On Catholics, Authority, the SSPX, Resistance, Sedevacantism, Modernists and Modern Catholics

JMJ

I had an insight yesterday morning as I prepared for work.

Actually it is thanks to gullible's response:

Tradical: You should read my articles on Obedience (link). Is there anything specifically sinful in the legislation? Technically speaking no.

Gullible: wow (Source)

A key difference between the Catholic and UnCatholic response to this crisis is that a catholic is, on principle, ready and willing to obey the orders coming from an authority as long as they meet the criteria set out by St. Thomas Aquinas.

They don't let fear, uncertainty or doubt get in the way. They deal with the reality.

It doesn't matter if the authority is ecclesiastical or civil, so that is why the SSPX continues to echo Samuel:

Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. (Source)

All authority comes from God, including ecclesiastical and civil. To disobey authority without real cause is to echo the demons "I will not serve".

A Catholic is always willing to serve an authority,when able to do so.

This is the defining aspect of the resistance and sedevacantists. They will not serve because they arrogate to themselves an authority they do not have.

Sedevacantists and benny-vacantists usurp authority by deciding for themselves who is and is not pope. The opinions of various saints are used to prop themselves up, but remain just opinions. No one with authority has made a decision.

The resistance likewise arrogate an authority to themselves based on various excuses of 'compromise' but in what really appears to be pride. If it is other than pride that motivates their disobedience and hatred for the sspx, I do not know. They decided that the sspx should not be in discussions with the modernists. Having cut themselves off from catholic principles, they no longer recognize as catholic the obedience due to authority. Hence their rapid fragmentation into a plethora of factions united only in their rejection of authority on the basis fear uncertainty and doubt. They aren't even united in the faith as they reject obedience.

The modernists, even those in positions of authority, likewise usurp authority by issuing orders against the faith. In these they ought not to be obeyed.

Finally, we have Modern Catholics, who in blissful ignorance disobey Catholic Dogma, Doctrine, Principles without a thought. Ignorant because they have practically never heard it from the mouths of their pastors. While they have an obligation to seek the truth, they trust the Church Teaching and are betrayed. They, in large part I believe, have much less on their consciences than the 'resistance' and sedevacantists.

How so?

Because the 'resistance' and 'sedevacantists' both had the gift to see the crisis and received it in the bitterness of their ungrateful hearts. There it festered and was transformed into poison. A poison that clouds their judgement and their view on the crisis. A poison that causes them to abandon, bit by bit, Catholicism without them knowing it. They are ungrateful (see this article on Gratitude)

The same may happen to Modern Catholics living in the ecumenical melting pot, but they haven't been given the same graces as the 'resistance' and 'sedevacantists'.

And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.(Source: Luke 12:48)

Something to ponder: by obeying or disobeying whom are you imitating:

Our Lord Jesus Christ?

Satan, the fallen Angel's, or heretics like luther?

How would you know?

It is simple, set aside fear uncertainty and doubt and follow the catholic principle of obedience of authority.

As a Catholic your first step is to always be willing to obey. Then examining whether you can obey. Then obeying when required.

Hence the reason why the agitation over the clauses in the policy at theCalgary school are simply more 'FUD'

P^3

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Magisterium and Levels of Assent

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