Dictionary of Dissent
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"A is Not A"
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"2+2=5" |
the kind of
liberal or neo-conservative logic it takes to reconcile, for ex.: Mortalium
Animos with the Assisi Events; Mediator Dei with the Novus Ordo Mass; Mirari
Vos with the "spirit of Vatican II"; Testem Benevolentiae Nostra and Quas
Primas with the typical post-conciliar view of government; Unam Sanctam with
typical post-conciliar false ecumenism; and so forth. |
Acclamation |
that part of
the Mass more properly called the Sanctus |
active
participation |
often involving
dancing, singing, hand-clapping, waving arms around, being disruptive, picking
up musical instruments and putting on a show for everyone, "active
participation," as modernists see it, is the busy-ness of engaging in behaviors
that are "fun," not rooted in our liturgical purposes and heritage, and,
especially, which usurp the priest's role and detract from the Mystery of
Faith. It's what goes on in liturgy for the MTV generation with its 5-second
attention span.
True active participation is understanding the Mass -- its supernatural
reality and purpose -- and praying it along with the Angels and
Saints in Heaven. It is offering ourselves up to Christ, uniting our joys
and sufferings with His as He pours out His life for us and becomes truly
present in the Eucharist. If you don't get an "emotional high" from that
in the traditional Mass (which is not the purpose of the Mass, anyway!),
the problem is you, not the Mass. |
Allah |
the word means
"God" and is a perfectly good word, one used by Middle Eastern Catholics.
When Roman Catholic priests refer to God as such during the liturgy, it usually
bodes ill, however. |
anti-semite |
Someone Jews
hate (Joe Sobran's definition). 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. It could be anyone who believes what the Catholic Church teaches:
that Jesus alone saves. 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. A strong,
emotive adjective -- especially "notorious," "virulent," and "rabid" -- almost
always comes before "anti-semite" in everyday usage in order to instantly
brand the "anti-semite" further and ensure he gets no fair hearing. It is
also used in conjunction with the word "canard," which in French means "duck"
-- appropriate because that's precisely what one should do if these words
are hurled in one's direction. |
assembly |
congregation
of parishioners. The use of the word "assembly" (also "gathering") to describe
those who are at Mass includes the priest, thereby blurring the distinction
between parishioners and the ordained. |
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bread |
the Body of
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"Catholics and
Christians" |
I must make
mention of this because it drives me mad and is so common (yes, I am commonly
mad. On second thought, I am uncommonly mad. But I digress.). Quite often,
I hear someone speak of "Catholics and Christians" as though Catholics are
not Christians. Ex., someone might say, "Catholics and Christians, along
with many conservative Jews, have come out in support of Mel Gibson's 'The
Passion of the Christ.'"
Speaking this way would be akin to saying "Veterinarians treat animals and
dogs," a sentence that intimates that dogs are not animals. Since Catholics
are not only Christians but are the original Christians, better ways of relating
the idea meant to be expressed are "Catholics and non-Catholic Christians,"
"Catholics and Protestants," "Catholics and other Christians," etc. |
celebrate |
what
non-traditional Catholics do with the Sacraments: they "celebrate them" (they
tend to "celebrate" all kinds of things: their bodies, their sexualities,
their new Number 2 Pencils...). While use of this word with regard to the
Sacraments has a long enough tradition, its overuse and use at
the expense of words such as "offer," "receive," etc., is indicative
of a focus (once again) on fun and partying as opposed to worship, and all
at the expense of the dignity of the ordained priesthood.
With regard to "celebrating" the Mass, while it is true that the Mass is,
in part a celebration, it is centrally and more fundamentally, a Sacrifice.
Sacrifices aren't "celebrated"; they are offered. |
celibacy |
"Celibacy"
refers to the state of being unmarried. It is not to be confused with "chastity,"
which all people -- married or unmarried -- are called to and which refers
to using the sexual functions in accordance with one's station in life. Priests,
in other words, are called to be both "celibate" and, like all of us, "chaste"
-- the latter of which, for them, means that they must be sexually continent
since they are unmarried and sex outside of marriage is sinful. I mention
this here because the word "celibate" is too often used incorrectly to indicate
that one does not have sex, and because homosexualist priests take advantage
of ignorance over this matter by honestly proclaiming their "celibacy" --
even if they're out cruising every other night. |
chaplain |
see "pastor,
pastoral" |
Christ |
a sort of,
um, consciousness, man, or perfection of energy...or something. "It's" the
"spirit among us" -- exemplified by that super-tolerant guy Jesus (among
others), who was assassinated for being a radical -- that becomes crystallized
when we "gather" in the "worship space" to "share bread and wine" from the
"table." |
Church |
to modernists,
the term "Church" applies to any heretical sect. There's the Methodist "Church,"
the Presbyterian "Church," the Baptist "Church," etc. In the real world,
these faith communities are just that -- faith communities -- and are not
"Churches" because there is only one Church and that is the Catholic Church
which consists of various ritual Churches, none of which includes those faith
communities outside their Communion. In the same vein, it is not accurate
to refer to the Catholic Church as a "denomination."
To sum up, the Church is the congregation of all baptized persons united
in the same true faith, the same sacrifice, and the same sacraments, under
the authority of the Sovereign Pontiff. She (not "it") is the the only Ark
of Salvation, the Barque of Peter -- the Spotless Bride of Christ made one
flesh with Him in marriage and, therefore, the Mystical Body of Christ. |
Civilization of
Love |
this is the
new and improved goal of the Church, and refers to a Civilization of Tolerance
and Unwillingless to Preach the Gospel Lest We Offend People. While tolerance
of those who practice other religions is a good, the assumption that error
has rights, that there can be Love without Truth, and that a recognition
of the Kingship of Christ is obviated in light of man's warm fuzzies for
other men -- these things are lies. |
clericalism |
in the classic
sense of the word, "clericalism" refers to a policy of maintaining the power
of the hierarchy (why have a hierarchy if it isn't empowered to do certain
things, anyway?). Nowadays, it refers to an attitude that modernists accuse
pre-Vatican II Catholics of having had, by which they mean that pre-Vatican
II Catholics were blindly obedient, and brainlessly did everything
the hierarchy wanted, like so many trained poodles. There must be some truth
to this stereotype or else the human element of the Church wouldn't have
imploded after Vatican II. In any case, such "clericalism," as it were, isn't
Catholic; witness Sts. Catherine of Siena, Robert Bellarmine, Thomas Aquinas,
Athanasius, etc., but true clericalism -- the idea that clerics should be
treated as what they truly are -- is.
It's kind of interesting how one can categorize a Catholic by his attitude
toward clerics:
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Traditional Catholics
see their clerics as what they are: men who've been ordained by Christ through
His Church and given a sacred power to offer the Sacraments. Some of them
are saints, others are diabolical. We give them ordinary religious assent,
we respect their office, we kiss their hands -- but we do not obey when they
contradict the Faith.
A sub-set of traditionalists, sadly, does have that attitude attributed
above to pre-Vatican II Catholics -- but only with regard to their own
priest. They won't fix dinner without running the menu by Father to ensure
they're not sinning by roasting instead of frying.
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Modernist Catholics
see the very concept of "cleric" as a hideous offense against equality and
fraternity and yadda yadda. However, they always pull out the "You must obey;
he's a Bishop" card when it comes to a Bishop who is pushing what they
want.
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Conservative Catholics
(you'll find them in the mainstream, softly whimpering about liturgical abuses)
do tend to be a bit clericalist. Many see any papal doodling as "infallible"
and, while they usually have wonderful Catholic imaginations and true desire
to do the right thing, they often have a false sense of obedience and
an ignorance about Vatican II and the liturgy and such. Their lives in the
Church are usually a living Hell (liturgical abuses, insanely heretical
catechists, etc.), but they never do anything about the true causes of these
problems out of fear of being "disobedient." There is a lot of heroic patience
in the neo-conservative crowd; if only they'd read about some of our warrior
Saints, study the Faith further, "go trad," and light a few fires!
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community (or "faith
community") |
members of
a particular church, i.e., parish. Beware especially of a parish referred
to as "vibrant faith community." This generally means there are a lot of
liturgical abuses and the focus is on fun instead of worship. "Faith community"
should be used to describe an heretical "Christian" sect, not a Catholic
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compromise |
half-truth
in the name of "peace." "Compromise," in modernist-speak, means getting the
traditional side to move away from the Absolute Truth and toward the "center,"
which is the same as saying toward the modernist side. Successive acts of
"compromise" will end with the traditional side no longer traditional and
the Truth eradicated in favor of "peace" -- this in spite of the fact that
Christ said He did not come to bring "peace" but the sword.
It is good to compromise on where to go to dinner, what movie to see, whether
to put the couch here or there -- all matters of taste. But to compromise
on Truth is to slap Christ and all the martyrs in their faces. |
confession |
Obsolete. See
"Reconciliation." |
conscience |
for modernists,
this is the psychological mechanism controlled by the gonads or selfish desires.
The duties to "obey one's conscience" (funny how they never mention the duty
to inform one's conscience) never extend to traditional Catholics. It works
like this:
Modernist 1: |
"I have to
use contraception; deep in my conscience I knew it was the right thing to
do, what with the ozone being all messed up and such." |
Modernist 2: |
"Kewl! As long
as you obeyed your conscience..." |
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Traditional Catholic:
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"My informed
conscience and years of prayerful study tell me that what's been going on
in the human element of the Church lately is evil." |
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"Integrist!
Reactionary! Trad! Lidless-eyed Freak!" |
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Conspiracy,
Conspiracy Theory |
According to
the dictionary, a synonym for "conspiracy" is "plot," which is further defined
as "a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end." A conspiracy
theory, therefore, is a theory that alleges two or more people making a plan
for unlawful or evil ends.
To hip, sophisticated readers of the New York Times, the idea that people
do conspire against the Church and the Christian tenets of Western Civilization
is extremely laughable, in spite of the fact that the existence of conspiracies
against these is a no-brainer. If one describes as "conspiratorial" the actions
of Freemasons, Zionists, or political neo-conservatives -- even if one has
good evidence and if others of great intelligence, learning, and virtue agree
-- one has placed oneself outside of the category of those who may be taken
seriously (or even allowed in polite society, in the case of anti-Zionists).
On the other hand, the most ridiculous, historically unsound, groundless
"conspiracy theories" that intimate the evil, dastardly Catholic Church has
hoodwinked billions of people for two millenia, such as the conspiracies
alleged in "The Da Vinci Code," are not only acceptable, but lauded. It is
"ridiculous" to think that forces unleashed in the so-called "Enlightenment"
have sought to damage and degrade the Church, and successfully so as all
evidence proves, but is perfectly brilliant to think that the Catholic Church,
for two thousand years, has hid from the world the Gnostic "Gospels" of true
wisdom only so the Church could maintain its evil power over the simple man.
Go figure. |
Creator, Redeemer,
and Sanctifier |
The Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Liberals use "Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier"
instead to avoid using "sexist" language and "imaging" God as masculine in
any way |
cup |
Chalice |
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democracy |
what the Church
should become and what every nation should become politically, according
to moderns -- this in spite of the facts that democracy always leads to tyranny
and there can be no "democratization" of the Truth. When "the greatest political
good" amounts to those proverbial two wolves and a sheep voting on what to
have for dinner, you know we're lost. |
dialogue |
modernist-speak
for talking incessantly until the traditional side gets worn down and changes
Catholic teaching or until a generation or two has heard the endless chatter,
becomes confused, and leaves the Church. |
diocesan pastoral
center |
chancery, or
the central administrative building of a diocese. |
discriminate |
in the language
of dissent, to "discriminate" is to commit an evil act, to treat people with
a lack of the sentimentalism they call charity and with no awareness of the
"hallowedness" of the concept of "equality."
To Catholics, discrimination is what normal, psychologically and spiritually
healthy people do -- must do -- every time they make a decision between two
or more options. Back when the world was relatively sane, a person who made
good choices was said to have "discriminating tastes," and that was considered
a good thing. People knew that some things were sacred, other things were
not, that some people actually were better than others, that some things
were ugly and other things were beautiful. The unwise would have us now believe
in a pantheistic "all things are sacred" worldview, equate the pedophile
and murderer with the greatest of Saints, and view a painted primitive circle
on a canvas as "art" on a par with a work by Caravaggio. They've so linked
the word "discrimination" with "racialist bigotry" that to "discriminate"
nowadays is to be considered a Nazi or admirer of the KKK. I say, let's reclaim
the word and make clear that Catholics do discriminate -- against
sin, against unwise decisions, against bad people, against ugliness -- while
loathing racial bigotry and the idea that repentance and redemption are only
for some elite few. |
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eco-spirituality |
pagan worship
of the earth as "Gaia." This is opposed to worshipping only God and to orthodox
Christian ideas of stewardship of the earth and marvelling at God's creation
as small-"S" sacramental |
ecumenism |
relations between
"faith communities" that leads to indifferentism (the idea that all religions
are of equal value). True ecumenism leads to an understanding of our differences
and never comes at the cost of Truth; the false ecumenism that predominates
leads to a watering down of Catholic practices, heretical indifferentism,
and out and out scandals, such as the Assisi Ecumenical Prayer meetings.
Note, too, that religious tolerance and respect for people who, in
ignorance, worship in false religions is one thing; it is another thing entirely
to speak of "respect for other religions" or "religious freedom" in
the modern sense of a radical separation of Church and State, or as in the
idea that error has "rights." |
empower |
in
modernist-jargon, this refers to political or other temporal power. True
empowerment, however, is freedom from sin, in Christ. |
Enlightenment |
the time period
following the Renaissance and which is seen as the beginning of man's sudden
coming to wisdom after 17 centuries of Christianity. Seculars would have
us believe that the "Enlightenment," so-called, has brought forth good things
-- equality, fraternity, "liberty," democracy, etc. But a closer look at
these alleged "good things" will show that they contradict each other (liberty
and equality?) and have led to little but evil as they've been defined
for us "moderns." Equality is a joke idea outside the order of dignity and
as regards quality before the law; true liberty is freedom from sin and from
the coercion of evil people; true fraternity depends on Truth Who is Christ;
democracy is the situation in which the "majority" (which, in real life,
means those who control the media and bribe politicians) get to make the
laws we have to live under. |
Entrance song
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that part of
the Mass that is rightfully called the Introit |
Eucharistic
Meal |
The Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass. New-speak likes to describe the Sacrifice only in terms
of a "meal," a most Protestant notion that has no business being emphasized
at the expense of the concept of Sacrifice. |
Eucharistic
Minister |
Extraordinary
Eucharistic Minister, i.e., a lay person who is appointed to help the priest
in Bugnini's 1970 Mass distribute the Eucharist in truly extraordinary
circumstances -- that is, when a sufficient number of priests or deacons
is not available. Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers (EEMs) are overused
even in Novus Ordo terms, usually appearing in almost every Novus Ordo Mass
in every parish, even when they are not necessary even according to the General
Instructions. This serves to once again water down the ordained priesthood
and banalize the Eucharist. They are wrongly called "Eucharistic Ministers"
by modernists, leaving out the word "Extraordinary," to further this end
and even though only the priest is the ordinary Minister of the Eucharist.
UPDATE: Apparently, and according to EWTN experts, EEMs are now to
be referred to as "Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion" or "EMHCs".
This changes everything! |
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religion |
Fr. Bob |
In the
post-conciliar human element of the Church, a lack of respect for the priesthood
has led Catholics to call priests by their first names without being invited
to. A priest named Joseph Jones should, though, be addressed and referred
to as "Father Jones," not "Father Joseph," "Father Joe," "Snoop-Priesty-Priest"
or what-not unless you are specifically instructed by him to call him otherwise.
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Freemasonry |
to Modernists
and neo-conservative Catholics (who've consciously or pre-consciously absorbed
the values of Freemasonry), Freemasonry is a mere social club with a bad
reputation among traditional Catholics (and many Protestants, for that matter).
To almost 300 years worth of Popes and to good historians, Freemasonry is
an anti-Christ (and therefore anti-Church) subversive movement that works
out to be a heady blend of Talmudism, Kabbalah, "Enlightenment" Rationalism
and, at the highest, hidden levels, Satanism. Many good people are
Masons who have no idea what Freemasonry is because they are at
its lower levels. They have no idea about the roles Freemasonry has played
in the subversion of the Church and in collectivist or secularizing revolutions.
Neo-Catholics deride such ideas ("That's a --teehee- conspiracy theory!
Hahaha-chortle!"), but our great Popes took it quite seriously indeed
-- and it is absolutely forbidden for a Catholic to become a Freemason, even
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gathering |
see
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gathering
space |
church building.
Calling it a "gathering space" puts the emphasis on those "gathering" as
opposed to on God, as the liturgy in such parishes is also apt to do. |
Gentile |
In today's
world, a "Gentile" is considered to be anyone who does not practice Pharisaism.
In the eyes of God and of His Church, Catholics are not "Gentiles" but are
Israel, the very seed of Abraham (see Jeremias 31:31-34, Matthew 3:7, Romans
11:16-23, Galatians 3:7-29, etc.). There are, though, those who claim to
be Jews (i.e., of Judah) but aren't (Apocalypse 2:9 , Apocalypse 3:9, etc.)
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Gifts |
1. Offering.
The "presentation of the gifts" is actually the "offertory." 2. Something
active homosexuals and certain other notorious public sinners bring to the
Church, the nature of which appears to be undefinable. |
Greek |
A language
of some of the Uniate Catholic Churches, the lingua franca of Palestine at
the time of Jesus, the original language of the Septuagint and most of the
New Testament, etc. What Modernists do with the Greek language is this, though:
in the Roman Church, they throw around words relevant to
Byzantine liturgies and Byzantine Churches while simultaneously
eradicating traditional Latin words that are relevant to the
Roman Rite and the Roman Church. You will hear "Anaphora" for
"offering," "koinonia" for unity, "kairos" for experiencing time
transcendentally, and "Eucharist" a billion more times than "Communion" (you
will also hear the word "Eucharist" used to refer to the Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass, too, as in "we are having a Eucharist at 9:30"), etc.
Now, there is nothing wrong with these words; they are perfectly fine. But
they are used for definite evil purposes and with bad attitudes:
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They are used in
the same way that Legalese is used by shysters, and medical jargon is used
by some doctors: to confuse and gain power through intimidation. When some
"liturgist" or "theologian" starts talking Greek to little 75-year old Mrs.
D'Onfrio who's worshipped in the Roman Church all her life, her "it's all
Greek to me!" confusion allows them to get away with making her feel stupid
for things like wanting to kneel for Communion (er, Eucharist), and thereby
intimidating her into going along with their destructive plans.
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Liberals pick and
choose among the bits and pieces of the Byzantine world and shove the parts
they like down Romans' throats as an object lesson. For ex., they like the
idea that Greek priests can be married, so they appeal to all things Greek
as the model for how the Roman Church should be. They never tell you, though,
that from the beginning of the Church, married priests in all the
Churches, East and West, were to abstain from their wives (doh!),
which is why celibacy was introduced very early on (see Canon 33 of
the Council of Elvira, A.D. 300-306, and Canon 3 of the Council of Carthage,
A.D. 390, for ex.). They won't tell you that it is the Roman Church that
maintains the Tradition given to us by the Apostles in demanding sexual
abstinence on the part of priests, whether the priests are married or not
married
(celibate).
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There is, in the
minds of many, the idea that the non-Roman Catholic Churches are somehow
"cooler" than the Roman Church. So, like American WASP-y teenagers claiming
to be "Wiccans," like Hollywood stars calling themselves "Buddhists" or
"Kabbalists," like Jan Brady putting on a brown wig, throwing around those
Greek words is, like, far out, man.
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Hallelujah |
the proper
Western Christian transcription of the word is "allelúia," not
"hallelujah"; the latter is an English Protestant "Reformation" use based
on the Masoretic texts. And what does this glorious word mean? "All hail
to Him Who is!"
... And while I'm on this sort of topic:
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American Catholics
end prayers with "Ah-men," not "Ay-men." Catholics in England say "Ay-men"
when responding to prayers in English (they use Ah-men when responding to
prayers in Latin, of course). No Catholic should ever say "Ay-men AND Ay-men!"
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The name of the
man who wrote "City of God" is pronounced "Au-GUS-tin," with the accent on
the second syllable, not "AW-gus-TEEN."
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The last Book of
the Bible (which has 73 Books, not 66) is "Apocalypse," not "Revelation"
-- and those 7 Books the Protestants tore out are the "Deuterocanonical Books,"
not "the Apocrypha." In addition, some of our Old Testament Books have funny
names, and we number our Psalms using the Septuagint's system, not that of
medieval rabbis (the 23rd Psalm begins "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness
thereof," not "The Lord is my Shepherd...")
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"Supernatural"
refers to God, not any spooky thing that happens. Phenomena pertaining to
the good angels, the demonic, etc., are referred to as "preternatural."
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We use "A.D." and
"B.C." when writing dates. "C.E." and "B.C.E." are for atheists, Jews, pagans,
apostates, and sell-outs. (By the way, "A.D." comes before the date; "B.C."
comes after.)
It's always fun to read "B.C.E." out loud as "Before Christian Era," and
to read "C.E." as "Christian Era" -- or to ask those who don't why the "Common
Era" began when it did.
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"Going medieval
on someone" would be a very good thing to do. To use the word "medieval"
as a synonym for "barbaric," "stupid," or "unenlightened" shows an ignorance
of History and an exposure to anti-Catholic propaganda.
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Yes, we actually
pray TO Saints. Some conservative Catholics are afraid to say this, mistakenly
thinking that "to pray" means "to worship as God or a god" (or are afraid
that Protestants think that). All they need is a dictionary to find that
"to pray" means "to ask." Now, pray tell, was that so hard to figure out?
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In the same way,
we actually do "worship Mary" -- but not with the sort of worship
that is due to God alone (latria) which has become the modern Protestant
sense of the word (this is why many Catholics, using this modern definition,
insist we don't "worship Mary"; we most definitely don't believe she
is God! We do not "worship Mary" in any sense that Protestants accuse us
of, i.e., we don't "worship Mary" in the modern, Protestant sense of the
word!). "To worship" does not necessarily mean treating someone or something
as God. The British call their magistrates and mayors "Your Worship," and
I don't think any of them mistakenly consider Mayor So-and-So to be the Father
Almighty. The point for Protestants reading this is this: if you come across
a traditional Catholic text referring to "Mary worship" in a good light,
don't freak out.
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The Church is referred
to as "She" not "it," and the proper possessive pronoun for the Church is
"Her" not "its." The Church is a Form in the Mind of God, a divine institution
with a human element, the Bride of Christ made one with Him, thereby becoming
His Mystical Body. It is not a merely human institution. Because of this,
if someone in the Church commits a sin or teaches an error, even if that
someone is a Pope, it is not right to say "the Church committed a sin" or
"the Church taught an error." In fact, it is blasphemous to do so as it defames
the very Mystical Body of Christ. One should instead refer to the individual
involved or to "the human element of the Church."
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Catholics don't
"take" Communion, we "receive" Communion
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Having a "personal
relationship with Jesus" is what we call having faith, repenting, receiving
the Sacraments, and living a virtuous life
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"Born again" is
what you get when you're baptized
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"Saved" is what
you get when you are baptized, and what you get again when you repent of
sin after Baptism. You are eternally saved when you die in a state of
grace.
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Hell |
to liberals,
if it exists at all, it's the place where those uptight traditional Catholics
and political "reactionaries" go |
hierarchy |
"the man" |
HIV/AIDS |
the worst disease
experienced by mankind ever, worse than the influenza epidemics, smallpox
epidemics, Mad Cow, Ebola, the Black Death, cancer and diabetes combined.
This disease, of course, is totally unrelated to human behaviors and could
be eradicated if only the Vatican would sell off its art collections
and open a condom factory. (This is not to denigrate those who suffer
from this wretched disease, God bless them, or to intimate that all who suffer
from it got the disease by engaging in some sinful behavior. But, really,
the political attitudes and unwillingness to be honest about HIV/AIDS are
maddening).
Speaking of condoms, can you imagine this?:
David: |
Before we engage
in one of the sins that cry out to Heaven, Sebastian, would you mind putting
on this condom? |
Sebastian: |
No, the Pope
says no to condoms! You know how seriously I take Catholic doctrine, David.
Puh-leaze! |
David: |
Well, if we
die from AIDS, it will be his fault then! |
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Spirit |
a perfectly
fine name for the Third Person of the Trinity -- but whatever happened to
"Holy Ghost"? My thoughts are that replacing "Holy Ghost," which has very
specific connotations in the English language (though it comes
from the German "Geist" for "Spirit"), with the more nebulous word "Spirit"
is a way to use the word "spirit" as a segué to concepts such as
"zeitgeist" or "spirit of the times," etc. We move from the "Holy Spirit"
acting in Vatican II (He was there, but was often ignored) to "the Spirit
of Vatican II" to "the post-conciliar spirit," and so on, which leaves us
open for anything. |
homily |
traditional
Latin Catholics call the the preaching after the Gospel the "sermon." Greeks
and liberals (and no, I am not accusing Greeks of being liberal!) insist
on referring to it as a "homily," and to the latter, a "homilist" is anyone
with anything to say after the Gospel Reading at Mass, be they pagan, Protestant,
witch, atheist, Unitarian, Jew, etc. In real life, a sermon can only be given
by a priest. |
homophobia |
"Agoraphobia"
is the fear of public places, "tonitrophobia" is the fear of thunder,
"maieusiophobia" is the fear of childbirth. To hear liberals tell it,
"homophobia" is the fear of homosexuals. The term is used, though, to describe
anyone who believes homosexuality is disordered and that acting on
homosexuality is a sin. The use of "homophobia" is meant to pathologize
a healthy attitude toward homosexuality, to make those who believe in Scripture
appear to be "mentally ill" in the same way a person who has a fear of public
places is "mentally ill." The only time the word "homophobia" should ever
be used is when applied to the type of person who runs out of the room in
a sweat-drenched panic if a homosexual were to enter. Otherwise, it's all
propaganda.
Especially "clever" is the liberals' accusation that "homophobes" (their
definition) are such because they are secretly, maybe even pre-consciously,
"gay" themselves. I wonder if that means that liberals hate traditionalists
so much because, way deep down, they actually love Latin. Hey, get some help
for that problem, tradophobes! Don't hate! Peace out! |
hospitality |
the "real sin"
of Sodom and Gomorrah, if one buys what the homosexualists are selling. Yes,
to our brilliant moderns, buggery wasn't the issue at all, it was just Sodom's
bad manners (nevermind Jude 7). If the inhabitants of these doomed towns
had only left chocolates on the pillows for their overnight guests, or
purposefully spilled a little wine on the tablecloth at dinners they hosted
in order to help the invited not worry about making a mess, or maybe remembered
to include party favors at their soirées, they wouldn't have been
pelted with brimstone. Silly them! If only Emily Post had been around to
help them out... |
human
dignity |
as opposed
to the simple charity (rooted in Truth) owed to all men by Christians, "human
dignity" in the post-Conciliar era is a concept much more aligned with the
Masonic idea of the exaltation of man. Honoring "human dignity," and all
the political ramifications thereof, is the general focus of the new theology
and is the impetus behind many scandalous behaviors. This worldview sees
the Incarnation as having united all men, as a collective, to Christ
for all time in a way that disregards the need for individual conversion.
Its soteriology is universalist, and so, the Gospel message is lost because
"all men" are saved.
The Truth is, there is no dignity inherent in being human aside from the
dignity inherent in our being His creatures, made in His image. We become
truly dignified when we are born again through Baptism, and only then may
we share in the Divine Nature. Adam was created in the image and likeness
of God, but lost the dignity of "likeness" through sin. Until we repent and
receive His grace, we, too, are lost in sin and have lost our likeness to
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image (and
"re-image") |
the way we
envision God. According to the modernists, we are to get rid of the God of
revelation and "re-image" Him according to our subjective "needs." For ex.,
if we are women, we need to "image God" as feminine; if we are Chinese, we
are to "image God" as Asian, etc. (hey, I wonder how Hitler "imaged"
Him!) |
inclusive |
a parish that
goes out of its way to describe itself as "inclusive" should be avoided.
All Catholic churches are "inclusive" -- "catholic" means "universal"
-- and all are welcome, red and yellow, black and white, those struggling
with homosexuality, drug abuse, past abortions, whatever. Modernist parishes
use the word "inclusive" to mean "active homosexuality, gender feminism,
etc., are not condemned here. We pick and choose among Catholic teachings
to make you happy."
It's really funny
that the push for "inclusivity" only applies to liberals. While they have
no problem bashing the Church for not being "inclusive" because She speaks
out against sin, these same people don't want traditional Catholics anywhere
near them. |
inculturation |
the
popular-among-modernists process by which the liturgy becomes anything but
Catholic as it adapts to new cultures. Every culture must have its own liturgy,
you see. Certain African tribes must sacrifice chickens during the Mass in
order for the liturgy to have any "meaning for them," Nordic lesbian line-dancers
have to "experience the liturgy" in a way that "affirms" their Nordic
line-dancing lesbianism, and so it goes.
Paradoxically, this hyper-sensitivity to other cultures never extends to,
well, Catholic culture as it has been -- or had been -- for 2,000 years.
While the Wangalese tribesmen simply must have priests dressed in
feathers offering a "Eucharist" made of rice and caterpillar lungs, the
traditional Catholic who wants the ancient Catholic Mass is just a "reactionary"
who "doesn't accept the teachings of Vatican II" and who must be shut up
at all costs. |
infallible |
To the Modernist,
the word has no relevance at all except in reference to the rumblings of
their own egos.
To the conservative/neo-conservative Catholic, the word can refer to anything
from the fruits of properly convened and papally approved dogmatic Councils,
infallible solemn defintions, and anything that has always been taught by
the Church -- to pastoral Councils, papal whimsies, and gibberish the Holy
Father might mutter in a deep R.E.M. stage of sleep.
To the educated and traditional Catholic, it refers to those things on the
left side of the dash above. |
Islam |
"Islam means
peace," the American President would have us believe, even as he seems intent
on bombing Muslims out of existence. To those of us who know better, "Islam"
means "Submission." |
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Jesus
Movement |
"early
Christianity" is what is meant by this term, a term that seems to be used
by those "Biblical scholars" who think Mary Magdalen was supposed to have
been the real leader of the early Church, that St. Paul (not St. Peter) was
the real leader of the early Church, that Jesus was gay (or at least didn't
mind homosexuality at all), that Jesus was a radical egalitarian political
leader, etc. When one hears the phrase "Jesus movement" used, one can safely
prepare oneself for the lies to follow. |
Judaism |
What is known
most commonly as "Judaism" today is not the Old Testament religion. It is,
instead, Pharisaic rabbinism -- a religion with no priests and no sacrifices,
and which sees the Old Testament only through the filter of the Talmud and
other rabbinical writings. Though the Old Testament religion is also sometimes
called "Judaism," these two religions should never be confused. Catholicism
is the true, Old Testament Judaism -- but fulfilled and consummated by the
Messiah that the practitioners of the Old Testament religion expected. See
Jeremias 31:31-34, Galatians 3:7-29, Matthew 3:7, Romans 2:28-29, Romans
11, Apocalypse 2:9 and 3:9, among many others. |
Judeo-Christian |
as typically
used and understood, "Judeo-Christian" is an oxymoronic term, similar to
"Big-Little," meant to make Christians feel ("feel" being the operative word)
that post-Temple rabbinic Pharisaism is compatible with the religion centered
on Jesus Christ. Those who use this term conflate the Old Testament religion
with Pharisaism, the only brand of Judaism that remains (aside from the religion
of a handful of Karaites and Ethiopians), and intend for their audience to
believe that modern Judaism and Christianity share common "values" (those
who believe this need to read the Talmud and the Tanya sometime).
The only way this term makes any sense at all is if the "Judeo" refers to
the Old Testament religion. But given the conflation of the Old Testament
religion and modern Judaism, it is better to avoid this neologism. |
Jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction
refers to the authority exercised over a given area. Because priests of the
Society of St. Pius X don't have (or claim) ordinary jurisdiction in any
diocese, and because jurisdiction is required in order for a priest to hear
confessions and witness marriages, those Sacraments when offered by S.S.P.X.
(and other traditional) priests is often labelled "invalid." The S.S.P.X.'s
defense is that there is such a thing as supplied jurisdiction which makes
those Sacraments quite valid. Canon 144 §1 of the 1983 Code of Canon
Law states:
In common error
about fact or about law, and also in positive and probable doubt about law
or about fact, the Church supplies executive power of governance both for
the external and for the internal forum.
With regard to
Confession, Canon 844, §2 states:
Whenever necessity
requires or a genuine spiritual advantage commends it, and provided the danger
of error or indifferentism is avoided, Christ's faithful for whom it is
physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister, may lawfully
receive the sacraments of penance, the Eucharist and anointing of the sick
from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid.
Canons 144 and
844 are believed by S.S.P.X. defenders to supply the necessary
jursdiction. |
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Kingdom,
the |
for the liberal,
the Kingdom refers to a naturalist socialist and paganized earthly utopia.
In Truth, though, Christ's Kingdom is not of this world aside from where
Heaven meets Earth in the Church; but we are to strive on earth to reflect
His Heavenly Kingdom in its integrity by following the divine plan for ordered
social life -- a plan based on natural law, Christian morality whose Truths
are given to us through the Church, and recognition of Christ's
Kingship. |
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liturgy |
Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass and the Divine Office -- the work of the people, the public worship
of the Church. A modern "liturgist," however, is usually one of two types
of extremist creatures:
a) a person raised on the ecclesiastical equivalent of the principle of modern
art that states that anything that isn't new is "derivative" (which is a
Very Bad Thing) and who likes to inject into the Mass bizarre displays that
have nothing to do with the supernatural realities of the Mass and which
aren't rooted in the Tradition (which is, of course, inherently
derivative)
~ or ~
b) an antiquarian
who believes that the Mass and Sacramental life of the Church must be conducted
exactly the way it was in the first century with no room for organic
growth rooted in the supernatural realities of the liturgy and its more
mundane fruits (e.g., catechesis). These same people, however, have no desire
to return to the Catacombs, use Latin or Greek exclusively in the liturgy,
restore the year-long public penances, bring back fasting and abstaining
from sex during the entire season of Lent -- well, you get the idea: they
deny the Church the authority to ordain new disciplines that better signify
the Truth and aid in true worship.
Paradoxically, they also get squirmy and squirrely whenever archaeology disagrees
with their notion that 1st c. liturgy was some stripped-down, feminist, New-Agey
luv-feast. |
Liturgy of the
Eucharist |
Mass of the
Faithful, i.e., that part of the Mass that only the initiated, "living members"
of the Church (those in a state of grace) are allowed to fully participate
in |
Liturgy of the
Word |
Mass of the
Catechumens, i.e., that part of the Mass the uninitiated and "dead members"
of the Church (those not in a state of grace) are allowed to fully participate
in |
Living Magisterium,
Living Tradition, Living Church, etc. |
To modernists,
the fact that the Magisterium, Tradition, and the Church Herself are rightly
called "living" means that they are always in a constant state of flux. Because
the Modernist types believe in Darwinian-style evolution, they tend to see
things that are "living" as "evolving," eventually from one species to another,
higher species. This explains how they can, without batting an eye and thinking
that they are doing the Church a favor, push liturgical revolutions and ideas
of a "growing understanding of doctrine" that, respectively, destroy
Ecclesiastical Tradition or lead one to believe that what was eternally true
is no longer true.
On the contrary, the Magisterium is immutable, Tradition is immutable, and
the Church is immutable, in the same way God Himself is both "living" and
"immutable." These things are "living" because we, who are alive, live under
and in them, and the Holy Ghost, Who is alive, guards them. Neither the
Magisterium nor Tradition nor the Church can change anything that has been
handed down in such a way that touches the substance of the Faith.
In addition, disciplines may change only consistently with Sacred Tradition,
the very purposes of Ecclesiastical tradition, and Natural Law, and only
then with regard to quantity or quality -- never in terms of substance
(and, obviously, changes which lead to lesser quality, such as many of those
after Vatican II, must be changed back, as should those changes in quantity
that negatively affect how people perceive and live the Truth in faith).
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love |
to liberals,
"love" amounts to warm-fuzzies that have nothing to do with supernaturally
infused virtue expressed in a manner directed by the will and grounded in
Truth. |
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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). This emphasis is reflected in the focus on
"community" and the restructuring of our church buildings and liturgy to
put man (er, humankind) at the center. |
Mary |
if she is mentioned
at all, she is presented as the "archetype" of the unwed, dis-empowered,
homeless woman who went on to become a radical feminist. She should never
be "imaged" as a veiled woman uttering her fiat; she should be "re-imaged"
as a gutsy broad who said ixnay to the patriarchy's rules against out-of-wedlock
motherhood and maybe even became a priestess to boot |
Mary
Magdalen |
To Catholics,
Mary Magdalen is a former sinner, the penitent out of whom 7 devils were
cast, the one who annointed Jesus' feet, the sister of St. Martha and Lazarus,
and one of Christ's greatest disciples, the first to know He rose from the
dead. To Protestants, the above referred to two different Marys, maybe even
three.
To liberals, repeating the idea that the Magdalen had been a prostitute is
the patriarchy's way of keeping her in her place. Why they believe that her
having been a great sinner before her conversion is some sort of slam to
her Christian dignity isn't explained given that traditional Catholics also
believe that Pope St. Peter denied Christ three times, St. Paul used to kill
Christians, and so on.
Even more disturbing, though, is that some people believe that Mary Magdalen
was Jesus' wife, or at least the bearer of His child, which makes her the
true "Holy Grail." They find "evidence" for that in the feminine-looking
St. John depicted in the restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper,"
and if anyone should know, Leonardo would because he was there in
the Upper Room, despite his having been born one and a half millennia too
late. (Pssst... check out Leonardo's
feminine-looking "John the
Baptist." Ya think he's sending a secret message with that image, too?
Not only that, much of the femininity of da Vinci's depiction of St. John
is due to restoration. See
these photos comparing
John and Jesus before restoration with John and Jesus after restoration.
Both links will open in new browser window.)
To anyone reading who might believe the "Da Vinci Code" nonsense: please
contact me! There's a bridge in New York City I simply must unload.
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Mass |
to liberals,
the word apparently means only "a quantity or aggregate of matter." At least
they don't like this word much with regard to the what priests offer as they
tend to replace it with "Eucharist," "Liturgy," or "Service" -- anything
but "Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" or a variation thereof. |
ministry |
while in the
real world, "ministry" refers to the office, duties, and functions of the
clergy, in the neo-Catholic world, everyone has a "ministry" because, of
course, everyone now likes to think of himself as clergy. We have "Music
Ministries," "Funeral Ministries," "Singles Ministries," "GLBT ministries"
(that's Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgendered" for the "unenlightened"), and
even "Hospitality Ministries" whose "ministers" are in charge of the coffee
and donuts after the "Eucharistic Celebration." Use of these "minister" titles
seems to be a harmless thing on the surface, akin to a little kid carrying
around Daddy's briefcase and claiming to be a lawyer, but its effect is that
those hated lines between the ordained, ministerial priesthood and the royal
priesthood of the laity keep getting blurred, causing problems in discipline,
a Korah-like rebellion against authority (see Jude 1:11 and Numbers 16),
and, ultimately, sacrilege.
The biggest bogus "ministry" of them all, though, seems to be the Orwellian
"Ministry of Truth" that has taken up residence in the human element of the
Church these past 40 years. Where Orwell's "Ministry" spoke of war as peace
and of slavery as freedom, some current hierarchs like to speak of Jesus
as the Savior for us, but not for the Jews -- even as He is united with all
men for all time since His Incarnation. Bend your mind around such things
for too long, and aspirin stocks will rise. |
miracle |
To the out
and out Modernist, miracles don't exist. To the "social Gospel" types, every
nice thing or event is a miracle -- the birth of a baby, pretty snowflakes,
personal computers. This word shouldn't be watered down: a "miracle" is an
extraordinary wonder of God that is above, contrary to, and outside the laws
He made and by which Nature operates. |
mission
statement |
beware of a
church whose website has a "mission statement." All churches should have
the same mission: teaching, guiding, and sanctifying its parishioners through
serious and orthodox sermons; the Sacraments; (truly) Catholic catechesis;
spiritual guidance in the Confessional; a well-developed Catholic culture;
encouraging charity by urging mutual support among the parishioners and by
encouraging the corporal works of mercy (i.e., to feed the hungry to give
drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick,
visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead.) |
Modern Man |
to the modernist,
somewhere along the line, in the same manner as a kitten who gave birth to
poodles, man gave birth to "Modern Man." This "modern man" is a different
species of human than his ancestors; he is more discerning, more intelligent,
and has no need of such outdated things as hierarchy, rules, faith, or religion.
No, he is egalitarian, "reasonable," without law, and finds the "god within."
Modern Man's brilliance and superiority can be recognized by his rates of
murder (including abortion, suicide, euthanasia, and genocide), sexually
transmitted diseases, out of wedlock pregnancies, broken homes, depression,
general angst, divorce, drug abuse, and unhappy offspring.
If anyone thinks that man's nature has changed since the Fall, that man suddenly
evolved after the so-called "Enlightenment," he is sadly mistaken and very
ignorant of the 17-20th c., the last being the worst as we increasingly separated
ourselves from Christ and His Church. We can only change our natures by
divinization through faith, repentance, and the Sacraments. |
Mystery |
In real Catholic
theology, a Mystery is a "a truth which we are not merely incapable of
discovering apart from Divine Revelation, but which, even when revealed,
remains 'hidden by the veil of faith and enveloped, so to speak, by a kind
of darkness.'" Since beauty and signs of the Transcendent have been stripped
away from our churches and liturgy, pretty much the only "mystery" left is
the question, "Where'd they put the tabernacle this week?" |
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new |
not traditional,
so therefore good. In these post-conciliar years, we hear of the "new
evangelization," "new springtime," "new theology," "new Advent," "new ecumenical
orientation," etc. |
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Original
Sin |
this doctrine
is no longer true, according to Modernists. Even John Paul II spoke very
ambiguously about it, in the 13th chapter of "Redemptor Hominis," in which
he states that the object of the Church's care "is man in his unique,
unrepeatable human reality, which keeps intact the image and likeness of
God Himself." Catholicism, of course, still teaches the doctrine of original
sin, which is that we are born lacking grace, having lost our likeness to
God and having wounded our image of Him. We regain our likeness to Him by
the grace of God Himself, through Baptism, the other Sacraments, and continually
turning our hearts toward Him (metanoia) in humility, gratitude, and
obedience. |
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Parish Life
Coordinator |
Lay
pretend-pastor. See "pastor". |
Paschal
Theology |
though Our
Lord and His Church have affirmed that it is His death on the Cross -- the
shedding of His blood, as foretold by the Old Testament sacrifices -- that
saves us, to many modern Catholics (and many Protestants), it is His Resurrection
alone that somehow saves us (at least that's how they behave).
This is believed in spite of clear Scriptural proof (Matthew 20:28; 26:28,
Mark 10:45, Luke 22:19;. 24:25-26), all those Old Testament types, and the
teaching of Popes and Church Doctors for two millenia. This error has led
to a liturgical focus on His Resurrection as the salvific event and
a consequent Protestantizing of the Mass, the replacement of Crucifixes with
"Risen Christ Crosses," etc., a denial of the role of suffering, and a
de-emphasis on His Sacrifice which is the true source of our salvation.
This is probably one of the key concepts that has corrupted the Mass
and rendered it a happy-dappy, sing-songy Protestantized feel-good get-together
instead of the renewal and re-presentation of His Sacrifice which the Mass
truly is.
Please get this concept straight: His Blood saves; His Resurrection
and glorious Ascension finish the job, and are His promise to us if we repent,
are baptized, and do the will of the Father. We get to our own Resurrection
through the Cross! |
pastor,
pastoral |
to Modernists,
"pastor" is anyone in the parish who does anything, and "pastoral" describes
what they do. In real life Catholicism, though, the term "pastor" is reserved
for the priest alone, as are "chaplain" and like words. |
penance |
the quaint,
"pre-Vatican II" act, now held to be ridiculous, of making amends for offending
God. Doing penance for things you don't need to do penance for (Crusades,
Inqusition, patriarchy, order, Passion Plays, certain Mel Gibson movies,
etc.) is fine, though |
Penitential
Rite |
the part of
the Novus Ordo Mass that replaced the Confiteor |
presider |
priest. Though
"presider" is a perfectly fine word used by the Fathers, the word is used
by modernists at the expense of the word "priest" in order to water-down
the concept of the priesthood, rendering the priest a liturgical technician
as opposed to a man ordained by Christ's Church to offer the Sacrifice of
the Mass. |
progressive |
not traditional,
not orthodox, easy on sin, modernist, anything your Grandpa wouldn't recognize
as Catholic. (N.B. Believers in overall "progress" and evolution toward greater
human perfection are entirely ignorant of human nature which is marked by
corruption resulting from original sin) |
Pro multis |
the words mean
"for many" and are found at the very heart of the canon of the traditional
Mass.
"Hic est enim Calix
Sanguinis Mei, nove et aeterni testamenti: Mysterium Fidei: qui pro vobis
et pro multis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum" -- "For this is
the Chalice of My Blood, of the new and eternal testament: the Mystery of
Faith, which shall be shed for you and for many unto the remission
of sins."
In the English
translation of the Novus Ordo Missae, the words have been changed to "for
all." This might not seem like a big deal to too many people -- "didn't Jesus
die for all?!" -- but it is a very big deal indeed. By replacing the word
"many" with "all" after two millenia, the translators of the Novus Ordo 1)
changed the words of Christ, and 2) lead us to accept the idea of universal
salvation.
Yes, Jesus did die for all of us, and He offers to each of us that
grace. But, that grace is not efficacious for all; we must individually repent,
be baptized, receive the Eucharist, and so on. At the Mass, those present
are those who've answered His call, and it is for us alone (normatively speaking)
that the shedding of His Blood will be unto the remission of sins.
(Note, too, how the traditional use of the words "Mystery of Faith" refers
not to His death, resurrection, and coming again as in the New Mass, but
to the miracle of the wine changing into His Blood. And we wonder why people
no longer believe in the Real Presence...) |
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RCIA |
The "Rite of
Christian Initiation for Adults" -- the post-Vatican II means of instructing
catechumens and candidates into the ways of the Church before their Baptism
or Confirmation. While I think that formal instruction is a great thing for
newbies, what RCIA all too often works out to be is a much-too long 6 months
worth of weekly classes in which, with very few exceptions, a neo-conservative
Catholic (at best) teaches others how to be neo-conservative Catholics (at
best). There are a few relatively decent RCIA classes out there (God bless
those who truly try to teach Catholicism!), but one undergoing the process
should have pre-Vatican II catechisms, Encyclicals, Missals, and devotionals
to see what they're likely missing. |
Reconciliation |
the Sacrament
of Penance (Confession). While "Reconciliation" is a perfectly good and Biblical
word for the Sacrament, I've found that those who cringe at the "old-fashioned"
names -- names which more accurately convey the spirit of contrition which
is at the heart of the Sacrament -- tend to be on the dissident side. |
Reconciliation
Room |
the (rarely-used)
room one now goes to outside of traditionalist circles in order to have the
face-to-face chat with one's priest, a rap session known as the (often invalid)
"Sacrament of Reconciliation." In real life, the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(better and more aptly known as "Penance" or "Confession") is not valid without
true contrition, confession, and absolution in proper form. It should be
received kneeling in a Confessional, with the priest in cassock and stole.
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religious
education |
Sunday School,
where kids learn to draw pictures, color, and make projects to bring home
and clutter their parents' houses. "Religious Education" should not be confused
with "Catechism" or learning the Truths of the Faith (i.e., the Creed, the
Commandments, etc.). |
religious
liberty |
as opposed
to recognizing the impossibility of forced conversion and the goodness of
tolerance, the Masonic idea of "religious liberty," with its radical separation
of Church and State, has come to replace the traditional Catholic concept
of the Kingship of Christ. The false idea of "religious liberty" (again,
as opposed to the recognition of the impossibility of forced conversion and
to the goodness of tolerance) invariably leads to secularism, materialism,
and paganism, which is what we see in the United States today. |
renewal |
one of the
more common buzzwords, "renewal" is used as a deceptive and vague term for
"progress." By using the term "renewal," modernists attempt to assure people
that what is being done is really "nothing new," but the "true" practices
of the "historic Church" which got lost in those nasty Middle Ages when people
were Catholic.
They forget that Pope Pius XII decried antiquarianism (the idea that liturgy
and such has to comply precisely with 1st c. realities with no room for organic
growth that enhances orthodoxy and worship), and then they simply lie about
what those 1st c. realities were. Much of what modernists believe (or claim
to believe) about the "early Church" is simply not true, but they will claim
it over and over, much in the same way political mantras keep getting repeated
until they become "common knowledge." |
renovation |
destruction.
When used to refer to plans for a church building, it means the eradication
of all Catholic elements so that the "assembly" can "worship" in the
architectural equivalent of a cat food can. If you're in the Novus Ordo world,
unless your parish is truly one-in-a-million with regard to orthodoxy and
taste, don't give money for "renovation" plans. And beware of their tactics
("we just want to make minor repairs.. the roof is leaking and the floor
needs to be replaced, that's all"). Instead, hire a lawyer -- or be preprared
for some peachy, mauve, earthy, or pastel color schemes, an Olympic-sized
Baptismal font, and a really ugly Risen Christ "Crucifix" (or worse) to go
over the new "table." |
reproductive
rights |
the "right"
to kill babies |
Reservation
Chapel |
the hard-to-find,
badly-decorated room in which modernists place the Tabernacle. More appropriately
called a "Blessed Sacrament Chapel," these chapels are logically used when
a church has lots of tourist traffic which leads to disrespect for the Sacrament.
Nowadays, though, they are used as an excuse to remove the Tabernacle from
the Altar in the sanctuary, the "justification" being that lay-people (who
are otherwise wonderful enough to do the Pope's job) are too stupid to know
where to focus their attention if the Altar that's used for the Sacrifice
is also used for reservation of the Blessed Sacrament. This same sort of
excuse -- "the laypeople are so easily distracted" -- is also used to justify
removing statues, icons, candles, etc.
The other excuse for hustling off the Tabernacle to some side-show is that
in the Novus Ordo liturgy the priest (wrongfully) faces the people and, why,
it'd be rude for him to have his back toward the tabernacle. The answer to
this one is a no-brainer: turn around, Padre, face East and "do liturgy"
right.
At any rate, the musical tabernacles game was predicted by Pope Pius XII:
A day will come
when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as
Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God, that
His Son is merely a symbol, a philosophy held by so many others, and in the
churches Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits
them, like Magdalen weeping before the empty tomb, "Where have they taken
Him?"
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Risen Christ
Crosses |
See "Paschal
Mystery" above. When I see one of these in "Catholic" churches, I want to
slap someone. When I see one in a Protestant faith community building, I
want to ask, "Wow! Jesus flew off the Cross? Where's THAT in the Bible?!!"
Also known as "Resurrecifixes." |
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Sacrament |
Apparently,
the Sacraments are to be seen nowadays by us hipsters as any of a number
of loosely ritualistic, inherently ineffectual but sociologically important
practices that Catholics "do" or "celebrate" according to their "faith tradition"
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Sacramental
Minister |
A "presider"
(formerly "priest") that comes to the parish for the sole purpose of performing
certain liturgical functions that a rigid, patriarchal hierarchy has not
yet allowed others to "celebrate" out of the desire to prevent those outside
their "little boys club" from being "full participants" in the Church |
Satan |
the "spirit
of man's intolerance to differences." Otherwise, an outmoded cartoonish figure
whom the Church "used to believe" exists. |
schism,
schismatic |
Canon 751 reads:
Heresy is the obstinate
denial or doubt, after baptism, of a truth which must be believed by divine
and catholic faith. Apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith.
Schism is the withdrawal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or from communion
with the members of the Church subject to him.
Canon 1323 reads:
No one is liable
to a penalty who, when violating a law or precept:
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1° has not
completed the sixteenth year of age;
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2° was, without
fault, ignorant of violating the law or precept; inadvertence and error are
equivalent to ignorance
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3° acted under
physical force, or under the impetus of a chance occurrence which the person
could not foresee or if foreseen could not avoid;
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4° acted under
the compulsion of grave fear, even if only relative, or by reason of necessity
or grave inconvenience, unless, however, the act is intrinsically evil or
tends to be harmful to souls;
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5° acted,
within the limits of due moderation, in lawful self-defense or defense of
another against an unjust aggressor;
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6° lacked
the use of reason, without prejudice to the provisions of canon. 1324, §1,
n. 2 and 1325;
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7°
thought, through no personal fault, that some one of the circumstances
existed which are mentioned in nn. 4 or 5.
Schism is the obstinate
refusal to be subject to the Pope, a denial of his right to rule.
It is not disobedience, which sometimes we must engage in, as did St. Athanasius
(kicked out of his Bishopric, exiled, adamant against the sinful hierarchs,
excommunicated by Pope Liberius, but later canonized) if what we are ordered
to do by legitimate authority harms the faith (see Aquinas's Summa Theologica
II-II-104). From the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917):
Schism, therefore,
is usually mixed, in which case, considered from a moral standpoint, its
perversity is chiefly due to the heresy which forms part of it. In its other
aspect and as being purely schism it is contrary to charity and obedience;
to the former, because it severs the ties of fraternal charity, to the latter,
because the schismatic rebels against the Divinely constituted hierarchy.
However, not every disobedience is a schism; in order to possess this character
it must include besides the transgression of the commands of superiors, denial
of their Divine right to command.
Per Canon 1323,
many traditionalists believe that it is a "grave inconvenience" to be forced
to attend sacrilgeious Masses and hear priests water down the Faith. They
have a "grave fear" that compels them to attend Masses offered without ordinary
jurisdiction. They believe themselves to be doing this by "reason of necessity."
Ergo, they believe, no schism. |
server |
Altar boy or
acolyte. Nowadays, the servers are often Altar girls, a phenomenon which
gets little girls used to being in the sanctuary which is reserved for priests,
causes boys to not want to serve as Altar boys after serving at Mass has
been feminized, and therefore, reduces priestly vocations. Mammas, don't
let your babies grow up to be altar girls. Please. |
sin |
Theologically,
this does not exist at all for modernists. In sociologial and psychological
terms, though, "sin" is: not living out your "God-given" perversions; denying
yourself sensual pleasure in any way; and getting "hung up" on such concepts
as Truth, obedience, sacrifice, and, paradoxically, sin itself. |
sister |
This word used
to indicate a woman who was called to an active religious order (those called
to the contemplative orders were called "nuns," but they rarely make those
anymore). Now, with some holy, dedicated, hardworking, wonderful exceptions
(God bless them!), the word seems to refer to a woman who would've made a
heckuva gym teacher if she hadn't received the call "from God" to promote
abortion and contraception, hold workshops, take over priestly roles, and
generally make the lives of traditional Catholics a living Hell |
social
justice |
as opposed
to --- anti-social justice (?), "social justice" is now the purpose of the
Church, according to modernists. In the real world, the true purpose of the
Church is helping people repent and come to Christ, and the offering of the
seven Sacraments.
The modernist definition of "social justice," instead of focusing on classic
Catholic teaching (such as the evils of usury, communism, materialism, violations
of the principles of subsidiarity and private property), usually promotes
statism, Marxism, environmentalism outside the bounds of Christian stewardship
of the Earth, egalitarian feminism, the view of sexuality as a matter of
"lifestyle choice," and the promotion of contraception and, possibly,
abortion. |
song |
hymn, psalm,
or canticle -- which nowadays would most likely have as a subject matter
our own wondrousness |
Sophia |
Sophia means
"wisdom," and when capitalized refers to the Holy Wisdom of our Lord. Nowadays,
"Sophia" has been turned into a feminine goddess of the same name by neo-pagan
"Catholics" |
spirit of Vatican
II |
the post-1962
zeitgeist which blew the the human element of the Church wide open to practices
that aren't remotely orthodox, changed the presentation of doctrine
and dogma, and dared to try to turn Holy Mother Church into a democracy that
has "social justice" as Her purpose for existing. The invitation of this
wondrous "spirit" was to have been an "opening of the window" of the Church
to let in some fresh air, and who'd argue that a nice little breeze on a
sunny day isn't a good thing? But one shouldn't throw open the shutters when
the weather outside is frightful -- and there's nothing more frightful than
the 1960s (well, except for the stifling, racist, far-too-conformist 1950s,
but I digress again). It's sad that so few had the brains to leave the window
closed, or to close it once the the polluted waters started rising in the
corridors. It's even more pathetic that now, after 40 years of staring at
the wreckage, so many Catholics think the deluge was a good thing or are
too afraid to demand a clean-up. Keep filling those coffers, Catholics! |
spiritual
growth |
anything that
"feels right," eases necessary and God-given unpleasant emotions (such as
guilt), brings one toward a "progressive" view of God and His Sacraments,
and leads to watching too much Oprah and Dr. Phil. Whatever it is, "spiritual
growth," to modernists, couldn't possibly include perfect obedience (see
Aquinas), orthodox understanding of hierarchy, ideas of absolute morality,
etc. |
springtime |
The much
anticipated "regeneration" and "revitalization" of the Church following Vatican
II. People will speak of this springtime as either already here or just around
the corner, all in spite of the reality of the situation which is marked
by decline in vocations, Mass attendance, faith in true Catholic dogma, adherence
to Catholic teaching on contraception and abortion, etc., and in spite of
an increase in scandal, corruption, confusion, liturgical abuses, etc. People
who speak of this "springtime" are either liars or are in very deep
denial. |
supernatural |
"supernatural,"
sadly, has come to refer to anything out of the ordinary that happens. Have
a telepathic experience? That's "supernatural," they say. Same with seeing
"ghosts" and the like. In Catholic thinking, though, "supernatural" refers
to God (i.e., the Uncreated). "Preternatural" refers to the angelic
(including the demonic) order and what is often called the "paranormal";
"natural" refers to that which physicists can quantify; both of these orders
concern the created. Blurring the distinction between the supernatural
and the preternatural leads to the worship of angels, to paganism, to lowering
God to the level of the created, etc. Keep the differences clear! |
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table |
Altar. Anything
the Modernists can do to change the Mass from a true unbloody Sacrifice into
a mere "gathering" of believers come together to have a "meal" is what they
will do, and referring to the Altar of Sacrifice as a "table" helps. |
traditionalist |
spoken in sneering,
revolted tones, the word as used by neo-conservative Catholics refers to
those Catholics who force them to think and to confront the realities of
the post-Conciliar Church's experiences. Neo-conservative synonyms: lidless-eyed
freak; schismatic; reactionary idiot; heretic; Protestant; integrist; and
other assorted labels that demonstrate vast depths of Christian charity.
The "trad" motto:
We are what you
once were.
We believe what you once believed.
We worship as you once worshipped.
If you were right then, we are right now.
If we are wrong now, you were wrong then.
Considering this
makes some people really uncomfortable. Something else to make them sweat:
"The true friends
of the people are neither revolutionaries nor innovators, but traditionalists"
-- Pope St. Pius X, Letter on the Sillon
There is a sub-set
of self-proclaimed traditionalists, however, who are quite frightening and
do deserve the moniker "rad trad." Some "traditionalists" seem to gravitate
toward the "trad movement" out of a fear of the confusing and painful nature
of modern life. They dislike what gender feminism has done to our culture,
so they seek to "go back" to the 1950s or the Victorian era (both eras dominated
by Protestantism in the United States). They are rightfully angry at what
has been done to the family, but blacklash against women in ways that are
nothing less than misogynist. They seek ready-made personae to put on so
they no longer have to make decisions. They over-idealize the past, are
overly-nostalgic, and are knee-jerk in their reactions to anything new. Because
the past eras they over-idealize were dominated by Protestantism (and
Irish/French Jansenism in the American Catholic realm), they have warped
-- veritably Gnostic -- outlooks on things such as sex and the body. They
tend to be bitter, humorless, and lacking in prudence, warmth, and charity.
They love stressing God's Justice, forgetting about His Mercy. Pray for
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Tridentine |
"Tridentine"
means "pertaining to Trent," where the great Council of Trent took place.
The word is used as an adjective for the ancient Mass in order to lead people
to believe that the Mass offered by traditional priests was invented at the
time of the Council of Trent in the 16th century, so "if Pope Pius V can
invent a new Mass, why can't Paul VI?"
Careful traditional Catholics do not refer to the Mass as "the Tridentine
Mass," but to simply the "ancient Mass," the "traditional Mass," or the "Mass
of St. Peter," etc., because the Mass in question was not invented
at Trent; it was merely canonized after it and made the standard Rite for
the Roman Church, thereby replacing the newer Rites that had sprung up (any
Rite less than 200 years old, see Pope St. Pius V's Quo Primum), in the same
way that the Books of Sacred Scripture that had always been in use were
officially canonized then to thwart Protestant objections to the deuterocanonical
Books. |
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unity |
in Newspeak,
"unity" is the goal of "ecumenism" (see above) and generally means a blending
of Catholicism and Protestantism (and other religions) so that all may be
"one" in some One World Religion sort of way. The supreme sign of this "unity"
will be seen when Jews, Muslims, Catholics, and worshippers of the Great
Thumb all hold hands during the "Our Father."
In the real world, however, the Church is unified, is already
One (and Holy, and Catholic, and Apostolic -- together, the four marks of
the Church which we affirm in the Creed each week). The goal of true
ecumenism isn't "unity" because the Church already has that characteristic;
it is the return of heretics and apostates to the Catholic Church
which already has the mark of unity in Her true teachings (as opposed
to Modernist presentations thereof) and Sacraments. |
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value |
that which
is subjectively "valued." This Nietzschean word has come to replace the word
"morality," which clearly suggests the absolute and objective Source (God)
of all Good. |
Vatican II |
to liberals
and neo-conservatives, the closing of Vatican II happened in Year One for
the Church. Nothing existed before it, and everything that has come since
has been nothing but daffodils and whiskers on kittens. |
voice |
what the modernists
are always trying to find or give to other dissidents. Among their main
activities (man, are they active!) are trying to "find their voice," "give
someone a voice," "voice" this or that objection, etc. Yack, yack, yack...
chatter, chatter, chatter...workshops, symposia, and conferences...by gosh,
we need more "dialogue." |
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wine |
the Precious
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worship
service |
the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass |
worship
space |
particular
church, i.e., a parish church |
Thanks to Dan Peck
for having written or helped with the entries: Confession, Gifts, Parish
Life Coordinator, Penance, Religious Education, Sacrament, Sacramental Minister,
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