As reported by Catholic News Agency, in a December 7th op-ed written for Vatican Radio, the Bergoglian regime’s favorite serene theologian, Cardinal Walter Kasper, said:
With the official publication of the letter from Pope Francis to the bishops of the Buenos Aires region, the painful dispute over the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia is hopefully over.
Cardinal Kasper had more to say, of course, but let’s stop here.
What the sentence above confirms is that the primary goal of Amoris Laeitia is to “officially” open the way to Holy Communion for those “who, while bound by a valid marital bond, live together with a different person ‘more uxorio’ (in a marital way)” apart from a commitment to continence. (cf the Dubia)
Focusing exclusively on this point, however, is shortsighted; in fact, it is more so a symptom than it is the actual disease, which we will identify momentarily.
Don’t get me wrong; the so-called “pastoral initiative” to invite public adulterers and fornicators (and let’s be honest, active homosexuals) to the sacraments is a terrible offense against Christ to be sure, not to mention a grave danger to souls, but we must not overlook the way in which Amoris Laetitia goes about making its case.
In my view, the most noteworthy phrase in the entire 60,000 word love Letter to Lucifer (aka Amoris Laetitia) is the following:
“It can no longer simply be said…” (See AL 301 and its treatment of mortal sin.)
In addition to being the foundation upon which Amoris Laetitia is built, it is the Bergoglian operating principle in a nutshell; i.e., what the Church has always taught and practiced – every last bit of it – is subject to alteration.
Admitting to Holy Communion the divorced and civilly “remarried,” as well as other Catholics in so-called “irregular unions,” is just the beginning.
The next step is already obvious; namely, welcoming heretics to Holy Communion.
This, I suspect, is the primary reason why Martin Luther is being celebrated in Rome. This is also why we are hearing rumors about the creation of a so-called “ecumenical Mass.”
How is any of this possible?
“It can no longer simply be said…”
But that’s not all…
Proselytism is solemn nonsense?
“It can no longer simply be said that we must baptize and teach.”
Liturgical translations carried out by local bishops’ conferences?
“It can no longer simply be said that this authority rests with Rome alone.”
From here it can only get worse…
Married priests in the Latin Church?
“It can no longer simply be said that celibacy is required.”
Female deacons?
“It can no longer simply be said that Holy Orders is just for men.”
All of this said, we still haven’t identified the disease.
HINT: It isn’t Bergoglianism, even though this is a particularly virulent strain.
The fact of the matter is, folks, every single one of the conciliar popes have been operating under the same principle, “It can no longer simply be said…” Francis just so happens to be the only one arrogant enough to say it out loud.
And from where did this principle come?
The Second Vatican Council.
Man has the right to religious freedom?
It can no longer simply be said that error has no rights.
Christ uses heretical communities as means of salvation?
It can no longer simply be said that there is no salvation outside the Church.
The Church of Christ merely subsists in the Catholic Church?
It can no longer simply be said that the Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.
Get it?
As I’ve said many times over, Amoris Laetitia is cut from conciliar cloth; woven of modernist thread.
Many, it seems, wonder why so-called “conservative” prelates like Cardinal Burke, Bishop Schneider and [pick-your-own favorite] do not plainly condemn Amoris Laetitia for the poison that it is, and its heretical author for the danger to souls that he so obviously poses.
The answer is that each one is a man-of-the-Council as well, and each in their own way is also operating under the principle, “It can no longer simply be said…” In other words, it’s a cherished part of who they are.
For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it. (cf Eph. 5:29)
As such, condemning Amoris Laetitia and its author, whether they consciously realize it or not, is tantamount to condemning themselves. Therefore, it’s not going to happen.
It can no longer be said….
that the pope is the Vicar of Christ.
It can no longer be simply said…
That Rome holds the Catholic faith.
It can no longer simply be said…that you shall be weak, and grow weary, and faint…
But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
It can no longer be simply said…
That 2 + 2 = 4
It can no longer simply be said…
That Ever Mindful has every contributed anything to the conversation.
Actually, nobody ever said otherwise in the first place…
Once again, Louie, you have nailed it. “It can no longer be said”… is the key that unlocks all the doors to the destruction of the Church. Those who hate the Church know this, especially Satan. Things will continue to get worse. All we can do is live the good Catholic life , fight in our own way and pray.
It can no longer simply be said that Rome is not the friend of Tradition…
It can no longer simply be said that to follow an apostate is to end up in the same place with him…
It can no longer simply be said that to sign an agreement is to compromise on essentials…
It can no longer simply be said that Menzingham is Traditional
The essence of Modernism is that everything’s evolving to a “higher” state. Hence, “It can no longer simply be said [fill in the blank with your newly “enlightened” opinion or wishful thinking].” In short: That was then, and this is now.
“Entrusting myself fully to the Spirit of truth, therefore, I am entering into the rich inheritance of the recent pontificates. This inheritance has struck deep roots in the awareness of the Church in an utterly new way, quite unknown previously, thanks to the Second Vatican Council…
…The opening made by the Second Vatican Council has enabled the Church and all Christians to reach a more complete awareness of the mystery of Christ, “the mystery hidden for ages” in God, to be revealed in time in the Man Jesus Christ, and to be revealed continually in every time.
…Accordingly, what is in question here is man in all his truth, in his full magnitude. We are not dealing with the “abstract” man, but the real, “concrete”, “historical” man. We are dealing with “each” man, for each one is included in the mystery of the Redemption and with each one Christ has united himself for ever through this mystery.
…this is “each” man, “the most concrete” man, “the most real”; this is man in all the fullness of the mystery in which he has become a sharer in Jesus Christ, the mystery in which each one of the four thousand million human beings living on our planet has become a sharer from the moment he is conceived beneath the heart of his mother.”
Pope John Paul II, Redemptor hominis, 1979
“…utterly new way, quite unknown previously…”
“…to reach a more complete awareness of the mystery of Christ…”
“…with each one Christ has united himself for ever through this mystery.”
“…this is “each” man …in all the fullness of the mystery in which he has become a sharer in Jesus Christ…”
Astonishing what you see when you isolate the novel phrases.
Yup. Those statements are completely and utterly fraudulent, just like the flowery language of the Second Vatican Council. This was one of Louie’s best articles.
In the world of Pope Bergoglio It can no longer simply be said that XY chromosomes indicate male…or XX female…it can no longer simply be said the anal sphincter must not be dilated by a phallus…it can no longer simply be said that there is a difference between Allah and the Triune God…it can no longer simply be said that at the foot of the Cross Mary was accepting of God’s will…it can no longer simply be said that from prison John the Baptist knew Christ to be who He said he was…
But modernism did not begin with Vatican II. It came out of Galileo and Darwin.
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It can no longer simply be said that the sun and stars revolve around the earth and that Genesis is literally true.
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This is the Q.E.D. statement for the modernists—the trump card that wins all arguments. And frankly, they would have a point if the science was conclusive. Far from conclusive, the evidence has always favored the bible and traditional cosmology, which over time, has solidified. Yet the modernist and scientist remain confident because traditionalists, on these isues, are easily silenced by ridicule.
“Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
It can no longer simply be said …….that sanctity, faithfulness and heroic virtue are requirements for sainthood.
I hope this guy won’t be the next canonized “pope”:
https://www.catholicfamilynews.org/blog/2017/12/8/a-needed-moment-of-levity-pope-francis-twelve-days-of-christmas
The dubious “Dubia” isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Wally and the rest of the “boys in da hood” will continue to smile their ecumenical smiles as the Church slips into oblivion.
“It can no longer simply be said…”
That is the central thesis I’ve been hammering on since April 2016 which proves that Francis is a formal heretic, and therefore ipso facto not the Pope.
Some folks are wakening, though it is a painful process as per the article and they have a ways to go emotionally. My prediction is that there will be many more folks who renounce Francis as a legitimate Pope by this time next year. (Hold me to it).
https://onepeterfive.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/
As it must be said oncemore, recognizing a public apostate as your Pope is both logically and morally untenable. Any attempt to maintain a Catholic intellectual edifice will be crushed under the weight of that fundamental error and denial of dogma. There is no way out except to deny he is Pope in the first instance. The R&R crowd will not have the inner peace, consolation, and spiritual fortitude they crave until they arrive at that truth.
St. Paul said, “Let God be true, though every man be proved a liar.”
“I hope this guy won’t be the next canonized “pope””
Well, no, the next guy will be Benedict of course. But Francis will probably be the first “pope” to canonize himself.
The next guy Bergolio “canonizes” will probably be Luther. And still Michael Matt will call him “Pope.” I fear some will never wake up.