw. It is that what the Council wishes, when he says that the dissident communities not in full communion with the Catholic Church.

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But there are also false ecumenicalists they say: we should not put it so tragically. This is not torn or anything like that. The so-called "separate community" from Rome are not really separate, but simply "different". Now, diversity is an asset, It is not a defect. Therefore should not be removed, but respected and promoted. Because of this, Rome, It can not expect that all other communities are equal to itself. It is therefore, according to them, a positive phenomenon, a phenomenon of pluralism and diversity, of different ways, equally legitimate, to live the Gospel and to be Christians. Hence the "many faiths" and the prevailing interest for diversity at the expense of the truth, as one who appreciated the sufferer because it is "different" from the healthy. They conceive of faith as if it were an opinion: as there are many opinions, so there are "many faiths". But faith is the truth and the truth as adherence to the object is a single. If Jesus is God, deny that Jesus is God is not a different faith, but it is a false faith. If God is Triune, deny that God is Triune is not a different faith, It is a falsehood and so on. But there are many truths of faith, in the sense that there are many dogmas; but for each of them it gives only one interpretation, that given by the Church, outside of which there are no other.

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They conceive the unity and pluralism of the Church on the model of the Swiss Confederation: no one flock with one shepherd, but a federation of folds in a college of pastors. But if here Jesus speaks to the future - "they will become" - he did not mean that the unity of the Church under him is an eschatological goal, but simply referred to the fact that the time Jesus was calling, She was collecting the sheep - "I have other sheep" - because it was the time of the formation of the Church. But it, to St. Paul's day is already formed, It is already "one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism " [6], even if it is like an organic body with many different functions under one head, Christ, whose Vicar on earth is Peter [7].

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How the Council presents ecumenism, Instead we see how false those conceptions that ecumenism would like to introduce as an interpretation of the doctrine of the Council and would like to call "proselytism" just what the council instead prescribes. This false interpretation, indeed, ecumenism demands that it means simply taking note of the positions of the separated brother in the idea that they simply reflect a "different" way of salvation, that must be respected in its diversity, so the presence in those positions is lost sight, of errors that need to be refuted and then you neglect to open the entrance to his brother in the Catholic Church.

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Vice by default in the field of ecumenism, typical of modernism, It is given by the negligence, effect in turn indifference and relativism, which it is a false ecumenism. The false ecumenist confuses the value of truth with that of diversity. The modernist ecumenist not care objectivity and universality of truth in its absolute opposition to the false, but be careful only to diversity and makes it an absolute, an idol, which sacrifices the distinction between true and false, reducing everything to the subjective, all'opinabile and "different". For him, one who has fallen into heresy, It is not the victim of false, but it is simply a "different", as well as simply a Franciscan is different from a Dominican. The separated brother It should therefore not be correct, but he left in his idea, as well as to any Dominican we can think of to say to a Franciscan who to save himself must be a Dominican, although the Thomists do not always agree with Scotists.

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Today, with the excuse of ecumenism, pluralism and freedom of thought, We do not notice the endangered brothers, of those who live "in darkness and the shadow of death", so nothing is done to save them. He responds to God asking his brother account: "Am I my brother's keeper"? [8]. Here then per slack, negligence, skepticism, fear, opportunism or acquiescence to sin, It does not understand or will not understand that admonish the sinner in a correct manner and at the right time is not a fight, a convict, a bother him or violence, is not one tear to his right beliefs, but it is to be a caring doctor who provides care, is a work of mercy.

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Another misconception of ecumenism It is one that conceives it as a simple "meet halfway" between Catholics and non-Catholics, as if the one and the other part were to leave something to meet the other. Now this may be true and proper to the human level and charity, but not in relation to the demands of the truth, which they are those that most characterize Ecumenism. Indeed, to stop the only relationship with the Lutherans, which it is the greatest problem of ecumenism, these brothers must realize that it is not Rome that must allow correct Luther, but it is they who must leave correct from Rome. So Rome can and should meet them in charity, my he path of truth They must do everything their way to Rome, waiting for them with open arms, we certainly can not be the ones to go to celebrate Luther, as if he had really been a reformer.

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Another form of ecumenism wrong is to those Catholics who, on the basis of their studies they consider more advanced, They allow themselves to be accused of injustice and excessive severity convictions against Luther uttered by Pope Leo X and the Council of Trent, as if the Church has not noticed that on certain issues it considered heretics Lutherans, he was not a heretic, but Catholic. Now, if such judgment may be worth against certain opponents of Luther passionate, hasty, indeed unjust and overly strict, that they have misunderstood some of his intentions and positions, This judgment is completely senseless and gravely insulting and presumptuous, when referring to the interventions made by the Church, especially by scholars who call themselves Catholics, who forget that the Church, if it is infallible in teaching us the truth of faith, It is infallible also in directing what is contrary.

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True ecumenism It is framed with all its consequent difficulties in the broader evangelization accomplished in charity, justice and mercy. Therefore, it takes some evangelical paradigms, as the following: it is headed first to the parables of the prodigal son and his lost sheep, without forgetting the parable of the king who gave a wedding feast for his son and sends his servants to call those invited to the wedding [9]. The Catholic Church is this banquet and the guests are separated brethren. We know that many of them do not feel at all prodigals O lost sheep, but the great theologians and biblical scholars. And they do not see in the Catholic Church no buffet, but only bleak and food gone bad, or at least one of those meetings where student to be able to eat you have to bring along their own. But that means then that initial and indispensable task of ecumenism is that Catholics do understand these brothers, with all charity, skill and patience, in need of conversion and that the light of the world are not theirs, but the light comes from Rome.

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Blessed Pontiff Pius IX, imminence of the Second Vatican Council's call, He wrote the Apostolic Letter Now you all [10] Protestants to invite them to join the Roman Church. A similar initiative also took the Venerable Pope Pius XII in the Encyclical mystical body [11] the 1943. Unfortunately the response was very weak. In the meantime there were frequent ecumenical meetings between non-Catholics, but the Papacy, at the moment, was not conducive to that they will participate Catholics too, for fear that it could somehow spread the idea among the dissidents that Rome had given up his primacy. Meanwhile, however, he was growing among many Christians, Catholics and non-Catholics, perhaps as a reaction to the horrors of the recent World War, the desire to gather together in the common values. It so happened that the Second Vatican Council went to meet this desire with the Decree on Ecumenism, in which, however, it is stressed very clearly the value of papal primacy and the Catholic Church itself.

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Ecumenical activities belong to all Christians desirous of unity and communion, but it is clear that the Supreme Pontiff, as the Vicar of Christ, common father of all Christians, beginning, ensures, guardian and promoter of unity of all the sons of God, It can not help but feel supremely desire that all the disciples of Christ is currently separated or dissidents enter fully into the Church founded by him and not feel involved in the first person to operate all we can for this purpose. The frequent visits that the Popes by the end of the Council are in their travels to separated brethren, express and embody the hope of all Catholics that these brothers, as the Council says, 'Be fully incorporated "to the Catholic Church.

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Ecumenism theologians of both parties play an important role in the clarification and proposed solutions always open disputes. Catholic theologians operate effectively against the non-Catholic party showing the points of Catholic doctrine absent in their theology, while addressing the objections against Catholicism. But it is clear that the points that most concern the Doctrine of the Faith, only the Roman Pontiff can have the last word, for ribadirli, or to clarify them or to correct or to address concerns. These points engage the faith and not simply theology, They can then be treated with definitive authority only by the Supreme Pontiff.

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The separated brother, so, It is not simply a "different" to respect and leave as is, to "let free", as some say, because this is a convenient excuse for shirking their responsibilities. The separated brother It is an erring brother, in good or bad faith, which it is in danger of being lost, so it should be helped, warned and corrected, always naturally that you leave correct. Of course, to rebuke or expose the superb it is just to pull him his hatred with the result that the face of more and worse. A Jesus himself was costly rebuke the Pharisees, but on the other hand, we should not follow his example? And they did not do so all the saints? What is the saint who has not pulled on him the hatred of the world and false brothers? Who does not care about the sinner and not reproaches, being able to do it, She says she loves him, but really he hates him and himself. Do not forget that even the reproach made in a correct manner is charity, this is also ecumenism. It is not only the charity Mercy, but also the severity.

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Ecumenism has two purposes. It has as its immediate end and more specifically to do so, through dialogue and a joint search, that all Christians are found together in the sharing of the same fundamental truths, that were common to all, even after breakage. Must here know each other better, with greater benevolence and with a historical-critical method more effective than that of the past, dispel some misconceptions or correct some errors in interpretation of the past., illustrate common truth.

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This being together in the same truth, It is already a great achievement, It is a high and beautiful destination, source of harmony and peace; But, It is not an end in itself, there is still some way to go, because it is only the basis for the continuation of a fruitful and constructive dialogue, whose goal further to put on the table frankly, objectivity, serenity and hope the controversial points. It is at this point that we need more than ever to invoke the Holy Spirit. This is the most difficult point, where dialogue today is jammed and was sometimes even falsified. We must have the courage to go beyond, toward the final goal. Indeed, while Catholics make too much respect, They seem intimidated, without taking apostolic initiatives in front of the rigid positions and exhibitions of non-Catholics, the latter - we think especially the Protestants - theologians seem rather have tacitly or explicitly made a wicked pact, a dangerous liaison, with modernist theologians, in order to penetrate the Protestant ideas among Catholics, in a subtle form and masked, under color of "progressivism", so that Catholics become Protestants in fact without realizing and believing that they remain Catholic, thereby giving rise to a colossal falsification of ecumenism.

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Let's take an example of this deadlock in which clearly it appears the resistance of the dissidents and the weakness of the arguments and took the position of Catholics, which often, instead of supporting the papal authority with good reason, refuting the Protestant positions, showing little respect for the Pontifical Authority or despising the post-conciliar exercise, as do the Lefebvrians; or weakening its doctrinal strength, like the modernists. But here is an example: truth of faith accepted by all Christians is that Christ is the head of the Celestial Church, ma, outside of Catholics, all others believe to be the truth of faith that Christ's earthly governments Church by means of a Vicar established by him, ie the Supreme Pontiff, Successor of Peter, as the visible head of all Christians on this earth, but the government in person through the Holy Spirit.

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The idea of ​​the Roman Pontiff as head of the Church and representative of Christ on earth, the eyes of non-Catholics would be a human invention, an injustice in Rome, desire to dominate, longing of the Roman Empire, misleading and dangerous, because the Supreme Pontiff, that man is fallible like everyone else, instead lead us to Christ, could stand against Him. The Supreme Pontiff, at maximum, It will be the Bishop of Rome, or a bishop like everyone else, Peter's successor just because Peter was bishop in Rome, but he can not claim to be the Bishop of the Universal Church. For them, Christ, He would not want to be his Vicar visible head, but the earthly Church would be well enough organized as a set of communities united under the leadership of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Such as infallible guides of these? would this, according to them, the true will of Christ. Here's an important issue, about which we Catholics are called to give evidence and to show separated brethren, with all charity and wisdom, but also with sure competence and unswerving firmness and clarity, the way to get closer to Rome and, as the Council says, for you to, under the motion of the Holy Spirit, 'They are fully incorporated "in the Church. We do not have to, on a point like this, resign ourselves to their unbelief, or give them the impression that we give them reason, or we are going to celebrate, instead of correcting them.

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Ecumenism also involves two levels of implementation. They are the doctrinal and charitable, which will involve and support each other. It is based on the first to move to the second. The second one, however, It is of immediate and easy implementation, while the first, at least in its final fullness, It is very difficult to achieve and has not yet been fully achieved. The doctrinal level is the most specific, and is nothing more than an application of the general duty of evangelization in the field of the relations of Catholics with non-Catholic Christians. the evangelization, in general, It is the proclamation of the Gospel, by means of which, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we lead the world to obey Christ.

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With l'ecumenism, we Catholics, based on the common acceptance, together with i separated brethren, of those truths of faith that we have in common with them, we work so that they, freed from "impediments" and those "deficiencies", which act as obstacles to their taking the "fullness of that truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church" can, under the motion of the Holy Spirit, be "fully incorporated" in the Catholic Church [12].

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the Catholic, in the exercise of this delicate appearance or level of ecumenism, It must be very careful to distinguish the doctrine Catholic in itself, in its divine fullness, unerringly and perfectly preserved by the Magisterium of the Church, which must always be the head with total fidelity, from the his personal Catholic culture, which, however pure and orthodox, It can not be infallible, for which it can, on some points, be incomplete or erroneous, without his being aware of it. Because of this, while a non-Catholic can not afford to correct or supplement the Catholic doctrine as such, may very well, by virtue of his knowledge of the truths of the Christian faith, correcting or instructing a Catholic, that lacks on a given point.

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The other level of ecumenism It is an application of the general virtue of charity to the specific field of ecumenism. And here it is clear that if in the Catholic doctrine will guide the non-Catholic, and will help him to correct his mistakes and to fill the gaps, as the Council teaches, in this aspect of charity is a must reciprocity, Since the Catholic as the non-Catholic does not escape the common condition of sinners, sons of Adam, with the same time of mutually complementary gifts from God, which must be put to good use for the benefit of each other. And though the Catholic in principle have more and better means of grace that no dissident, it is not inconceivable that these are more virtuous and less sinful, through increased goodwill and a better use of supernatural means at its disposal.

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L'ecumenism, undoubted expression of brotherly love, It encloses its profound benefits and is a good rule of peaceful coexistence between Catholics and non-Catholics. Now, brotherly love is moving in two directions: do good and remove evil. There is therefore a charity promoter and a corrective charity. Both have their application in ecumenism. Indeed, in the promotion of good, Ecumenism encourages humility, loyalty, the Onesti, I love the truth, mutual understanding and solidarity, the shared commitment to works of justice and mercy, for the public good and human rights, for the promotion of science, arts and culture, a common Christian witness, where there are common values.

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There are two ways to remove the evil in his brother: or compassion, thanks to which we free his brother from the evil of punishment, ie from suffering, or correction or admonition, for which we free him from the evil of guilt, from sin and error. In both cases, order for the operation to succeed, must the brother put us the good will. There are none so ill that does not heal and there is no greater sinner than you does not repent.

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In this field of charity, is the compassion that the correction should push the Catholic zeal to lead the separated brother towards the fullness of truth and of communion with the Church. the dissident, for its part, He must listen to the impulses of the Spirit of truth and love, that led him to abandon his mistakes and bad habits, not conform to the fullness of Christian virtue and to seek full communion with the Church.

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From the island of Patmos, 19 October 2016

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[1] MC 16, 15-16

[2] Mt 23,15

[3] CF. Mt 23,15; At 2,11; 6,5; 8,27; 13,26; 13,43.

[4] CF. Mt 23,15.

[5] CF. GV 10,16

[6] Cf Ef 4,4-5

[7] CF. RM 12, 4-8;The Cor 10,17; 12, 12-31; With the 3,15

[8] CF. Gen 4,9

[9] CF. Mt 22,3

[10] Denz. 2997-2999

[11] Denz. 3821-3822.

[12] CF. n. 3 Reintegratio.

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the N. 84 of Familiaris Consortio it is more important than the Prologue of John's Gospel that recounts the mystery of God's Word ?

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THE N. 84 FROM THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP It IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN THAT TELLS THE MYSTERY OF GOD'S WORD AVATAR ?

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What basically asking to certain people is the spirit of human and Christian integrity: or perhaps really they believe they can attack from a part the whole Magisterium of the Church of the last fifty years, but at the same time argue that the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium, written by a Pope to reconcile, present as a bishop at the council, then the council actuator as Successor of Peter, is untouchable, as more important and more dogmatic than will the entire Prologue of John's Gospel ?

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There are no "cases" to evaluate whether to grant communion to divorced and remarried [Ed. in reference to previous answers given by the Fathers WHO]. However, there is one and the same "case" that would allow the divorced and remarried to receive Communion and that is that they live as "brother and sister". The N. 84 from the Familiar Consortium denies access to the remarried Communion for the simple fact that they do not being in a state of Grace, "Eat their condemnation" approaching this Sacrament. The speech of the scandal to the faithful is totally secondary to the main motivation.

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Nine out of ten of his comments were not published because they contained seriously insulting statements towards the Supreme Pontiff, variously referred to her as “heretic“, “acolyte Antichrist” and so on; not to mention the way in which you usually demonize the Second Vatican Council and its documents, But he defends a sword No.. 84 from the Familiar Consortium, I assume that is for her as for other more important than faith Nicene Creed.

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We are not aware that the apostolic exhortation love joy He has now changed for the discipline. So it is pointless to raise a question that does not exist, because the Pope has never established any official document that the provisions contained in n. 84 of the apostolic exhortation Familiar Consortium [cf. WHO] it is repealed. Therefore, we all pastors in the care of souls, we stick scrupulously to what is the current discipline of the Church in matters. But if a bishop or priest does not, wrong, but wrong - if we want to seriously - in his personal, not because the Pope has established the doctrine and discipline contrary to Catholic morality.

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Unfortunately, there are "Catholics" on the one hand discuss and reject in whole disciplines of an ecumenical council, ie the last celebrated by the Church, feeling not only with a clear conscience, but so much the right to consider themselves the Heralds of the Truth. So what you want it, the confrontation, discuss without rejecting the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium ? Indeed, to certain Heralds of the Truth - Including the other papessa, Mrs. Maria Guarini blog Church and Council Post [see our letter WHO] , maybe it is good to remember that the author of today often quoted n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium, the Holy Pontiff John Paul II, after Blessed Pope Paul VI was the second largest actuator of that Vatican Council II, namely that council by those referred to as “source of all current ills of the Church”.

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I believe that people accustomed to think and act in this way They should bring order in themselves, because before trumpeting the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium, should accept in toto the authority of an entire council, except fall, if not, as the Lady Cristina Siccardi that I mentioned in my previous article [cf. WHO], in psychology borderline, which is exactly the following: “Long live the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium the Pope reconcile, Down with I conciliabolo Vatican II celebrated by the Church Fathers gathered in the ecumenical seated ” (!?).

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I think equally important to recall to all of them - the speech and action of which moves in a frightening ecclesial and doctrinal confusion - that John Paul II, elected as their darling for the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium elevated to intangible dogma Faith, is the same John Paul II from them vilified in the fierce way for its ecumenical encounters in Assisi.

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And since I do the priest and theologian and not the psychiatrist, you know well that before similar personalities suffering from such disorders bipolar spectrum [cf. WHO], throw in the towel and step dutifully to another kind of specialist expertise, namely to neuropsychiatrists.

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Regrets that Mrs. Cristina Siccardi followed to try their hand at rants fanta ecclesiological fiercely anti-conciliar serialized on that gloomy site Pharisees which has shrunk now Levied Christian [see WHO]. Because what the Fathers of’Patmos Island ask certain people, is just a little’ the basic spirit of human and Christian integrity. Or maybe they really believe they can attack from a part the whole Magisterium of the Church of the last fifty years, but at the same time argue that the n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium, written by a Pope to reconcile, present as a bishop at the council, then the council actuator as Successor of Peter, both more important and more dogmatic than will the entire Prologue of John's Gospel, which tells the mystery of God's Word [cf. WHO]?

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Where does this obsession on the topic of Communion for divorced and remarried? But it is obvious: It comes from the morbid pant theology [cf. My previous article WHO], thanks to which some people identify the sex and human sexuality not only the sin of sins, but the center and the engine of the entire mystery of evil.

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We urge consistency. That consistency based on fides and on the ratio human and Christian. But unfortunately, these people, of forms of genuine ideological hatred have structured their anger against the Church and against Peter, reducing everything to an obsessive pant theology. And the anger against the Church and hatred against Peter, Catholic do not have anything, with all due respect to the Heralds of the Truth, of all their papesse and obsession with pant theology, in virtue of which they are induced to ignore a whole series of serious sins ranging from the waist up, but of which these people do not want to just talk, sure as I am that the sins are only those that go from the waist down.

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The Siccardi as traditionalists sites you mentioned are based, in most cases, to distinguished Catholic theologians who certainly can not be accused of ignorance or ridiculousness, I refer to Romano Amerio and Brunero Gherardini. Answer, if you can, to parrot, and then you can afford to be accused of heresy the Siccardi and all sites "siccardiani", But to hell with them in the group of heretics and proud, It will put us well Gherardini and Amerio, if he can, is intende. I wish you a good job …

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Dear Reader.

I did not know that Romano Amerio and Brunero Gherardini were the Dad and the Son from which the proceeds Holy Spirit, that "with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, he has spoken through the prophets".

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She responds rather to himself: it is best to refer to the supreme magisterium of the Popes - including all those that go from San Giovanni XXIII to follow - or is it better to refer to the above Dad e Son Used and abused by some people to discredit and attack the papal magisterium, not to mention the dangerous thought gherardiniano, followed in this by Serafino Lanzetta, about the Second Vatican Council "only pastoral", ie ... with no weight and account, "not being", to say these theologians, "dogmatic", so, de facto, non-binding ?

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Quote the Iota Romano Amerio s'esso as he was above the Profession of Faith, to hit through it Peter, as certain Catholics, It is simply absurd.

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Rev. Fathers Ariel and John Cavalcoli.

I am writing to express to you the following concerns: I think your Catholic response to Luther [Ed. cf. WHO e WHO] It is likely to be a little stronger because you accuse ideas, but then shows the sources. In fact, some would have to say sfacciatezza “but look what Luther did not say that, neither she wanted to say this!”. Also one thing to Luther and the Lutherans have an account that are inspired by Luther, who claim not to share any ideas of their illustrious predecessor and not be required to do so; then there are those who simply declare Protestants and are inspired by aspects of the thought of Luther and his “Reform” but on other points they keep their distance. It's clear that, if this is the situation, both Lutherans and Protestants may have easily evading game criticism and accusations of Catholic theologians: This means that even when you are feeling the Lutheranism and the various Protestant theologians and preachers is important to cite sources.

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Luther's theses I quote or to which I refer in my last article [cf. WHO] They have been known for centuries, least among connoisseurs of Luther and relate to well-known convictions of the Church. The sources, in addition to those cited by me, are located in the Authors to which reference.
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I not therefore ask the reader to trust my authority; but he can control by means of my cross-references both to the authors that the Magisterium of the Church.
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The intent of my article it was not to expose my new interpretation of the Lutheran thought. Only in that case I should abound in citations of sources, in order to document and prove my assumption and refute opponents. So in my article I did not say anything new, that is not already known by critics, but but it is likely to be forgotten by the current celebratory rhetoric.
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Delivery My intent instead was informative and educational, but also of theological study, in the context of ecumenism and of Catholic, is to make known to the Catholic culture media some valid points of Luther's thought and is to refute errors, which today does little, while praising Luther inappropriately, so these errors are likely to delight even the Catholics.
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I am not a historian of Lutheranism, but a theologian. For this I do Luther as such; I do not care the various interpretations of his more or less faithful followers, embellishments or cuts that they operate in the thought of their master.

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I will not put myself in this quagmire, although I recognize that the thought of Luther, in its richness and complexity, but also for the inconsistency, ambiguity, darkness and paradoxical nature of some of his positions, It can require you to consult its authoritative followers and ensure that certain interpretations of his thought remain dubious or uncertain.

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So I ask the reader who wants to judge me, to stay in what I say about Luther and not what they say Lutherans, which I do not even mention in my article.

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Writes Father John Cavalcoli: "As I have explained publicly on several occasions on the Island of Patmos and elsewhere, the Pope has, under the power of the keys, the right at its discretion to change the laws of the Church, although founded on divine right. Now the law of exclusion of remarried divorcees from Eucharistic Communion is one of these ' [cf. WHO].
I'm sorry but change the laws founded on divine right is not possible because it is precisely the divine right and then to his immutable nature. The Pope by virtue of the keys has no authority to change what God has established, if it did commit an abuse and his teachings on the subject would not be binding, as an expression of a pseudo pastoral teaching (not dogmatic and therefore not infallible), whose falsity is obvious insofar as it departs from the Catholic dogma to chase false modern philosophies, repository of all heresy.

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we must distinguish the 'institution of the sacraments from the discipline of the sacraments. The first is due to Christ and forms the divine or divine law right; the second was entrusted by Christ to Peter, and is the canon law or ecclesiastical law.

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The ban on Communion for divorced and remarried, still in force under the The joy of love, certainly it is founded on divine right, but not so necessary and stringent, that, if the Pope tomorrow will, He has no power, according to the power of the keys (discipline of the sacraments), grant permission Communion in special cases, to be determined by the law.

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It can be said that even this permit will be based on divine right, although with different reasons from those which justified the prohibition. Indeed, while this, as it is clear from the n. 84 from the Family member company, It was motivated by the opportunity to avoid scandal, any permission given by the Holy Father Francis, as shown by The joy of love ((c). VIII), It may be motivated by the opportunity to provide the couple with additional means of grace, such as to enable them to cope with greater confidence and supernatural force the duties of their state, who, constituting a strong occasion of sin, as it was irregular, It appears to be a more difficult path to salvation, than that of the regular pairs.

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We here another way to respect the dignity of marriage, of Confession and the Eucharist, ie the divine right, suitable to their situation, and different from the one implemented by regular couples and other than that provided by law of prohibition.

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It will be well that the Supreme Pontiff emanates an Instruction for Confessors, in order to help them to the proper administration of the sacrament in this matter so complex and difficult, as is that of the state of remarried divorcees, distinguishing between cases in which the confessors can admit them to the sacraments from those in which they can not, and leaving to them a sufficient space for discernment and decision.

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With Luther Archbishop Luigi Negri is too lenient and too strict

LUTHER WITH ARCHBISHOP LUIGI NEGRI FORGIVING IS TOO AND TOO SEVERE

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Present Lutheranism as simply different or different from Catholicism means giving him a driver's legitimacy. In fact, being different or different is an asset and not a defect.

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Luigi Negri

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S. AND. Mons. Luigi Negri, Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio

On behalf of myself and the priest Ariel S confrere. Levi di Gualdo, with whom I send back the beautiful experience of this ever most visited online magazine The Isle of Parmos, I wish to express my warmest congratulations for acute critical observations that Your Excellency Rev.ma expressed in the recent interview with Helm, then reported the following New Daily Compass [cf. WHO]. Nevertheless I dare to expose some of my reservations about the following points:

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1) The talk of faith as "experience" It is already a grant to Luther what does not should be granted, since experience is the property of love and not of the faith. And indeed, precisely, Luther just confuses the faith with the charity. It would be better instead to refer to the true concept of faith taught by Vatican Council I: «FFaith is a supernatural virtue, via, God's help and the help of grace, he had revealed to be true, not because of the intrinsic truth of the things perceived by the natural light of reason?, but because of the authority of God himself » [Denz. 3008] [1]

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His judgment on Lutheranism, one part is too forgiving, but on the other it is too severe.

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a) Too indulgent, why present it as simply "different" or different from Catholicism means giving him a driver's legitimacy. In fact, being different or different is an asset and not a defect. A Franciscan is different from the Dominican; but not the Franciscan being is a defect or heresy. We must say frankly that instead of just what Luther did against Catholicism is not “different”, ma fake.
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b) But you have not even too accentuate errors. So it is not appropriate to speak of difference "immeasurable": in reality, as noted by the Decree on Ecumenism Reintegratio [cf. WHO], we and the Lutherans have a common measure, which is Christ, from which the fundamental dogmas come, that have remained in common: the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation, the Redemption, Baptism, in the common love for the Bible and the faith that we are saved by grace. Ignore these common data is unjust and offensive to the Lutherans.

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2) Nor do I agree with the defeatist attitude of Jean Guitton. He seems to say,: “They are hopelessly different. Let them so”. Not at all! This is not the teaching of Unity redirection which instead he says to the n. 3 that the separated brethren "must be incorporated into the Catholic Church", which obviously supposes that in the "recognition of common values" we help them to correct themselves from their mistakes.

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The church, in conclusion, commands us to have the attitude that for them the doctor against the sick. The doctor from the consideration of healthy resources, which remain ill, relying on them to prescribe the most appropriate and best care.

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Giovanni Cavalcoli, o.p.

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Miagolose rumors for years sex cinema Seventy: alleged “papal heresies” on Communion for divorced, Cristina Siccardi the Savoy, Andrea Tornielli pilloried …

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MY GOOD VOICES FROM CINEMA EROTIC SEVENTIES: ALLEGED "Heresies PAPAL" THE COMMUNION TO DIVORCED, CRISTINA SICCARDI THE SABAUDA, ANDREA TORNIELLI TO GOGNA …

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there is no sin so serious, from which you can not break free and divine forgiveness. We should not assume that the divorced and remarried are always in a state of mortal sin. This would be a rash judgment, that would deny free will, as Luther did, and the power of divine grace.

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Dear Father Giovanni.

The ban on communion for divorced and remarried is not a mere ecclesiastical law that the Pope can abolish, but it depends directly on the divine right, which requires a student to be in the grace of God to communion. For thus says the Council of Trent: "If anyone says that faith is sufficient preparation for receiving the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, let him be anathema ".

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The Pope has already explained in 'The joy of love that remarried divorcees, though it is in an irregular status, which strongly induces to sin and though they can also commit mortal sins, however, if they repent and do penance, They can regain the grace. That is why, in principle, They could go to Communion.

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Remember that there is no sin so serious, from which you can not break free and divine forgiveness. We should not assume that the divorced and remarried are always in a state of mortal sin. This would be a rash judgment, that would deny free will, as Luther did, and the power of divine grace. If they fall into sin, they can always regain grace.

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The Supreme Pontiff signed the Post-Synodal Exhortation

Dad, once it was to give Communion to divorced and remarried in a canonically correct document, not attenterà to any divine law. Indeed, in this matter the divine laws in play are two: the law of the indissolubility of marriage and the sanctity of Holy Communion.

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To understand the meaning of the ecclesiastical law change, that the Pope should prepare to do - from the prohibition of Communion to the permission of Communion -, We have to make the following considerations:

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1) It should be noted an underlying theme, now it is known to all, which it is the basis of the pontificate of Pope Francis, and is that of mercy, understood here as research and willingness to do everything possible, even better than the past, to make available salvation to those who are most at risk. And it is the case of divorced and remarried along with many other cases.

2) It is true that God can save even without the Sacraments [cf. WHO]; but if it is possible to open the door of the Sacraments to a greater number of available people, without offending the dignity of the Sacraments, it's better, and indeed it is right;

3) Pope Francis invites us, on this issue, to turn our gaze in a different direction from that of the past. Up to San Giovanni Paolo II [CF. Familiar Consortium n.84] the church, about the problem of pastoral care for the divorced and remarried, he had under his eyes the dignity of the Sacrament and the public scandal given by the divorced and remarried (“It was irregular”, “public sinners”).

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The Reigning Pontiff, instead, without of course aside these considerations, It invites us to take rather that God may grant to remarried divorcees, in some cases - to be specified by the new law -, to be in grace, despite their irregular status.

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4) The granting of the Holy Communion in those particular cases would not be offensive to the sacrament of marriage, but it would safeguard the dignity, although in different ways and even it is contrary to what so far has followed the ministry to divorced and remarried.

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the post-synodal exhortation of the Holy Father Francis

This is the most difficult point to understand. The moral principle says so: "One and the same moral law, intelligently interpreted, It can be applied in ways materially inconsistent, depending on the circumstances'.

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Take the case of the commandment Do not kill. Just this command allows you to kill the unjust aggressor, but there is not space here to explain this apparent paradox, for which reference to a treatise of moral theology.

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Regarding our case, we can then say that the law of the indissolubility of marriage may continue to be respected in certain circumstances, not only with the prohibition of Communion, but also by making it, provided that the divorced and remarried are in a particular situation, which must be specified by the new law.

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Dear Father Ariel.

This war on the field of the Communion for divorced and remarried is getting stronger. Some say that you should not obey the Pope because it is wrong. Then I wonder: who can judge if the Pope is wrong, do not obey him and invite to disobey? the, as a woman, as well as Piedmontese, I am irritated by some comments about carbolic acid covered in honey written by Cristina Siccardi on various blogs, then cited by others as a truth of faith. This writer is probably a star of theology? As a priest, how she reacts, in front of certain subjects?

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Edwige Fenech, film poster The doctor of the military district, left Alvaro Vitali, very talented stage actor discovered by Federico Fellini. But how he had this to say: « … the theater is an art that does not pay, while with light flicks I could support his family »

Years ago I explained in my book that everyone is able to obey an authority figure with a strong personality, spirituality and holiness of life, but this is not the challenge of faith addressed to priests and religious, nor to lay Catholic. The challenge is to obey a bishop or major superior to a fragile, limited and mediocre, provided that he does not command things contrary to the doctrine and the Magisterium of the Church and do not use its authority to commit crimes and offenses, because in that case you are required to disobey imperative for the Christian conscience and to inform the supreme ecclesiastical authority of its abuses, order is restored justice violated.

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If the Roman Pontiff He gives me a wrong order and I was aware of what, First I would try to convince him of the error and demonstrate the substantial mistake the given command, But if it were to maintain in this case the eseguirei, unless it was not contrary to the deposit of credit and Catholic morality. He said this would add: I do not know who can demonstrate how many commands given by the Roman Pontiffs in the course of Church history results are in conflict with deposit of credit and Catholic morality, because I personally do not know of any case.

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Why is it better to make a mistake to make an order that may appear incorrectly, instead of making the right choice by disobeying the Roman Pontiff? Because in the second case the error would be more and more serious. Then the Roman Pontiff will have to answer before men and history, but especially before God, if it had imposed the wrong order.

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Cover the film The high-school student, with Gloria Guida in a fancy school in Cinecittà …

Affirm this, and maybe blind obedience in contrast with the logic, free will and human dignity, as some tend to believe, marching on those “good intentions” whose streets are paved Hell? Far from it, assert that means to proceed on the path of prudent wisdom. Indeed, the Roman Pontiff enjoys special assistance from the Holy Spirit, therefore a grace which was not enjoyed by individual bishops, priests and even lay Catholics. If in the history of the Church has no memory of erroneous commands imposed by contrasting with the Popes deposit of credit and Catholic morality, Instead they have abundant evidence of how right they later were seen in the years ahead of the choices on the spot hotly contested. This is based on the obedience of believers of Christ and gods ministers of the sacred : the prudent and wise understanding that the Roman Pontiff has a special grace of state and entitled to special assistance of the Holy Spirit that makes it infallible in matters of doctrine and faith [refer to the article of John Cavalcoli: The tasks and the degrees of the infallibility of the Supreme Pontiff, WHO]. And who does not accept this, assuming, if anything, to be invested for greater grace was the power of judgment on certain decisions of the Roman Pontiff on matters of doctrine and faith, or is a heretic, or simply a fool, I saw that the heresy in itself calls for intelligence and talent. And if you always heretics I take them seriously with due respect, fools take them instead around …

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The Reigning Pontiff, that "deserves" respectful criticism with the devotion due to the Successor of the Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Christ on earth, He has never given orders, in no act of their supreme magisterium, which are contrary to Catholic faith and morals; and whoever claims otherwise shows at best not to be able to make elementary distinctions between private doctor, the ordinary pastoral ministry, the supreme Magisterium of Peter. Or better understood: It is shown not to know the basics of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, then giving rise to questions only intended to disorient and simple to sow the poison of confusion among the people of God [I refer to my previous article, WHO].

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For this I have never raised the issue "This Pope we do not like" [Gnocchi & palmar, cf. WHO], and I never fell into the traps of some strong criticism in this pontificate, brandishing towards it charges more or less subtle heresy, formulated through the theories served up by overt heretics unrepentant, how those Lefebvre to be discovered in the aforementioned Christian Siccardi recalled from our Reader, and to which I come now with joy and happiness …

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nadia cassini, film poster The teacher dances with the whole class. Top another great actor of Italian theater: Renzo Montagnani [1930-1997]. He, too, had this to say: "In Italy with the theater he caught you hunger, with light flicks you shop for the home kitchen '

… I do not know who this Lady who writes about Siccardiana correspondence, already Correspondence Romana, on which occasionally has delighted readers with articles rose on the Royal House of pirates, anticlerical Freemasons and these were the Savoy [cf, WHO, WHO, etc..], or on levied Siccardiana, already Levied Christian, where articles are published every year to commemorate with the tear to the eye of that figure holy man Benito Mussolini [cf. WHO, WHO, WHO etc..]. At this point I note by the way, before proceeding over, at what levels reach the spirit of these people that thunder for two years against any sacrilege of communion for divorced and remarried persons, including accusations of heresy and some columnist who even invites to resist with disobedience to the Supreme Pontiff. Well, despite their rigor toward adultery and cohabitees, to keep as far away from these Eucharistic canteens, If the adulterer is however the former Duce of Italy, married with children, or her lover and accomplice close friend in adultery, heard what sweetness and Christian charity express the tender souls of levied Siccardiana:

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"The exact circumstances, the place, time, where they were killed Mussolini and Claretta Petacci, whose only crime was love for Duce, It was in turn covered by a part of history that had a vested interest in spreading a stereotyped vision of events in which there was very little decent and honest " [cf. WHO].

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Movie poster busted, gassed completely melted, behind Edwige Fenech actor Enrico Maria Salerno [1926-1994] famous for being one of the great actors of the Italian theater among the most gifted in the interpretation of the most disparate roles

Oh, poor Claretta, sweet unhappy creature, considered by bloody rabble partisan and by historical dishonest guilty of having given to adultery with Benito Mussolini. In conclusion, what's wrong with it? What's wrong, to love a married man, husband and father of four children?

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Once written similar amenities, the same people then go to comb through old articles of the Vatican correspondent Andrea Tornielli, these days in the pillory because “reo” of having reported the news regarding the events of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi and the IOR in a way “uneven” the antecedents of 2013 [cf. WHO]. Well, if from 2013 al 2016 the accounts given by the Holy See or by the Archbishop George Ganswein it differs, the fault lies not with the Vatican expert who reported the facts as they were presented, but who over time has changed version. This is perhaps a Vatican “guilty” not to have pointed out this discrepancy, as Roberto de Mattei says so right on a formal level [cf. WHO]? I honestly do not know which of us, He is having written in the space of three years beyond 200 articles, can remember the precise passage and the exact detail of one of them; What this is true of all the publicists, but for all, including Andrea Tornielli working alone, what I doubt Roberto de Mattei does instead, on the basis of a simple calculation based on his writings and activities. Indeed, Roberto de Mattei, He is engaged as an academic at the European University, Director of Correspondence Romana, director of the monthly Christian roots, director of the Lepanto Foundation, promoter March for Life, consultant to several institutions, author of an average of two articles per week with extra articles published also on The Republic e The Gazette, author of two books a year, He engaged in numerous appearances as a lecturer in Italy and abroad … it is not by chance that this man of the help of collaborators ready to seek benefits sighs and commas of articles written to three years away from a Vatican expert who works alone, so all in all honest and without paleologipalletizers on its payroll? Come on, you monsters to Andrea Tornielli least the same pity that certain subjects show for Benito Mussolini and Claretta Petacci sweet, which it was not - as many might think, obviously wrong - his mistress, her his concubine, she who helped him to commit adultery at the expense of the legitimate wife Donna Rachele. Absolutely not! Claretta was the only woman who "loved the Duce" and that perhaps the columnists of levied Siccardiana they would not hesitate to admit to the sacraments, together with all well-known womanizer of the House of Savoy, including the last king of Italy, Umberto II, an "honest man" dear to the pink of journalism Siccardi [cf. WHO], also separated from his wife and a nidata of children along with their children have plunged this house of pirates ridicule of the tabloid press and deserved the talk show televisions [see the last glorious heir to the House of Savoy, video WHO].

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film poster The teacher, with the inevitable Edwige Fenech and Alvaro Vitali

… But back to the Siccardi, whose crass ignorance, with regard to the Church's history and fundamental theology, to me indeed to spare. And it's not my judgment ungenerous, because such crass ignorance oozes from his books, articles and video-conferences, which are public documents, non-confidential material or material covered by Privacy Act. But since you can bacchettare the reigning Pontiff up to accuse him of heresy, I just want to see if it is not to criticize this lady claims the legitimate freedom to bacchettare like a conductor the entire teaching of the Church of the last fifty years, again according to his books and articles, I repeat that public acts are and shall remain. Therefore worth revisited told: “Who acid injures die by acid”.

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I was then asked how I react before certain figures. To understand this it should first be given that I am not only the son of Dante Alighieri, but also by Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Aretino, Cecco Angiolieri and so. Given the above, They say they are not accustomed take seriously some people, I tend to make fun of them and the Profitable circulate the tradiProtestants which they are derived in part their place in the sun and part of their publishing market, between halberdiers boasting quarters of nobility among the laces&laces of Masses in the ancient rite and aspiring Contessine by Liala novel that poignant recollections of the House of Savoy. I prefer to throw it into a joke, also because this lady from the voice miagolosa, It reminds me of certain actresses erotic film of the seventies. Obviously I am referring to the item, be clear: only to the Voice. Also because we are talking about a sex cinema that nowadays is accordingly punished and modest point that these old films could be screened in cinemas schools for children of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

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Lilli Carati, film poster Professor of Natural Sciences. Also in the program of this lightweight comedy, stand out the names of some of the largest and most talented actors of the Italian theater of the twentieth century

Hearing the voice miagolosa the Siccardi - Objective observation, certainly not irreverent mockery [cf. audio WHO] - I was reminded of the actresses who also spoke with voices miagolose : Edwige Fenech ago The doctor of the military district [cf. WHO]; Glory in the shoes of the Guide night nurse [cf. WHO], Nadia Cassini in the shoes of Professor dancing with the whole class [cf. WHO], to follow with other actresses and soubrette who troubled the sleep of most of us, today fifties, in the seventies when we were teenagers, children in our turn of healthy fathers whose sleep was rather upset in their teens from the image of Wanda Osiris, who wore dresses much more monastic than those worn today by rebel American nuns who have had unfortunate as teachers and spiritual directors the Jesuits of the new Company of the Indies. Even for this many years later we became healthy priests, fell into the world of faith and the real, pace of prudish Lefebvre theater that one out fragrance virginity of heretics which in itself and by itself is more impure adultery [cf. WHO].

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I can not conclude this survey of actresses from the voice miagolosa forgetting the beautiful and unhappy Lilli Carati, born Ileana Caravati [1956-2014 – cf. WHO, WHO] I will keep a poignant reminder, while avendoci spoken once, after the disease that tore the life had been diagnosed in 2014, meeting her by chance at a cancer center where I went to visit a friend who was in a terminal state. It would be nice to be able to tell what appeared mild and Christian cross the mind of this woman who was preparing to end his life after a long series of bad choices, but it is those talks and remember that a priest must bring with him to the grave. As the tender conversation I had years ago in Ladispoli, while I was a guest of friends, with that soul as unhappy as beautiful Laura Antonelli [1941-2015], that was an icon of beauty and eroticism, now of poor health and physically destroyed, to which I gave a rosary blessed by the Holy Father, before which he bursts into tears of joy.

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The poster for the film The duck à l'orange, main protagonists of this film of the seventies two sacred monsters the theater and the Italian cinema: Monica Vitti and Ugo Tognazzi. In 1975 the vision of the film was banned in theaters for children under 14 years because he could see from a distance a small glimpse of the backside of Barbara Buochet, although it was more prudish of certain images painted within our baroque churches. So it worked in that period, except, however, jump to the other extreme a few years later, when in the early evening the Rai offered a butcher's shop worth a lot per kilo [cf. WHO] …

Who is Cristina Siccardi I then try his writings on the bizarre historical and theological level, and his lectures were built on ignorance castles. Instead about how to take it, I would say that could be taken as one that meows in Lefebvrian, while in his rambling lectures enhances the confused and stubborn Bishop Marcel Lefebvre comparing it to the Holy Bishop and Doctor of the Church Athanasius of Alexandria, ie equating facto the Second Vatican Council to the Arian heresy [cf. WHO, WHO].

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Even more so back with human and pastoral tenderness to my mind the memory of the suffering soul of Lilli Carati, ready to admit their past mistakes, those austere papessa lefebvriana as Siccardi would never admit, ie of being wrong for indomitable pride to self-elect to the rank of expert spin doctors in complex and delicate disciplines such as the history of the Church, dogmatic sacramental, canon law and so on, knowing the hurt the Catechism of St. Pius X, and acting accordingly versus the Church instead in church, versus instead of Pietro under Pietro. All because it presumed to be not only a true Catholic, but the Almighty dealership that owns the authentic truth of the Mystery, just like the boutique d'owns the exclusive license for the sale of intimate Via Monte Napoleone in Milan baby doll and of beehive by Christian Dior.

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I “immoral moralists that the result of the Siccardi and related they tear their garments for months about the danger "heretical"Communion for divorced and remarried, to forget their obvious convenience that the first of the deadly sins, It has always been considered the queen of all the deadly sins, it is not lust, but pride. And this does not teach him the "diabolical secret meeting"Vatican II, to whom, as stated by the Siccardi, the heroic Marcel Lefebvre resisted like St. Athanasius of Alexandria opposed the Arian heresy; This teaches the most holy is always very valid Catechism of Saint Pius X, that they know and teach only when it's convenient to them and where it suits them, to support a pseudo-Catholic ideology increasingly grim, certainly not the Catholic unhappy and unorthodox book published recently by Cardinal Walter Kasper to the praise of Luther [see article by John Cavalcoli, WHO]. This Cardinal is undoubtedly a pro-Protestant and an irreducible rahneriano, with an incorrect theological vision of ecclesiology and ecumenism; in his thought they contain several of the major mistakes of modernism and perhaps it is also the direct proponent of some bad advice given to the Supreme Pontiff, but he would never dare to accuse Peter of heresy or apostasy from the Catholic faith, or break the unity of the Church. This is why, if it really was led to a forced choice with no possibility of rejection, as a devoted son of the Church and devoted priest always I will choose Kasper, never Lefebvre and meows of their acidic kittens e cute that wiggle Masses in the ancient rite, among Halberdiers boasting quarters of nobility and countesses aspirants they beatify not worth the ridiculous historical calamity that was to Italy and the Catholic Church lamented their House of Savoy, advocate of anti-ecclesiastical laws passed by the House of Savoy under the legislative model of Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as written under the direct dictation of Freemasons. All this happened at a time when, at the Royal Senate and the Royal Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy, Senators and MEPs state that it was Pius IX calling "pig" and the Pope Leo XIII calling "shitty bone». This is so, if the painful novel siccardian alla recently per aspiring Contessine dreamy, we want to go instead to the serious historical analysis, What this requires first of all that educated people, competent and above series. E la vera culture, the true knowledge and the true seriousness, born and proceed from the rejection of the arrogance and the extraordinary virtue of humility that leads to listening, What unfortunately impossible for those who hear only the reasons for yourself and then change the first absolute truths, then closed ideologies and aggressive.

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Unhappy about the letter of the Holy Father to the Argentine Bishops: a note on the question of communion for divorced and remarried

UNHAPPY ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE BISHOPS OF ARGENTINE: A NOTE ON THE ISSUE OF COMMUNION TO DIVORCED REMARRIED

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If the Pope wants to change the law - and has the power to do so - however, must set aside that unhappy letter, evidently written on impulse to the Argentine bishops. That, remains a private document, which shows the generous soul of the Pope, but lacks juridical prudence, so it is worthless, not for the content, which can be valid - it is in fact up to the Pope to decide -, but for the shape.

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The fathers of’Patmos Island they have in mind, as priests and theologians, who Peter is in his role as Vicar of Christ the Good Shepherd, but also the Vicar of Christ, outside the exercise of his infallible ministry, can fall into error, how Peter fell there and how many of his Successors fell after him [cf. WHO], without detracting from the supreme authority of Peter, linked by dogma of faith to the mystery of the Church.

It is known that the Bishops of the Buenos Aires Region they asked the Pope about their "interpretation" oflove joy, from which it would appear that she grants Eucharistic Communion to the divorced and remarried. And the letter with which the Pope approved this "interpretation" is equally well known..

We must observe with regret that this granting of Communion to the divorced and remarried is not an interpretation, my a change of the law contained in love joy, which confirms the provisions of St. John Paul II in Family member company to n. 84, that is to say, the prohibition of communion for the divorced and married, excluding those who choose to live in a state of sexual continence.

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As I have already had the opportunity to explain publicly on several occasions on the island of Patmos and elsewhere, the Pope has, under the power of the keys, the right at its discretion to change the laws of the Church, although founded on divine right. Now the law of the exclusion of the divorced and remarried from Eucharistic Communion is one of these [see our previous articles from October 2015 in the archive of’Patmos Island, WHO , WHO , WHO].

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The content of the Pope's letter it is therefore inherently in line with its jurisdictional power, however lacks legal form, whereby, if one doesn't happen healing formal, it is legally invalid, for the reason that I said and I repeat: The Pope's letter is not an interpretation, but a change in the law. While the love joy prohibits Communion with the aforementioned restriction, The letter admits.

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Until this happens healing, for now the rule of the Family member company, which is tacitly but validly confirmed in love joy. In fact, it is a common rule of legal exegesis that a legislator who returns to the matter dealt with and regulated by a previous legislator, unless explicitly introduced by the new legislator, he confirms the dictates of the law desired by the previous legislator.

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Now this is precisely what the Pope did in love joy for the simple fact of not having explicitly changed the disposition of St. John Paul II. So it has implicitly but validly confirmed. It follows that now as now the norm established by St. John Paul II and confirmed in love joy. However, it should be noted that the love joy contains, with respect to the Familiar Consortium, two novelties, which can act as a premise for a change in the law:

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– The admission that the divorced and remarried they can be in grace. Now, if one is in grace, It may receive Communion.

– The note 351, in which the Pope mentions "cases" in which the sacraments could be granted to the divorced and remarried.

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Ad 1m: an account is the premise from which a law can be derived and an account is the law itself. The premise alone is not true law. The legislator himself must draw the consequences. Only then will there be a true law. It can be said that the Pope did this in his letter. But our case presents the difficulty that these consequences they are contrary to a previous law.

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The legislator by itself, as I said, has the right to draw the said consequences, but he must clearly state that he has changed the previous law and not that "interpreted" it. Only in this case the new law is valid and binding.

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Ad 2m: a law must determine the cases in which it is to be applied or not applied, which is not done here, and cannot be stated in the conditional, as given here, ma all’imperative o all’indicative. For this he notes it 351 it has no legal value and does not at all abolish n. 84 from the Familiar Consortium.

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If the Pope wants to change the law - and he has the right to do so - he must set aside that unfortunate letter, evidently written on impulse. That, remains a private document, which shows the generous soul of the Pope, but lacks juridical prudence, so it is worthless, not for the content, which can be valid - it is in fact up to the Pope to decide -, but for the shape.

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I therefore allow myself to suggest to the Holy Father to issue a new document, possibly in the form of Motu proprio, in which, giving up talking about "interpretation", that is a legal monster, say with unequivocal clarity and evangelical frankness that abolishes the law of St. John Paul II and grants Communion to the divorced and remarried in certain cases.

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It would not be the first time that the Church has changed its laws, but this must be done in due form, to show the face of divine mercy, as well as to reassure traditionalists and penalty takers, and also block the anomistic and treacherous attempts of the modernists and lax. There is a midpoint between the harshness of legalism and anarchist liberalism: legal prudence, which is justice and mercy.

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Decline and recovery of the Dominican Order. The eight hundred years of history “warriors of the faith”

FORFEITURE AND RESUMPTION OF THE DOMINICAN ORDER. OTTOCENTO THE YEARS OF HISTORY WARRIORS OF FAITH

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The Order's renewal promoted by the Council has been misunderstood by the current Schillebeeckxiana, which eventually prevailed, and still has a great influence in setting of the Order, which, also marked by the liberation theology of Gustavo Gutierrez, He has abandoned the original motto faith and peace to replace it with "justice and peace".

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Now you have rejected and disgraced us and no longer go forth with our armies. You make us retreat from the foe and our enemies plunder us.

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The Servant of God Tomas Tyn [Brno, 3 May 1950 – Heidelberg, 1January 1990], a Dominican model for the XXI century [see WHO]

Element of the initial success of the Dominicans It was the fact that existed at the time of Domenico strong European episcopate communion with the Pope and this was really up to the task. In addition to this, remember that in 1215 the Fourth Lateran Council decreed that the bishops chose the clergy of specialized staff for the preaching of the Gospel.

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Today, however, the papacy in Europe, after five centuries of invective Lutheran, It has lost its former prestige. To many it appears the symbolic remnant of a Europe of the past now, Europe today would be guided by purely secular forces, without any reference to the Christian roots - as St. John Paul II asked in vain - because no longer it considered a common value and modern vitality sources.

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Cardinal Carlo Caffara on the feast of St. Augustine: "The day when they will not endure sound doctrine, to turn aside to myths …»

CARDINAL CARLO CAFFARRA THE FEAST OF SAINT AUGUSTIN: "THE DAY YOU DO NOT endure sound Doctrine, TO TAKE YOUR TO FABLES …»

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The true Church and the Church - let's call it - of the newspaper is the same reality; is the same Church that, like Jacob, It rests firmly on one foot and the other lame. A great English writer said: "To the great saints and great sinners there is the Catholic Church; for people honest just the Anglican Church " [Oscar Wilde]

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The Patmos Island Fathers propose to the readers this homily delivered in Pavia on 28 agosto to S. E. Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, on the feast of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. In this sermon we discovered product includes all the doctrinal and theological reasons with which recently, I and the Father Ariel S. Levi Gualdo we returned to enter without any false mercy, the deeds of certain "bad teachers" [cf. WHO, WHO] and words of certain dangerous "false prophets" [cf. WHO, WHO]. The words of Cardinal Carlo Caffara we have very heartened and made to feel less alone in advancing the gospel principle: « Let what you say be Yes, Yes ; no, no ; the more you from evil» [cf. Mt 5, 21-37].

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Cardinal Carlo Caffarra (left) with John Cavalcoli, ON (right)

the three readings just proclaimed, together they have presented the reality of the Church in its historical condition. The church, as we are told in the first reading, is human unity rebuilt from obedience to the teaching of the Apostles and the "breaking of bread", that is, by the Eucharistic celebration. The unequivocal expression unit rebuilt by faith and the Sacrament, is the disappearance of the categories "My-Your": "They had all things in common".

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If the first reading we move to the Gospel, the presentation of the Church becomes dramatic. Beside the amiable and attractive figure of the Good Shepherd, They move ravening wolves. They are introduced into the flock of the Lord "to kidnap and disperse"; and in front of the wolves are shepherds-mercenaries who flee, afraid of the danger. But the second reading is even more dramatic. It promises to be for the Church "a day that will not endure sound doctrine […] refusing to listen to the truth to turn to fairy tales ". Dear friends, the contrast could not be more violent: a church built on listening to the Apostles' teaching, a Church traveled by "itching ears" different, by listening to storyteller, "According to their own desires".

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At this point we must not make the mistake to understand the Word of God in chronological order, as if each of the three readings declare it to different historical periods of the Church: to a holy and immaculate Church of the beginning happens long time a corrupt church and worldly. No, this is not what the Word of God is telling us. What then? And then we begin to go to the school of your Holy Patron, who, in a beautiful text, He answers our question.

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archive photos – S. AND. Cardinal Carlo Caffarra

Augustine says the biblical text which tells the mysterious struggle between Jacob and the Angel. From it comes the father of the Jewish people blessed by God, but crippled for life. So writes Augustine: "The injured party of Jacob is bad Christians, because there is the same Jacob and blessing and limp ... Now the Church limps. Based firmly on one foot, the other is invalid ' [Speech 5,8; NBA XXIX, pp.94-95]. The Church which speaks the first reading is the same Church which Paul speaks in the second reading. The true Church and the Church - let's call it - of the newspaper is the same reality; is the same Church that, like Jacob, It rests firmly on one foot and the other lame. A great English writer said: "To the great saints and great sinners there is the Catholic Church; for people honest just the Anglican Church " [O. Wilde].

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"That's why" - writes Augustine - "The Church of Christ believers firm in the faith, but he also wavering faithful, and it can not be stable without the ones in faith, nor without those unstable ' [Speech 76, 3.4; NBA XXX/1, pag.519].

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archive photos – S. AND. Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, He receives the dignity of cardinal by SS. Benedict XVI

How are we to live in our house which is the Church, in which, as she has just told us Augustine, There are strong Christians in faith and weak Christians? The Word of God heard answers that question, turning distinctly to us pastors and faithful to you. A we pastors : "Dearest ... proclaim the Word, be urgent in season and inappropriate occasion, do warn, reproaches, encourage through all patience and teaching ... do the work of the Gospel preacher ". What awful words are addressed to us Pastors! "You," Augustine says, addressed to you faithful "listen (the) carefully, we (the) We listen with trembling ... As for you listen as sheep of God and see how God has kept him safe. Whatever the behavior of those who are there at the head, that is to say of us, you are always safe for the security you donated the Shepherd of Israel. God does not abandon his sheep " [Speech 46.1 ... 2; NBA XXIX, pag.796.797].

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Our cities, our nation, our Europe They are facing a deadly crisis. The figure of their agony is the cold demographic winter we are experiencing. The word that God addresses to us pastors forces us to some questions: we are doing the work of proclaiming the Gospel and we are content to exhort people to good moral sentiments, such as for example tolerance, opening, hospitality? We must not be deaf to the real needs, the yearning need that dwells in the hearts of men and women living with anxiety the days dark and sad that we are going through. We do not have to, we pastors, It is deaf to the anguish that dwells in the heart of the fathers and mothers, who think with fear about the future of their children. It is necessary that the pastors of the Church testify, say that inside every moment, in every event live a Presence, a guest who guides everything that happens to the good of those who love God.

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Until about our spiritual ruin It will be celebrated the Eucharist, they will be resurrected. The pious moral exhortations let's leave them to others. When the 24 August 410 Alaric I, King of the Visigoths sacked Rome, in the general confusion - was from Brenno time since that has happened - Jerome wrote: "It's taken the city, that the whole world had occupied ' [Letter to Principia CXXVII, 12; RUSE, t. HVAC, pag.154, 16]. And he adds with an immense anguish: "The whole world perished in one city". Jerome could not see the future.

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Quite different was the reaction of Augustine. He does not suffer less for the news that come from Rome. "There have been transmitted horrible things: massacres, fires, robberies, killings, torture ... all we have moaned, often we cried, We just managed to console » [Discourse on the fall of Rome,6; PL 40, 715-724]. But he brought to completion The City of God, true cornerstone of our civilization. The holy bishop taught his faithful the right way of being in history; and inside the Empire ruins he sowed the seeds of a new civilization.

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archive photos – S. AND. Cardinal Carlo Caffara during a pastoral visit

What he wanted, what Augustine wanted, He was transmitting real hope, and just at a time when the whole empire, and in it his Africa were collapsing. On his death bed he knew that the Vandals had entered the city.

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Communicating the hope founded on faith which, giving up the project of a retired life of prayer and study, She made him able to really participate in the building of the Church and the city. The hope was that Augustine knew sends unshakable, because he was sure that God had come to live our troubled human story, and from within had saved. It is this God who gives us the right to hope, not just any God, but only the God who has a human face because it was made man.

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The Lord, therefore, face silenced on our lips of shepherds empty words, and put on our lips the words of truth. The Word of God is addressed also faithful to you. It tells you: "Do not be among those who no longer endure sound doctrine, but having itching to hear something new, not surround yourself with teachers who tell you what you have pleasure to hear you say, refusing to listen to the truth, content, look for fables ". But it is Jesus in the Holy Gospel tells you words of consolation. He tells you: "I am the gate for the sheep ... whoever enters through me, will be safe; come and out and find pasture ".

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archive photos – S. AND. Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, accompanied by a nice Befana, brings presents to children Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna during one of his last pastoral visits by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna

Here's how he explains Agostino. "We can say that we enter when we gather in our inner selves to think, and we go out when we externalize through the action; and since, as the Apostle says, it is through faith that Christ dwells in our hearts, come to Christ means to think in the light of faith, while going out for Christ means to translate their faith into action before men " [Comm. the Gospel of John 45,15; NBA XXIV, pag.913]. there, dear faithful, What tells you the Good Shepherd: think in the light of faith; translate faith into acts.

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I conclude. In a paper against the Manichean, Augustine tells us the reasons why it remains in the Church. Here they are: "I stop keeps (in the Church) the consent of peoples and nations; I stop retains that authority initiated by the miracles, nourished by hope, increased by charity, confirmed the antiquity; I stop keeps the succession of Bishops on the same seat of Peter ... until the present Supreme Pontiff; Finally I stop it keeps the same name as the Catholic " [Against that of the Foundation Hands Letter 4.5; NBA XIII/2, pag.307].

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Dear faithful, listen to your Patron. In these times of great uncertainty still get active in the Church. We have real reasons to do so and beautiful. It is in it that we meet our Savior.

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© All rights of this text belongs to Cardinal Carlo Caffara. The text we have taken is a document published on the official website of the Cardinal [see WHO], from which the island of Patmos Writing has taken up and reported upon definition of all references.

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