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Judging Francis

See who judges Francis…

• Sacred Scripture

• 38 Popes (see summary of what Pope Benedict tells us in excerpt below)

• 10 Ecumenical Councils

• 7 Fundamental Texts

• 15 Roman Congregations

• 18 Fathers of the Church

• 13 Doctors of the Church

• 8 Synods and Episcopal Magisterium

• Other Documents and Saints

Benedict XVI…

…judges Francis’ idea that spiritual direction is a charism of the laity

Priests have the munus docendi, the task of teaching – they must answer the fundamental questions about what we must do in order to do good

An essential part of the priest’s grace is the task of putting others in touch with God
Christ tends his flock through the Pastors of the Church

Every priest is called to help the penitent to walk on the demanding path of holiness

Listening to the confessor’s advice is important for the spiritual journey of the penitent

In the saintly priest, the Christian People recognize the voice of the Good Shepherd

…judges Francis’ idea on adulterine unions

The trials of Christians are indeed numerous, but they must be faithful to God in their marriage

Materialistic ideologies tell us it is absurd to observe God’s commandments

The only joy that fills the human heart comes from God: the cross of Christ

The Church has received from its Founder the mission of showing people the way to true happiness: fidelity to the words of Christ

…judges Francis’ idea on family

An institution of natural law based on the marriage between a man and woman

 Marriage has value as a natural institution and as a Sacrament Raised to the dignity of a Sacrament, marriage confers greater splendor and depth to the conjugal bond

The Lord is the centre and heart of the family

 The family is a necessary good, fruit of the love and total self-giving within marriage

 Today the essential characteristics of Sacramental marriage are misunderstood

Today the crisis of the family impresses upon children an erroneous typology of the family

The natural structure of marriage is the union of a man and a woman – this principle comes from human nature itself and not only from faith

 

Read Pope Benedict’s teachings in the complete articles in a comprehensive new website at:
http://en.denzingerbergoglio.com/who-judges-francis/benedict-xvi/

 

Questions raised from Francis’ statements

The following are some of the questions raised from the Bishop of Rome’s various statements.

For full list see: http://en.denzingerbergoglio.com/queries-and-doubts/
• Can good-will replace theology?
• What is the family for the Church? Any type of union?
• The holy anger of Jesus is only pretence?
• Do Catholics and muslims worship the same God?
• Sects no longer exist, and now everyone is the ‘church’?
• Can youth be formed with neither God nor religion?
• Can a Pope defend communist ideas?

• The divorced and remarried are not excommunicated…but, do they enjoy God’s friendship?
• When the Church becomes closed, she becomes an ailing Church, she falls ill! The Church must step outside herself. To the outskirts of existence, whatever they may be?
• Francis says that there is no explanation for suffering. Is that true?
• Ecumenism justifies leaving out Jesus Christ in order to pray with Jews and Muslims?
• Can Catechesis be compared with yoga or zen?
• Can anybody be chosen as godparents? What does the Church think of divorce?
• The blasphemous crucifix of Evo Morales should not offend Catholics?
• Did Jesus rebel against the Father’s will on the Cross?

• What should a Catholic think about the Encyclical Laudato Si´?
• The Church and the Papacy can be transformed into something democratic, horizontal?
• To offer thousands of rosaries is a bad thing?
• Equality is the source of justice and happiness?
• The multiplication of the loaves was only a symbol?
• Communism is good? It is concerned about the poor? It has similarities with the Church’s social doctrine?
• The Eucharistic fast…a dictatorial burden?!
• Good vibes, positive energies, prayers – all the same thing?

• Sins are a motive for joy and salvation?
• The Church learns about God’s will from the people? Her teachings on the family must be adapted to the times?
• Did the Virgin Mary rebel against God?
• What did Saint Paul really say about boasting of our sins?
• “Who am I to judge him?” Is homosexuality a sin?
• Can the Holy Spirit counsel good with evil?
• Mercy takes away the gravity of sin?
• Society has nothing to profit from the Church’s teachings? What is the much touted ‘culture of encounter’?

• It is impossible to find God with entire certainty?
• Holy Communion is no longer the reception of the Body and Blood of Our Lord?
• Alms-giving is preferable to divine worship?
• To look for doctrinal clarity is outdated?
• Having a large family is a sign of irresponsibility?
• The Church should be reduced to a small minority?
• How should the other Christian churches be considered? Are their priestly ordinations valid?
• Is it impossible to know where to encounter God?
• Happiness…Where is it to be found?

• Is Fraternal Correction Good or an Evil?
• The Church no longer needs to convert anyone?
• Does the Old Covenant still exist and is Judaism a valid way of salvation?
• God is not omnipotent?
• Did the Church stop looking to Jesus Christ?
• Is it necessary to reform the Church and to reduce the precepts?
• All religions lead to God?
• The Church should not attempt to form the consciences of people?
• Contemplative communities are spiritually sick since they do not go out?
• Are souls punished with annihilation?

• Is salvation guaranteed to all who belong to God’s people?
• Is material charity the most important thing in the Church?
• God never condemns, and always pardons?
• In the end, do all go to Heaven?
• Is peace possible without Christ?
• Caution with evil is no longer necessary?
• Should the teaching of Morals be silenced?
• Christ will not judge anyone at the Final Judgment?

• The Church no longer excludes the divorced in second union from the Eucharist?
• Does the Church still teach the existence of eternal condemnation?
• The Church has no solution for the crisis of the family?
• Is Ecumenism the harmony of all Christian Faiths?
• Can anyone interpret God as he wishes?
• Absolute truth does not exist?
• Is there a Catholic God?
• Youth who live together shouldn’t be encouraged to marry?
• Is conscience totally free? Can one do evil so that good may result from it?

• Is conscience the last word on what is good and evil?
• Does everyone have a right to receive the Sacraments?
• Should the Gospel be adapted to contemporary culture?

FP appoints a new Doctor of the Church- such as has never been seen before.

In March of this year (2015), Gegory of Narek was announced by Francis to be a new Doctor of the Church. Usually, Doctors of Church are saints that are well known.

Other Doctors of the Church include St Gregory the Great, St Jerome, St Augustine – all well known because of their writings on doctrine. Others include St. Basil,  St. Gregory Nazianzen, and St Therese of Lisieux.

Who is this guy? You might be surprised to learn that he is not a saint, and does not have any special skill regarding Doctrine. He is a member of the Armenian Catholic Church (Oriental Orthodox) – this church is not in communion with Rome. They are schismatic. They are  “Non-Chalcedonian”. This means that they reject the Council of Chalcedon held in 451.

This Council’s  principal purpose was to assert the orthodox Catholic doctrine against the heresy of the time. The Armenian church rejected the teaching of the two-fold nature of Christ.

They reject the teaching as stated in the document of this Council  “We teach . . . one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, known in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation”.

Read the whole story here: http://biblefalseprophet.com/2015/03/06/gregory-of-narek-christological-heresy-now-implicitly-incorporated-into-the-church/#comment-9075

(Reply by Fr Joseph Chaffee-Greek Orthodox priest 16 Sep 2015 )

“They believe that Jesus Christ had only one active free will, the Divine, while His human free will was basically “shut off” at conception. By denying (him) an active human will,(…) they deny Him the capacity of being able to be tempted in every way we are, as the Scriptures declare He was. This dehumanizes Christ and denies His full incarnation. It also takes away all the constant praise in the Scripture for His “obedience”, even unto death, for obedience implies the subjugation of one will (His human will) to another (His divine will–which is one and the same with the Fathers).”

A person who rejects an infallible dogma cannot be considered Catholic!

He is, in fact, a heretic – now formally enshrined as a Doctor of the Catholic Church.

Is the pope Catholic?

Does he believe in the Real Presence?

I encountered the same lack of teaching from my priest recently when talking about similar clearly Eucharistic passages which gave opportunities to teach the Real Presence but where he chose to teach other aspects eg. “Feeding on God’s Word”.

Jesus is really truly present and alive in the Blessed Sacrament! He has repeatedly confirmed this in word, miracle and other signs. This is not an option to believe. It’s the greatest honour for our unworthy souls. Those who do not preach maybe do not see the Crisis of lack of faith and equally do not see “The Solution”. The immense power of this Sacrament means Satan works really hard on this one.

By the way, I’ve worked out (God or Blessed Mother gave me to think…) that at the slightest temptation or doubt/thought first entering your head, stop and pray 3 Glory Bes immediately and then implore briefly God’s help – Gods wisdom will quickly, if not instantly, drive the thought away!

Wish I figured that out before! Could have saved a lot of struggles!

Anyway, bless yourself then read this story.
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Donna

Remnant Clergy from Biblical False prophet site posted: “Some good observations from two articles at St. Corbinian’s Bear:

Francis provides Protestant Explanation of the Eucharist

Following are excerpts. For full article go to:
http://corbiniansbear.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/pope-francis-mum-on-real-presence-again.html

Pope Provides Protestant Explanation of John 6
On Sunday, August 23, 2015

… Today Pope Francis managed to explain today’s Gospel reading without a single reference to transubstantiation. In fact, he went one better. He said that what Jesus meant by that flesh and blood talk was the “sacrifice of his very life.” That’s right. It was not that bread and wine would actually become His Precious Body and Blood. Forget that. Our Lord was merely challenging people with the fact of his coming death, His “failure” as Messiah.
… Pope Francis does violence to the text, because he ignores where Jesus says: “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.” John 6:56. How does one reconcile this with the claim that Jesus is merely referring to his death on the cross? Immediately after Jesus says this, John records the following in v. 60: “Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, ‘This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?'”
Pope Francis goes on to talk about walking, “always on a journey,” in some nice but not particularly Catholic language. You will be glad to know you are not “chained” to Jesus, but “profoundly free.”
… Did he deny transubstantiation and the traditional Catholic interpretation of this passage? No. But when he took it upon himself to preach from it, he didn’t affirm it, either. A Lutheran or an Anglican or a United Church of Christ member or a Presbyterian could have heard this without a single objection. Perhaps that’s the point. [indeed it is!]”

Pope Francis Misleads on Real Presence Again

The next day
“… Pope Francis insisted then, as he did during his most recent angelus message, that the “bread” relates not to the Eucharist, but to Jesus’ death on the cross.
But Pope Francis explained that, “knowing he will have to die on the cross for us, Jesus identifies himself with the bread broken and shared, and it becomes for him the “sign” of the sacrifice that awaits him.”
Interestingly, here is how a footnote from a popular Protestant study Bible, the English Standard Version, deals with v. 6:51. (“I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”) Since there is strong risk of confusion, what immediately follows is the Protestant explanation.
6:51 living bread. The “bread” Jesus gives is his flesh (a reference to Jesus’ death on the cross). Jesus’ statement intermingles physical and spiritual truth. Jesus is not talking about literal “bread,” but he is the true “living bread” in the sense that those who believe in him have their spiritual hunger satisfied. He becomes this spiritually satisfying “bread” by sacrificing his own physical body in his death on the cross, and in that sense he can say that this spiritual bread is my flesh.

Note the same misdirection by Pope Francis and the Protestant study Bible. Both identify Jesus’ “bread” as his flesh on the cross.
• Pope Francis: “knowing he will have to die on the cross for us, Jesus identifies himself with the bread broken and shared, and it becomes for him the “sign” of the sacrifice that awaits him.”
• Protestant study Bible note: “The “bread” Jesus gives is his flesh (a reference to Jesus’ death on the cross).

So, once again, Pope Francis avoids Catholic content and preaches a bland message to which few Protestants could object. Why is it too much for Catholics to hope for the Pope to boldly preach Catholic teaching? …

The Pope further diluted understanding of the Real Presence by making this Protestant-like closing statement. In it, “He who eats this bread” is a metaphor for “living in communion with Jesus on this earth.”
In conclusion, the Pope recalled Jesus’ words, “He who eats this bread will live forever”. He then explained that by living in communion with Jesus on this earth we can look forward to the voice of the Risen Lord who calls us when we finally close our eyes.
… What does the Pope believe? …