John Senior: Prophet of Tradition and Realism
The mind had to be born in wonder if it was to be brought to wisdom, and this was only possible through experiencing God’s creation “raw.”
The mind had to be born in wonder if it was to be brought to wisdom, and this was only possible through experiencing God’s creation “raw.”
We have to conclude that our suffering – our suffering in a Christian, Christ-like way of suffering, will in turn be exemplary to others.
Moreover, Catholic States, impressed by the growth in political and economic power of “pragmatic,” Pietist-influenced Prussia and Britain, vigorously pursued secularizing policies as well.
Cardinals Arthur Roche and Raniero Cantalamessa indirectly acknowledged (perhaps unintentionally) what critics of Paul VI’s Novus Ordo Missae have said for over fifty years.
It is no wonder that idolatry is compared in Scripture to fornication. Desacralization too may be compared to fornication and adultery.
The storms, caused by the “crude north wind,” are the threats of Lucifer under the name of Boreas, the icy wind coming the north.
Placing our faith and hope in Christ and His Church, we mark ourselves fortunate to suffer. And we have no doubt whatsoever that, with God’s help, we will succeed.
Another feature is that our reading includes the famous “Johannine Comma” in v. 8.
We know – and they know – that the rulers in the “high places” are the demons who animate the goals and initiatives of the Satanic overlords who seek to destroy all that remains of Christian civilization.
Constance embodied the hopes of reformers going back half a century. But its attempt to enshrine Conciliarism in its documents nearly tore the Church apart.
The qualifier “traditional” attached to “Catholic” is as coherent and meaningful as the familiar qualifier “Roman”—nay, far more so.