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Heresies of "Pope
Benedict XVI" |
Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith |
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Ratzinger denies the Real Presence... “Eucharistic devotion such as is noted in the silent visit by
the devout in church must not be thought of as a conversation with God.
This would assume that God was present there locally and in a confined
way. To justify such an assertion shows a lack of understanding of the
Christological mysteries of the very concept of God. This is repugnant
to the serious thinking of the man who knows about the omnipresence of
God. To go to church on the ground that one can visit God who is
present there is a senseless act which modern man rightfully rejects.” |
“If anyone says that after the
consecration is complete the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
are not in the sacrament of the Eucharist and in the consecrated hosts
or particles which are reserved (in the tabernacle) the true body and
blood of our Lord remain not, let him be anathema.” Source: Council of Trent, Canon 4, mid-16th century |
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Ratzinger has rejected and ridiculed
the core Catholic doctrine of Original Sin in public homilies he
delivered in Munich, later published in book form. Source: In the Beginning, Ignatius Press, 1990 |
The doctrine of original sin is a truth revealed by God in passages of the Old and New Testaments, but especially in the texts of Genesis 3:1-20. Sacred Tradition and the Church Magisterium teach that the sin of the first man is transmitted to all his descendants not through imitation but through propagation. |
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Ratzinger is an Evolutionist, which by definition makes one an athiest. To quote Ratzinger...
Source: In the Beginning is an annotated version of a 4-homily series delivered by Joseph Ratzinger in Munich (1981). Subtitled A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, the book was published in Germany in 1985 and is now available in English translation. |
“The first men were Adam and Eve,
who were created immediately by God” Source: Catechism of Christian Doctrine, published at the order of Pope St. Pius X. |
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Ratzinger favors Ecumenism... The train that took the false religious leaders from the
Vatican to Assisi was described by Ratzinger as “a symbol of our
pilgrimage in history… Are we not all, perhaps, passengers on the same
train?... Is not the fact that the train chose as its destiny peace and
justice, and the reconciliation of peoples and religions, a great
inspiration and, at the same time, a splendid sign of hope?” |
“Conventions, meetings and addresses
are frequently arranged by these persons, at which a large number of
listeners are present, and at which all without distinction are invited
to join in the discussion, both infidels of every kind, and Christians,
even those who have unhappily fallen away from Christ or who with
obstinacy and pertinacity deny His divine nature and mission. Certainly
such attempts can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are
on that false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less
good and praiseworthy ... Not only are those who hold this opinion in
error and deceived, but also in distorting the idea of true religion
they reject it, and little by little, turn aside to naturalism and
atheism, as it is called; from which it clearly follows that one who
supports those who holds these theories and attempt to realize them, is
altogether abandoning the divinely revealed religion.” Source: Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 2), Jan. 6, 1928 |
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Ratzinger does not condemn laxness
in Catholics...
“I have nothing against people who, though they never enter a
church during the year, go to Christmas Mass, or go on the occasion of
some other celebration, because this is also a way of coming close to
the light. Therefore, there must be different forms of involvement and
participation.” |
“All those who permit themselves to
be lax in the practice of the faith will freeze in spiritual death just
as surely as a person who permits himself to sleep poorly clothed in a
below zero cold place.” Source: Pope Pius XIII, Caritas (#32), March 1, 2003 |
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Ratzinger rejects the notion that non-Catholics should be converted... “The new text describes the relationship between the Church
and non-Catholic Christians without speaking of ‘membership.’ By
shedding this terminological armor, the text acquired a much wider
scope… The Catholic has to recognize that his own Church is not yet
prepared to accept the phenomenon of multiplicity in unity; he must
orient himself toward this reality… Meantime the Catholic Church has no
right to absorb other Churches.” |
“It is a great consolation to
receive correspondence from the four corners of the world. At a slow
but regular pace people are joining Our world wide parish...That
joining makes them one in the Mystical Body of Christ. What ruptures
the Mystical Body of Christ? It is heresy, schism and apostasy. To get
back into the Church those persons repent of their break from Christ,
they make their profession of faith and receive an absolution that
receives them back into the Church with the right to receive the
sacraments. Once that has been accomplished the convert goes to
confession to receive the absolution that takes away sin.” Source: Pope Pius XIII, Caritas (#5), July 21, 1999 |
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Ratzinger denies the Resurrection of
the Body...
“Paul [St. Paul] teaches not the resurrection of physical
bodies but of persons…” |
“The same most holy Roman Church
firmly believes, and firmly declares that nevertheless on the day of
judgment all men will be brought together with their bodies before the
tribunal of Christ to render an account of their own deeds.” (Denz. 464) Source: Pope Gregory X, Council of Lyons II, 1274, ex cathedra |
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Ratzinger teaches that schismatic sects (e.g., the “Orthodox” sects) have the Church of Christ present in them, even though they reject the Papacy... “Therefore, the Church of Christ is present and operative also
in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the
Catholic Church since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of the
Primacy, which, according to the will of God, the Bishop of Rome
objectively has and exercises over the entire Church.” |
“There are other, almost countless, proofs drawn from the most
trustworthy witnesses which clearly and openly testify with great
faith, exactitude, respect and obedience that all who want to belong to
the true and only Church of Christ must honor and obey this Apostolic
See and the Roman Pontiff.” “Finally, in one word, stay close to Us. For no one can be in
the Church of Christ without being in unity with its visible head and
founded on the See of Peter.” “Therefore if a man does not want to be, or to be called, a
heretic, … but let him hasten before all things to be in communion with
the Roman See.” |
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Ratzinger holds that the Jews can
validly continue to await the coming of the Messiah...
In late 2001, the Pontifical Biblical Commission released a book entitled The Jewish People and the Holy Scriptures in the Christian Bible. This book argues that the Jews’ wait for the Coming of the Messiah is justified and validated by the Old Testament. Ratzinger wrote the preface for the book. So, in doing so, Ratzinger denies that that Jesus Christ is Messiah. |
“And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name
Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.” “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.” |
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...to be continued |