tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post8790919268544182852..comments2024-03-29T02:29:03.388-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: Benedict contra BenevacantismEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-92154551964906501252022-09-19T21:35:18.098-07:002022-09-19T21:35:18.098-07:00I think the validity of the election was suspect. ...I think the validity of the election was suspect. You are doing some good research. The Church in heaven is without sin and is ultimately triumphant. It is a good idea to be one with it through sacraments, prayers and and a life striving for holiness completing the mission God gives each of us in our circumstances.Ghostmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-63462448123324004152022-09-19T14:17:25.782-07:002022-09-19T14:17:25.782-07:00Jorge Bergoglio’s heresy was external and made pub...Jorge Bergoglio’s heresy was external and made public and notorious, when as a cardinal, he stated in his book, On Heaven and Earth, in regards to same-sex sexual relationships, and thus same-sex sexual acts, prior to his election as pope, on page 117, demonstrating that he does not hold, keep, or teach The Catholic Faith, and he continues to act accordingly: “If there is a union of a private nature, there is neither a third party, nor is society affected. Now, if the union is given the category of marriage, there could be children affected. Every person needs a male father and a female mother that can help shape their identity.”- Jorge Bergoglio, denying The Sanctity of the marital act within The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, and the fact that God, The Most Holy And Undivided Blessed Trinity, Through The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, Is The Author Of Love, Of Life, And Of Marriage, while denying sin done in private is sin. 2) The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, was not valid: https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/ 3) Even if Jorge Bergoglio was not a heretic, and the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was valid, the election process itself was not valid: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/01/10/the-election-of-pope-francis-is-informative-and-captivating-and-raises-many-questions/ Finally, if Pope Benedict has fallen into grave error in regards to The Papacy, that will beget other errors, due to a denial of The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, this error must be corrected by The Faithful, so that The Papacy can be restored,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-13835710121832284612022-09-05T07:19:27.322-07:002022-09-05T07:19:27.322-07:00It's interesting that the three of you misspel...It's interesting that the three of you misspell Kwasniewski in the same way. How many blogger accounts does one person need?Ben Whitworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499311491843942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-32361899689521683662022-08-30T16:50:48.140-07:002022-08-30T16:50:48.140-07:00Right to the heart of the matter and cause.Right to the heart of the matter and cause.Ghostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107835190626272125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-23561845250223082992022-08-30T07:08:32.529-07:002022-08-30T07:08:32.529-07:00@ John Ghostley:
The Father of Lies does not st...@ John Ghostley:<br /><br />The <i> Father of Lies </i> does not stop working. Not even for a second. And nominalism is his most successful tool. <br /><br />This battle is not one of the flesh.UncommonDescenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889661912118191190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-54330855353862646382022-08-29T21:24:30.357-07:002022-08-29T21:24:30.357-07:00A professor emeritus is someone who is quite defin...A professor emeritus is someone who is quite definitely no longer a professor.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-90664775491689359442022-08-27T08:33:56.114-07:002022-08-27T08:33:56.114-07:00Sounds a bit relativistic. Another result of nomin...Sounds a bit relativistic. Another result of nominalism.John Ghostleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-70055388718031055872022-08-26T20:37:17.635-07:002022-08-26T20:37:17.635-07:00"Birds of a feather flock together"."Birds of a feather flock together".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-31173108085944521862022-08-15T16:34:41.822-07:002022-08-15T16:34:41.822-07:00The disunity lies in the emergence of then false p...The disunity lies in the emergence of then false philosophical idea of nominalism which corrupted some theology inspired by it in the form of modernism to this day.Ghostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107835190626272125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-85979272239280675612022-08-15T16:31:02.661-07:002022-08-15T16:31:02.661-07:00I couldn't disagree with you more.I couldn't disagree with you more.<br />Ghostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107835190626272125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-75444782750416589702022-08-15T16:29:47.117-07:002022-08-15T16:29:47.117-07:00Who is the they that define this? Can you give me ...Who is the they that define this? Can you give me a quote from somewhere?Ghostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107835190626272125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-41910937463682645832022-08-14T11:26:12.768-07:002022-08-14T11:26:12.768-07:00Perhaps the fact of disunity in what appears to be...Perhaps the fact of disunity in what appears to be the Catholic Church is the most potent evidence of fakenessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-41035423572346850602022-08-13T05:20:51.982-07:002022-08-13T05:20:51.982-07:00I read the arrogantly titled "Introduction to...I read the arrogantly titled "Introduction to Christianity" by Fr Ratzinger. Last time Ill read anything by that guy! Purposely incomprehensibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-53013106720876330762022-08-13T02:23:31.964-07:002022-08-13T02:23:31.964-07:00But Benedict thinks the papacy is a type of sacram...But Benedict thinks the papacy is a type of sacrament. Thats the kernal of the problem.<br />It is an error and just one of the many surrounding his botched non manifested resignation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-19341212663792521982022-08-13T01:28:38.107-07:002022-08-13T01:28:38.107-07:00Anonymous
If a Pope Emeritus is still a Pope and t...Anonymous<br />If a Pope Emeritus is still a Pope and then can only be one Pope, how can a pope resign then?<br /><br />It seems to me you are mixing two things here.<br />The first is whether a pope can really resign.<br />The second has to do with a conclave.<br />But if the conclave that elected Francis was suspiscious, it would have been just as suspicious if Benedict had died. only in that case, there would have been no Pope at all.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-59689910151792219992022-08-12T16:59:27.192-07:002022-08-12T16:59:27.192-07:00Dear Norm.
The Catholic Church has but one head an...Dear Norm.<br />The Catholic Church has but one head and that is Jesus Christ. Popes are but temporary visible chief vicars and visible heads on earth of that church.<br />I am absolutely certain that Benedict was elected and remains an entirely valid pope.<br />If Pope Emeritus then Vicar of Christ Emeritus.<br />The entire set up is spiritually bizarre.<br />It’s not a question at all of good or bad pope but a very grave question of just who is currently the Vicar of Christ on this earth.<br />It is certainly Pope Benedict given the fact that “Francis 1st” has actually officially relegated that title to an historical footnote.<br />It is morally impossible for me to follow an individual like “Francis 1st “ who plays fast and loose with core tenets of catholic doctrine.<br />I urge all Catholics to avoid him and pray for Pope Benedict only.<br />Regards<br />Sean.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-54446253549033836092022-08-12T16:40:46.148-07:002022-08-12T16:40:46.148-07:00The rules on the election of a pope make it clear ...The rules on the election of a pope make it clear that cardinals are not allowed to do things like collude beforehand to engineer a specific result. However, they ALSO make it clear that such behavior <i>does not invalidate</i> an election. <br /><br />I think that the only plausible way the cardinals could vitiate an election so that it was invalid is for some of them to apply violence or some kind of threat to force other cardinals to vote a certain way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-82548324646095904762022-08-11T15:36:31.722-07:002022-08-11T15:36:31.722-07:00I don’t think transparency is the root cause probl...I don’t think transparency is the root cause problem. Something to think about is whether any controls, laws etc. can prevent evil actions of a political nature to be reduced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-22652874724029351432022-08-11T13:28:40.857-07:002022-08-11T13:28:40.857-07:00Would that be a reason to do nothing about the ris...Would that be a reason to do nothing about the risks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-90379020373362022952022-08-11T11:38:05.917-07:002022-08-11T11:38:05.917-07:00Aye Talmid.
Yes, Quite true.
I was about to make...Aye Talmid.<br /><br />Yes, Quite true.<br /><br />I was about to make a similar point.<br /><br />The elections were not so transparent at that time as well which is probably why there are quite a few wayward Popes.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561526052876064805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-18088905578172308362022-08-11T08:13:29.785-07:002022-08-11T08:13:29.785-07:00Dear Sean
Hello
I am very grateful that you took...Dear Sean<br /><br />Hello<br /><br />I am very grateful that you took some time to read my comments!<br /><br />I do feel really sorry for your predicament, it seems like you have suffered a lot in regards to your faith in the church.<br /><br />I shall keep you in my prayers.<br /><br />With regards to your reply, just a couple of quick points as I have a paper to prepare for.<br /><br />1.) Wow, six popes, that is a long beautiful life! Sean you have been faithful to the church for so long! Please don't abandon it now. The Church needs all its adherents. The Pope is only the head but the Church consists of the many saints in heaven and the true faithful on Earth. All of them together make up the church and all of them are integral members of the Church and, including you Sean. You are integral to the Church which is the total body of Christ. The Church needs you especially because the head is struggling.<br />An erring and faltering Head is still a Head and it needs your prayers. <br /><br />2) I would humbly suggest that you look up papal history, there have actually been quite a few popes who have caused scandal. Perhaps if it isn't too much trouble , you may want to undertake a re-examination of your conclusion that no "Pope could cause scandle."<br /><br />Indeed as you admit, Benedict is the cause of the mess then he himself would be to blame for the entire scandal. <br /><br />You seem to beleive that he has good reasons for doing so but I don't think there could be any good reasons for what has been unleashed. <br /><br />Based on your reasoning then someone could take your reasoning further and conclude Benedict was never a Pope.<br /><br />The Cardinals that elected Francis were more or less the same ones which elected Benedict, it's just that there were some more which Benedict himself had appointed and a few older ones that had passed.<br /><br />3)<br />My argument wasn't really that majority makes it right, it was more like, the "more obvious meaning" is the safer route to take because anything else undermines our ability to take anything seriously because one could always give it another angle.<br /><br />4.) This is just a suggestion, there are actually lot of Holy People in the world today, I suggest that you keep track of the works of the Thomistic Institute. Also even though things are bad at the moment, there is still a lot of beauty and goodness emanating from within the Church , there are catholics under life threatening persecution but are still carrying on for Christ and they do find strength in the Visible Church including its head (Pope Francis since it is he who usually appears on behalf of the visible church) even though it tends to err frequently . So it isn't as if the visible church and it's effect, have been rendered completely ineffective. There are problems but it will get better.<br /><br />Anyways thanks for the interaction. God bless you.<br /><br />I apologise if I was at any point condescending especially with regards to that youtube thing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561526052876064805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-58656157995988492752022-08-11T04:51:19.140-07:002022-08-11T04:51:19.140-07:00As of this post this date Benedict xvi remains the...As of this post this date Benedict xvi remains the sole valid pope. A bishop emeritus remains a bishop and likewise a pope emeritus remains a pope. Since there can only be one pope at a time then logically that individual remains Benedict xvi.<br />Get over it and now move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-77330418721728420322022-08-11T04:05:48.291-07:002022-08-11T04:05:48.291-07:00I have little knowledge on these matters but i ask...I have little knowledge on these matters but i ask: were not these elections already corrupt on the end of the medieval-renaissance periods? I think that on these times we had political reasons guiding things a lot.Talmidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-88691747142997123462022-08-10T23:30:38.191-07:002022-08-10T23:30:38.191-07:00" Simply put a bishop emeritus is still a bis..." Simply put a bishop emeritus is still a bishop. Therefore a pope emeritus is still a pope."<br /><br />But that's not so simple. Bishop is third degree of Order Sacrament. Pope is not. Church never said being pope is a Sacrament.Sircligesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-8926142935001546512022-08-10T21:31:25.651-07:002022-08-10T21:31:25.651-07:00A question to ponder: Can a corrupt group of cardi...A question to ponder: Can a corrupt group of cardinals corrupt an election of a pope? I think this may be a relevant question to ponder for some time in the forseable future of our Catholic Chiurch. JPII pondered this in this apostolic constitution https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis.htm<br />I think he knew this wouuld be an important issue for the future Church. He knew of the corruption in Cardinals strengthening in the Church and their efforts to politically act to get their chosen pope candidate elected. These actions are not in the Spirit of the conclave electing a pope. This is the big issue to ponder in my opinion. Is it possible to reform the election process to guard against political abuses before the conclave begins and during the conclave. The Church probably never considered any of this in modern times or maybe in any times. Is it time to revise the election process to put in controls to reduce political corruption to elect a pope not faithful to the authentic teachings of the Church. (Maybe the existence of Christian philosophical principles should also be considered in screening candidates or other criteria - similar the the oath that Catholic Universities tried to implement for professors).Ghostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107835190626272125noreply@blogger.com