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I agree completely with the priest. The new Catechism has some great information, but it is also very vague and even misleading at times. I have had discussions with Catholics who outrightly rejected dogmas of the faith based on their reading of the new Catechism.
I find it very interesting that the bishops come down on Priest who are on the “right” while they leave those on the “left” alone. If Priests molest altar boys or teach heresy that’s one thing, but they better not use the Baltimore catechism.
We need to open our eyes so we can spot the wolves in sheeps clothing.
The USCCB’s adult catechism teaches explicit heresy. It teaches that the old Covenant was never revoked and is still salvific.
Personally, I consider the US bishops (as a body of Bishops) to be in heresy. I’m sure there are some good Bishops in the bunch, but as a body of bishops, they are heretics. This is proven by the catechism they released which teaches explicit heresy, as well as the document from 2002 that teaches “it is no longer theologically appropriate to attempt to conver the Jews” since they have their own valid covenant that will save them. All of the Bishops might not have signed that heretical document that caused such a stir, but, as far as I know, not one of them objected to it, or spoke out against it. I think the US Bishops (as a body) are doing all that can get away with to destroy the faith. Why else would they seek to forbid kneeling, of all things?
In our diocese, the books used for religious instuction are completely heretical. Even our liberal hierarchy has spoken out against many of these books (whcih were written by an ex-nun), yet they are used none-the-less. The wolves are in charge of the sheep, and the sooner the sheep realize it the better.
I think your priest realizes this and cares enough about his faithful to do what is necessary to teach them the indiluted faith. His reward probably won’t be in this world, but he will receive it in the next.
In normal times disobeying the bishops would certainly be wrong, but during the great apostasy - when the Bishops are doing all they can get away with to destroy the faith - it is often necessary, since faith, which is a theological virtue, is much greater than obedience, which is merely a moral virtue.
Moral virtues are not absolutes. They are a balance between two extremes: the extreme of excess (obeying when we should not), and defect (not obeying when we should). The theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity are the highest virtues, and are not to be violated either through an excess or a defect in a moral virtue. That is what MANY Catholics today do not understand, and why people such as St. Athanasius were justified in what they did.
In our day obedience is often used by the wolves to destroy the faith of the sheep. But if you notice, obedience is only required of those who are teaching the true faith, and not of the liberals who are left alone to deceive. How many stories have we heard of faithful who write letters to the Bishop, or to Rome, about a liberal priest who is teaching heresy, or committing some kind of horrible sacrilege, and nothing ever happens? Yet if a faithful priest uses the Baltimore Catechism because the new catechism is often too vague, the wrath of the Bishop will come down on him, and he will be deemed “disobedient”, while the priest at the Church down the street has been molesting the altar boys since 1979, while the Bishop moved him from parish to parish to protect him. Again, the wolves are in charge and the sooner the sheep realize this the better.
I find it very interesting that the bishops come down on Priest who are on the “right” while they leave those on the “left” alone. If Priests molest altar boys or teach heresy that’s one thing, but they better not use the Baltimore catechism.
We need to open our eyes so we can spot the wolves in sheeps clothing.
The USCCB’s adult catechism teaches explicit heresy. It teaches that the old Covenant was never revoked and is still salvific.
Personally, I consider the US bishops (as a body of Bishops) to be in heresy. I’m sure there are some good Bishops in the bunch, but as a body of bishops, they are heretics. This is proven by the catechism they released which teaches explicit heresy, as well as the document from 2002 that teaches “it is no longer theologically appropriate to attempt to conver the Jews” since they have their own valid covenant that will save them. All of the Bishops might not have signed that heretical document that caused such a stir, but, as far as I know, not one of them objected to it, or spoke out against it. I think the US Bishops (as a body) are doing all that can get away with to destroy the faith. Why else would they seek to forbid kneeling, of all things?
In our diocese, the books used for religious instuction are completely heretical. Even our liberal hierarchy has spoken out against many of these books (whcih were written by an ex-nun), yet they are used none-the-less. The wolves are in charge of the sheep, and the sooner the sheep realize it the better.
I think your priest realizes this and cares enough about his faithful to do what is necessary to teach them the indiluted faith. His reward probably won’t be in this world, but he will receive it in the next.
In normal times disobeying the bishops would certainly be wrong, but during the great apostasy - when the Bishops are doing all they can get away with to destroy the faith - it is often necessary, since faith, which is a theological virtue, is much greater than obedience, which is merely a moral virtue.
Moral virtues are not absolutes. They are a balance between two extremes: the extreme of excess (obeying when we should not), and defect (not obeying when we should). The theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity are the highest virtues, and are not to be violated either through an excess or a defect in a moral virtue. That is what MANY Catholics today do not understand, and why people such as St. Athanasius were justified in what they did.
In our day obedience is often used by the wolves to destroy the faith of the sheep. But if you notice, obedience is only required of those who are teaching the true faith, and not of the liberals who are left alone to deceive. How many stories have we heard of faithful who write letters to the Bishop, or to Rome, about a liberal priest who is teaching heresy, or committing some kind of horrible sacrilege, and nothing ever happens? Yet if a faithful priest uses the Baltimore Catechism because the new catechism is often too vague, the wrath of the Bishop will come down on him, and he will be deemed “disobedient”, while the priest at the Church down the street has been molesting the altar boys since 1979, while the Bishop moved him from parish to parish to protect him. Again, the wolves are in charge and the sooner the sheep realize this the better.