Benedict XVI's Book "Jesus of Nazareth" (2007)

Benedict XVI�s Recent Heresies

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

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 sowing doubt about the meaning of Nicea and �Consubstantial�

Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth, p. 355: ��Son of God� now acquires a totally new meaning� This new meaning then had to go through many difficult stages of discernment and fierce debate in order to be fully clarified and secured against attempts to interpret it in light of polytheistic mythology and politics.� For this purpose the First Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) adopted the word consubstantial (in Greek, homoousious).� This term did not Hellenize the faith or burden it with an alien philosophy.� On the contrary, it captured in a stable formula exactly what had emerged as incomparably new and different in Jesus� way of speaking with the Father.� (Doubleday, 2007)

The Council of Nicea�s definition that Jesus is �consubstantial� with the Father means that He is of the same substance as God the Father; that is, Jesus is God Himself.� Benedict XVI, however, states that the term captured Jesus�s �new and different way of speaking with the Father�!� Why in the world would he make such a statement, that Nicea�s definition merely refers to Jesus�s way of speaking with the Father?� Why wouldn�t he simply state that Nicea�s formula captured that Jesus is equal to God?�

As pointed out in our most recent radio program, the end of Benedict XVI�s book is focused on the real meaning of the terms �Son of God,� �Son,� �I am he,� etc.� Benedict XVI is focused on the question of Jesus�s identity.� It�s obvious that by putting this curious statement on the last page of his book � a statement which at least implies some doubt about whether Nicea�s formula means that Jesus is God � Benedict XVI is making a calculated attempt to sow the seeds of doubt about Jesus�s true identity as God.� That Benedict XVI would want to sow such a heretical doubt makes perfect sense because, as we have shown from his other books, he clearly states that Jesus doesn�t have to be viewed as the Messiah (e.g., God and the World and Milestones), and that the Jewish view that Jesus is not the Messiah and Son of God is valid.� For the other statements that are heretical or approaching heresy in Benedict XVI�s recent book, Jesus of Nazareth, one should consult the aforementioned June 22, 2007 Radio Program.

First Council of Nicea, 325: �We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance (consubstantialem) with the Father. By whom all things were made, both which be in heaven and in earth. Who for us men and for our salvation came down [from heaven] and was incarnate and was made man. He suffered and the third day he rose again, and ascended into heaven. And he shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead. And [we believe] in the Holy Ghost. And whosoever shall say that there was a time when the Son of God was not, or that before he was begotten he was not, or that he was made of things that were not, or that he is of a different substance or essence [from the Father] or that he is a creature, or subject to change or conversion - all that so say, the Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes them.��

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;
(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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