Why John Paul
II was not the Pope – a Comprehensive Presentation
By Bro. Michael Dimond, O.S.B.
and Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B.
Jesus Christ Founded the Church Upon St. Peter
In the 16th chapter of St. Matthew’s
Gospel, we read the following. And Jesus
said to Peter: “Thou art Peter; and upon
this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it
shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it
shall be loosed also in heaven.”
It is an indisputable fact of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition that
Jesus Christ made Peter the visible head of His Church. Christ gave the supreme authority to Peter
and Peter’s successors as Popes to rule the universal Church of God, to invoke
their supreme authority when necessary to teach infallibly on doctrinal issues,
and to regulate the Catholic Church’s laws and worship.
There Have Been Antipopes
But, as many of you know, throughout the 2000 year history of the
Catholic Church, there have been some Antipopes, that is to say, men who
claimed to hold the authority of Pope, yet who were not canonically elected as
head of Christ’s Church.
Some Antipopes were installed by Anti-Catholic Emperors who had taken
the true Pope into exile and implanted their own man.
Others were elected fraudulently after the true Pope had already been
chosen.
One of the most notorious cases in Church history was that of the Antipope
Anacletus II, who reigned in Rome from 1130 to 1138. Anacletus had been implanted in an
uncanonical election after Innocent II, the true Pope, had already been
chosen. Despite his invalid and
uncanonical election, Antipope Anacletus II gained control of Rome and the
support of the majority of the College of Cardinals. Anacletus held the support of almost the
entire populace of Rome until the true Pope regained control of the city in
1138.
It is not our goal in this article to deal in depth with the cases of
Antipopes in Church history. It should
suffice to say that in the history of the Church there have been many different
cases of Antipopes, cases that have encompassed a wide variety of
circumstances. An entire article could
be dedicated to investigating the history surrounding many of these Antipopes’
reigns, since there have been over 40 Antipopes in the history of the Catholic
Church. We simply want to note at the
beginning of this article that Antipopes (that is to say, false successors of
Peter) have existed, who have deceived a significant part of the Catholic
world, and even posed as the true Pope while reigning from Rome itself. This
fact proves that it is not impossible that an Antipope is reigning from Rome
right now, an Antipope posing to the
world as the true Pope, while in fact being the Church’s bitter enemy.
The New Religion Since Vatican II
As many of you know, and as we have documented on our video Vatican II: Council of Apostasy, the
incredible changes that have taken place in the Catholic world as a result of
the Second Vatican Council, have been a complete break with Traditional Roman
Catholicism. It is simply a fact that
Vatican II and the religion it produced were contrary to the unchangeable
teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.
In the video Vatican II: Council
of Apostasy, we proved that the two men who instigated the Vatican II
apostasy and revolution – John XXIII and Paul VI – were not legitimate Popes,
but actually non-Catholic Antipopes. In
this article we will shine the spotlight on the man who has perpetuated the
Vatican II apostasy to levels that far exceed that of John XXIII and Paul
VI. We will shine the spotlight on John
Paul II, arguably the greatest heretic in the history of the world, and we will
prove that he is not and cannot be the real Pope of the Catholic Church.
The Teaching of the Catholic Church on Heresy
To understand why John Paul II cannot be the Pope, one must understand
heresy and apostasy. Heresy is the
obstinate denial or doubt by a baptized person of an article of divine and
Catholic Faith. In other words, a
baptized person who deliberately
denies an authoritative teaching of the Catholic Church is a heretic. Pope Leo
XIII proclaims this teaching in his encyclical Satis Cognitum.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum
(# 9), June 29, 1896:
“The practice of the Church has always been the same, as is shown by the
unanimous teaching of the Fathers, who
were wont to hold as outside Catholic
communion, and alien to the
Church, whoever would recede in the least degree from any point of doctrine
proposed by her authoritative Magisterium.”(1)
Apostasy, on the other hand, is not merely the denial or doubt of one or
more teachings of the Catholic Church, but a complete rejection of the
Christian Faith altogether. In this video we will show that John Paul II is
both a heretic and an apostate.
As the teaching of Pope Leo XIII shows, a heretic is outside Catholic communion and alien to the Church. The same therefore goes for apostates, since
all apostates are also heretics. The
fact that a heretic is outside the Catholic Church is a defined dogma affirmed
by many Popes. A heretic cannot be
inside the Catholic Church, because by denying the faith he is automatically
expelled from Her.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
Florence, ex cathedra: “The Holy
Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that all those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics …”(2)
We see here that Pope Eugene IV defined infallibly that all heretics are
outside the Catholic Church.
Pope Innocent
III, Eius exemplo, Dec. 18, 1208:
“By the heart we
believe and by the mouth we confess the
one Church, not of heretics, but
the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside of which we believe that
no one is saved.”(3)
We see in this solemn profession of faith of Pope Innocent III that the
one true Church of Christ cannot include heretics.
In fact, so foreign are heretics to the Catholic Church that the
Catholic Church has actually defined that heretics are the gates of hell.
Pope Vigilius, Second Council of Constantinople, 553:
“… we bear in
mind what was promised about the holy Church and Him who said the
gates of hell will not prevail against it (by these we understand the death-dealing tongues of heretics)…”(4)
Pope St. Leo IX,
Sept. 2, 1053:
“The holy Church
built upon a rock, that is Christ, and upon Peter…
because by the gates of Hell, that
is, by the disputations of heretics which lead the vain to destruction,
it would never be overcome.”(5)
Thus, it is infallible Catholic truth that a
heretic cannot be a member of the Catholic Church. Many other authorities could be brought
forward to further prove this point, but we will simply quote Pope Leo XIII
again, who summarizes this dogmatic teaching of the Church quite well.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum
(# 9):
“No one who
merely disbelieves in all (these heresies) can for that reason regard himself
as a Catholic or call himself one. For
there may be or may arise some other heresies, which are not set out in this
work of ours, and, if any one holds to a
single one of these he is not a Catholic.”(6)
And because a heretic cannot be a Catholic or a
member of the Catholic Church, it is a fact that a heretic cannot be a Pope,
because a Pope is the head of
the Catholic Church.
Pope Pius IX, First Vatican Council, Sess. IV, Chap.
3: “… the Pontiff of Rome himself is the successor of the blessed Peter, the
chief of the apostles, and is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church…”(7)
The Pope is the head of the whole Catholic
Church. And we already saw that heretics
cannot be members of the Catholic Church.
Therefore, it is infallible that a heretic cannot be a Pope, because a
heretic cannot be the head of that which he is not a member. This is why the Saints and Doctors of the
Church consistently teach that if a Pope were to become a manifest heretic he
would immediately lose the office of Pope.
St. Antoninus: “In the case in which the pope would
become a heretic, he would find himself, by that fact alone and without any
other sentence, separated from the Church.
A head separated from a body cannot, as long as it remains separated, be
head of the same body from which it was cut off. A pope who would be separated from the Church
by heresy, therefore, would by that very fact itself cease to be head of the
Church. He could not be a heretic and
remain pope, because, since he is outside of the Church, he cannot possess the
keys of the Church.” (Summa
Theologica, cited in Actes de Vatican I. V. Frond pub.)
St. Alphonsus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: “If
ever a Pope, as a private person, should fall into heresy, he would at once
fall from the Pontificate.” (Oeuvres Complčtes. 9:232)
St. Francis De Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the
Church: “Now when the Pope is explicitly a heretic, he falls ipso facto from his dignity and out of
the Church…” (The Catholic Controversy, TAN Books, pp. 305-306)
St. Robert
Bellarmine, Cardinal and Doctor of the Church: “This principle is most certain.
The non-Christian cannot in any way be Pope, as Cajetan himself
admits. The reason for this is that he
cannot be head of what he is not a member; now he who is not a Christian is
not a member of the Church, and a
manifest heretic is not a Christian, as is clearly taught by St. Cyprian, St.
Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Jerome and others; therefore the manifest
heretic cannot be Pope.” (De Romano
Pontifice, II, 30)
The testimonies of these great Catholic saints show that it is
impossible for a heretic to be the head of the Catholic Church, because he is
not a member of Her. This is not to say
that a wicked man, who was not a heretic, could not be Pope. A wicked man who did not deny the faith could
certainly be Pope, as Church history shows; but a heretic who denies the faith
can never be Pope, because heresy places one outside the Church, while immorality
without heresy places one in a state of mortal sin but not outside the Church.
Moreover, in judging that John Paul II is a heretic and is not the Pope
(and is therefore an Antipope), one is not judging the Holy See; rather, as the
teaching already quoted shows, one is correctly identifying that a manifest
heretic is outside the Church and therefore cannot occupy the Holy See.
St. Robert
Bellarmine: “A pope who is a manifest
heretic automatically (per se) ceases
to be pope and head, just as he ceases automatically to be a Christian and
a member of the Church. Wherefore, he can be judged and punished by the Church. This is
the teaching of all the ancient Fathers who teach that manifest heretics
immediately lose all jurisdiction.” (De
Romano Pontifice, II, 30)
And the truth expressed by these saints, such as St. Robert Bellarmine,
that a heretic cannot be the Pope, is not merely their fallible opinion, as
some defenders of John Paul II have argued; rather, the teaching expressed by
these saints is a dogmatic fact. It is
rooted in the infallible dogma that heretics cannot be members of the Catholic
Church.
Therefore, to hold the position that a heretic can
be the Pope is heretical. So let no
defender of John Paul II tell you that it does not matter whether or not he is
a heretic, or that even if he is a heretic he can still be the Pope. No, this is not true, as we have proven. If John Paul II is the Pope, he cannot be a
heretic. He must be a Catholic and a
member of the Catholic Church. But, as
we will show, John Paul II is definitely neither a Catholic nor a member of the
Catholic Church. Therefore, he
absolutely cannot be its head.
Material Heretic vs. Formal Heretic
Some confuse this issue unnecessarily by employing
the term “material heretic.” Some of the
people who have realized John Paul II’s major contradictions to Catholic
teaching argue that John Paul II is merely a “material heretic”, not a real
“formal heretic.” “Material heretic” is
a term used by theologians to describe a Catholic erring in good faith
regarding some Church teaching, who has not denied it deliberately. The only way that one can be a “material
heretic” is by being unaware that the position that he holds is contrary to the
teaching of the Church. Such a person
would change his position immediately upon being informed of the Church’s
teaching on the matter. Thus, a
so-called “material heretic” is not a heretic at all, but rather a confused
Catholic who denies nothing of that which he knows the Church to have
taught. The fact that a so-called
“material heretic” is not a heretic is proven by the fact that a so-called
“material heretic” does not cease to be part of the Church; and we have
already proven that all heretics cease to be members of the Church. Furthermore, a so-called “material heretic”
(an erring Catholic) does not bring down on his head eternal punishment for
denying the faith; and all heretics bring down on their heads eternal
punishment for denying the faith.
Pope St.
Celestine I, Council of Ephesus, 431:
“… ALL HERETICS corrupt the true expressions of the Holy Spirit
with their own evil minds and they draw down on their own heads an
inextinguishable flame.”
A material heretic, therefore, is not a heretic, but a Catholic who is
innocently mistaken about some Church teaching.
Hence, those who claim that John Paul II is unaware of the all of the
dogmas that he denies, and is therefore only a quote “material heretic” (in
other words, he is a mistaken Catholic) are not only arguing that which is
absurd, but that which is IMPOSSIBLE. It
is impossible that John Paul II is only a so-called “material heretic” for
three reasons:
Number 1) It is a fact that Antipope John Paul II knows of the many
dogmas of the Church which he denies.
For example, in the 1999 agreement with the Lutheran Church on
Justification, approved by John Paul II, John Paul II agreed that the Council
of Trent no longer applies.
Vatican-Lutheran Agreement on the Doctrine of Justification, approved by
John Paul II: “# 13. IN LIGHT OF
THIS CONSENSUS, THE CORRESPONDING DOCTRINAL CONDEMNATIONS OF THE 16TH CENTURY
[i.e., the canons of the Council of Trent] DO NOT APPLY TO TODAY’S
PARTNER.” (L’Osservatore Romano, Special Insert, Joint Declaration of the Doctrine of Justification,
November 24, 1999, #13)
It goes without saying that he cannot be unaware of the Council of Trent
if he holds that it no longer applies.
This, among other things, makes the claim that Antipope John Paul II is
only a material heretic impossible. In
fact, John Paul II speaks 14 languages fluently, and has spoken and written
intelligently on scholarly subjects more than most people would ever
dream. The amount of material that he
has produced is actually staggering. To
assert that he is unaware of the simplest Church teachings that he denies is
false and ridiculous in the highest degree.
Number 2) It is impossible for Antipope John Paul II to be only a
“material heretic” or a mistaken Catholic because – supposing for a moment that
he were unaware of the multitudes of dogmas which he denies (which, as we have
stated, is not true) – being a bishop and a man who claims to be the Pope, he
is bound to have learned them.
Therefore, there is no excuse for his being unaware of the fundamental
Church dogmas which he denies.
Number 3) It is impossible that Antipope John Paul II is merely a
material heretic because there are certain things that every adult must hold by
a necessity of means in order to be a Catholic, and Antipope John Paul II does
not hold those things. To name just a
few things: every adult Catholic must believe in the Trinity; that there is
only one true Church; that there is only one true faith. An adult Catholic must also believe that the
true Church must be believed and that all non-Catholic religions are false.
John Paul II rejects that there is only one true Church and one true
faith, as we will show; he rejects that the Catholic Church should be believed
by non-Catholics, by saying that we should not try to convert non-Catholics, as
we will show; and he rejects the fact that non-Catholic religions are false, as
we will show. It is not possible for a
person who has reached the age of reason to believe these things and still be a
Catholic, because such a person does not believe in essential mysteries that
must be believed by those who possess the true faith.
Universal Salvation – that all men will be saved.
The only difficulty in treating of the heresies of
John Paul II is deciding where to begin.
His heresies are so numerous that one is almost overwhelmed with the
decision of where to start. We decided
that a good place to begin is his consistent teaching of universal
salvation. It goes without saying that
the idea that all men are saved is contrary to the clear words of the Gospel
and numerous Catholic dogmas, especially the dogmas that Outside the Catholic
Church there is no salvation and that all who die in original sin or mortal sin
cannot be saved.
Pope Gregory X, 2nd Council of Lyons, 1274,
ex cathedra:
“The souls of
those who die in mortal sin or with original sin only… immediately descend into
hell, yet to be punished with different punishments.”(8)
However, it is a fact that Antipope John Paul II
holds and teaches that in the Incarnation, the Son of God united himself with
every man in an unbreakable union, which makes it impossible, according to him,
for anyone to go to Hell. Antipope John
Paul II explicitly teaches that this union between Christ and each man lasts
forever.
Antipope John Paul II, Redemptor
Hominis (# 13), March 4, 1979:
“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 forever
through this mystery.”(9)
Antipope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio (# 4), Dec. 7, 1990:
“The Redemption event brings salvation to all, ‘for
each one is included in the mystery of the Redemption and with each one Christ has united himself forever
through this mystery.’”(10)
Antipope John Paul II, Centesimus Annus (# 53):
“We are not dealing here with man in the ‘abstract,’
but with the real, ‘concrete,’ ‘historical’ man. We are dealing with each individual, since each one is included in the mystery of the
Redemption and through this mystery Christ has united himself with each
one forever.”(11)
Notice the word “forever” in all three of these
quotations. Yes, in three different
encyclicals, Antipope John Paul II bluntly asserts that every man is united
with Christ forever. This means
that all men are saved, because hell is eternal separation from God, and no one
is ever separated from God according to Antipope John Paul II. Everyone is united with God forever. There is not a more succinct way of teaching
universal salvation.
There are many other quotations that one could
bring forward to prove that Antipope John Paul II holds that all men are
saved. For example, in 1985, Antipope
John Paul II explained how the Redemptive blood of Christ is not merely
available to all (which is true), but that it actually reaches all and saves
all.
Antipope John Paul II, Homily, June 6, 1985:
“The Eucharist is the sacrament
of the covenant of the Body and Blood of Christ, of the covenant which is
eternal. This is the covenant which
embraces all. This
Blood reaches all and saves all.”(12)
In contrast with this, the dogmatic teaching of the
Catholic Church affirms that the blood of Christ does not reach all or save
all.
Pope Paul III, Council of Trent, Sess. 6, ex cathedra: “But although Christ died
for all, yet not all receive the benefit
of His death, but those only to whom the merit of His Passion
is communicated.”(13)
Only those who are freed from original sin by
baptism, and united to Him through the sacraments and the true faith, receive
the benefit of Christ’s death.
Antipope John Paul II, Homily, April 27, 1980:
“… Jesus makes us, in himself,
once more sons of his Eternal Father. He obtains, once and for all, the salvation
of man: of each man and of all…”(14)
Antipope John Paul II, General Audience, Dec. 27, 1978:
“Jesus is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity
become a man; and therefore in Jesus, human nature and therefore the whole of humanity, is redeemed, saved, ennobled to the extent of
participating in ‘divine life’ by means of Grace.”(15)
Here Antipope John Paul II explains that the whole of
humanity has been saved and is participating in the divine life. The phrase “participating in the divine life”
refers to the state of Justification or the state of sanctifying grace. Therefore,
by saying that all of humanity participates in the divine life, Antipope John
Paul II is saying that all of humanity is in the state of grace. No one is in mortal or original sin.
The Holy Ghost is responsible for Non-Christian Religions
Besides his incredible doctrine of universal salvation and universal
justification, there are many other heresies of Antipope John Paul II for us to
examine. Of particular note is his
teaching on the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Ghost. What Antipope John Paul II teaches about the
Holy Ghost is so blasphemous and heretical that it is arguably his worst
heresy.
Antipope John
Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (# 6):
“Does it not
sometimes happen that the firm belief of the followers of the
non-Christian religions – a
belief that is also an effect of the Spirit of truth operating outside the
visible confines of the Mystical Body…”(16)
Here Antipope
John Paul II says that the firm belief of the followers of non-Christian
religions proceeds from the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. Since we know from Sacred Scripture and
Catholic teaching that Satan is the author of all non-Christian religions, what
is being stated here by Antipope John Paul II is that the Holy Spirit, the
Spirit of Truth, is actually the spirit of lies – Satan. This is an unbelievable blasphemy against
God.
Antipope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio (# 29), Dec. 7, 1990: “The Church’s relationship with other religions is dictated by a twofold respect: ‘Respect for man in his quest for answers to the
deepest questions of his life, and respect for the
action of the Spirit in man.’”(17)
Here Antipope John Paul II says that respect for
non-Christian religions is dictated by respect for the action of the Spirit in
man. This clearly means that the Spirit
is responsible for these non-Christian religions, which again means that the
Holy Spirit is to be understood as the spirit of lies - Satan.
Antipope John
Paul II, Redemptoris Missio (# 56):
“Other religions constitute a positive challenge for the Church: they stimulate her both to
discover and acknowledge the
signs of Christ’s presence and of the working of the Spirit.”(18)
While Scripture tells us that the gods of non-Christian religions are
devils (1 Corinthians 10:20), and that their members lie in darkness
(Colossians 1:13), Antipope John Paul II informs us that other religions
stimulate us to discover the presence and the working of the Spirit. This means that non-Christian religions are a
work of the Spirit – the Holy Spirit – which again equates the Spirit of Truth
with the spirit of lies: Satan.
Religious Indifferentism
Antipope John Paul II’s religious indifferentism is perhaps the most
common characteristic of his volumes of heretical writings and speeches. He constantly praises and esteems
non-Christian religions, thereby denying the Most Holy Trinity and the
necessity of believing in the one true Catholic religion, while making a
mockery of the deaths’ of the martyrs.
Antipope John
Paul II, Address at Airport in Korea,
May 3, 1984: “Yours is a proud and
sturdy people… bearing splendid
fruits in art, religion, and
human living. Your ancestors embraced such overwhelming spiritual worlds as
Confucianism and Buddhism, yet made them truly their own, enhanced them, lived them and even transmitted them to
others. Wonhyo and Sosan… eloquently
express this feat.”(19)
The word “feat” means an extraordinary act. So Antipope John Paul II says that Buddhism
and Confucianism are splendid fruits in religion, and that it was an
extraordinary act that the Koreans transmitted these religions of Satan to
others!
Pope Gregory
XVI, Probe Nostis (# 6), Sept. 18,
1840:
“We are thankful
for the success of apostolic missions in America, the Indies, and other faithless
lands…They search out those who sit in
darkness and the shadow of death to summon them to the light and life of
the Catholic religion… At length they
snatch them from the devil’s rule, by the bath of regeneration and promote
them to the freedom of God’s adopted sons.”(20)
Antipope John
Paul II, March 21, 2000:
“May Saint John the Baptist protect Islam and all
the people of Jordan...”(21)
On March 21st, 2000, Antipope John Paul II asked St.
John the Baptist to protect Islam (the religion of the Muslims), which denies
Christ and the Trinity, and keeps hundreds of millions of souls in the darkness
of the devil that Pope Gregory XVI just described. This is to ask St. John to protect the denial
of Christ and the damnation of souls.
Antipope John
Paul II, General Audience, Jan. 11,
1995:
“I gladly take this occasion to assure
those who follow the Buddhist religion of my deep respect and sincere esteem.”(22)
Pope Leo XIII,
Dec. 8, 1892:
“Everyone should
avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry
or to affiliated groups. Know them by
their fruits and avoid them. Every familiarity should be avoided, not
only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the
sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect
for all religions...”(23)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, April 12, 1997:
“… the Church,
which seeks only to be able freely to preach … with respect for… every
religion.”(24)
Antipope John
Paul II, Address, May 22, 2002:
“Praise to you, followers of Islam… Praise to you, Jewish people… Praise
especially to you, Orthodox Church…”(25)
Pope Gregory
XVI, Mirari Vos (# 13), Aug. 15,
1832: “They should consider the
testimony of Christ Himself that ‘those who are not with Christ are against
Him,’ and that they disperse unhappily who do not gather with Him. Therefore,
‘without a doubt, they will perish forever, unless they hold the Catholic faith
whole and inviolate.”(26)
ANTIPOPE JOHN
PAUL II, REDEMPTORIS MISSIO (# 10),
DEC. 7, 1990: “THE UNIVERSALITY OF
SALVATION MEANS THAT IT IS GRANTED NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO EXPLICITLY BELIEVE IN
CHRIST AND HAVE ENTERED THE CHURCH.”(27)
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, dogmatic Athanasian
Creed, 1439: “Whoever wishes
to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic faith; unless each one
preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity…
But it is necessary for eternal
salvation that he faithfully believe also in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus
Christ...”(28)
Antipope John
Paul II, Redemptoris Missio (# 55),
Dec. 7, 1990:
“God… does not fail to make himself present in
many ways, not only to individuals but also to entire peoples through their spiritual riches, of which
their religions are the main and essential expression…”(29)
Here again we find a clear expression of Antipope
John Paul II’s apostasy. He says that
God makes himself present through the spiritual riches of peoples, of which
their religions are the main expression.
This means that God makes himself present to peoples through
non-Christian religions, which means that non-Christian religions are true and
inspired by God.
Pope Pius VIII, May 24, 1829:
“Against these experienced
sophists the people must be taught that the profession of the Catholic faith is
uniquely true, as the apostle proclaims: one Lord, one faith, one baptism.”(30)
In addition to the volumes’ worth of speeches and
writings which express Antipope John Paul II’s religious indifferentism and
total apostasy, there are a host of actions that cannot be overlooked.
Assisi and Total Apostasy
The most notorious of these actions was the Assisi world day of prayer
for peace on Oct. 27, 1986. On this day,
Antipope John Paul II prayed with over 130 different religious leaders of all
kinds of religions, thereby repudiating the teaching of Scripture and the
2000-year teaching of the Catholic Church outlawing prayer with false
religions. During this meeting, the
Dalai Lama placed a Buddhist statue on the tabernacle in the Church of St.
Francis. Among the various false
religious leaders at Assisi were rabbis, Islamic muftis, Buddhist monks,
Shintoists, assorted Protestant ministers, Animists, Jainists and others. During the meeting a member of each false
religion came forward and offered a prayer for peace. The Animist leader prayed to the “Great
Thumb.” Amid this tremendous display of
apostasy, no prayer was offered by Antipope John Paul II for the conversion of
these infidels, heretics and pagans.
Pope St.
Celestine I, Council of Ephesus, 431,
Chap. 8:
“… pray that the faith may be granted to infidels; that idolaters may be
delivered from the errors of their impiety; that the light of truth may be
visible to the Jews, and the veil of their hearts may be removed; that heretics
may come to their senses through a comprehension of the Catholic faith; that
schismatics may receive the spirit of renewed charity…”(31)
The 1986 Assisi event is exactly – I repeat – exactly
what Pope Pius XI authoritatively condemned in his encyclical Mortalium Animos.
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos
(# 2), Jan. 6, 1928:
“For which reason 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… 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...”(32)
We can see that Pope Pius XI condemns Antipope John
Paul II’s pagan prayer meeting in Assisi as outright apostasy – a total
rejection of the true religion. Such
activity is a direct violation of the first commandment: “I am the Lord thy God, thou shall have no strange gods before me.”
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 10):
“So, Venerable
Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to
take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics…”(33)
Antipope John Paul II continued with his wild
program of Apostasy, totally condemned by the teaching of the Catholic Church,
after the Assisi event. Antipope John
Paul II sponsored pagan prayer meetings at Kyoto (1987), Rome (1988), Warsaw
(1989), Bari (1990), and Malta (1991), as well as numerous meetings since that
time. There was also the outrageous
pagan prayer meeting in 1999, which was officially dubbed “The Pan-Christian
Encounter,” at which a large gathering of false religions came to the Vatican
at the request of Antipope John Paul II.
This is very interesting considering the fact that,
in his encyclical Mortalium Animos,
Pope Pius XI described the heretics who promoted religious indifferentism under
the title, “These Pan-Christians…”(34)
Validating All Religions and
Giving a Catholic Church over to Devil Worshippers
Most recently there was the spectacle of Assisi 2002. On Jan. 24, 2002, Antipope John Paul II held
another pagan prayer meeting in the city of Assisi Italy, a repeat of the
abominable event that took place in 1986.
But this Assisi meeting may have been even worse. During the prayer meeting the representative
of every false religion involved was allowed to come to the pulpit and give a
sermon on world peace. In the presence
of Antipope John Paul II, a voodoo high priest came to the pulpit outside the
Basilica of St. Francis and gave the voodoo prescription for world peace.
(Voodoo, remember, is Satanism). So, by
Antipope John Paul II’s arrangement, from a pulpit outside the historic
Basilica of St. Francis, a Satanist was allowed to give a sermon and provide his
prescription for world peace. This
would involve slitting the throats of goats, chickens, doves and pigeons, and
draining their blood from their arteries.
After the Jew, the Buddhist, the Muslim, the Hindu and the rest were
finished preaching, the various false religious leaders broke up into different
rooms to pray to their false gods.
Antipope John Paul II had it arranged in advance that each religious
group was given a separate room in which to worship the devil. All of the crucifixes were removed, and the
crucifixes which could not be removed were covered. Antipope John Paul II made sure that the
infidels and pagans saw no sign of Jesus Christ.
The Muslims needed a room which faced East toward
Mecca – and it was given to them. The
Zoroastrians needed a room with a window, so that the smoke from the wood chips
that they burned to the devil could exit through it – and it was given to
them. The Jews wanted a room that had
never before been blessed; in other words, a room that had never been blessed
in the name of Jesus Christ – and Antipope John Paul II provided them with
one. Greater abomination, blasphemy and
rejection of the true God almost cannot be imagined.
In his second Asian journey in 1984, Antipope John
Paul II visited the Buddhist Temple.
Before reaching the Temple, he expressed how anxious he was to meet
quote “His Holiness, the supreme Buddhist Patriarch in the Temple.” While in the temple of idolatry, Antipope
John Paul II bowed to the Buddhist Patriarch who stood in front of a gigantic
statue of Buddha.
The Old Covenant Has Never Been Revoked, the Jewish Religion is Valid
and True
On April 13, 1986, Antipope John Paul II traveled
to the Jewish Synagogue in Rome. There
he bowed his head with the Jews as they prayed for the coming of their
Messiah. This incredible act of apostasy
by Antipope John Paul II is directly connected to his heretical teaching that
the Old Covenant is still in force. The
Catholic Church teaches that with the coming of Jesus Christ and the
promulgation of the Gospel, the Old Covenant (that is, the agreement made
between God and the Jews through the mediation of Moses) ceased and was
replaced with the New Covenant of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is true that some aspects of the Old
Covenant are still valid because they are included in the New and Eternal
Covenant of Jesus Christ, such as the ten commandments, but the Old Covenant
itself (the agreement between God and the Jewish people) ceased with the coming
of the Messiah. Therefore, to say that
the Old Covenant is still valid is to assert that Judaism is a true religion
and that Jesus Christ is not really the Messiah. It is also to deny defined Catholic dogma,
such as the teaching of The Council of Florence, which defined ex cathedra that the Old Law is now dead
and that those who practice it (namely, the Jews) cannot be saved.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1441, ex cathedra:
“The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes
and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, the
Mosaic law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and
sacraments… after our Lord’s coming… ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began.. All,
therefore, who after that time (the promulgation of the Gospel) observe circumcision
and the Sabbath and the other requirements of the law, the holy Roman Church
declares alien to the Christian faith and not in the least fit to participate
in eternal salvation.”(35)
Pope Benedict XIV reiterated this dogma in his
encyclical Ex Quo Primum.
Pope Benedict
XIV, Ex Quo Primum (# 61):
“The first consideration is that the ceremonies of
the Mosaic Law were abrogated by the coming of Christ and that they can no
longer be observed without sin after the promulgation of the Gospel.”(36)
Antipope John Paul II has repeatedly repudiated
this dogma, a dogma taught by the Catholic Church for 2000 years, defined
infallibly by the Council of Florence, and affirmed clearly by Pope Benedict
XIV.
In an address to Jews in West Germany, Nov. 17,
1980, Antipope John Paul II spoke of
quote, “the Old Covenant, never revoked
by God…”(37)
Pope Benedict
XIV, Ex Quo Primum (# 59), March 1,
1756:
“However they
are not attempting to observe the
precepts of the old Law which as everybody knows have been revoked by the
coming of Christ.”(38)
We see here that Pope Benedict XIV condemns word
for word the heresy taught by Antipope John Paul II, that the Old Covenant has
never been revoked by God! In fact, Antipope John Paul II teaches the same
heresy on the Old Covenant in his new Catechism, again word-for-word opposed to
Catholic dogma.
Antipope John
Paul II, New Catechism of the Catholic
Church, paragraph 121: “… for the
Old Covenant has never been revoked.”(39)
As we mentioned in one of our videos, Antipope John
Paul II’s best-friend, Jerzy Kluger, is a Jew.
Antipope John Paul II has, of course, never tried to convert
Kluger. Rather, Kluger credits his
life-long relationship with John Paul II with “making him feel more
Jewish.” In a letter to Kluger on March
30th 1989, regarding the destruction of a synagogue during World War
II, Antipope John Paul II wrote the following:
“I venerate… also this place of worship (the synagogue),
which the invaders destroyed.”(40)
This is blunt apostasy. By
venerating the synagogue, Antipope John Paul II is venerating the Jews’ denial
that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.
But Jerzy Kluger is not the only Jew who has been made to feel more
Jewish by Antipope John Paul II. There is
the Jewish Maestro Gilbert Levine.
Levine noted that in his many-year relationship with John Paul II that
John Paul II has never given him the slightest indication that he wants to
convert him.
Antipope John Paul II asked Levine to conduct a concert in the Vatican
to commemorate the Holocaust. Levine
agreed, and with Antipope John Paul II in attendance, the concert took place in
the Vatican. All of the crucifixes
were covered. The concert began with
“Col Nidra,” the prayer sung on the Holiest day of the Jewish calendar. A few of the many Jews in attendance also lit
candles during the ceremony, which quickly became a Jewish religious service in
the Vatican. After the concert Levine
remarked that quote:
“It was like I
was in a Jewish liturgical service in the Vatican. It was a night of prayer… of Jewish prayer.”
After the concert, John Paul II called for Levine to receive the Vatican
Knighthood. Levine became a Knight
Commander of the Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great. Antipope John Paul II chose Cardinal Lustiger
of Paris to bestow the honor. Lustiger
himself, who was raised a Jew, stated in a 1981 interview: “I am a Jew.
For me the two religions are one.”(41) The honor that Antipope John Paul II had
bestowed on Levine is one of the very highest that can be received by laymen.
On August 13, 2002, the American Bishops in Union with Antipope John
Paul II issued a document on the Jews.
Spearheaded by the notorious apostate William Keeler of Baltimore, and
without a peep of objection from Antipope John Paul II, the document publicly
declared that quote: “… campaigns that
target Jews for conversion to Christianity are no longer theologically
acceptable in the Catholic Church.”(42)
All of this proves that John Paul II and his bishops are complete
apostates from the Catholic Faith.
John 8:23-24:
“And Jesus said
to them: You are from beneath, I am from above.
You are of this world, I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you, that you shall die
in your sins. For if you believe not that I am He, you shall die in your sin.”
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
Florence, “ex cathedra: “The
Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that all those who
are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews … cannot
share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was
prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the Church
before the end of their lives…”(43)
On March 26, 2000, Antipope John Paul II prayed at the Western Wall in
Jerusalem. The Western Wall is the stone
remnant of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed by the Romans in
70 A.D. The Jews pray at the Western
Wall as the holiest site in Judaism. The
destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D., leaving only the Western Wall, has always
been understood by Catholics to signify God’s judgment on the Jews. The destruction of the Temple prohibited Jews
from being able to offer sacrifice, which meant that their religion had come to
an end. The destruction of the Temple
was God’s powerful sign to the Jews that the Messiah had come, that the Old
Covenant had ceased, and that the Temple had been replaced by the Catholic
Church. So when a Jew prays at the
Western Wall, or leaves a prayer there, it is a denial that Jesus is the Messiah;
it is an affirmation that he holds that the Old Covenant is still in force; and
it is a pitiful and sad attempt to ignore God’s very obvious sign that the Jews
must abandon the destroyed Temple and enter the Catholic Church.
So when Antipope John Paul II himself prayed at the Western Wall in
March of 2000, it was an attempt to validate Judaism. It was a denial that Jesus Christ is the
Messiah, a direct affirmation that he holds that the Old Covenant is still in force,
and a mockery of God’s clear sign that the Jews must abandon the destroyed
Temple and enter the Catholic Church.
One informed commentator pointed out that when Antipope John Paul II
prayed at the Western Wall, most of the nation of Israel was watching on
television. This means that every Jew
watching on television was given the impression by Antipope John Paul II that
he does not need to convert to Jesus Christ because he is not the Messiah.
The prayer that Antipope John Paul II left at the Western Wall asked
forgiveness for sins against the Jewish people.
In late 2001, a Vatican Commission under Antipope John Paul II released
a book entitled The Jewish People and the
Holy Scriptures in the Christian Bible. The book argues that the Jews’ wait for the coming of the Messiah is
still valid.
Non-Christian Religions Are
Great
Antipope John Paul II has also manifested his apostasy countless other
times by referring to the various non-Christian religions of the world as
“great religions.”
Antipope John Paul II, Angelus
Address, Sept. 14, 1986:
“… I invited… the other great
religions of the world to ‘a special meeting of prayer for peace in the
city of Assisi…’”(44)
Antipope John Paul II, Address, Nov. 29, 2002: “… the great world religions, starting with
Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism…”(45)
Antipope John Paul II has stated that non-Christian religions are great
literally hundreds of times. And every
time he does so he is guilty of apostasy.
It is also worthy of note that Antipope John Paul II’s statements (such
as the 1986 Angelus Address above) make it very clear that he considers all
of the religions that he invited to Assisi as great, which includes satanic
voodoo worship. We could fill the next
ten pages with quotes from Antipope John Paul II asserting that non-Christian
religions are great, since he has stated it consistently for 25 years, but we
must move on.
Assorted Acts of Apostasy
In Cotonou, Africa on Feb. 4, 1993, chanting girls
treated Antipope John Paul II to a “trance inducing” voodoo dance.
On August 8, 1985, Antipope John Paul II prayed
with African Animists (devil worshippers).
Antipope John Paul II recalls the meeting:
“Particularly
noteworthy was the prayer meeting at the sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy at Lake
Togo where, for the first time, I also prayed with a group of
Animists.”(46) It has been stated that
while in Togo he actually paid homage to the sacred snakes.
Antipope John Paul II has also taken part in many events, both in Rome
and abroad, where a native pagan ritual is included. These rituals spring from
cultures which are entirely demonic and satanic in every aspect of their
organized religious practices, yet are included in many of Antipope John Paul
II’s liturgical events.
On May 14, 1999, Antipope John Paul II bowed to and kissed the
Koran. The Koran is the Muslims’ holy
book which blasphemes the Most Holy Trinity and denies the Divinity of Jesus
Christ. To revere the holy book of a
false religion has always been considered an act of apostasy – a complete
rejection of the true religion. Thus,
this act alone makes Antipope John Paul II an apostate.
During his visit to Germany on Nov. 17, 1980,
Antipope John Paul II encouraged the Muslims to quote: “Live your faith also in a foreign land...”(47)
On April 12, 2000, Antipope John Paul II met with
the King of Morocco, a descendant of the false prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Antipope John Paul II asked him, “You are a
descendant of the Prophet, aren’t you?”(48)
Muslims and Catholics Have the Same God
Antipope John Paul II has also asserted countless
times the heresy that Muslims worship the One True God together with Catholics.
Antipope John
Paul II, Encyclical On Social Concerns
# 47:
“… Muslims who, like us, believe in the just
and merciful God.”(49)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, Oct. 13, 1989:
“… the
followers of Islam who believe in the same good and just God.”(50)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, Jan. 28, 1990:
“… our Muslim brothers and sisters… who worship as we do the one and merciful
God.”(51)
Antipope John
Paul II, General Audience, May 16,
2001:
“… the believers of Islam, to whom we are
united by the adoration of the one God.”(52)
Antipope John
Paul II, General Audience, May 5,
1999:
“Today I would
like to repeat what I said to young Muslims some years ago in Casablanca: ‘We believe in the same God…’”(53)
This is blasphemy and apostasy. Muslims reject the
Most Holy Trinity. They do not worship
the One True God. By asserting that
Muslims and Catholics believe in the same God over and over again, Antipope
John Paul II is denying the Most Holy Trinity over and over again. Furthermore, one is struck by the specificity
with which Antipope John Paul II denies Jesus Christ in many of these
quotations. For example:
Antipope John
Paul II, New Catechism (paragraph
841):
“… Muslims;
these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the
one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on
the last day.”(54)
Here we find Antipope John Paul II’s Catechism teaching
that the Muslims’ god (who is not Jesus Christ) will judge mankind on the last
day! This means Jesus Christ will not
judge mankind on the last day, but rather the god whom the Muslims worship
will. It is a denial of the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ to judge the living and the dead.
Pope St. Damasus
I, Council of Rome, 382, Can. 15:
“If anyone does
not say that He Jesus Christ… will come to
judge the living and the dead, he is a heretic.”(55)
Incredible Heresies Regarding Baptized
Non-Catholics
Besides the many
statements and acts of heresy and apostasy that Antipope John Paul II has
committed in dealing with non-Christian religions, there are also his
incredible heresies regarding baptized non-Catholics and their heretical sects. For example:
Declaring that Schismatics
Should not be Converted
Antipope John Paul II teaches that Eastern Schismatics (the so-called
Orthodox) should not be converted to the Catholic Church. To provide a little background: The Eastern
Schismatics (the so-called “Orthodox”) reject the dogma of the Papacy, which
means that they reject the supreme authority of all the true Popes in
history. They reject the dogma of Papal
Infallibility: that a Pope teaches infallibly when speaking from the Chair of
Peter. They reject the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception; they refuse to accept the last 13 Councils of the Roman
Catholic Church; and they allow divorce and re-marriage.
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, May 23, 2002: “I wish to repeat once again, honour also to you, the holy Orthodox
Church…”(56)
In his outrageous Directory for the Application of the Principles and Norms of Ecumenism (#125),
Antipope John Paul encourages interfaith worship with these Eastern Schismatics
and states that: “… any suggestion of
proselytism should be avoided.”(57)
To proselytize is to try to convert someone. So Antipope John Paul II is stating that any
effort to try to convert the Eastern Schismatics should be avoided. Here are the words of a real Catholic Pope,
Pope Benedict XIV, on the exact same topic.
Pope Benedict
XIV, Allatae Sunt (#19), July 26,
1755:
“First, the missionary who is attempting with God’s
help to bring back Greek and eastern schismatics to unity should devote all his
effort to the single-objective of delivering them from doctrines at variance
with the Catholic faith.”(58)
Pope Benedict
XIV, Allatae Sunt (#19):
“For the only work entrusted to the
missionary is that of recalling the Oriental to the Catholic
faith…”(59)
One can easily see the difference between the two
religions: the Catholic religion teaches that all of its teachings must be
accepted and that non-Catholics need to be converted. The non-Catholic religion of Antipope John
Paul II teaches that the Catholic faith is meaningless and that non-Catholics
should not be converted.
Walter Kasper, a high-ranking member of the Vatican
II Church, understands this quite well.
Kasper was made a “Cardinal” by Antipope John Paul II in 2001, and by
Antipope John Paul II’s direction, he now heads the Vatican’s Council for
Promoting Christian Unity. He stated:
“… today we no longer understand ecumenism in
the sense of a return, by which the others would ‘be converted’ and return to
being ‘Catholics’. This was expressly
abandoned by Vatican II.”(60)
In 1993, the Vatican signed the Balamand Statement
with the Eastern Schismatics, the so-called Orthodox Church. In this Balamand Statement, which was
approved by Antipope John Paul II, any attempt to convert the Eastern
Schismatics is rejected as “the outdated
ecclesiology of return to the Catholic Church.”(61) Notice how this statement word for word
denies the Catholic dogma that non-Catholics must return to the Catholic Church
for salvation and Christian unity.
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (#10), Jan. 6, 1928:
“… the union of
Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one
true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it…”(62)
So it is a fact that Antipope John Paul II and his
false Church reject word-for-word the dogma of the Catholic faith: that
Christian unity is only achieved by conversion to Catholicism, as we see again
in the next quote.
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, Jan. 25, 1993:
“The way to achieve Christian unity, in
fact,’ says the document of the Pontifical Commission for Russia, ‘is not
proselytism but fraternal dialogue...”(63)
It is therefore a fact that Antipope John Paul II
teaches that the faith of Rome is not to be held by non-Catholics; therefore,
he cannot be looked upon as holding the true Catholic Faith.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum
(# 13), June 29, 1896:
“You are not to be looked
upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of
Rome is to be held.”(64)
Those who assert, in the face of these facts, that Antipope John Paul II
is to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith (in other words, that
he is their Catholic Pope) are denying this teaching of the Catholic Church.
In his encyclical on Sts. Cyril and Methodius (#27), Antipope John Paul II again
indicated that Eastern Schismatics should not be converted to the Catholic
Church. He stated that unity with the
Schismatics ‘is neither absorption
nor fusion,’(65) which means not by conversion. The Balamand Statement with the Orthodox
actually quoted this very phrase from Antipope John Paul II’s Encyclical on
Sts. Cyril and Methodius to prove that Catholics should not convert the
Orthodox.
On October 12, 2002, Antipope John Paul II and the
Schismatic Patriarch of Romania jointly denounced trying to convert each
other. They stated: “Our aim and our
ardent desire is full communion, which is not absorption…”(66)
In his address on the same day, Antipope John Paul
II told the schismatic Patriarch: “The
goal is… to reach a unity which implies neither absorption nor fusion…”(67)
So Antipope John Paul II has publicly ensured his
listeners over and over again that Catholics should not try to convert
non-Catholics and that the Catholic Faith is not necessary for attaining
salvation.
Pope Pius IX, Nostis et Nobiscum (#10),
Dec. 8, 1849: “In particular, ensure
that the faithful are deeply and thoroughly convinced of the truth of the
doctrine that the Catholic faith is necessary for attaining salvation.”(68)
In fact, in the same address to the Schismatic Patriarch of Romania,
Antipope John Paul II made this incredible statement:
“For her part, the Catholic Church recognizes the mission which the
Orthodox Churches are called to carry out in the countries where they have been
rooted for centuries. She desires nothing else than to help
this mission…”(69)
So much for the Papacy! So much
for the last 1000 years of dogmatic statements that the Schismatics
reject! So much for divorce and
re-marriage! And so much for the
Catholic Church, according to Antipope John Paul II; for according to this
apostate, all of this means nothing and in fact should not be believed, because
quote “the Church” desires nothing else than to keep these people in schism and
outside her teachings!
Pope Gregory
XVI, May 27, 1832: “Be not deceived, my
brother; if anyone follows a schismatic, he will not attain the inheritance of
the kingdom of God.”(70)
Pope Leo XII, Encyclical, May 24, 1824: “We address all of you who are still removed
from the true Church and the road to salvation. In this universal rejoicing, one thing is
lacking: that… you might sincerely agree with the mother Church, outside of whose teachings there is no
salvation.”(71)
Pope Leo XII, Ubi Primum (# 14), May 5, 1824:
“It is
impossible for the most true God, who is Truth itself, the best, the wisest
Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to
approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent
with one another and contradictory, and
to confer eternal rewards on their members… by divine faith we hold one
Lord, one faith, one baptism… This is
why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.”(72)
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 11), Jan. 6,
1928: “The Catholic Church is alone in
keeping the true worship… if any man
enter not here, or if any man go forth from it, he is a stranger to the hope of
life and salvation.”(73)
In the Summer of 2003, Antipope John Paul II again
repudiated the proselytism of the Eastern Schismatics.
Antipope John
Paul II, Ecclesia in Europa,
Post-Synodal Apost. Exhortation, June 28, 2003: “At the same time I wish to assure once more the pastors
and our brothers and sisters of the Orthodox Churches that the new
evangelization is in no way to be confused with proselytism...” (L’Osservatore Romano, July 2, 2003, p.
V).
Declaring Communion and Unity of Faith with Non-Catholic Sects
In his encyclical Ut Unum Sint, Antipope John Paul II declared that his Church is in
communion with non-Catholic sects an incredible 16 times; and he declared that
he has the same faith as non-Catholic sects 8 times.
Antipope John Paul II, Ut Unum
Sint (# 62), May 25, 1995, speaking about the non-Catholic and Schismatic
Patriarch of Ethiopia: “When the Venerable Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church,
Abuna Paulos, paid me a visit in Rome on June 11, 1993, together we emphasized the deep communion existing between our two
Churches: ‘We share the same faith
handed down from the Apostles… moreover, we can affirm that we have the one faith in Christ…’”(74)
Pope St. Leo the
Great, Sermon 129:
“Wherefore,
since outside the Catholic Church there is nothing perfect, nothing undefiled… we are in no way likened with those who are
divided from the unity of the Body of Christ; we are joined in no communion.”(75)
When Antipope John Paul II asserts that he has the same faith and
communion as non-Catholic sects, he is asserting that he is a non-Catholic.
Pope Pius IX,
Vatican Council I, Sess. 4, Chap. 3, ex cathedra: “Furthermore We teach and
declare that the Roman Church, by the disposition of the Lord, holds the
sovereignty of ordinary power over all others… This is the doctrine of Catholic truth from which no one can deviate
and keep his faith and salvation.” (Denz. 1827)
This infallible definition of Vatican I declares
that anyone who deviates from the dogma of the Papacy (that the Pope of Rome
holds sovereign power in the Church of Christ), such as the Orthodox
Schismatics and the Protestants, cannot keep his faith and salvation. Yet, Antipope John Paul II tells us that the
Orthodox Schismatics and the Protestants not only can keep their faith and
salvation while denying the Papacy, but should
not believe in the Papacy! What a
heretic! He completely rejects this
dogma of Vatican I.
Various Other Acts of Heresy
Teoctist, the Schismatic Patriarch of Romania, revealed in 1999 that
Antipope John Paul II made a large donation to his non-Catholic Church.(76)
Antipope John Paul II also gave Karekin II, the head of the Schismatic
Church in Armenia, a relic of St. Gregory the Illuminator.
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily to schismatic
Patriarch Karekin II, Nov. 10, 2000: “… I am delighted to return to Your Holiness a relic of St. Gregory the
Illuminator… The relic will be placed in the new cathedral now being built…
My hope is that the new cathedral will
adorn with still greater beauty the Bride
of Christ in Armenia...”(77)
Here John Paul II calls the schismatic Orthodox Church
the Bride of Christ, a title reserved to the Catholic Church.
The Anglican Sect Has a Valid Episcopacy!
In 2003,
Antipope John Paul II bestowed the pectoral cross upon Rowan Williams, the
Anglican “Archbishop” of Canterbury and sent him a telegram of congratulations!
Anglican “Archbishop” of Canterbury Rowan Williams
to John Paul II, 10/4/03: “In 1966 Pope Paul VI gave Archbishop Michael Ramsey
his own Episcopal ring, which has been treasured by his successors and which I
wear today. I am glad to thank you for the personal gift of a pectoral cross,
sent to me on the occasion of my enthronement earlier this year. As I took on my new ministry I appreciated
deeply that sign of a shared task…” (L’Osservatore
Romano, 10/8/03, p. 9)
For those who don’t know, the
Anglican non-Catholic sect does not even have valid priests or valid bishops!
Pope Leo XIII infallibly declared that Anglican ordinations are
invalid. Anglican “priests” and
“bishops” are therefore laymen, besides being non-Catholic heretics and
schismatics. Yet, after the election of
the new Anglican “Archbishop” of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Antipope John Paul II dispatched the
apostate Walter Kasper to give this non-Catholic layman a pectoral cross and a
telegram of approval! This is so
heretical that there are almost no words to describe it. The pectoral cross is a traditional Catholic
symbol of Episcopal authority. By
bestowing the pectoral cross upon the apostate Rowan Williams – who is also
in favor of women priests and homosexuals being ordained – Antipope John
Paul II is not only flatly denying by his deed Pope Leo XIII’s infallible
definition that Anglican orders are invalid (see below), but he is also making
a complete mockery of the Catholic dogmas on the Papacy and the Church of
Christ.
Pope Leo XIII, “Apostolicae Curae,” Sept. 13, 1896,
ex cathedra: “… by Our authority, of Our own inspiration and certain knowledge We pronounce and declare that
ordinations enacted according to the Anglican rite have hitherto been and are
invalid and entirely void…” (Denz. 1966)
Antipope
John Paul II therefore completely rejects this ex cathedra pronouncement.
And what makes this action of Antipope John Paul II even more incredible
is the fact that Williams himself has been banned from conducting “Communion”
services in 350 Anglican parishes for his view in favor of women
priests. (CWNews, Sept. 8, 2003)! But
that doesn’t stop Antipope John Paul II – he just pushes ahead with the
apostasy. Antipope John Paul II even
indicated that the non-Catholic layman Williams is the legitimate Bishop of the
“See of Canterbury.”
Antipope John Paul II, “To the Most Reverend and
Right Honorable Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury,” Oct. 4, 2003: “These encounters have sought to renew the
links between the See of Canterbury and the Apostolic See… It is fidelity
to Christ which compels us to continue to search for full visible unity and to
find appropriate ways of engaging, whenever possible, in common witness and
mission… I pray for a renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon you… May
God keep you safe, watch over you and always guide you in the exercise of
your lofty responsibilities.” (L’Osservatore
Romano, Oct. 8, 2003, p. 9.)
During a
meeting with Rowan Williams, John Paul II even kissed his ring, proving again
that he recognizes this non-Catholic layman as a legitimate Bishop in the
Church of Christ! If Antipope John Paul
II bestowed the Pectoral Cross upon the Eastern Schismatic “Orthodox” (who have
valid orders but are not Catholic) it would be a radical denial of the
Papacy. But to bestow it upon a Western
Schismatic Anglican layman who is in favor of women priests and homosexuals
being ordained is beyond words. It is
one of the most heretical things he has done.
He is mocking Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church and all the
English martyrs who suffered horrible tortures for refusing to abandon
Catholicism and become Anglican. It is a
complete rejection of the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Episcopacy,
Ordination, Apostolic Succession and Church Unity, just to name a few.
Non-Catholics Can Receive
Holy Communion
Antipope John Paul II also teaches that non-Catholics may lawfully
receive Holy Communion. Canon 844.3 of
his 1983 Code of Canon Law states that:
“Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments of penance,
Eucharist, and anointing of the sick to members of the oriental churches which
do not have full communion with the Catholic Church...”(78)
The idea that non-Catholics may lawfully receive Holy Communion or the
other Sacraments is contrary to the 2000 year teaching of the Catholic
Church.
Pope Pius IX, Encyclical, April 8, 1862:
“… ‘whoever eats of the Lamb
and is not a member of the Church,
has profaned.”(79)
In his constitution Fidei Depositum, Antipope John Paul II promulgated his new
catechism using his “apostolic authority” to declare that it is a “sure norm
for teaching the faith.”
Antipope John
Paul II, Fidei Depositum, Oct. 11,
1992:
“The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which
I approved June 25th last and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Apostolic
authority, is a statement of the
Church’s faith and of Catholic doctrine… I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith.”(80)
Antipope John Paul II’s Catechism is not a sure
norm for teaching the faith. It is a
sure norm for teaching heresy.
Therefore, since Antipope John Paul II has pretended to declare from
the Chair of Peter that his Catechism is a sure norm for teaching the faith
when it is not, when know that he does not sit in the Chair of Peter. A Pope cannot err when speaking from the
Apostolic See, that is, with his Apostolic authority from the Chair of Peter.
Pope Pius IX, Vatican Council I,
ex cathedra
“… in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been
preserved untainted, and holy doctrine celebrated.”(81)
Pope Pius IX, Vatican Council I, ex cathedra:
“So, this gift of truth and a never failing
faith was divinely conferred upon Peter and his successors in this chair…”(82)
Non-Catholic Sects Are a
Means of Salvation
Antipope John Paul II also teaches that non-Catholic sects are a means
of salvation.
Antipope John
Paul II, New Catechism, paragraph 819,
speaking of non-Catholic Churches: “Christ’s
Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation...”(83)
Pope Pius IV,
profession of faith, Council of Trent, ex cathedra: “This true Catholic faith, outside
of which no one can be saved… I now profess and truly hold…”(84)
Non-Catholic Sects Have
Saints and Martyrs
Antipope John Paul II teaches that non-Catholic sects have saints and
martyrs.
Antipope John
Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 83):
“All Christian Communities… All of them in fact have
martyrs for the Christian faith.”(85)
Antipope John
Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 84):
“These saints
come from all the Churches and Ecclesial Communities...”(86)
Antipope John Paul II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente (# 37), Nov. 10, 1994: “The
witness to Christ borne even to the shedding of blood has become a common
inheritance of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants, as Pope Paul VI
pointed out in his Homily for the Canonization of the Ugandan Martyrs… the
memory of those who have suffered martyrdom should be safeguarded, gathering
the necessary documentation. This
gesture cannot fail to have an ecumenical character and expression. Perhaps the most convincing form of
ecumenism is the ecumenism of the saints and martyrs. The communio
sanctorum speaks louder than the things which divide us.”(87)
Antipope John
Paul II, General Audience, May 12,
1999: “The experience of martyrdom joined Christians of different denominations
in Romania. The Orthodox, Catholic and
Protestants gave a united witness to Christ by the sacrifice of their
lives.”(88)
This proves that Antipope John Paul II directly
rejects the solemnly defined dogma (from the Council of Florence below) that
non-Catholics cannot be saved, even if they shed their blood for Christ.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
Florence, ex cathedra:
“… no one, even if he has shed blood in the name of Christ, can be saved,
unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.”(89)
Pope Gregory XVI, May 27, 1832:
“Finally some of
these misguided people attempt to persuade themselves and others that men are
not saved only in the Catholic religion, but that even heretics may attain
eternal life.”(90)
Antipope John Paul II has also “canonized” people who fully embraced the
heresies of Vatican II, the New Mass and who were religious indifferentists,
which is impossible for a true Pope to do, since canonizations by real Popes
are infallible. This further proves that
Antipope John Paul II is not a true Pope.
Antipope John Paul II has also approved of the practice of altar girls,
a practice rampant in Vatican II Churches.
The practice of altar girls was condemned as evil by Pope Benedict XIV,
Pope St. Gelasius and Pope Innocent IV.
Pope Benedict
XIV, Encyclical, July 26, 1755:
“Pope Gelasius in his ninth letter to the bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice
which had been introduced of women serving the priest at the celebration of
Mass. Since this abuse had spread to the Greeks, Innocent IV strictly forbade it in his
letter to the bishop of Tusculum: ‘Women should not dare to serve at the
altar; they should be altogether refused this ministry.’ We too have forbidden this
practice in the same words in Our oft-repeated constitution ...”(91)
Antipope John Paul II has praised the greatest enemies that the Catholic
Church has ever known, such as the Protestant revolutionaries Calvin and
Luther. In Oct. 1983, Antipope John Paul
II, speaking of Martin Luther, stated: “Our
world even today experiences his great impact on history.”(92) And on June 14, 1984, Antipope John Paul II
praised Calvin as one who was trying to “make the Church more faithful to the
will of the Lord.”(93) To patronize,
support and defend heretics is to be a heretic.
Pope Gregory XVI, Encyclical,
May 8, 1844:
“But later even more care was required when the Lutherans and Calvinists
dared to oppose the changeless doctrine of the faith with an almost incredible
variety of errors. They left no
means untried to deceive the faithful with perverse explanations of the sacred
books...”(94)
Antipope John Paul II has also praised the notorious heretics Zwingli
and Hus. He even went so far as to say
that John Hus, who was condemned as a heretic by the Council of Constance, was
a man of “infallible personal integrity”!
Antipope John Paul II has also condemned the
Crusades. The Crusades were solemnly
approved by four Councils and more than 10 Popes, including: Pope Urban II;
Pope Callistus II; Pope Alexander III; Pope Callistus III; Pope Clement V; and
others.
In December of 1996, the Grand
Orient Lodge of Italian Freemasonry offered Antipope John Paul II their
greatest honor, the Order of Galilee, as an expression of thanks for the
efforts that he has made in support of Freemasonic ideals. The representative of Italian Freemasonry
noted that Antipope John Paul II merited the honor because he had promoted “the
values of universal Freemasonry: fraternity, respect for the dignity of man,
and the spirit of tolerance, central points of the life of true masons.”(95)
On Oct. 24, 2001, Antipope John Paul II apologized to Red China. That’s
correct, Antipope John Paul II apologized to the Satanic Communist Regime in
China for the supposed wrongs of Catholics!
He even praised the social justice of Red China.
Antipope John Paul II, Oct. 24, 2001, Quote: “The Catholic Church for her part regards with respect this
impressive thrust and far-sighted planning…
The Church has very much at heart the values and objectives which are of
primary importance also to modern China: solidarity, peace, social justice…”(96)
Social justice in China includes a one-child per family policy, which is
imposed by forced abortion and contraception.
The Chinese Government slaughters millions of children every year, in
addition to imprisoning, torturing and murdering Catholics.
Antipope John Paul II stated that the Catholic
Church and China are two ancient institutions “not in opposition to one another.”(97)
Antipope John Paul II has also stated numerous times that the theory of
evolution is a fact. On Oct. 22, 1996,
he declared that evolution is “more than
a mere hypothesis.”(98)
In a series of speeches in the summer of 1999, reported in the official
Vatican newspaper, Antipope John Paul II said that Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
are not actual places.
At the Assisi meeting of Jan. 24, 2002, Antipope John Paul II issued a
new ten commandments. He calls it “the
Decalogue of Assisi.” The word Decalogue
means the ten commandments. So Antipope
John Paul II is saying that people need to proclaim his new ten commandments,
that he issued at Assisi.
Antipope John Paul II, May 21, 2002:“To help create a world of greater
justice and solidarity, take to heart the need to promote the ‘Decalogue of Assisi’, proclaimed at the Day of Prayer for
Peace last 24 January.”(99)
Antipope John Paul II has changed the Rosary. In Oct. 2002, Antipope John Paul II added
five new mysteries to the Rosary, called “the Mysteries of Light.” In the document which promulgated the
mysteries of light, Antipope John Paul II stated:
“Anyone who
contemplates Christ through the various stages of his life cannot fail to
perceive in him the truth about man.”(100)
This is blasphemy and idolatry. When
we contemplate the mysteries of Christ, we don’t perceive in Him the truth
about man. Antipope John Paul II says
this because he preaches that man is God, and specifically, that the truth
about man is that he is Jesus Christ.
Antipope John Paul II Teaches that Man is God
Antipope John
Paul II, Very First Homily, Forever Marking the Beginning of his Pastoral
Ministry, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1978: “‘1. You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God’ (Mt. 16:16). These words
were spoken by Simon, son of Jonah, in the district of Caesarea Philippi…These
words mark the beginning of Peter’s mission in the history of salvation…
“2. On this day and in this place these same
words must again be uttered and listened to: ‘You are the Christ, the Son of
the living God.’ Yes, Brothers
and sons and daughters, these words first of all….please listen once again,
today, in this sacred place, to the words uttered by Simon Peter. In those words is the faith of the
Church. In those same words is the new
truth, indeed, the ultimate and definitive truth about man: the Son of the
living God – ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”(101)
In his first
ever homily as Antipope in 1978, in the very speech which will forever mark the
beginning of his pastoral ministry, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1978, Antipope John Paul
II proclaims to the world that MAN is the Christ, the Son of the Living God of
Mt. 16:16. He even says that this is a “new truth” – a new truth which he (the
great Antipope of history) is here to reveal. “Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the Living God,” spoken by St. Peter about Our Lord Jesus Christ, are the words
which describe the truth about man, according to Antipope John Paul II.
Antipope John
Paul II, General Audience, Feb. 22,
1984: “… so that consciences can be
freed in the full truth of man, who is Christ, ‘peace and mercy’ for
everyone.”(102)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, Dec. 17, 1991: “Dear
brothers and sisters, look to Christ, the
Truth about man...’”(103)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, Dec. 10, 1989: “… make straight the way of the Lord and of
man…”(104)
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, August 10, 1985: “Today, in consecrating your cathedral, we
ardently desire that it become a ‘true temple of God and man’…’”(105)
Antipope John
Paul II, Dec. 25, 1978: “Christmas is
the feast of man.”(106)
Antipope John
Paul II, Dec. 25, 2001: “… let us pause in adoration in the cave, and gaze upon
the Newborn Redeemer. In him we can
recognize the face of every little child who is born…”(107)
Antipope John
Paul II, Dec. 25, 1985: “What is
grace? Grace is precisely the
manifestation of God… Grace is God
as “our Father”. It is the Son of God…
It is the Holy Spirit… Grace is,
also, man...”(108)
Antipope John
Paul II, March 31, 1991: “Let respect
for man be total… Every offense against the person is an offense against God...”(109)
Antipope John
Paul II, Jan. 24, 2002: “To offend against man is, most certainly, to offend
against God.”(110)
Antipope John
Paul II, Address to Ambassador of Tunisia,
May 27, 2004, p. 8: “…For its part, the
modest Catholic community that lives in Tunisia has no other ambition than to
witness to the dignity of man…” (L’Osservatore
Romano, June 16, 2004, p. 8.)
The “Catholic community” in Tunisia has no other ambition
than to witness to the dignity of man? Antipope John Paul II is again clearly
indicating that the “Catholic” community in Tunisia has no desire to convert
other non-Catholics, but only to witness to the dignity of man.
Antipope John
Paul II, Homily, June 24, 1988: “… God wishes to encounter in man the whole of
creation.”(111)
This means that in man one can find the whole of
creation.
Antipope John
Paul II, Redemptor Hominis, March 4,
1979:“IN REALITY, THE NAME FOR THAT
DEEP AMAZEMENT AT MAN’S WORTH AND DIGNITY IS THE GOSPEL...”(112)
The Gospel is Jesus Christ (His Life and Teaching);
it is the religion of faith and morals that He revealed to the world. To say that the Gospel, the Good News and
Christianity are the “deep amazement at man” is to equate man with Jesus
Christ; but this is exactly why John Paul II said it and what he is doing.
Galatians
Chapter 1, verse 8:“But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached
to you, let him be anathema.”
Antipope John Paul II is anathema.
He preaches a new Gospel, not of Jesus Christ, but of man in the place
of Christ – the Gospel of Antichrist.
Pope Pius X, E
Supremi Apostolatus, Oct. 4, 1903: “… the
distinguishing mark of Antichrist, man has with infinite temerity put himself
in the place of God…”(113)
In her appearance at La Salette, France, Sept. 19, 1846, the Blessed
Mother predicted, quote: “Rome will lose
the Faith and become the seat of the Anti-Christ… the Church will be in
eclipse.”
Concluding Points
So the question that everyone professing to be
Catholic must ask himself is this: Is John Paul II the head of my Church? Or is John Paul II part of a different
religion?
If Antipope John Paul II is part of a different
religion, and who would dare deny this, then he cannot be the head of the
Catholic Church.
St. Francis De Sales, Doctor of the Church:
“It would indeed
be one of the strangest monsters that could be seen – if the head of the
Church were not of the Church.”(114)
This is why Pope Paul IV solemnly taught in his
Feb. 15, 1559 Bull, cum ex Apostolatus
officio, that it is impossible for a heretic to be validly elected Pope.
Furthermore, there are those who have rightfully
acknowledged that the Vatican II Church is clearly not the Catholic Church, but
they still maintain that Antipope John Paul II is the Pope. They hold that Antipope John Paul II can be a
true Pope despite the fact that he is the head of a non-Catholic Church. To them we must say, in addition to what has
been stated so far, that such a position separates Pope from Church, which is
impossible.
Pope Leo XIII,
Jan. 22, 1899 : “Where Peter is, there is the Church.”(115)
Therefore, to acknowledge the Vatican II Church as
a false Church requires that one acknowledge
its head, Antipope John Paul II, as a false Peter. On the other hand, to acknowledge Antipope
John Paul II as a true Peter requires that one acknowledge his false Vatican II
Church as a true Church.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (#15) June 29, 1896:
“When the divine founder decreed that the Church should be one in faith, in government, and in communion, He chose Peter and his successors as the principle and center, as it were, of this unity.”(116)
Moreover, to obstinately acknowledge Antipope John
Paul II as a true Pope requires that you have the same faith as he does, and
are in communion with his Vatican II Church.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 10), June 29, 1896:
“For this
reason, as the unity of the faith is of
necessity required for the unity of the Church, inasmuch as it is the body of the faithful, so also for this
same unity, inasmuch as the Church is a divinely constituted society, unity of
government, which effects and involves unity of communion, is necessary jure divino (by divine law).”(117)
And this is precisely why this issue is so
important. Because to affirm that a
particular person is your Pope, the head of your Church, means, by divine law,
that you share communion and faith with that person and with his Church.
Pope Gregory
XVI, on the Church and Papacy, May 17, 1835:
“… Christ
established this ecclesiastical power for the benefit of unity. And
what is this unity unless one person is placed in charge of the whole Church
who protects it and joins all its members in the one profession of faith…”(118)
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (#9), on the unity of
the Church: “… that unity can only arise from one teaching authority, one law
of belief and one faith of Christians.”(119)
Pope Pius X,
Encyclical, May 26, 1910: “… the Church remains immutable and constant, ‘as the
pillar and foundation of truth,’ in
professing one identical doctrine…”(120)
St. Francis De
Sales, Doctor of the Church: “The Church
is a holy university or general company of men united and collected together in
the profession of one same Christian faith…”(121)
But to affirm that you profess the same faith as
Antipope John Paul II, after seeing the facts that we have presented, is literally
to deny the faith and break communion with the Catholic Church.
So, in order to profess the Catholic Faith whole
and undefiled, and in order to declare that one is not part of a false Church,
one must denounce John Paul II as a non-Catholic Antipope. A person cannot use the excuse that he does
not have the authority to make this judgment about Antipope John Paul II
either, because the judgment that a Catholic makes about Antipope John Paul II,
is the exact same judgment, with the exact same authority, that a Catholic
makes when he professes that he does not belong to the Lutheran, Calvinist,
Presbyterian or Baptist sects; and that he is not in the same Church as those
who deny Catholic teaching.
Catholics distinguish the true Church from the members
of these countless sects, not by a specific declaration from Church authority
about every single one of these people and their sects (which would be
impossible for the Church to give), but rather by their open rejection of Catholic teaching, or by their open membership in
a non-Catholic religious community, or by their open profession of a
non-Catholic Faith. This has always been
the way that the true Church has distinguished itself from heretical sects and
the members of the true Church from the members of heretical sects.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 9), June 29, 1896:
“The practice of
the Church has always been the same, as is shown by the unanimous teaching of
the Fathers, WHO WERE WONT TO HOLD AS OUTSIDE CATHOLIC COMMUNION, AND ALIEN TO
THE CHURCH, WHOEVER WOULD RECEDE IN THE LEAST DEGREE FROM ANY POINT OF DOCTRINE PROPOSED BY HER
AUTHORITATIVE MAGISTERIUM.”(122)
St. Robert
Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice, II,
30:
“… for men are
not bound, or able to read hearts; BUT
WHEN THEY SEE THAT SOMEONE IS A HERETIC BY HIS EXTERNAL WORKS, THEY JUDGE HIM
TO BE A HERETIC PURE AND SIMPLE, AND CONDEMN HIM AS A HERETIC.”
Therefore, to say that you don’t feel that you have
the authority to figure out the undeniable fact that Antipope John Paul II is a
non-Catholic, and the head of a non-Catholic Church, means that you don’t have
the authority to determine that any heretic is a non-Catholic and outside the
Church. This means that you don’t have
the authority to distinguish between the true Church and the countless
heretical sects in the world. It means
that you don’t have the authority to distinguish between the true Church and a
faceless blob of baptized heretics.
Therefore, those who assert that Antipope John Paul
II is the Pope, after seeing the facts that we have presented, are in communion
with a non-Catholic sect, the non-Catholic Church of Antipope John Paul
II. They are sharing faith with a
non-Catholic heretic, Antipope John Paul II.
They are asserting that a manifest heretic, Antipope John Paul II, is a
member of the Catholic Church, which is a denial of Catholic dogma. They are asserting that Catholics have no
authority to distinguish the true Church of Christ from a heretical sect or the
members of the true Church of Christ from the members of heretical sects; and
they are asserting that a true Pope can authoritatively promulgate false
doctrines.
The truth, on the other hand, is that Antipope John
Paul II is not a true successor of Peter; but rather, he is another one of the
more than 40 Antipopes which the Church has had to deal with in her long
history.
The truth is that none of the four men who foisted
upon the world this new Vatican II religion were true successors of Peter, but
Antipope revolutionaries, who tried to impose a new faith, a new Mass and a new
Gospel.
The truth is that God has allowed a counterfeit
Catholic Church to be set up in the times of the great apostasy, in which we
are living. This counterfeit Church
attempts to eclipse the true Church of Christ, which God allows as a punishment
for sin in the greatest tribulation that the world has ever seen.
The truth is that when there is a true Pope he is
the center of unity in the Church; however, it is also true that the Church can
be without a true Pope for a long period of time. This period of time when the Chair of Peter
is vacant occurs every time a Pope dies, and has lasted for as long as 3 1/2
years in Church history. This period of
time when the Church is without a Pope is called a Papal interregnum, which,
according to theologians, such as the 19th century Fr. Edmund
O’Reilly, could easily last longer than
35 years. Thus, there is nothing
incompatible with the promises of Christ to His Church for Him to leave the
Church without a Pope for decades through the worst part of the great apostasy;
in fact, it is in not having a true Pope to guide people through the great
apostasy which makes this apostasy so devastating to so many.
The truth remains that the Catholic Church is the
one Church founded by Christ to which all must belong in order to be saved, and
that this Church still exists in a remnant of Catholics who maintain the
infallible teachings of the true Popes throughout history.
St. Athanasius: “Even
if Catholics faithful to Tradition were reduced to a handful, they would be the
true Church.”
“At one point in the Church’s history, only
a few years before Gregory’s [Nazianz] present preaching (+380 A.D.), perhaps
the number of Catholic bishops in possession of sees, as opposed to Arian
bishops in possession of sees, was no greater than something between 1% and 3%
of the total. Had doctrine been
determined by popularity, today we should all be deniers of Christ and
opponents of the Spirit.” (W.A. Jurgens, The Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 2, p. 39.)
If the Arian heresy was so bad that approximately
1% of the jurisdictional bishops remained Catholic and 99% became Arian, and
the Great Apostasy preceding the Second Coming of Christ is predicted to be
even worse – the worst apostasy of all time – then one should not be surprised
by the fact that there are barely any authentically Catholic priests in the
world today and no fully Catholic jurisdictional (i.e., governing) bishops to
speak of and that an Antipope is reigning from Rome (as predicted by Our Lady
of La Salette) and heading a counterfeit Catholic Church of apostasy, as the
foregoing has so clearly shown.
The truth is that God has not abandoned His
Catholic Church; it remains the immaculate Bride of Christ, and the gates of
hell will never prevail against this Church that Jesus founded upon Peter the
Rock.
Pope Vigilius, Second Council of Constantinople, 553:
“… we bear in
mind what was promised about the holy Church and Him who said the
gates of hell will not prevail against it (by these we understand the death-dealing tongues of heretics)…”(123)
Pope Innocent
III, Eius exemplo, Dec. 18, 1208:
“By the heart we
believe and by the mouth we confess the
one Church, not of heretics, but
the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside of which we believe that
no one is saved.”(124)
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