The Great
Apostasy
Until I have enough
time& enough strength to do so properly, this section for now merely
contains links to other pages on the website that are helpful in understanding
both the nature of the Great Apostasy and a real Catholic’s necessary
reaction to it. In other words, what a Catholic needs to know & what he
needs to do, as a result of living during the times we do. Later I intend to
offer a more thorough explanation of our perilous era.
Found in the Books & Article (B&A) section of The
Epistemologic Works, this average size book is the best explanation yet that
we’ve made explaining our present quandary of the Great Apostasy. It
addresses the crux of the matter for most people calling themselves Catholic
--- would God ever leave the world
without popes, or confused about who’s the pope, for a very
‘long’ time by human standards? Isn’t there some sort of
‘limit’ to how long St. Peter’s Throne can go between real
& legitimate Vicars of Christ? And the answer… surprisingly, for
them… is, “No, there’s not.” Neither God nor His
Singularly Saving Roman Catholic Church has ever given Catholics a
‘guaranteed’ minimum amount of time between popes, and the
gaps or ‘inter regnums’ in the past have sometimes been
extraordinarily lengthy, not to mention the confusion,
occasionally, over who is really the pope. As well, we examine many warnings
Heaven bequeathed on us, foretelling the very thing we endure --- if anyone has been paying attention.
Located in the Books & Articles
(B&A) section of The Epistemologic Works, this link will tell you not only
what the Great Apostasy is, in a way that a person of sound mind and reasonable
determination can comprehend, but also what anyone must do --- who is really
Catholic --- to make absolutely certain his or her soul is saved,
and despite the terrible danger we face today when almost no one, in all the
world, is left who is truly Catholic. When, indeed, even our wayward or
cowardly shepherds --- increasingly bad priests, bishops and popes --- have
abandoned us, turning in idolatry to the false religion of our wicked era,
Modernism.
Familiar with
‘baptism of desire’ (BOD) vs. ‘water only’ (WO)? If truly
Catholic --- or at least thinking
that you are, and of a more ‘conservative’ or
‘traditional’ nature --- then, certainly, yes, you have. If not
understanding at all, wish to begin to comprehend? Or, if understanding some (or, maybe, thinking that you
understand…), want to make sure that you really comprehend, or that you comprehend correctly? Very wise of you; you
are to be commended. The primary point… while neither BOD nor
WO has ever, both infallibly & explicitly, been properly affirmed or condemned… BOD, pushed beyond
it’s orthodox version & interpretation over the centuries, became the
means of the modern version of salvation heresy (‘salvation via invincible ignorance & sincerity’),
which denies the timeless, eternal & infallible dogma of ‘no
Salvation outside the Church’, as accurately understood in its
original, ancient, strict, narrow, correct, divine & unchanging sense. That
is to say, the outlier of so-called ‘implicit’ BOD… shoved beyond an orthodox interpretation
that is presently acceptable,
void of infallible & explicit papal ruling otherwise… transmogrified
into a vehicle, academically & theologically speaking, to
‘induct’ modern salvation heresy into the realm of an
‘acceptable orthodoxy’, as it were. Which is
complete blather. Infallible
is infallible. You CANNOT change the intrinsic & unchanging meaning
or the veritable & rudimentary formulation of infallible dogma
WITHOUT then mangling & twisting the TRUTH of that divine &
ecclesial utterance. This is how, despite ‘baptism of desire’, in
its orthodox version thus far,
is not to held as
‘responsible’ for the devastation of the Great Apostasy revolving around Modernist
salvation heresy. But it’s indisputably the DOORWAY. It’s the way
that salvation heretics, pretending to be Roman Catholic, managed to insinuate
themselves into the Catholic Hierarchy, academia, cloisters, parishes &
laity. Which allowed the Great Apostasy to come out into the
open with the Advent of the Vatican II Pseudo-Council in the midst of the AD
1960s. Intrigued? Wish to fathom fully? Or have ‘problems’
with some or all of what we’re saying? Then put your money where your
mouth is. Be humble, be patient, be curious, and look carefully BEFORE you dare
to say you ‘thoroughly’ understand, or that you understand
‘enough’. That’s not
being a good Catholic; that’s being foolish, imprudent, rash, arrogant,
impulsive & diabolical. In brief, Luciferian.
Formerly located in the Straight &
Simple (S&S) section of The Epistemologic Works, this link will tell you
exactly what the Apostasy is, in a way very easy to understand, and where you
may find the only possibility --- no exceptions existing --- of saving your
immortal soul.
A short story literally in two pages if
printed out in typical font, it’s a ‘silent dialogue’ in that
only one character speaks at length with the other character merely implied,
and quiet. Like happening to hear but a part of a
conversation --- or debate --- one falls into the plot midway through the
action. What is said, and what do you hear? Read it to find out.
Incredibly brief, the words of the speaking character are what count for now.
We have no visible spiritual shepherds during the Great Apostasy and, hence, are
left to our own Catholic devices as we face wolves demonically trying to devour
our souls. We can be under no illusions… it’s tough, we’re
religiously starving (inasmuch as most, though not all, of the sacraments are
taken away from us), yet our Almighty & Compassionate Creator, the Triune God of
the Roman Catholic Church, is merciful. He knows our frailty, and, with humility
in our hearts, bravely accusing ourselves of our many, many transgressions, let
our stance and resolve be epitomized by the words of the speaker. Let Satan,
who seeks our damnation, hear these words, witness our resolve, and then
plummet like an unwieldy dragon, his venomous head crushed under
Mary’s powerful heel.
An excerpt from the article listed above
as second from the top of this section… with a few modifications and an endnote added
to tie up loose ends… this simple explanation makes it plain, with
infallible backing from Our One & Only Saving Religion, the Catholic
Church, what it is we must do, when, as true Catholics, we face the possibility
of death while in the state of mortal sin and no lawful shepherd (i.e., priest
who is really Catholic) to whom we may turn within easy reach. Are we doomed,
bereft of eternal hope? No, for then we would lose a theological virtue (the
others being Faith & Charity), without which we cannot be saved. And
yet Our God is not willing that anyone should perish --- how much more so someone
who is His, having been baptized validly in the sacramental water, professing
His Singular Faith whole & entire? No, the Creator has not abandoned us,
even when He punishes the world for terrible sins, cursing humanity with a
total loss of the True Religion, laying His Ecclesial Body in the Tomb. This Church Body of
His does not, and cannot, rot away. The shepherds’ thrones sit empty for awhile…
but not forever. In the meantime, we have recourse, and whether or not we live to
see His Church revived. Read this to find the theological virtue of Hope
restored --- and don’t give up!
Located in the Letters &
Admonishments (L&A) section of The Epistemologic Works, here you will
discover more details about the Apostasy, and how a real Roman Catholic must
avoid, at all costs, religious association with those who only pretend to be ‘catholic’
or ‘christian’.
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