LA gets three new auxiliary bishops, including Fr. Robert Barron [CNA]

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Let us recall the Syllabus of Errors, number 17, in which the following proposition is condemned: "

“Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ.” – Encyclical “Quanto conficiamur,” Aug. 10, 1863, etc."

Also there’s Lumen Gentium 16, which says, “Some there are who, living and dying in this world without God, are exposed to final despair. Wherefore to promote the glory of God and procure the salvation of all of these, and mindful of the command of the Lord, “Preach the Gospel to every creature”, the Church fosters the missions with care and attention.”
Note that LG 16 says that “there are” some who wind up dying in final despair without God, and then goes on to cite this as one of the reasons for the urgency of the Great Commission, which is in accord with Tradition: the Gospel must be preached in order to save souls from Hell.

According to Bl. Pius IX, not mention Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition Fr. Barron is a heretic plain and simple.

Lets start with the a good definition of a heretic. This is from New Advent.

“Both matter and form of heresy admit of degrees which find expression in the following technical formula of theology and canon law. Pertinacious adhesion to a doctrine contradictory to a point of faith clearly defined by the Church is heresy pure and simple, heresy in the first degree. But if the doctrine in question has not been expressly “defined” or is not clearly proposed as an article of faith in the ordinary, authorized teaching of the Church, an opinion opposed to it is styled sententia haeresi proxima, that is, an opinion approaching heresy. Next, a doctrinal proposition, without directly contradicting a received dogma, may yet involve logical consequences at variance with revealed truth. Such a proposition is not heretical, it is a propositio theologice erronea, that is, erroneous in theology. Further, the opposition to an article of faith may not be strictly demonstrable, but only reach a certain degree of probability. In that case the doctrine is termed sententia de haeresi suspecta, haeresim sapiens; that is, an opinion suspected, or savouring, of heresy (see THEOLOGICAL CENSURES).” Let us recall the Syllabus of Errors, number 17, in which the following proposition is condemned:

To what exact degree Fr. Barron is I will leave up to someone else, nevertheless it is what it is. Heresy plain and simple. “Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in through it.” (Matt. 7:13). He does not suggest that there are many for whom it is possible that they go to destruction but do not actually go; He says “many there are who go through it.” Many means many. Many does not mean “nobody.” “Lord, are only few people going to be saved?” “Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.” (Lk 13:23-24) “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” (Rev. 20:10).

Also for those who assert that Pope Benedict taught this Balthasar nonsense in “Spe Salvi” that is also false which I would be happy to discuss in another post. Asumming this post wont be deleted like the last one. I welcome any honest discussion on this issue.

This “Empty Hell Theology” is a novelty, toyed with early on by Origen and then virtually abandoned until the modern era. The amount of legerdemain and re interpretive manipulation one has to do to Scripture, Magisterial teaching, history and tradition in order to breathe life into the theories of Fr. Barron and Balthasar on this question is appalling. Origen was also a heretic fyi.

Pax.
 
That’s ridiculous! To say that the Doctors of the Church are “unanimous” in regards to the few who are saved is poppycock.

Most of the Doctors of the Church never even spoke or wrote on this matter.

Perhaps, for some reason that few are saved is your hope, but that doesn’t make this notion true one iota.

The Church has never stated that anyone has been condemned to Hell. . . . . period. . . .

The Church has only stated those who are with God in Paradise.
I agree, but would go a bit farther.

There is at least one Doctor of the Church that was a Universalist - Origen. Ambrose may also have been a Universalist, or at least leaned that direction.

Two other important points: first, Fr. Barron is not truly a Universalist - to my knowledge he has only suggested that all might be saved, not insisted that all are saved. That is squarely within Catholic doctrine. Second, even if he were a true Universalist, that is not actually contrary to Catholic doctrine.
 
What is an auxiliary bishop?

Is it like a bishop-to-be? Like a bishop-elect?

If so, how can there be three auxiliary bishops? There aren’t 3 bishops.

MADNESS!
 
Let us be a little more congratulative, reflective, and joyful and a little less ridiculous…on the other hand why would One pay everyone the same wage for variied times of work? :rolleyes:
While my question certainly isn’t a pressing one, I don’t see how it’s ridiculous. Fr. Barron is a prolific writer and cinematographer. He will presumably continue writing so the idea popped to mind whether bishops are able to grant an Imprimatur or Nihil Obstat for their own works (or if bishops normally obtain such for their written works at all).
 
What is an auxiliary bishop?

Is it like a bishop-to-be? Like a bishop-elect?

If so, how can there be three auxiliary bishops? There aren’t 3 bishops.

MADNESS!
An auxiliary bishop helps the bishop of the diocese, for example if the bishop is unable to fulfill his duties or if the diocese is too big for one bishop to oversee. An auxiliary bishop is not necessarily in line to become the ordinary of the diocese where he is assigned. In the case of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, there are five pastoral regions in the archdiocese, each overseen by its own auxiliary bishop. There are currently two vacancies in the pastoral regions and one pastoral region is about to become vacant with the retirement of the current auxiliary bishop, so Pope Francis has very kindly filled up the vacancies for the benefit of Archbishop Gomez and the archdiocese in general.

It is not madness at all once it is explained adequately. I hope that I have made an adequate explanation :tiphat:
 
What is an auxiliary bishop?

Is it like a bishop-to-be? Like a bishop-elect?

If so, how can there be three auxiliary bishops? There aren’t 3 bishops.

MADNESS!
Auxiliary Bishops are typically limited to larger dioceses & archdioceses. Most smaller diocese do not have Auxiliary Bishops.

Bishop-elect are priests who have been named a Bishop but have not been ordained as a Bishop yet.

Titular Bishops are bishops who have never been an ordinary (lead a diocese).
Auxiliary Bishop is an ordained bishop who is typically Titular Bishop and assists the bishop of the diocese. Typically, Auxiliary Bishops are promoted to become the ordinary (bishop) in the smaller dioceses.
Coadjutor Bishop is a bishop who has been appointed to replace the current bishop once he retires or is reassigned (this isn’t used often). The Archdiocese of Newark currently has one. I think this is usually used when the current Bishop is under 75 years old and has health issues. So a Coadjutor Bishop is assigned to learn the diocese and slowly take over from the current Bishop. It differs from an Auxiliary Bishop because the Auxiliary has been officially appointed a future ordinary.
Bishop-Prelateis a bishop (typically a Titular Bishop) who is the ordinary over an area that is not a diocese (typically a Territorial Prelature).

There are many other bishops who are not ordinaries too.
 
So an auxiliary bishop is more like an assistant-to-the-regional–]manager/-]-bishop than bishop-to-be?

Bummer. I was hoping Fr. Barron was gonna be bishop of L.A.
 
So an auxiliary bishop is like an assistant-to-the-regional–]manager/-]-bishop than bishop-to-be?

Bummer. I was hoping Fr. Barron was gonna be bishop of L.A.
Gomez is a fine archbishop and I wish him many happy years. However, auxiliary bishop is almost always the first stop for a freshly minted bishop. Barron is destined for great things. He could be archbishop of a major archdiocese one day. We’ll just have to wait and “see”!
 
That’s ridiculous! To say that the Doctors of the Church are “unanimous” in regards to the few who are saved is poppycock.

***Most of the Doctors of the Church never even spoke or wrote on this matter. ***
Well, since there are only 33 Doctors of the Church, The writings and quotes of the 12 Doctors listed below sinks the claim that “most of the Doctors of the Church never even spoke or wrote on this matter.” And those 12 Doctors were pretty darn near unanimous in their views that the elect was very few.
‘Since their eternal happiness, consisting in the vision of God, exceeds the common state of nature, and especially in so far as this is deprived of grace through the corruption of original sin, those who are saved are in the minority. In this especially, however, appears the mercy of God, that He has chosen some for that salvation, from which very many in accordance with the common course and tendency of nature fall short.’
~St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church~
“There are a select few who are saved.”
~Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church~
“Bad confessions damn the majority of Christians.”
~Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church~
“I had the greatest sorrow for the many souls that condemned themselves to Hell, especially those Lutherans…I saw souls falling into hell like snowflakes.”
~Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church~
‘The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are: yet amongst those few I wish to be!’
~St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church~
‘The greater part of men choose to be damned rather than to love Almighty God.’
~St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church~
‘All persons desire to be saved, but the greater part, because they will not adopt the means of being saved, fall into sin and are lost. . . In fact, the Elect are much fewer than the damned, for the reprobate are much more numerous than the Elect.’
~St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church~
‘If you would be quite sure of your salvation, strive to be among the fewest of the few. Do not follow the majority of mankind, but follow those who renounce the world and never relax their efforts day or night so that they may attain everlasting blessedness.’
~St. Anselm, Doctor of the Church~
‘Not all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.’
~St. Augustine, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“It is certain that few are saved.”
~Saint Augustine, Father and Doctor of the Church~
‘What do you think? How many of the inhabitants of this city may perhaps be saved? What I am about to tell you is very terrible, yet I will not conceal it from you. Out of this thickly populated city with its thousands of inhabitants not one hundred people will be saved. I even doubt whether there will be as many as that!’
~St. John Chrysostom, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“I do not speak rashly, but as I feel and think. I do not think that many priests are saved, but that those who perish are far more numerous.”
~St. John Chrysostom, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“Christ’s flock is called “little” (Luke 12:32) in comparison with the greater number of the reprobates.”
~St. Bede the Venerable, Father and Doctor of the Church~
‘There are many who arrive at the faith, but few that are led into the heavenly kingdom.’
Behold how many are gathered here for today’s Feast-Day: we fill the church from wall to wall. Yet who knows how few they are who shall be numbered in that chosen company of the Elect?’
~Pope St. Gregory the Great, Father and Doctor of the Church~
‘How few the Elect are may be understood from the multitude being cast out.’
~St. Hilary of Poitiers, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“The greater part of men will set no value on the blood of Christ, and will go on offending Him.”
~Saint Isidore of Seville, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved.”
~Saint Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church~
“It is granted to few to recognize the true Church amid the darkness of so many schisms and heresies, and to fewer still so to love the truth which they have seen as to fly to its embrace.”
~Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church~
Peace, Mark
 
Gomez is a fine archbishop and I wish him many happy years. However, auxiliary bishop is almost always the first stop for a freshly minted bishop. Barron is destined for great things. He could be archbishop of a major archdiocese one day. We’ll just have to wait and “see”!
Where’s the little emoticon at a drum set for when you need to say “Buh-dum-dum!”? 😃

Well played.
 
According to Bl. Pius IX, not mention Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition Fr. Barron is a heretic plain and simple.

To what exact degree Fr. Barron is I will leave up to someone else, …
Hello,

You have not left anything up to anyone else, as is clear from the first remark. There is nothing in what Fr. Barron has said that proves the presence of an obstinate denial or doubt of a truth that must be believed with divine and catholic faith (c. 751).

Dan
 
Well, since there are only 33 Doctors of the Church, The writings and quotes of the 12 Doctors listed below sinks the claim that “most of the Doctors of the Church never even spoke or wrote on this matter.” And those 12 Doctors were pretty darn near unanimous in their views that the elect was very few.

Peace, Mark
Hello,

It seems to me that at least several of the quotes do not say what you think they say.

Dan
 
I agree, but would go a bit farther.

There is at least one Doctor of the Church that was a Universalist - Origen. Ambrose may also have been a Universalist, or at least leaned that direction.

Two other important points: first, Fr. Barron is not truly a Universalist - to my knowledge he has only suggested that all might be saved, not insisted that all are saved. That is squarely within Catholic doctrine. Second, even if he were a true Universalist, that is not actually contrary to Catholic doctrine.
Hello,

Origen is not considered a saint (*pace *some of the versions of the Litany of the Saints you might hear at more “progressive” churches…). Therefore, he is not a Doctor. Some regard him as a “Father of the Church”, however.

Dan
 
Hello,

It seems to me that at least several of the quotes do not say what you think they say.

Dan
As I said, pretty darn near unanimous. Regardless, it seems to indicate at least, that a good many of the Doctors seemed to believe hell as being heavily populated…no? But heck…what do I know, I’m just a hack and you’re a canon lawyer. 😉

Peace, Mark
 
Hello,

Origen is not considered a saint (*pace *some of the versions of the Litany of the Saints you might hear at more “progressive” churches…). Therefore, he is not a Doctor. Some regard him as a “Father of the Church”, however.

Dan
You are correct, sorry, he is a Father, not a Doctor. I believe my other points stand.
 
Gomez is a fine archbishop and I wish him many happy years. However, auxiliary bishop is almost always the first stop for a freshly minted bishop. Barron is destined for great things. He could be archbishop of a major archdiocese one day. We’ll just have to wait and “see”!
God willing, Bishop-elect Barron will stay here with us for as long as possible! I see a strong possibility that he will eventually move on to head a diocese of his own, or maybe he will stay on as an auxiliary bishop. Our Bishop John Ward served here as an auxiliary bishop for 48 years, from 1963 until his death in 2011, outlasting several of our archbishops (and he presided at my confirmation :)).
 
That’s ridiculous! To say that the Doctors of the Church are “unanimous” in regards to the few who are saved is poppycock.

Most of the Doctors of the Church never even spoke or wrote on this matter.

Perhaps, for some reason that few are saved is your hope, but that doesn’t make this notion true one iota.

The Church has never stated that anyone has been condemned to Hell. . . . . period. . . .

The Church has only stated those who are with God in Paradise.
Well, the Church cant specifically name who is in Hell like they can with Saints, but that doesnt mean no one is in hell.

Also, I believe it was Jesus who said many would be damned by entering through the “wide gate that leads to destruction.”

For what its worth, Ive also heard that is precisely what caused so much grief for Jesus on the cross; him knowing all hes sacrificed and still many people would reject it.
 
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