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the alphabetical hyperlinked titles of all books or
articles posted (there are twenty-nine
so far), along with individual summaries of
the contents of each one.
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Heard of evolutionary theory, or Mr. Charles Darwin? Of course you
have. Even if you really don’t know much about it, or him, everyone in
the contemporary world --- especially the most modern part of the earth,
our part in Europe or North America, although other sections of earth are not
far behind --- is at least acquainted with the title of the theory and source
of the theory’s name. To wit, evolution and Darwin. Ever wonder why they
are so prominent? Maybe not. Willing to wonder? And find some answers? Then
read this booklet. If truly Roman Catholic I urge you to do so. While not
absolutely innate to your soul’s salvation… being Catholic Whole,
Entire & Undefiled does that, as well as persevering and dying in the state
of grace… the full Darwinistic enterprise does indeed endanger
said soul, which is immortal. Not that an evolutionist will believe
this. But, then, who needs evolution? Okay, well, they do. Or, er, they really
think they do. Why? Read the book to
find out. They need it because they MUST
have a supposedly ‘plausible’ way to DENY Roman Catholicism, Our Maker, or anything traditionally
religious. Meanwhile, real Roman Catholics DON’T
need it because it’s NOT
actually true (not totally!) and we
already have everything we need --- including the infallible truth about
our origins --- in the Catholic Faith Whole, Entire & Undefiled. Granted,
wise & scholarly Catholics can learn something worthwhile about creation
& human history by studying scientifically what’s available to know
by present day standards. This does NOT,
however, then consequently mean the Catholic Religion CONFLICTS with such observations & knowledge. Far from
it… infallible truth always meshes perfectly with that which we
discover, or observe, within this physical world, INTERPRETING IT CORRECTLY. Got it? Good. Want to comprehend better,
if not already fully informed? Then, please,
read the book studiously.
There’s a ton of confusion regarding excommunications from
the Catholic Church. Amongst the few left nowadays who are truly Catholic, you’d
think they’d have this figured out. Amongst those that are more ‘conservative’
or ‘traditional’ --- and even though they are not truly
Catholic --- the confusion is predictable and easy to fathom. This is the Great
Apostasy we’re living through right now, as another article in the Books
& Articles section explains, and as numerous writings on The Epistemologic
Works website make clear. Hence,
confusion and rebellion is the norm. Indeed, confusion had to occur,
increasing steadily over the centuries with a concurrent increase in
rebellious tendencies, for the apostasy to happen in the first place and eventually
come out into the open with Vatican II in the 1960s. Why would God permit this? To punish us for our
sins. Why would Satan want
confusion over excommunication? To make people who are supposed to be
Catholic increasingly blind to what heresy and schism are --- and of how deadly serious they are ---
and, in the end, to not realize that the Catholic Church, in Her Canon
Law, has always required that notorious & pertinacious heretics or
schismatics are automatically excommunicated… and all even without any formal action or pronouncements from
the Church’s Hierarchy! This is stunning to the thinking person who
cares. It means that Catholics --- or at least purported ‘catholics’
--- have become blind to the very thing that protects them spiritually. They
are like a person who has forgotten that surgery can be necessary, that it is
sometimes desperately important, in order to save one’s life, to excise
and cut out that which is fatal in the end. Such is heresy and schism, such are heretics and schismatics who are notorious
& pertinacious. That is to say,
plain and out in the open. Such deadly and fatal spiritual plagues are automatically
cut out. There is no need for ‘formal’ review or action that is
long in the process or may never arrive. And
this canonic principle applies to everyone in the Church, from highest pope
to the lowliest of laymen or laywomen. Shocked? Appalled? Infuriated
or inclined to mock? Then summon up a little curiosity, a lot of humility, and actually
dare to read what the evidence is. Because if a person cannot know if he or she is truly Catholic --- or ever really
know that another person truly
is Catholic --- then we really are
in desperate trouble. And the end of the world is at hand.
Are you a ‘baptism of desire’ (BOD) believer, dear
reader? Or perhaps a ‘water only’ (WO)
enthusiast? Or maybe you don’t know which side is right, if
either? Then read this book. The fight has been going on for half a century now,
and what few people may be truly Catholic nowadays during the Great Apostasy are ripped in
two by it. BOD believers look at WO enthusiasts as if they’ve lost their marbles.
And, to be fair, most WOers aren’t very well informed.
Meanwhile, WO enthusiasts look at BOD believers as if they’re traitors.
And, to be honest, many BODers, if not most of them, are wrong
when it comes to the Salvation Dogma. But that’s not what
this fight is about. The Salvation Dogma is another war and another book.
Baptismal confusion is simply
this… can a good-willed catechumen
die ‘accidentally’ before he’s baptized and still
get into Heaven as an exception to water baptism, or is baptism in water
absolutely necessary no matter what, God never allowing a
good-willed catechumen to miss out on the sacramental water? That’s
the real battle, and the combatants are full of ignorance, stubbornness &
pride. This book attempts to solve the problem of ignorance.
It’s up to Jesus and His Ever-Virgin Mother whether or not it succeeds. But I can tell you this much, my precious reader --- until you know and acknowledge what this book makes plain is both factual and true, then
you will not end up taking the correct stance and you will risk damning
your immortal soul as a consequence. The book
is here, right in front of you. And I’m telling you that neither BOD nor WO is infallibly & explicitly defined yet by the
Roman Catholic Church. Don’t want to believe it? Then put your money
where your mouth is, summon up a little humility and a lot of patience, and
study this book carefully!
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Catholic Fundamentalism: What It
Is and Why It Is So Deadly
Heard about Catholic fundamentalists, my
dear reader? They pretend the Church has taught infallibly about something that
the Church has never yet addressed
explicitly or thoroughly. Then, having done this, they assault other
Catholics as ‘heretics’ simply because they dare to disagree with
them about this. They also pretend to know the supposed ‘evil’ in a
man’s heart by twisting and distorting his words into a noose to hang him
with. And, as if that’s not enough, they mistreat the true sinner by going
beyond what the Church actually tells Catholics to do to a sinner and having
little or no mercy on the sinner’s sufferings. Sound familiar? If truly
Catholic, you will sooner or later run into them… not to mention have to figure
out how to deal with them. That’s where this book comes in handy. I’ve
grappled with this kind of fundamentalism for years. And the lessons I’ve
learned are ready for you to study, making it so that you don’t have to
reinvent the wheel. Been burned by them? Confused? Attracted by their militancy?
Then take a close look!
Whether Protestant or not, do you think
liturgy and ritualized religion are boring & useless? Do you think God
couldn’t care less that we worship Him according to some sort of blueprint or
pre-planned form? Are you fond of saying your faith is ‘personal’
--- that you dislike ‘organized’ or ‘institutional’
religion --- and that you feel ‘closer’ to God being all by
yourself or out in a forest or on a mountain top, etc., etc.? Do you imagine
that ‘casual’ is always better while ‘formal’ is never
any good? Do you hate reciting memorized prayers? Do you loathe repetition,
especially in public services with other people? Does the Ancient Mass of the
Holy Catholic Church repulse you, do you despise Her Sacraments & many
devotions? Then this article is for you. Find out why Catholics do what they
do, and why it is vital for everyone to do the same. See how the Bible
not only doesn’t condemn Roman Catholic liturgy & ritual, but
that Catholicism is the very thing practiced eternally in Heaven by God
Himself… and thus why He created human beings, who are made in His Image,
to practice it on earth, too!
Further on down this list of titles and
their summaries is an article called Modest
Dress: What It Is and Why It Is So Crucial. It’s
well worth reading, especially if you don’t know what modesty is when it
comes to clothing. Or, even if you do know, you’re still not quite sure where
to draw the line, exactly, on the kinds of clothes we wear nowadays due to a
veritable flood of immodesty and almost complete ignorance about the matter.
This link here is a companion piece for that article. It’s just a quick
little way at one glance to know what men & women are supposed to do in
order to cover themselves properly. So take a glance
if you’d like. And be sure to look at the article, too!
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Concerning Abjuration, Invincible Ignorance, Children & the Use of Reason
Confused about
the role of so-called ‘invincible ignorance’ --- if any --- in the
salvation of a soul? Ever wonder who --- if anyone --- really is invincibly ignorant? Not certain what
the ‘age of reason’ is or why it is relevant to the question of a
baptized child’s membership in the Catholic Body of Jesus Christ? Never
heard about the Catholic Church’s requirement for baptized children raised
in heresy who are fourteen or older to ‘abjure’
before they enter the Catholic Church? Yet aren’t you curious why those under
the age of fourteen aren’t required to ‘abjure’, and even
though they may be above the ‘age of reason’? Dear reader,
don’t be baffled; there is good reason (no pun intended) for the Roman
Church’s actions. Read this article to comprehend the relation between
youth, ability to reason, ignorance & denunciation of one’s religious
errors in order to enter the membership of God’s Church, which is the Exclusively Singular Way to have hope of saving an immortal soul… and regardless of
how young or old a person may be!
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The Dogma of Baptism Upheld & the Lie of ‘Faith
Alone’ Cast Down
Are you of the opinion that Baptism of
Water is merely symbolic, a ‘nice thing’ that Jesus said people
should do if they’re going to follow Him, but certainly in no way
intrinsically necessary for Salvation? Do you consider anything more than
‘just believing’ in Jesus useless for saving a man’s soul?
Are you inclined to call Catholicism a ‘dead religion’ and love to
mock Catholics for trying to ‘work’ their way into Heaven? Do you
despise veneration of Mary & the saints, while at the same time you spare
no effort to constantly honor the Jews as God’s ‘chosen
people’? Or are you, perhaps, a student of holy scripture, studying it in
the ancient languages of Hebrew & Greek, picking apart what you like to
think doesn’t belong there --- having only been added or changed long
afterward, say you --- whilst treating the decisions of modern scholars about
the earliest biblical manuscripts as if they’re infallible papal decrees
from on high? Then this book is for you. Find out that, yes, the Bible really
does say Baptism is necessary to save one’s soul; that, yes, good works
rooted in Christ really are necessary above & beyond mere ‘faith in
Jesus’ to be allowed to enter Heaven. See how neither the Law of God nor
the Law of Christ is disparaged by
Think it’s ridiculous that
there’s no Salvation outside the Catholic Church? Nevertheless, do you,
at the same time, claim to respect the Bible? And do you consider yourself a
reasonably intelligent person? Then read this book to find out how mistaken you
are about the Religion of Rome --- how
very, very, very, very mistaken. Using the simple verses of Sacred
Scripture (from a popular Protestant translation, what’s more!), the
publicly available documents of ancient history and the clear thought of good,
plain, straightforward sense, discover that earliest Christians were neither
nothing more nor nothing less than Roman Catholic. After all, why else
should anyone convert? If not to save one’s soul --- if not because
Catholicism is what Jesus started --- then it’s just a matter of
stylistic preference, isn’t it? And isn’t the ‘style’
of our era totally against the ‘tradition’ of the Catholic Faith?
Why, then, should anyone care? This is how I used to think. I didn’t want
to be Catholic, and I was raised to despise Catholicism as ignorant, hidebound,
blind, unbiblical, full of ‘dead works’, foolish & even
diabolic. There was no way on earth I was going to convert. Except for one
thing… I found out I was wrong. The facts were against me. Unfortunately,
it took me a long time to figure this out. Extra
Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (‘Outside the Church, no Salvation’)
is the distillation of that trail blazing effort, making the work of conversion
much easier for you. The first two-fifths of the book, constituting 72 chapters
in 3 parts, are already posted. There’s plenty of good reading, so take a
look!
Acquainted with the idea that the Earth spins on her axis daily and
revolves around the Sun yearly? Of course you are. Anyone in our part of the
Earth (read: richest & most
powerful…) ‘knows’ this as a ‘fact’. Why? Because it’s ‘proven’? Not
at all. Rather, because it’s the dominant theory in the
richest & most powerful part of the world --- western Europe & North America; no offense meant to other
sections of the globe that are astonishingly unique and, lately, getting very
rich as well --- and, with compulsory public education, along with
ubiquitous media parroting the dominant party line, we are pretty much all
raised nowadays to think of it as unquestionably ‘true’. Now, I
don’t expect anyone to swallow unexpected or ‘strange’ claims
as automatically factual. Epistemology itself… for
which this website is named… demands that we know how certain our
facts are, and how to reason correctly. But, if you’re not too
scared or too biased, intensely curious and deeply wanting to know the truth,
then this small book is for you. Accordingly, how did
‘heliocentrism’ or ‘acentrism’ win the day? That is, how did the idea that Earth is nowhere
special in the Universe come to be what nearly everyone believes today?
After all, for millennia on end, the prevailing belief was that the Earth was
at the center of our cosmos, with said cosmos rotating around us. So
what changed everyone’s mind in the last few centuries? Was it
‘hard proof’? Shockingly, not. Intrigued?
Then study the book. The facts & rationality are there. Might be a little
hard for most people --- it’s egghead stuff --- but I’ve bent over
backwards to make it more accessible to the person not highly trained in
physics, astronomy & mathematics. Skeptical? Then
please be humble and examine the data & logic without prejudice
& irrational discrimination. I’m really Roman Catholic (not the fake kind so prevalent presently
during the Great Apostasy!) and, if really Catholic yourself, then this is
important & revealing. If not really Catholic, it’s still worth
knowing. People have been lied to. Most are innocently deceived, not meaning to
deceive. But there’s been some snakes, too. It
is in the interest of some people to make certain we all join the
‘acentristic bandwagon’. Want
to know why? Then peruse it! And, if truly Roman Catholic, it’s more
than a ‘scientific treatise’. It’s a wonderful spiritual
epiphany. As in, this lifts up
your soul and causes you to yearn
for an Uncreated Creator’s Heaven Above, Triune God, and His Holy &
Immaculate Mother.
Whether or not you call yourself Catholic, my dear soul, are you of
the opinion that it’s ‘impossible’
to know which --- if any --- of the many different religions and philosophies
in our world is true? In fact, during these modern times of ours… when,
think many, we’re much more ‘informed’ and ‘well-educated’
than people used to be centuries ago, when ‘superstition’ reigned
supreme… are you of the opinion that none of them are true, that all
of them are absurd, particularly when it comes to believing in some sort of
invisible ‘god’ or ‘deity’ that you’ve never seen
--- and which, you suppose, can never
be seen because this ‘supernatural being’ is simply fantasy and
make-believe? Then join the crowd. All the ‘smart’ people
think the same thing. The whole point of modern thinking is to dismiss what is
old & traditional, including what once was obviously right or obviously
wrong. Except… why are we to imagine that nowadays, of all times,
suddenly out of nowhere we’re more bright, more intelligent, more
amazingly cunning and superior than everyone who lived before us? Isn’t that rather childish and stuck
up? What makes us think that we, of all people, are suddenly --- and
inexplicably --- able to know and see what no one before us (or hardly anyone,
at least!) was capable of realizing? What makes us today so ‘special’?
Are we really that smart? Or are
we just kidding ourselves and have gigantic fat heads ripe for the popping?
Plainly, I’m poking fun at us. Even so-called ‘catholics’
since the 1960s and Vatican II have bought into what everybody wants to
think nowadays --- that no
religion or philosophy of a traditional nature is totally true.
What’s more, even if one
of them were totally true… well, how are you to know? Aren’t there
too many to figure it out? And, anyhow, isn’t God (if such a Being
exists) merciful & loving, isn’t
the Golden Rule all that really matters? Aren’t traditional
religions a lot of stupid ritual and meaningless mumbo jumbo? Aren’t we free to believe whatever we want? Isn’t
that our ‘birthright’ as modern, democratic and ‘enlightened’
people? So we say… but are you, precious soul, brave enough and curious
enough and humble enough to find out if you’re correct? Then read this
book. While not exhaustive, it is comprehensive. And it points out the glaring
flaws and silliness of all of the above thinking. We really aren’t smarter than people
used to be; we really aren’t
suddenly & inexplicably able to see what
no one else ever saw for thousands upon thousands of years. We’re
just more proud, more blind, and way more
enslaved to our carnal passions.
Do you know what a ‘parable’ is, my beloved soul? Right
--- a story with a more profound point than what the parable itself, at face
value, seems to be saying. And do you know what ‘theology’ is?
Correct --- the study of God Himself, Who He is, His Attributes, how He
creates, why He creates, and what He creates for… especially us, mere
human beings. This long article is a theological parable. Yes, it is
instructional. On that level, the reader may be able to learn lessons that he
or she did not know beforehand. Or maybe not. Perhaps
the potential reader possesses knowledge & understanding beyond the average
person. In any case, are you a Roman Catholic? Truly? The real kind --- and not the fake sort masquerading
as ‘catholic’ shamelessly (and often deludedly) since the Vatican
II Pseudo-Council of the 1960s? Then welcome to this booklet. We
seek to weave a theological parable that addresses the direful consequences of
what happened out in the open at that time… consequences still mostly and
banefully unchecked, let alone reversed or erased… and link them,
poetically & allegorically, to the very real, and, simultaneously, very
metaphorical, existence of the Mountain of God. And, prithee, what is the ‘
·
The Hideous Schism of Catholic Fundamentalism
Heard about the accusation against Leo
XIII all the way back in 1880, my dear reader? That he wasn’t really a
true pope after that point in time? And are you confused or upset by it --- or,
perhaps, enchanted by the prospect since it fits your ‘gut feelings’
about him or your animosity toward heresy perfectly? On the other hand, maybe
you don’t have the ability, time, patience or desire to read an intricate
& long book on the subject? Then this article is for you. I’ve
already addressed in great detail the accusations brought against another past
pope, Benedict XV, who ruled in the early 20th century. The link to
that book can be found a little further down this list under the title, Was Benedict XV an Antipope? This article
really says the same thing as the book, only condensed and with much less
intricacy. The principles are the same in either case --- whether attacking the
papacy of Benedict XV in 1914 or Leo XIII in 1880, the accusers’ tactics
can be rebutted by what I point out in both writings. Long or short, a Catholic
must know the Godly, Catholic & proper rules for seriously entertaining
accusations of heresy against other Catholics. Failure to do so (and failure to
follow these rules rightly) results in grave sins of uncharitableness on the
part of those who believe the accusers. And, what’s more hideous, such
failure results in even graver sins of schism
when it comes to accusing a real pope
of being a false pope! This failure arises
from the erroneous mentality of what I call ‘catholic fundamentalism’.
Don’t make this hideous mistake, my dear soul. If you are truly Catholic
and confused or allured by these allegations, then read these writings
carefully before you dare to judge!
·
How to Get a Pope During the Great Apostasy
A very, very brief excerpt from Chapter 3 of the Afterword to the
book, Inter Regnum, (which see,
alphabetically below), this tiny little article --- with a very short preface
--- does exactly what the title says: tell us how (with a lot of help from
Jesus & Mary, of course) we can get a legitimate pope back on the Throne of
St. Peter. Real Roman Catholics may be very few nowadays as we near the end of
the Great Apostasy, and it will indeed take a lot of help from Heaven…
but, believe it or not, there’s some
down-to-earth things we could do in the meantime, following ancient canon law.
Don’t worry --- I’m not talking half-nutty ‘traditionalist’
stuff that’s been tried several times over the past 45 years. I’m
talking correctly-thought-out, perfectly legal, perfectly Catholic &
perfectly factual things that… if Jesus through Mary gave us the graces…
and we cooperated with them properly… well, shucks, don’t ya know… it really could happen. Likely?
Only God knows. Worth considering? You better believe
it! If truly of Catholic Faith Whole & Entire, I’ll razz your head if
you don’t take it serious. It’s getting to be time, folks. Maybe not today. Maybe not next year.
Maybe another decade or two. But it’s getting to
be time. And that means it’s time --- and thus worth it --- to think it
out. It’s not even two pages printed out. Buddy, could you spare a dime?
And read less than two pages? Ah, well. Up to the Blessed
Ever-Virgin Mary if anyone cooperates. Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
Heard about the baptism-of-desire
controversy? There are two sides to it. One is ‘liberal’ and the other
‘conservative’. We’re not talking about the liberal
side in this little article (people on this side of things think anyone,
whether aware of Catholicism or not, or whether trying to be Catholic or not,
can save their souls via a purported ‘invincible ignorance’). We’re
talking about the conservative side. This kind of person --- which I call a ‘catholic
fundamentalist’ and which you can find out about in the link to the
article listed right above this one --- thinks that baptism of water is absolutely necessary to the hope of
salvation. Indeed, more than that… this kind of person thinks that even
if you agree with his position but insist the Catholic Church hasn’t
ruled out the possibility of a catechumen dying ‘accidentally’
while still, potentially, going to Heaven without water baptism, then you’re
a heretic. Confounded by this claim,
my dear reader? Don’t know what to think about it? Or, perhaps, is this your
position but you’re not so arrogant as to think you’re infallible
and hence you’re willing to read about the evidence & logic against
your stance? Then dig in. The post is very short and very to the point. The
repercussions for being on the wrong side of this fight, however (read: the
conservative side), are grievous: it amounts to the grave sin of schism and
winds up in the Pit of Hell!
Wanted to write this book for a long time…
though with trepidation. Having finished Helplessly
Ignorant up till the 144th chapter in December of 2017 (which see,
alphabetically above), I suddenly knew it was time. The outline firmly emplaced
within my mind before the year was over, I began writing it at the beginning of
January of 2018 and it is officially done as of the very end of May of 2018.
What’s it about, though? Did you know, my dear reader, that every time a
pope dies (or, very rarely, ‘abdicates’) that it takes at least a
bare minimum of time to elect the next pope? And that, even during the modern
era of the last few centuries (as defined by history scholars), this minimum of
time to elect the next pope is at least a couple of weeks? Indeed, that centuries previous to this (say, during the AD 1100s,
1200s or 1300s, etc., etc., or during the first millennium…), it could,
once in awhile, take a year or two to elect a pope --- or even longer? The
point is, during that period of time, Christ’s Roman Catholic Church Body
is without a pope. Or, to put it differently, until both a valid & lawful
election occurs, no real & legitimate Bishop of Rome occupies the Throne of
St. Peter, and Christ’s Visible Body is without --- as it were --- a
visible head. Does, then, the Roman Catholic Church
disappear? Of course not. Were this the case,
then the
Wonder why Catholics venerate the Virgin
Mary so highly? Think it couldn’t possibly be ‘biblical’ ---
as if that were the one & only standard for everything in religion, and
that you, personally, interpret the Bible rightly --- and that Catholics are ‘enslaved’
to mere human traditions? Then think again, my dear reader. Here is the
rock-solid logic for honoring the Blessed Virgin more highly than any creature who has ever existed. Indeed, for honoring Her as the Mother of God Almighty, since Her Son truly is
God from all of eternity, and since mothers do not give birth to a body
alone, but to a whole & entire person… a Person Who just happened to be Our Divine Creator! Not only that,
but the Blessed Virgin Mary is more deeply ensconced in God’s Sacred
Scripture than most anyone realizes, even Roman Catholics. She is foreshadowed
in the Old Testament, and both intrinsic to &
profoundly rooted in the New Testament --- so deeply rooted that this Testament
of Her Son could not even exist without Her existence & cooperation.
Stunned? Skeptical? Slanderous?
Then put your money where your mouth is, my dear soul, and dare to read this.
After all, if your unbelief is correct, then you have nothing to fear. A
Catholic like me couldn’t possibly be right and you’ll see through all
the holes in my facts & reasoning! But if, as I assert, you are terribly
wrong… and you don’t pretend to be all-knowing, admitting that you could be wrong… then what
have you got to lose? Nothing except your pride.
Whereas, by admitting your error and becoming a good Catholic, you will gain
the loving protection of God’s Mother and the friendship of God Himself!
·
Modest Dress: What It Is and Why It Is So Crucial
Ever heard about modesty, my dear
reader? And do you know what it is, or why it’s so important when it
comes to clothing? Contrary to what people think nowadays, how you dress is critical
--- absolutely critical. Not just
because of ‘first impressions’, ‘appropriateness’ or
what-have-you. But because of morality. As in,
God commands it. Before Adam & Eve sinned in the
For the past half century, scientists, schools & media have
stressed, repeatedly, how the earth is ‘overpopulated’. And
practically, if not outright everywhere in the world, pushed for
‘limits’ on human population, or that we should
decrease the human population to a more ‘manageable’ level. This
is a fairy tale. Find that hard to
swallow? Then summon up curiosity & patience, actually reading this
article. It is chock full of hard data, solid facts & ironclad logic.
The so-called ‘population bomb’ scare initially began in the late
1960s & early 1970s. And predictions made since then --- about
‘impending doom’ and ‘mass global starvation’ --- have
proven to be embarrassingly wrong. Repeat… WRONG. So why are scientists, schools & media still pushing the
same agenda & crusade? Yes, it’s gotten a little more sophisticated
with ‘climate change’ and concern regarding
‘pollution’. Yet the same old tropes are trotted out again &
again, and in spite of the track record of such apocalyptic forecasts
& dystopian futures, based on, supposedly, ‘too many’ human
beings existing on earth, having repeatedly failed in getting it right.
A little intelligent skepticism is called for. And, if truly Catholic, you need to know what we face.
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Protestant Protests Rebutted
Do you claim that Catholicism is ‘riddled’
with false & unbiblical teachings? Think it’s impossible for a Catholic
to mount a strong & sensible defense of his Faith? Do you imagine that ‘born
again christianity’ is impervious to assaults or logical doubts due to
its supposed ‘foundation’ upon the Bible? Then think again, my dear
reader. It is not real Roman Catholics who are ‘unbiblical’ --- it
is so-called ‘bible believing christians’
who don’t know their own bibles and often contradict them! The evidence
of reasoning and scripture is easily there for he who dares to look. Examine
this book, then, to see what you’ve been missing. The
Bible? Faith? Works? Purported ‘crimes’ of the Catholic Church? Heresy? Infallibility? Dogma? Jews? Religious
liberty? Beliefs about Mary? Taking stands
against your own family? It’s all there, and more. Indeed, it tells you
where else to look on this website to find out still more reasons & evidence
for the Roman Catholic Church. Written for an anonymous reader styling himself ‘Joy
Given’ (and who I had already responded to in a shorter letter that’s
posted in the L&A section as Regarding
‘Scripture Alone’, ‘Faith Alone’ & the So-Called ‘Crimes’
of the Catholic Church), this writing is for anyone who has the courage to
admit that he is not infallible when it comes to interpreting the Bible or
condemning the Catholic Religion, and hence also able to face the fact that the
Roman Church really could be right when declaring that She is the One
& Only Body of Christ and “the pillar and ground of the truth.”
(1 Timothy 3:15d DRC) It is, as well, for those real
Catholics who crave the knowledge necessary to stand up to ‘born again’
biblical bullies with good straightforward sense, a few simple facts & the
testimony of Sacred Scripture. For while most of them don’t mean to be
bullies, it is certainly intimidating to have verses quoted at you and not know
what to say in return that sounds intelligent!
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The Sacrament of Penance Without a
Priest Available
Call yourself Catholic? And do you recognize that something dramatic
and horrible has happened to our world in the wake of Vatican II? That is to
say, our world has not gotten better since the 1960s from a truly
Catholic perspective. To the contrary, it’s only gotten less Catholic and more wicked. And do you see how
self-styled priests and bishops --- even popes --- are, for the most part, not
opposing these changes and not teaching their followers to stay Catholic
in the face of anti-Catholic beliefs and anti-Catholic practices? Indeed, how all
of them, to some extent or another, approve
of these changes and support
anti-Catholic beliefs and practices? Which then leaves a real Catholic
wondering --- can I still religiously
associate with these people? And, if not, how do I get my sins
absolved? Are we without hope? This is what many assume.
Fortunately, they’re wrong. The Solemn Magisterium backs us up on this. Surprised? Dismissive? Skeptical? Try reading
this article first, prior to acting like you already know everything you
need to know, my dear soul. You might not want to think we’re in dire
straits, but any Catholic faces the prospect --- however rare or unlikely, and
despite being in a good & thoroughly Catholic country --- of unexpectedly dying
before a priest can be at his side. Is such a man doomed to hell, caught in the
state of mortal sin? It behooves a real Catholic to know what to do in this
situation. An excerpt from the longer article, This Is the Great Apostasy… Now, How Do We Make Sure Our Souls
Survive It?, the link to and synopsis of which can be found in the titles below,
this shorter article is well worth examining. Who knows? You might even wind up
reading the longer article, too!
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Should You Go to a CMRI Mass or
Take Part in the Worship of Other Traditionalists?
A lot of people who call themselves
Catholic --- and aren’t allured by the ‘updatings’
or ‘reforms’ of the Novus Ordo Church that flowed out of the 1960s --- are genuinely
confused. They can’t stomach the Vatican II stuff. Most of them know, somewhere deep down, that it’s deadly nonsense,
spiritually speaking. But what about the traditionalists?
There’s not many, but they do exist and have spread across most of the
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This is the Great Apostasy... Now, How Do We Make Sure Our Souls
Survive It?
This is the Great Apostasy.
In other words, there’s almost no one left on earth today
who is truly Catholic --- Catholic in the sense that the word ‘Catholic’ has always meant since century one with Christ & His Apostles prior to the Vatican II
Pseudo-Council of the 1960s. This dearth of real Catholics includes people
who are supposed to be priests, bishops and even popes… when, in actuality, they have become antipriests, antibishops and antipopes
since they are anti-Catholic
and thus anti-Christ.
Remember: Catholicism is a complete, whole & inextricable package of teachings
& commandments from most ancient times. You can’t take some
teachings and reject others, or believe what you want and change what
you don’t like into something more ‘palatable’, and still
remain, or become, truly Catholic. Yet do you claim to be Catholic? Do
you distinguish between religious truth and religious falsehood? This website
gives you lots to go on, making sure you are despite the crucifixion of Jesus’
Roman Catholic Body upon a Modernist Cross, this Ecclesial Body now appearing to lay
dead in a Tomb. The question is, how do little
tiny Catholic sheep survive the wolves we now face without any visible shepherds to
protect us? For instance, how do we absolve sin if fallen into
mortal iniquity? Without clergy, how do we get spiritual food when no
‘priest’ is truly Catholic and hence legal for us to turn to? Has God abandoned us?
Has His Promise failed, has His Singular Church been overcome
by the gates of hell and the lies of the devil? This is how it can look
when hanging on amidst people who don’t care; who, indeed, hate us for
our religion. Like the days of St. Noe (Noah) when an entire human race in hideous
rebellion faced punishment of cataclysmic proportions, our wicked world teeters
on the edge of destruction. Nevertheless, God did provide one truly
Catholic man a means of salvation --- the
Ark that took a hundred years to build. In this precious refuge only eight
people saved their lives. (Genesis 7:13, 1 Peter 3:20) Everyone else was too
proud, too blind, and too lame to enter. That
Saving Ark today is the unchanging
Roman Catholic Religion found centered in the Immaculate Heart of God’s Mother, the Blessed Ever-Virgin
Mary. Her holy foot is poised to crush the serpent’s head.
Notwithstanding, it’s up to us to become truly Catholic, to remain truly
Catholic, and to depart from this life truly Catholic in the state of
grace, regardless of what the rest of an unbelieving and disobedient humanity
may do.
The whole world today --- but especially the most modernized parts
of earth, like our dear United States --- has gone gaga for ‘diversity’,
‘tolerance’, ‘inclusion’ and ‘love’ (that
much twisted & distorted, poor, mistreated word…), etc., and gone ape
crazy against so-called ‘racism’, ‘discrimination’, ‘hate
crimes’, ‘microaggressions’, and so forth and so on. The problem? None of these words are defined correctly. They
don’t mean what they should. Assuming, of course, they have any useful
purpose at all to exist and be used in our language. We touch on a lot of these
terms, but it all comes down to what a real diversity is. And hence what
it truly means to be a nice person, treat others fairly, and, as real
Catholics, love all human beings as the
priceless, precious & wonderful Images of God that they are. Meanwhile,
the managers of a New World Order have nigh well strangled us with their
tyranny. A totalitarianism which begins with shaping how we
think, as is usually the case with total tyrants. To recognize the truth
or reason logically, totalitarian & false thought gets in the way. This
little article is a modest attempt to clear things up and liberate people’s
minds. Liberate them in order for everyone to see clearly, think straight, be
at peace with one another, seek what is true & authentic diversity, and
politely yet firmly tell the tyrants to get off our backs. If a real Catholic,
then you’ll appreciate the insights and probably agree with the prescription.
Vehemently not Catholic (not the real kind, at least)?
Or just kind of wary? No prob. Take gradual, slow,
deep breaths… stay calm… be an adult… and read the article.
It’s not that long, and, who knows? You might find yourself finding
something worth knowing in it. You know? Curious people who don’t like
tyranny will appreciate what they read here. I guarantee it.
Familiar with so-called ‘UFOs’? Oh, I’m sure you
are. Leastwise, you think you are. And, whether or not you believe it’s
‘true’, most people don’t actually understand the phenomenon
as it really is, in and of itself. In other words, we’ve got contemporary
fantasies, a veritable ‘mythology’ built up around it. Nor does it
matter if the ufological phenomenon is ‘real’ or not. Even
fantasies, spread widely enough, can have huge real-world effects. This is exactly
the case with ufology, and it has had enormous repercussions regarding modern
humanity’s religious beliefs. Nevertheless, decent researchers, however
few, have provided enough hard data --- the phenomenon is real, period. Not
every report is true, and we’ve lots of ridiculous ideas concerning the
subject. This short book is an attempt to clear things up rationally.
We’re additionally trying to give real Roman Catholics a reasonable
understanding so as to respond to the ufological phenomenon intelligently.
Intrigued? Then read the book.
Consider yourself Catholic, as I’ve queried a few times? And
are you the real thing? Nevertheless, do you dare to suppose that it
doesn’t matter who you worship with? That is to say, do you think ---
perhaps unthinkingly, having never thought about it --- that it doesn’t
matter to Our Creator who you worship with, that every religion &
philosophy is perfectly ‘okay’ with Him? Or, if rather more sensible
and truly Roman Catholic, do you, notwithstanding, think you ‘must’
get the sacraments no matter what, that knowingly (or, at least, having had plenty of time to eventually know it, thereby
incurring culpability) receiving the sacraments from, or with, those who
are not Roman Catholic Whole & Entire is somehow mysteriously
‘permissible’ since you just know, despite what God’s
Singularly Catholic Church has infallibly taught us, that He expects you to get
the sacraments no matter what? In reality, we always have the Sacrament of
Baptism and the Sacrament of Matrimony available to us, even without lawful
priests to whom we may turn. But think you can’t possibly live without
the Sacrament of the Eucharist at all or the Sacrament of Penance dispensed in
its normal fashion, etc., that God would never allow this appalling situation
to occur? Then think again. Japanese Catholics survived for some two centuries
without priests. And today is the Great Apostasy, when God’s Vengeance
punishes us for our hideous sins. The central part of this punishment is the
Ecclesial Body of Jesus laid in a Modernist Tomb, awaiting resurrection,
combined with Spiritual Famine for the few Catholics left. Tighten your
religious belts!
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Was Benedict XV an Antipope?
Have you heard the accusation against
Benedict XV (a pope of the early 20th century) that he was an
antipope? And, as a real Catholic (not the traditional-looking-yet-fake kind so prevalent today,
wherein the claimant espouses salvation heresy, thinking people can die in the
practice of a false religion while entering Heaven and usually --- but not
always --- imagining that everyone from John XXIII onward is a Successor to St.
Peter), are you troubled by the allegations, wondering how Benedict can be
defended… or if, perhaps, he really wasn’t
an occupant of the Throne of St. Peter? Then this book is for you. Indeed, even
if you don’t doubt Benedict the Fifteenth’s papacy, you still can benefit
from this book by seeing how to handle cases of suspected heresy. What
makes a heresy notorious, or pertinacious? When is a heretic manifest &
formal? How is a Catholic to be treated when under suspicion for heretical
words or activities? Does a fellow Catholic just up and accuse him point blank,
and, if he doesn’t kowtow to the accusation, does the first Catholic
simply cut the second Catholic off completely as the very next step? What are
the God-given & Church-sanctioned rules
in these situations? Encountering what appears to be heresy in those who are
supposed to be Catholic is never easy, but it doesn’t have to be utterly
confusing. Just follow the rules and be very careful. Likewise, challenging the legitimacy of
a pope’s papacy based on supposed heresy must be treated very carefully. A pope doesn’t
have to be a good pope to be a real pope;
he’s God’s man regardless of whether or not he does a good job representing
God on earth on St. Peter’s Throne! The point is, bad or not, you don’t touch God’s man
lightly --- and especially not wrongly, failing to follow His rules of strict justice ---
and expect God to ‘wink’ at your mistake. God will require a severe accounting from a bad pope at his judgment, and He will require a severe accounting from you, too,
at your judgment if you attack a pope mistakenly & rebel from his divinely-
derived authority!
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What Are We to Think of Written Abjurations?
Ever run into the claim --- prevalent
amongst those few people nowadays who claim to be Catholic and might really be
so, not thinking Benedict XVI is a true pope or that people can die in the
practice of false religion and go to Heaven --- that a written & signed
abjuration is necessary to save your soul if you are baptized in water but have
believed in heresy during the Great Apostasy? Have you been told that, even if
this signed abjuration is not absolutely necessary in every single case,
nonetheless, to refuse to do it when you can do so would
be to your damnation if you die in this state… and even though we have no
bishop with jurisdiction to whom we may submit this kind of document? Has
anyone claimed that these signed & written abjurations are needed to ‘prove’
that you’re Catholic, and that anyone who is truly Catholic (but who was a
baptized heretic prior to denouncing his heresy) must be ready to produce the
signed document for another Catholic to examine or collect? And have you, my
dear soul, wondered what in the world this is all about? Has the Church
actually said to do this? Or is it just the mixed up imagination of a
scrupulous & tyrannical person? Don’t despair! There are answers to
these questions --- good, simple & sensible answers. No need to twist your
brain up into a knot. All you have to know is what the Church has actually
said, and why, and you’ll be able to understand what we are to do today
when we, or another, are baptized but fell into heresy and now want to abjure. The
solution is easy when you comprehend the principle!
Do you hate real Catholics? Do you
consider them weird, arrogant & rude, the way they seem to talk different,
act different & think different from everyone else? Indeed, do you find
their insistence on only good Catholics entering Heaven laughable &
offensive? Do you feel certain they’re part of some sort of
‘dangerous cult’, a menace to right-thinking people & citizens
everywhere? Then this article might just be for you. I can’t guarantee
you’ll understand why Catholics are so sure about ‘no Salvation
outside the Church’ from reading The
World Offended --- that’s better done by looking at the book, Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus --- but you will
see, provided you think carefully & strive to put your biases to the side,
why a Catholic must do what he does, given
that he really does believe that there is no Hope of Salvation outside
membership in His Church. Along the way, find out what the Bible is for,
the reason Catholics ‘preach’, how come they tend to stick to
themselves, and witness an anti-Catholic conspiracy theory refuted (albeit very
briefly). In addition, discover the reality of the religious tyranny that
almost all people nowadays slave under, all the while it is pretended to be a
‘liberty’. Written as a long letter to a close relation, this is a
follow-up to something I wrote earlier and posted in the Letters &
Admonishments section under the title, Regarding
‘The Epistemologic Works’ Website, Truth, Hell & the Catholic
Faith. Investigate both of them carefully… the contents are
eye-opening!
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