- [Francis's] Fratelli
Tutti is a bizarre doc, e.g., "We clearly state" is not a papal
definition. "Tutti", Amoris Laetitia, Abu Dhabi, etc., will be burned by
a future pope/council. I hope Pell's return might put some steel in the
spines of Burke, Schneider, et al. Call an imperfect council! - Steven O'Reilly [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2020/10/bizarre-francis-fratelli-tutti-steven.html and https://twitter.com/S_OReilly_USA]
- Lewis is a Mottramist. He has repeatedly explained that if the current
Pope says not-A, while all previous popes have said A, then the current
pope is right. And those who say he is wrong are haters.
Lewis
has written that the primary error of those who reject Bergoglio's
"magisterium" is that they think there is "some objective standard." - Fr. VF [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/07/vatican-i-expert-fr-rippinger-proximate.html]
Today, Where Peter Is Mike Lewis in his continued campaign for COVID tyranny called Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò a "dissident cleric" which is an approximate term for a "heretic." [https://wherepeteris.com/catholic-media-and-critical-thinking/]
Might Fratelli Tutti and Amoris Laetitia promoter Lewis be a "dissident" heretic or at least "proximate to heresy"?
Lewis appears to believe that Francis's Amoris Laetitia teaching allowing Communion for adulterers is infallible.
He seems to think Francis
cannot fall into heresy because he is the definitely pope and "ALL" his
"statements... are infallible":
Lewis who is a Pachamama worship apologist apparently thinks Francis
cannot fall into heresy because he is definitely the pope and "ALL" his
"statements... are infallible."
Here is what Vatican I expert Fr. Chad Ripperger, PhD, in his book
"Magisterial Authority" says to Lewis who it appears is "proximate to
heresy":
"[T]reat[ing] ALL papal statements as if they are infallible... is
proximate to heresy because it rejects the precise formulation of the
conditions of infallibility as laid out in by Vatican I... by
essentially saying that the pope is infallible regardless of
conditions."
"... Worse still, those who were to follow a pope who was in error in a
non-infallible teaching which is taught contrary to something that is
infallible is not, therefore, excused."
(Magisterial Authority, Pages 5-14)
Might Lewis be a heretic?
Lewis has shown how so-called
"conservative" Francis Catholics become first liberal Catholics and
finally Modernist heretics.
The answer appears to be that they reject Thomistic realism and it's
principle of non-contradiction as applied to the infallible teachings of
the Church and believe that Cardinal John Henry Newman's speculations
on "Development of Doctrine" as well as his nominalist philosophy which
denies the principle of non-contradiction are more infallible than the
actual infallible Church teachings against Communion for adulterers and
idolatry.
Lewis explains Newman's nominalist thinking:
"Newman himself spoke of the need to understand that doctrine might not
DEVELOP [my capitalization] in a way that we can anticipate or in a way
that our preconceived notions are prepared to accept."
(Where Peter Is, "The shock of developing doctrine: A response to Fr. Dwight Longenecker, May 22, 2018)
Although, I respect Cardinal Newman as a historian for his chronicling
of St. Athanasius as well as the Arian crisis and use his historical
work as good history, it appears that there is a problem with his
philosophy which make problematic his theological idea of development of
doctrine.
According to two scholars, Newman's philosophy appears to be tinted with nominalism.
Cardinal Johannes Willebrands who took part in Vatican II said:
"Newman was in fact a convinced individualist. The individual always
supersedes the universal, the individual is the only reality... This
doctrine is at odds with the doctrine of Saint Thomas Aquinas and
amounts to nominalism."
(So, What's New About Scholasticism? How Neo-Thomism Helped Shape the Twentieth Century," Last chapter, books.google.com)
Also, scholar Jay Newman wrote:
"When he tells us that common nouns stand for what is non-existing and
speaks of the mind's gift 'of bringing before it abstractions and
generalizations, which have no existence, no counterpart, out of it.'
Newman is letting us know that he has rejected the metaphysical
'realism' of the scholastics in favor of the 'nominalism' of the British
empiricist school."
(The Mental Philosophy of John Henry Newman, Page 40)
Nominalism according to Wikipedia is defined as the philosophy that
there "is a concept in the mind, rather than a real entity [objective
truth] existing independently of the mind."
In terms of truth and Catholic doctrine nominalism means Church
teachings can change or GROW that is "DEVELOP," but in Newman's system
the growth can't contradict the previous accepted doctrine, but THE BIG
QUESTION IS how can one who rejects Thomism as well as realism by being a
nominalist then seriously speak of contradiction.
Even more important, "Development of Doctrine" is a speculation that
apparently contradicts the infallible teaching of Vatican I.
The important American theologian Fr. Joseph Fenton who did his doctoral
dissertation under the great Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange and was a
collaborator with Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani explained the problem with
this speculation:
"The statement that our Catholic dogma or doctrine is the growth or the
development of the seed planted by the Apostles would seem to be
seriously objectionable. According to the Vatican Council [Vatican I]
the Holy Father has been empowered to teach infallibly, NOT the GROWTH
or the DEVELOPMENT [my capitalizations] of the primitive Christian
teaching, but the 'revelation delivered through the Apostles, or deposit
of Faith' itself."
(American Ecclesiological Review article, 1953)
It appear that the so-called "conservative" and "moderate" Francis
Catholics like Lewis by thinking Newman's "Development of Doctrine" is
infallible dogma when it is only speculation by someone who was tinted
with the false philosophy of nominalism eventually become liberal
Catholics and finally Modernist heretics by rejecting the Law of
Non-contradiction.
Dante scholar and Editor in Chief of The Catholic Thing Robert Royal
explained that Lewis and all Communion for adulterers Francis Catholics
need God to "repeal the Law of Non-contradiction":
"Pope Francis... listens to... Cardinals Maradiaga, Marx and Kasper. The
last in particular seems more and more incoherent and yet as he tries
to explain precisely why marriage is indissoluble and yet those in a
second sexual relationship - though not a marriage - may be absolved and
return to receiving Communion. The only way that's possible is if God
repeals the Law of Non-contradiction. I don't think that's on his to-do
list."
(Fr. Z's Blog, "Good comments on Card. Burke and a serious translation error," November 10, 2014)
Francis Notes:
- Doctor
of the Church St. Francis de Sales totally confirmed beyond any doubt
the possibility of a heretical pope and what must be done by the Church
in such a situation:
"[T]he Pope... WHEN he is EXPLICITLY a heretic, he falls ipso facto from his dignity and out of the Church, and the Church MUST either deprive him, or, as some say, declare him deprived, of his Apostolic See."
(The Catholic Controversy, by St. Francis de Sales, Pages 305-306)
Saint Robert Bellarmine, also, said "the Pope heretic is not deposed ipso facto, but must be declared deposed by the Church."
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]
- "If Francis is a Heretic, What should Canonically happen to him?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2020/12/if-francis-is-heretic-what-should.html
- "Could Francis be a Antipope even though the Majority of Cardinals claim he is Pope?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/03/could-francis-be-antipope-even-though.html
- LifeSiteNews, "Confusion explodes as Pope Francis throws magisterial
weight behind communion for adulterers," December 4, 2017:
The AAS guidelines explicitly allows "sexually active adulterous couples
facing 'complex circumstances' to 'access the sacraments of
Reconciliation and the Eucharist.'"
- On February 2018, in Rorate Caeli, Catholic theologian Dr. John Lamont:
"The AAS statement... establishes that Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia
has affirmed propositions that are heretical in the strict sense."
- On December 2, 2017, Bishop Rene Gracida:
"Francis' heterodoxy is now official. He has published his letter to the
Argentina bishops in Acta Apostlica Series making those letters
magisterial documents."
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church by the bishops by the grace of God.
Election Notes:
- Intel Cryptanalyst-Mathematician on Biden Steal: "212Million Registered Voters & 66.2% Voting,140.344 M Voted...Trump got 74 M, that leaves only 66.344 M for Biden" [http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/intel-cryptanalyst-mathematician-on.html?m=1]
- Will US be Venezuela?: Ex-CIA Official told Epoch Times "Chávez started to Focus on [Smartmatic] Voting Machines to Ensure Victory as early as 2003": http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/will-us-be-venezuela-ex-cia-official.html
http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/01/a-hour-which-will-live-in-infamy-1001pm.html?m=1
http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/epoch-times-show-crossroads-on-capital.html?m=1]