I know this is not about
fisheaters.com, but this website consistently shows infidelity toward the Church(Pope and the Magisterium). One can only conclude from this website that Christ either lied or failed to protect the Church from the gates of hell and the Church Christ found no longer exist.
- The site as a whole implicitly and explicitly rejects the Novus Ordo Mass. Example,The section on the Mass entitled “The Mass I: Introduction” states:
In this section, I focus solely on the traditional Latin Mass based on the Missal of 1962 which is used by the S.S.P.X. and by the F.S.S.P. After much study, I’ve come to the conclusion that, validity issues aside, the “Novus Ordo Mass” is inherently, tragically flawed, something my instincts and “common sense” have told me since I was a child. The very name of this Mass – “Novus Ordo,” i.e., “New Order” – should make anyone with a true Catholic nature cringe, and its effects are so incredibly sad it almost hurts to think about it. It has turned out to be a “New Mass” for a “New Religion” – and that religion ain’t Catholic."
In another place, the webmaster declares,
“We must stop supporting the that which reeks of “the spirit of Vatican II,” i.e., modernism – the heterodox seminaries, the “Novus Ordo masses,” . . . We must support only the true Catholic Faith – the Faith of the Fathers – with its traditional Latin Mass, traditional Sacraments, and traditional teaching.” (The Church as Battered Bride)
Notice that “Novus Ordo masses” is placed in quotation marks, implying that the New Mass is a Mass in name only. There are many other articles and links, especially in the section “For Catholics,” that support this position.
Examples include:
A Brief Defense of Traditionalism
Conservative -vs- Traditional Catholicism
Links to The New Mass I: Inalienable Right or Inferior Rite? and The New Mass II: Our Faith in Hymn at Catholic Apologetics International
Links to material from the Society of St. Pius X
- All of the material and resources offered are pre-Vatican II. A telling example of this is in the section dedicated to the writings of the Popes. Though most of the major encyclicals pre-1963 are included, not a single document since the Council is included. The same is true of other resources. The only exception to this is the documents of the Council itself.
- A “Dictionary of Dissent”
This “dictionary” is filled with sarcastic remarks about the New Mass, current Church terminology, and the post-Conciliar Church. The overall effect is one of encouraging Catholics to disregard the authority of the Church on these issues.Here are a few examples:
“A is Not A” and “2+2=5” – the kind of liberal or neo-conservative logic it takes to reconcile, for ex.: Mortalium Animos with the Assisi Events; Quo Primum and Mediator Dei with the Novus Ordo Mass; Mirari Vos with the entire Vatican II experiment and idea that the Church requires “renewal”; Testem Benevolentiae Nostra and Quas Primas with the post-conciliar view of government; Unam Sanctam with post-conciliar false ecumenism; and so forth.
Antisemite – someone Jews hate. It could be someone who doesn’t like Zionism or American funding of Israel. Or it could be someone who knows what the Talmud says. Whatever it is, whoever gets the label is expected to act guilty and apologize profusely lest his career, reputation, and any realistic hopes of fulfilling political ambition be destroyed.
Conscience – . . . Traditional Catholic:
“My informed conscience and years of study tell me that what’s been going on in the Church since Vatican II is evil.”
Man – the new god. This concept is a result of a refocus from theology to anthropological philosophy. The new trend in “Vatican thinking” starts with man himself instead of starting with the God of revelation. It glosses over the reality of original sin and assumes that if man just gazes at himself long enough, he will then seek out God (Who may be found in any religion, but only “most fully” in the neo-Catholic religion).
There are also attacks on terms such as Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, priests who wished to be called by their given names, and much more.
- Unorthodox Catholic links.Here are just a few examples:
Catholic Apologetics International
The Remnant
Chistian Order
Christus Rex
Society of St. Pius X
you mean “it’s not a good *Protestant *website.”