Benedict XVI�s Recent Heresies

 

By Bro. Michael Dimond, O.S.B.

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Introductory Note: * A Heretic is a baptized person who rejects an authoritative teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.A schismatic is a person who refuses communion with a true Pope or refuses communion with true Catholics.An apostate is a person who rejects the Christian faith completely.All heretics, schismatics and apostates sever themselves from the Catholic Church automatically (Pius XII, Mystici Corporis, June 29, 1943).Therefore, if one is a heretic he is not a Catholic (Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum June 29, 1896).And most heretics convince themselves that they are not denying any dogma when they actually are.This page will be updated periodically. (All emphasis, such as bolding, underlining, and italicization is not necessarily that of the quoted author.)* Heresies from Benedict XVI used in past Heresy of the Week columns are usually found in Benedict XVI's recent heresies file.His worst heresies are found in our section on: The Heresies of Benedict XVI file.Other past Heresies of the Week are probably found in either the Heresy of the Week Archive or the Some of the Recent Feature Articles page or The Heresy of the Week Archive for those from years back.

 

Benedict XVI Promotes Heresies During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

 

Benedict XVI, Catechesis, January 23, 2008: �In these days, Christians of various Churches and Ecclesial Communities are joining in a unanimous chorus of entreaty to ask the Lord Jesus to re-establish full unity among all his disciples... In asking for the grace of unity Christians join in Christ�s own prayer... The patient journey of the search for full communion between all Christians continued after the Council... Thanks precisely to this spiritual ecumenism � holiness of life, conversion of heart, private and public prayer � the common search for unity has in recent decades recorded considerable development... And this is because, in praying together, Christian communities place themselves before the Lord... Prayer in common is not, therefore, a voluntaristic or purely sociological act, but rather an expression of faith that unites all Christ�s disciples.In the course of the years, fertile collaboration has been established in this field, and since 1968, the then Secretariat for Christian Unity, which subsequently became the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and the World Council of Churches prepare jointly these booklets for the Week of Prayer for Unity; they then distribute them throughout the world, covering areas that they never would have managed to reach on their own.�[1]

 

Notice that Benedict XVI states that the booklets for the Week of Prayer for Unity are actually prepared by the non-Catholics at the World Council of Churches and Benedict XVI�s Church. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is an international ecumenical organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.The WCC has a membership of over 340 churches and denominations. [2]So Benedict XVI is praising the joint publications made by heretics and his sect.

 

Benedict XVI, Discourse to members of the Joint Working Group of the World Council of Churches and the �Catholic Church� on the occasion of their visit to the Vatican, January 25, 2008:The World Council of Churches and the Catholic Church have enjoyed a fruitful ecumenical relationship dating back to the time of the Second Vatican Council... On this day, then, we think back with gratitude to the work of so many individuals who over the years have sought to spread the practice of spiritual ecumenism through common prayer...�[3]

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Benedict XVI, Homily, January 25, 2008, for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: �This evening I cordially greet the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, who has come to Rome to join us on the centenary of the Week of Prayer.I am pleased that members of the �Joint Working Group� are present and I greet them with affection.The Joint Group is the means of cooperation between the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches in our common search for unity.�[4]

 

The Catholic Church already possesses unity.The Catholic Church is one, holy, catholic and apostolic.The oneness or unity of the true Church is one of the four marks of the Church.Therefore, unity is something that already exists in the Catholic Church.

 

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 10), Jan. 6, 1928: �So, Venerable Brethren, it is clear why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics: for 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��

 

But according to the statements above from Benedict XVI, as well as the official teachings of Vatican II, �Christians� are still searching for Christian unity and for the re-establishment of Christian unity.Such a notion is heretical.

 

We can also see how Benedict XVI promotes �common prayer� together with Lutherans, other heretics and the World Council of Churches.Praying in common with heretical sects and non-Catholic religions is a grave sin, but Benedict XVI does it and encourages it all the time.

 

Pope Pius IX, Neminem vestrum (# 5), Feb. 2, 1854: �We want you to know that those same monks sent Us a splendid profession of Catholic faith and doctrine� They eloquently acknowledged and freely received the regulations and decrees which the popes and the sacred congregations published or would publish � especially those which prohibit communicatio in divinis (communion in holy matters) with schismatics� They acknowledge that they condemn the error of the schismatic Armenians and recognize that they are outside of the Church of Jesus Christ.�

 

Previous Heresies of the Week:���������������������������������������� Benedict XVI's recent heresies file 

The Heresies of Benedict XVI file 

 

A HERETIC CANNOT BE A VALID POPE

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It is a proven fact that Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) is a non-Catholic heretic.The Catholic Church teaches that a heretic cannot be validly elected Pope, since a heretic is not a member of the Catholic Church.Ratzinger, who is now Benedict XVI, is a non-Catholic Antipope whose election was utterly null and void.

 

Pope Paul IV, Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, Feb. 15, 1559: �6. In addition, [by this Our Constitution, which is to remain valid in perpetuity We enact, determine, decree and define:-] that if ever at any time it shall appear that any Bishop, even if he be acting as an Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate; or any Cardinal of the aforesaid Roman Church, or, as has already been mentioned, any legate, or even the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or his elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, has deviated from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy:

(i) the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, shall be null, void and worthless
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(ii) it shall not be possible for it to acquire validity (nor for it to be said that it has thus acquired validity) through the acceptance of the office, of consecration, of subsequent authority, nor through possession of administration, nor through the putative enthronement of a Roman Pontiff, or Veneration, or obedience accorded to such by all, nor through the lapse of any period of time in the foregoing situation;
(iii) it shall not be held as partially legitimate in any way

(vi) those thus promoted or elevated shall be deprived automatically, and without need for any further declaration, of all dignity, position, honour, title, authority, office and power�.

10. No one at all, therefore, may infringe this document of our approbation, re-introduction, sanction, statute and derogation of wills and decrees, or by rash presumption contradict it. If anyone, however, should presume to attempt this, let him know that he is destined to incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul.

Given in Rome at Saint Peter's in the year of the Incarnation of the Lord 1559, 15th February, in the fourth year of our Pontificate.

+ I, Paul, Bishop of the Catholic Church��

 

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)

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[1] L� Osservatore Romano, January 30, 2008, p. 15.

[2] Statement on World Council of Churches Official Website

[3] L� Osservatore Romano, February 6, 2008, p. 9.

[4] L� Osservatore Romano, January 30, 2008, p. 9.