Non Possumus Website Labels Bp. Williamson as "Catacumbist"
May 21, 2018 20:04:13 GMT
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Non Possumus Labels Bishop Williamson as a “Catacumbist”
The Non Possumus website has just posted an article that condemns what Bishop Williamson teaches about Catholics in our days having to keep silent about the Faith. Thanks Non Possumus! We knew Bishop Williamson was wrong and now you’ve confirmed it.
Bishop Williamson in one of his Eleison Comments:
"Such are the disputes, divisions, confusion and chaos in Catholic hearts and minds being caused by the churchmen’s hollowing out of their authority by their abandoning of God’s Truth, that many a clear-sighted Catholic can already be preferring to keep silent rather than attempt to argue or to teach. A mass of modern minds are so incapable any longer of thinking or reasoning that any attempt to dispel their errors can seem to risk only increasing their confusion." (Bishop Williamson, Eleison Comments, #513)
Post on Non Possumus Website:
The strategy of silence leads to defeat
5/19/18 4:45 PMby Roberto de Mattei
Catholics, from pastors to the last of the faithful, have a duty to bear witness to their faith by word and example. The catacumbism is nothing other than the rejection of the combative concept of Christianity. But today it is more necessary than ever to recover that concept, always having as a model the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In the face of a crisis in the Church, a crisis that is increasingly aggravated and deepened, we sometimes find that someone exhorts silence, guaranteeing that we cannot say or do anything other than pray. They are the catacumbists, those who withdraw from the battlefield and hide, believing illusively that they can survive without fighting. The catacombs can be described as such in allusion to the minority and persecuted Church of the first three centuries, precisely that of the catacombs. But Pius XII, in his speech to the members of Catholic Action of December 8, 1947, refutes this thesis, and explains that the Christians of the first three centuries did not take refuge in the catacombs, but were victors.
"Often, the Church of the first centuries has been presented as the Church of the catacombs, as if the Christians of the time used to live hidden in them. Nothing more inaccurate: those subterranean necropolises, destined mainly to the burial of the deceased faithful, did not serve as a refuge, except perhaps in moments of violent persecution. The life of the Christians in those centuries marked by the bloodshed, was unfolding in the streets and houses, openly. They did not live apart from the world; they frequented, like the others, the baths, the workshops, the stores, markets and public squares; they exercised professions like sailors, soldiers, farmers and merchants "(Tertuliano, Apologeticum, c.42 ).
»Wanting to convert that courageous Church, always ready to live at the foot of the canyon, in a society of cowards that live hidden by shame or by pusillanimity, would be an outrage to their virtue. They were fully aware of their duty to conquer the world for Christ, to transform, according to the doctrine and law of the Divine Savior, private and public life, where a new civilization was to be born, another Rome to emerge on the tombs of the two Princes of the Apostles And they achieved their goal. Rome and the Roman Empire became Christians. "
There are vocations to silence, like those of so many contemplative religious; but Catholics, from pastors to the last of the faithful, have a duty to give testimony of their faith by word and example.Through the Word the apostles conquered the world and the Gospel was spread from one end of the Earth to the other.
Today it would be a mistake to make silence a rule of behavior, because the Day of Judgment will not only account for idle words, but also for guilty silences. The catacumbism is nothing other than the rejection of the combative concept of Christianity. The catacumbist does not want to fight because he is convinced that he has already lost the battle. Accepts as a fact the situation of inferiority of Catholics without going back to the causes that have determined it. But if Catholics are minority today is because they have lost a series of battles. They have lost this battle because they have not fought it. And they have not fought it because they have lost the very idea that there are enemies. They have turned their back on the Augustinian concept of the two cities that fight in history, the only one that can provide an explanation of everything that has happened. To reject that combative mentality is to accept as a principle the irreversibility of the historical process and the catacumbism, inevitably moving on to progressivism and modernism.
Recently, the catacumbism was denounced by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who stated in an interview with La nuova bussola quotidiana: "The situation has been aggravated by the silence of so many bishops and cardinals who share with the Supreme Pontiff the duty of watch over the universal Church. Some have simply remained silent. Others pretend that it is not the least serious.And others propagate fantasies about a new Church, a Church that embarks on a completely new course, dreaming, for example, with a new paradigm for the Church or a radical conversion of the pastoral praxis of it, making it a new plant. There are also enthusiastic promoters of the alleged revolution in the Catholic Church.
»The faithful who perceive the seriousness of the situation react with perplexity at the lack of doctrinal and disciplinary direction on the part of their pastors. And for those who do not understand the seriousness of the situation, that lack leaves them confused and vulnerable to dangerous errors for their soul. Many who have entered into full communion with the Catholic Church after being baptized in a Protestant ecclesial communion because these communities abandoned the apostolic faith suffer intensely with this situation: they realize that the Catholic Church is following the same path of abandonment of faith . »
"This situation leads me to reflect more and more on the message of Our Lady of Fatima, which warns us of evil - even worse than the very grave evils caused by the spread of atheist communism - which is the apostasy of faith within the bosom of the Church. Church. Number 675 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that "Before the advent of Christ, the Church must go through a final test that will shake the faith of many believers," and that "The persecution that accompanies your pilgrimage on earth will reveal the mystery of iniquity in the form of a religious imposture that will provide men with an apparent solution to their problems through the price of the apostasy of truth. "
We must have gratitude to the pastors who break the silence to denounce the situation of apostasy in which we find ourselves. Before it was said that the sacrament of Confirmation makes us soldiers of Christ, and Pius XII, addressing the bishops of the United States, told them: "The Christian worthy of such a name is always an apostle; it is unseemly for the soldier of Christ to get away from the battle, because only death puts an end to his militia ». It is necessary to recover this military perception of the Christian life, always having as a model the Blessed Virgin Mary, who kept the faith alone on the Saturday before the Resurrection, and who, after the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven, did not remain silent, but supported the nascent Church with the firmness and clarity of his word. His heart was, and still is, the treasure chest from which we can draw strength for battle.
(Translated by Bruno de la Inmaculada / Adelante la Fe)
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The Non Possumus website has just posted an article that condemns what Bishop Williamson teaches about Catholics in our days having to keep silent about the Faith. Thanks Non Possumus! We knew Bishop Williamson was wrong and now you’ve confirmed it.
Bishop Williamson in one of his Eleison Comments:
"Such are the disputes, divisions, confusion and chaos in Catholic hearts and minds being caused by the churchmen’s hollowing out of their authority by their abandoning of God’s Truth, that many a clear-sighted Catholic can already be preferring to keep silent rather than attempt to argue or to teach. A mass of modern minds are so incapable any longer of thinking or reasoning that any attempt to dispel their errors can seem to risk only increasing their confusion." (Bishop Williamson, Eleison Comments, #513)
Post on Non Possumus Website:
The strategy of silence leads to defeat
5/19/18 4:45 PMby Roberto de Mattei
Catholics, from pastors to the last of the faithful, have a duty to bear witness to their faith by word and example. The catacumbism is nothing other than the rejection of the combative concept of Christianity. But today it is more necessary than ever to recover that concept, always having as a model the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In the face of a crisis in the Church, a crisis that is increasingly aggravated and deepened, we sometimes find that someone exhorts silence, guaranteeing that we cannot say or do anything other than pray. They are the catacumbists, those who withdraw from the battlefield and hide, believing illusively that they can survive without fighting. The catacombs can be described as such in allusion to the minority and persecuted Church of the first three centuries, precisely that of the catacombs. But Pius XII, in his speech to the members of Catholic Action of December 8, 1947, refutes this thesis, and explains that the Christians of the first three centuries did not take refuge in the catacombs, but were victors.
"Often, the Church of the first centuries has been presented as the Church of the catacombs, as if the Christians of the time used to live hidden in them. Nothing more inaccurate: those subterranean necropolises, destined mainly to the burial of the deceased faithful, did not serve as a refuge, except perhaps in moments of violent persecution. The life of the Christians in those centuries marked by the bloodshed, was unfolding in the streets and houses, openly. They did not live apart from the world; they frequented, like the others, the baths, the workshops, the stores, markets and public squares; they exercised professions like sailors, soldiers, farmers and merchants "(Tertuliano, Apologeticum, c.42 ).
»Wanting to convert that courageous Church, always ready to live at the foot of the canyon, in a society of cowards that live hidden by shame or by pusillanimity, would be an outrage to their virtue. They were fully aware of their duty to conquer the world for Christ, to transform, according to the doctrine and law of the Divine Savior, private and public life, where a new civilization was to be born, another Rome to emerge on the tombs of the two Princes of the Apostles And they achieved their goal. Rome and the Roman Empire became Christians. "
There are vocations to silence, like those of so many contemplative religious; but Catholics, from pastors to the last of the faithful, have a duty to give testimony of their faith by word and example.Through the Word the apostles conquered the world and the Gospel was spread from one end of the Earth to the other.
Today it would be a mistake to make silence a rule of behavior, because the Day of Judgment will not only account for idle words, but also for guilty silences. The catacumbism is nothing other than the rejection of the combative concept of Christianity. The catacumbist does not want to fight because he is convinced that he has already lost the battle. Accepts as a fact the situation of inferiority of Catholics without going back to the causes that have determined it. But if Catholics are minority today is because they have lost a series of battles. They have lost this battle because they have not fought it. And they have not fought it because they have lost the very idea that there are enemies. They have turned their back on the Augustinian concept of the two cities that fight in history, the only one that can provide an explanation of everything that has happened. To reject that combative mentality is to accept as a principle the irreversibility of the historical process and the catacumbism, inevitably moving on to progressivism and modernism.
Recently, the catacumbism was denounced by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who stated in an interview with La nuova bussola quotidiana: "The situation has been aggravated by the silence of so many bishops and cardinals who share with the Supreme Pontiff the duty of watch over the universal Church. Some have simply remained silent. Others pretend that it is not the least serious.And others propagate fantasies about a new Church, a Church that embarks on a completely new course, dreaming, for example, with a new paradigm for the Church or a radical conversion of the pastoral praxis of it, making it a new plant. There are also enthusiastic promoters of the alleged revolution in the Catholic Church.
»The faithful who perceive the seriousness of the situation react with perplexity at the lack of doctrinal and disciplinary direction on the part of their pastors. And for those who do not understand the seriousness of the situation, that lack leaves them confused and vulnerable to dangerous errors for their soul. Many who have entered into full communion with the Catholic Church after being baptized in a Protestant ecclesial communion because these communities abandoned the apostolic faith suffer intensely with this situation: they realize that the Catholic Church is following the same path of abandonment of faith . »
"This situation leads me to reflect more and more on the message of Our Lady of Fatima, which warns us of evil - even worse than the very grave evils caused by the spread of atheist communism - which is the apostasy of faith within the bosom of the Church. Church. Number 675 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that "Before the advent of Christ, the Church must go through a final test that will shake the faith of many believers," and that "The persecution that accompanies your pilgrimage on earth will reveal the mystery of iniquity in the form of a religious imposture that will provide men with an apparent solution to their problems through the price of the apostasy of truth. "
We must have gratitude to the pastors who break the silence to denounce the situation of apostasy in which we find ourselves. Before it was said that the sacrament of Confirmation makes us soldiers of Christ, and Pius XII, addressing the bishops of the United States, told them: "The Christian worthy of such a name is always an apostle; it is unseemly for the soldier of Christ to get away from the battle, because only death puts an end to his militia ». It is necessary to recover this military perception of the Christian life, always having as a model the Blessed Virgin Mary, who kept the faith alone on the Saturday before the Resurrection, and who, after the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven, did not remain silent, but supported the nascent Church with the firmness and clarity of his word. His heart was, and still is, the treasure chest from which we can draw strength for battle.
(Translated by Bruno de la Inmaculada / Adelante la Fe)
Sources:
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