Benedict XVI: pope legally, but not morally
Heresies of
"Pope" Benedict XVI
(aka Joseph Ratzinger)
"If anyone holds to one single one of these (heresies)
he is not a Catholic."
-- Pope Leo XIII (from Encyclical Satis Cognitum:28)
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Heresies of "Pope"
Benedict XVI |
Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith |
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Ratzinger denies the Real Presence... “Eucharistic devotion such as is noted in the silent visit
by the devout in church must not be thought of as a conversation with
God. This would assume that God was present there locally and in a
confined way. To justify such an assertion shows a lack of understanding
of the Christological mysteries of the very concept of God. This is
repugnant to the serious thinking of the man who knows about the omnipresence
of God. To go to church on the ground that one can visit God who is
present there is a senseless act which modern man rightfully rejects.” |
“If anyone says that after the consecration
is complete the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ are not in the
sacrament of the Eucharist and in the consecrated hosts or particles
which are reserved (in the tabernacle) the true body and blood of our
Lord remain not, let him be anathema.” Source: Council of Trent, Canon 4, mid-16th century |
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Ratzinger has rejected and ridiculed the core
Catholic doctrine of Original Sin in public homilies he delivered in
Munich, later published in book form. Source: In the Beginning, Ignatius Press, 1990 |
The doctrine of original sin is a truth revealed by God in passages of the Old and New Testaments, but especially in the texts of Genesis 3:1-20. Sacred Tradition and the Church Magisterium teach that the sin of the first man is transmitted to all his descendants not through imitation but through propagation. |
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Ratzinger is an Evolutionist, which by definition makes one an athiest. To quote Ratzinger...
Source: In the Beginning is an annotated version of a 4-homily series delivered by Joseph Ratzinger in Munich (1981). Subtitled A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, the book was published in Germany in 1985 and is now available in English translation. |
“The first men were Adam and Eve, who
were created immediately by God” Source: Catechism of Christian Doctrine, published at the order of Pope St. Pius X |
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Ratzinger favors Ecumenism... The train that took the false religious leaders from the Vatican
to Assisi was described by Ratzinger as “a symbol of our pilgrimage
in history… Are we not all, perhaps, passengers on the same
train?... Is not the fact that the train chose as its destiny peace
and justice, and the reconciliation of peoples and religions, a great
inspiration and, at the same time, a splendid sign of hope?” |
“Conventions, meetings and addresses
are frequently arranged by these persons, at which a large number of
listeners are present, and at which all without distinction are invited
to join in the discussion, both infidels of every kind, and Christians,
even those who have unhappily fallen away from Christ or who with obstinacy
and pertinacity deny His divine nature and mission. Certainly such attempts
can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are on that false
opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy
... Not only are those who hold this opinion in error and deceived,
but also in distorting the idea of true religion they reject it, and
little by little, turn aside to naturalism and atheism, as it is called;
from which it clearly follows that one who supports those who holds
these theories and attempt to realize them, is altogether abandoning
the divinely revealed religion.” Source: Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 2), Jan. 6, 1928 |
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Ratzinger does not condemn laxness in Catholics...
“I have nothing against people who, though they never enter
a church during the year, go to Christmas Mass, or go on the occasion
of some other celebration, because this is also a way of coming close
to the light. Therefore, there must be different forms of involvement
and participation.” |
All those who permit themselves to be lax in the practice of the faith will freeze in spiritual death just as surely as a person who permits himself to sleep poorly clothed in a below zero cold place. |
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Ratzinger rejects the notion that non-Catholics should be converted... “The new text describes the relationship between the Church
and non-Catholic Christians without speaking of ‘membership.’
By shedding this terminological armor, the text acquired a much wider
scope… The Catholic has to recognize that his own Church is
not yet prepared to accept the phenomenon of multiplicity in unity;
he must orient himself toward this reality… Meantime the Catholic
Church has no right to absorb other Churches.” |
It is a great consolation to receive correspondence from the four corners of the world. At a slow but regular pace people are joining Our world wide parish...That joining makes them one in the Mystical Body of Christ. What ruptures the Mystical Body of Christ? It is heresy, schism and apostasy. To get back into the Church those persons repent of their break from Christ, they make their profession of faith and receive an absolution that receives them back into the Church with the right to receive the sacraments. Once that has been accomplished the convert goes to confession to receive the absolution that takes away sin. |
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Ratzinger denies the Resurrection of the Body...
“Paul [St. Paul] teaches not the resurrection of physical bodies
but of persons…” |
“The same most holy Roman Church firmly
believes, and firmly declares that nevertheless on the day of judgment
all men will be brought together with their bodies before the tribunal
of Christ to render an account of their own deeds.” (Denz. 464) Source: Pope Gregory X, Council of Lyons II, 1274, ex cathedra |
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Ratzinger teaches that schismatic sects (e.g., the “Orthodox” sects) have the Church of Christ present in them, even though they reject the Papacy... “Therefore, the Church of Christ is present and operative also
in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the Catholic
Church since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of the Primacy,
which, according to the will of God, the Bishop of Rome objectively
has and exercises over the entire Church.” |
“There are other, almost countless, proofs drawn from the most
trustworthy witnesses which clearly and openly testify with great
faith, exactitude, respect and obedience that all who want to belong
to the true and only Church of Christ must honor and obey this Apostolic
See and the Roman Pontiff.” “Finally, in one word, stay close to Us. For no one can be
in the Church of Christ without being in unity with its visible head
and founded on the See of Peter.” “Therefore if a man does not want to be, or to be called, a
heretic, … but let him hasten before all things to be in communion
with the Roman See.” |
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Ratzinger holds that the Jews can validly continue
to await the coming of the Messiah...
In late 2001, the Pontifical Biblical Commission released a book entitled The Jewish People and the Holy Scriptures in the Christian Bible. This book argues that the Jews’ wait for the Coming of the Messiah is justified and validated by the Old Testament. Ratzinger wrote the preface for the book. So, in doing so, Ratzinger denies that that Jesus Christ is Messiah. |
“And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his
name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.” “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
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...to be continued |
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