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A publication of Vol. III, No. 5
Traditional Catholics of America, Inc. July 15, 1982
Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL
hat's rong ith Patriotism?
• Fr. Francis E. Fenton
Patriotism is that moral virtue which disposes the Senate or the House of Representatives. The pro-
(inclines) us to honor, love and respect our country. lifers get the rhetoric from the politicians; the pro-
It means loyalty and devotion to one's country and abortionists get the action). Perhaps the oft-quoted
the consequent living according to the standards of statement of Theodore Roosevelt sums up well what
good citizenship which that loyalty and devotion genuine patriotism is, in contrast to loyalty to
entail. Patriotism, of course, is not to be confused political parties or to individual politicians. That
with nationalism which, in the frequently used sense statement reads in part:
of that term, means an excessive, chauvinistic, even
fanatical patriotism. "My country, right or wrong" is Patriotism means to stand by the country. It
a statement exemplifying nationalism, that is, a does not mean to stand by the President or any
narrow, misguided and false patriotism. H our other public official save exactly to the degree
nation's position on any issue is a morally wrong in which he himself stands by the country. It Is
one, then obviously we cannot support it – and to patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently
do so is hardly an exercise of the virtue of serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to
patriotism. The law of God gets priority for we "must oppose him to the exact extent that, by ineffi-
obey God rather than men." However, in this area of ciency or otherwise, he fails in his duty to stand
consideration the problems which beset America to- by the country …
day assuredly do not stem from any excess of
patriotic zeal. Quite the contrary, they are being So what's wrong with patriotism? Since it is a moral
brought about by those who hate this country and virtue, obviously there is nothing wrong with it. So
are hellbent on destroying it. why raise the question? Well, for one reason,
because of the shameful lack of patriotism
Nor is loyalty to a particular political party displayed for some time now on several scores by so
necessarily a manifestation of the virtue of many of the hierarchy of the Conciliar "Catholic"
patriotism, love of country. Certain it is that neither Church In this country, particularly in the matter of
of the two major political parties In this country are nuclear weapons. According to a number of those
noteworthy as patriotic organizations on the bishops even the very possession of nuclear
national level. Indeed, If the vote (99-0) some 10 weapons by our nation Is Immoral, to say nothing of
months ago in the U.S. Senate in favor of the Reagan the use of such weapons. Among the various prin-
appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court (pro-abortionist ciples and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
Sandra Day O'Connor) can be taken as a criterion of relating to the subject of war, however, there is no
the patriotism of the current Senate membership, moral justification for such a position. Indeed, the
then I, for one, conclude that party loyalty takes mind of the Church Is that a nation has every right to
precedence for them over respect for human life be militarily prepared for its adequate defense
-hardly an exercise of the virtue of patriotism. Every against unjust aggression. Certainly, the mere
single one of the conservative "heroes" In the thought of nuclear war is an abhorrent one. Since,
Senate, you recall, voted in favor of that appoint- however, Soviet Russia, Red China and other
ment. (About two months ago, incidentally, there Communist nations assuredly have no qualms of
was a similar, but much less publicized, occurrence. conscience about the possession or use of nuclear
President Reagan again appointed and the Senate weapons If and when, by their calculations, the time
again confirmed yet another pro-abortionist, Dr. Is right, what the American Conciliar Church
James Wyngaarden, as the director of the National bishops are advocating by their pacifist propaganda
Institutes of Health – and not a word of protest was is, in effect, ultimate surrender to Communism.
heard from any allegedly pro-life member of either Indeed, "unpatriotic" is a rather mild term to
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largest family given to us by God – is one more
describe the words and actions of those bishops in
sign, and not the least Important, of a loss of
the matter at hand; "treasonous" is a far more
direction on the part of modem men.
accurate term.
As I have written a number of times in the pages of
But it is traditional Catholicism or, more pr.ecisely,
this newsletter (and so there is no need to rehash
traditional Roman Catholics, that prompt this
the details here), this nation of ours Is in exceedingly
ticular article relating to patriotism. How come?
bad shape spiritually, morally, politically,
Well, because, from my observation, a significant
economically, etc.· and in increasingly grave danger
number of them around the country do not seem to
from the threat of Communism and its allies. And in
have a great deal of it. This is not to say or imply that ..
my opinion, the Conciliar "Catholic" Church
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they are unpatriotic or anti-American. Not at all. A
deserves the brunt of the blame for the present very
patriotism which is ostentatious Isn't necessarily a
sorrowful state of affairs. But, despite all, there is,
strong or profound one. Like all other virtues,
among other things, one tremendous asset which at
genuine patriotism is rooted in one's heart or soul.
least to a significant degree, remains in this cou~try
Nonetheless, again like al! other virtues, a person's
· and that is freedom. If America is either conquered
patriotism, if it be the real thing, should manifest
by Communism · or collapses from the gross
itself from time to time in one way or another. And in
immorality with which it is infested . freedom, for all
the category of traditional Catholics to whom I am
practical purposes, will perish universally,
referring, perhaps it does· and I just never happen to
worldwide. Specifically, in the context of this article
notice it That's highly unlikely though. But, and this
this means that traditional Catholicism, if it were t~
is the main point here, the type of people I have in
survive at all on the American scene under Com-
mind seem to resent the sound and expressive
munism, would do so quite literally underground.
patriotism of their fellow traditional Catholics as If
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to imply· and certainly the impression is given – that
And so it behooves those traditional Roman
Catholics, those whose patriotism may leave
patriotism is somehow inconsistent with traditional
something to be desired or who have a distorted
Catholicism. If so, if I am correct in this, then the
notion of that virtue, to devote some prayer and
attitude of such people in this matter is a wrong one
study to this subject so that, hopefully, they wili get
because it is not in harmony with the mind of the
their thinking straight on it . and then act accord-
Church. Note the words of Pope Pius XII (March 23,
ingly. To the extent that a. person who calls himself a
1958):
traditional Roman Catholic is lacking in authentic
patriotism, then to that extent he or she is not, in
Today you sometimes meet citizens who are
fact, a fully traditional Roman Catholic. It's as
almost afraid to show any particular devotion
simple as that.
to their country. As if a love of your own land
has to mean a contempt for all other lands; as if
the natural desire to see your own country
beautiful, internally prosperous, and esteemed
and respected by others, must Inevitably lead
to a hostility toward other peoples …
Surely, beloved Sons, We must say that this
diminished love for one's native land – the
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Ecumenism and -What
• John Kenneth Welsklttel
When we ponder the qualities which distinguish the false gospels, of distorted versions Christ and His
human as unique among God's creatures, several Church, from Simon Magus at the time the
activities invariably come to mind: the arts, Apostles to Sun Myung Moon on the current scene.
mathematics, written language, political and The damage done to the Church and the number of
so forth. But the action is at once the most souls lost, as from the great schism of the eleventh
fundamental and profound In any such comparison century and the Protestant revolution five hundred
is Man's capacity – and need – to worship. years later, are incalculable.
So fundamental Is this capacity to worship that in all This preface is to emphasize the fact that Man's
places at all in societies both primitive and spiritual desires are acceptable to God only Insofar
computerized, people engage in religious activities. as they are in conformance to His desires. This, we
And so profound is the need to worship that it has believe, is the proper starting point for any examina-
been rightly noted that, if people do not pay homage tion of the ecumenical movement, for Martin
to God – the rightful object of our religious yearnings Luther's teaching that every person is a pope
– they will forever seek to offer it elsewhere, to some -capable of drawing his own private Interpretation
part of creation. from Scripture – has logically led to the fragmenta-
tion of Christendom into literally hundreds of
This being the case, can people worship in any man- denominations, each seeing the gospel in a different
ner they see fit? Certainly not. Since there Is but way and all of them seeing it differently than the
one God Who has created us to know, love and serve one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church of Jesus
Him in this world and to be happy with Him forever in Christ. In short, the entire ecumenical movement is
the next, we are duty-bound to worship as He necessitated directly by the false teachings of the
wishes to be worshipped. What right have creatures Protestant revolt. Would that Luther had listened to
to tel! their Creator how they will worship Him? sound advice of his superior general, Giles of
Viterbo, who observed that "men should be changed
God's first instructions to our first parents regarding religion, and not religion by men."
worship involved a simple command: eat of any
trees in the garden except the tree of the knowledge
of and L The disobedience of Adam and Eve
began a line of to
design continues to our day. 'nuonon't
was built God in
mise in Eden that
Hisser·
vants a children to cease
false and to return to
God.
was born on the
His return to
the
nineteen centuries since the of
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cont. from page 3
elbowroom. what the church has
gained in it has in
Who can reckon the ways of the
are leaps which have
in bursts regenerative It is important
that the church shall be alive. For some expert in matters warn-
room is required. To stretch all upon a Procrus- ings from the Lutheran minister Richard Wurmbrand
tian bed (Procrustes was a mythological robber that all real Christians behind the Curtain were
who stretched or amputated the limbs either in prison, greatly harassed or dead, and that
travelers to make them conform to the length of any "clergy" he would meet with government bless-
his bed) is ly the answer. To insist that a ing would be Communist secret police agents in
church in the form of an ecclesiastical disguise, Dr. Graham Ignored him and accepted the
monolith is the will of God is to be tragically Soviet government's invitations. Rev. Wurmbrand
contused.(1) knows what the Heels are really like for he was nearly
tortured to death by them in a Rumanian prison.
We would agree that someone is tragically con- Recently, Dr. Graham accepted an offer to lecture in
fused, but isn't it Mr. Lowell who is mixed up, with Moscow in favor of the Brezhnev-backed disarma-
his call for ecclesiastical anarchy? He would be ment drive, thus solidifying his well-earned reputa-
hard-pressed to substantiate personal vision of tion in Communist circles as a "safe" Christian. The
the Church from the Bible, even with private result of visit was a propaganda victory}.
interpretation, for the most perfect figure of the sit back now and let us take you on a guided tour
Church is that of a body, with various parts of the through a world of fantasy … through the world of
body performing different functions, while guided by Ee utopia.
one mind. It is a clear illustration of Mr. Lowell's con-
tempt for things Catholic that he quotes the follow- The folks who live in Ecutopia remind us a little of
ing passage from Pope Pius Xi's encyclical, the devotees of Hare Krishna. No, they don't dress in
Mortalium Anlmos ("Fostering True Religious orange saffron robes and shave their heads, neither
Union"}, as an example of "confused" thinking: do they live at airports. The resemblance turns out to
be their state of perpetual bliss towards all matters
Since the mystical Body of Christ, that is to involving their cult. This causes them many
say, the Church, like the physical body, a problems of which they have little or no awareness,
unity, a compact thing, closely joined together, since it is difficult to see the forest for the trees
it would be false and foolish to say that Christ's when one is walking around in an ecstatic haze.
mystical Body would be composed of Listen to Ecutopia's government, the World Council
separated and scattered members. Whoever of Churches (W.C.C.), as it explains its vision to us
therefore is not united with it is not a member through the mists:
of it nor does he communicate with its head
who is Christ. We believe that the unity which is both God's
will and His gift to His Church is being made
No one is found in the one Church of Christ and visible as in each place who are baptized
no one perseveres in it unless he acknowledges Jesus and confess Him as Lord and
and accepts obediently the supreme authority Savior are brought by Holy into
of St. Peter (the Church's visible head) and his one fully committed fellowship, holding one
legitimate successors. Apostolic faith, preaching the one Gospel,
breaking the one bread, joining in common
Mr. Lowell rejects the idea of the Church as a prayer and having a corporate life reaching out
closely structured body resembling the human body. in witness service to and at the
What, then, would he offer as an alternative? We same time are united with the whole
can't say with certainty but the closest we can fellowship in all and ages in such
imagine might be found in a science fiction novel. wise ministry members are accepted
Still, in Protestant circles today, his is a distinctly by all, and that all can act and together
minority viewpoint; for the rest, the latest rage is – as occasion requires the tasks to which
similar to the trend in American business – calls His people. (2)
"merger-mania".
Someone should these Ecutopians
delirium long enough to explain to them that
The spiritual community It Is
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The Evangelical Protestant leader Graham vacation reality.
visited Belmont College, a Roman Catholic institu-
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unhealthy sway over growing numbers of Catholics,
Including many in the ranks of the clergy, and,
But let us move away from this slightly tongue-in- through several papal pronouncements, moved to
cheek interlude since, on the one hand, It might tend defend the Church by a determined counterattack.
to give you the false impression that we are being They clearly saw that these errors had the potential
somehow insensitive to the earnest – albeit to do harm to the Church to a degree unknown since
misguided – desires of some members of the the days the so-called Protestant Reformation.
ecumenical movement to find a greater fulfillment These errors are all Intrinsically one in spirit with
and unity (in the words of schismatic Russian ecumenism, and they can even be considered as
theologian Nicolas Berdyaev: "A sincere attitude to pillars upon which the superstructure rests. It is,
the ecumenical problem presupposes on the part of then, unfortunate that, after the pontiffs had worked
every Christian denomination a sense of its own so hard to topple them, later Catholics have sought
incompleteness and a striving for completion."); to re-erect them at the price of their Catholicity.
and, on the other, the equally false perception that
we are unaware of the dangerous – and even On December 8, 1864 – the tenth anniversary of the
subversive – elements dominating so much of the Infallible definition of the Immaculate Conception
movement's leadership. We do not want to leave our – Pope Pius IX issued The Syllabus of Errors (Sylla-
readers going away with the idea that what we are bus Errorum) as an accompaniment to the encyclical
discussing is a joke that can be laughed off. It is not. Quanta Cura. In that encyclical, Pius IX warned all
members of the Church, especially those In the
Catholic Ecumenism? hierarchy, to prepare for battle against a new
strategy of the Devil, a vast conspiracy Infecting the
So far, we have taken a look at mostly Protestant body politic of every civilized nation and promising
response to the movement, which is reasonable, freedom from all traditions and moral constraints.
because the movement was developed by non- These heresies, wrote Pius, "are hostile to moral
Catholics (after all, it would be absurd for a Catholic honesty and to the eternal salvation of mankind"
to participate in a search to find the unity of which and,
he was already a possessor). The Conciliar
"Catholic" Church's activities are our next focus. Wherefore, those Our Predecessors have, with
Apostolic fortitude, continually resisted the
Before Vatican II the term ecumenical (the word machinations of those evil men who, "foaming
comes from the Greek, meaning throughout the out their own confusion, like the raging waves
whole world – or, closer to today's meaning, one- of the sea", and "promising liberty, while they
world) was used exclusively to designate those are themselves the slaves of corruption",
Church Councils in which the bishops of the world endeavored by their fallacious opinions and
participated. What is now labelled ecumenism was most wicked writings to subvert the founda-
then Identified as Panchristianity or Panprotes- tions of Religion and civil Society, to remove all
tantism. Representative of traditional Catholic virtue and justice, to deprave the hearts and
teaching on the subject of Panchristianity is this minds of to turn away from right discipline
quote from a Catholic dictionary published in 1942: or morals the incautious, and
inexperienced youth, miserably corrupting
Is) the doctrine that the church of Christ con- them, leading them into nets of error, and
sists of a loose federation of bodies and finally withdrawing them from the bosom the
individuals united in spirit but with no of Catholic Church.
faith, morals or organization, and that disunion
among Christians can be repaired by the Amongst the numerous errors castigated in the
coming together existing sects in mutual are: pantheism, naturalism, rationalism,
amiability and tolerance, with a certain a.mount socialism and communism, liberalism, secret
of doctrinal compromise and concession and a societies, and Protestant societies. Of interest
maximum collaboration in social work. In his to our study is the section which lists examples of
encyclical Mortalium Animos, of 1928, Pope the followlng errors:
Pius XI reiterated that for Catholics there can
be no compromise on dogma and no Christian lndifferentlsm,
unity apart from communion with the Apostolic 15. Every man is free to embrace and pro-
See; and Catholics were warned against taking fess that religion which, guided by the
part in Panchristian congresses, etc. (3) light of reason, he shall consider true.
Pope Pius' warning is based upon the soundest of 16. Man may, in the observation any
theological principles. His predecessors, especially religion whatever, find the way of eter-
Popes Pius and St. Pius X, saw that evils such as nal salvation, and arrive at eternal salva-
religious liberalism, indifferentism, modernism and tion.
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Is it for Catholics to summon or establish such
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conferences. Bishops should strictly enforce
such prescriptions, especially in regard to con-
17. Good hope at least is to be entertained ferences called ecumenical. And since joint
of the eternal salvation of all those who acts of worship have taken place at such
are not at all in the true Church of meetings and at other times, we repeat the
Christ. warning that al! communicatio in sacrls is
forbiddden altogether by canons 1258 and 731,
18. Protestantism is nothing more than section 2. (9)
another form of the same true Christian
religion, in which form it is given to In official statements Issued by Rome in 1949 and
please God equally as In the Catholic 1950, the teaching of the Catholic Church was
Church. (5) reiterated that any Christian unity, to be truly such,
must be that unity found in the bosom of the Holy
During the pontificate of Pius IX's successor, Pope Roman Catholic Church; all other efforts, no matter
Leo XIII, friends of Liberalism within the Church how zealously pursued, would, ultimately, be the
attempted to steer Her into those dangerous waters. pursuit of mere shadows. Cardinal Samuel Stritch of
Pope Leo would have no part in this deception and, Chicago showed himself to be of one mind with the
although he did not attack it so forcefully as had Church when in 1954 he issued a pastoral letter to
Pope Pius IX, allowed the Sacred Congregation of his flock, reminding them that they could in no way
the Index to make a special commmendation of the participate in the conference held by the World
book El Llberalismo es Pecado ("Liberalism is a Council of Churches at nearby Evanston, Illinois.
Sin"). Father Felix Sarda Y Salvany, author of the And then, in 1957, Pope Pius XII stated that the pro-
work, notes that the basis for theological Liberalism liferation of Protestant sects was one of the
is most undeniably "Protestantism with its sliding deplorable conditions of the mid-twentieth century.
scale of creeds (because it) is slmply an inclined
plane into an abyss of positve unbelief." (6) There can, then, be no doubt concerning the real
stand of the Church when confronted with the ques·
Then, in 1907, Pope Pius X, appalled at the rise of tion of ecumenism. Its answer is a gentle but firm
that "synthesis of all heresies" named Modernism, repudiation of such inventions. Today, however, the
published a new Syllabus, the decree Lamentabili voice of the Church has become greatly muted since
Sane. In it, His Holiness enumerated sixty-five errors the seizure of power by neo-Protestants and
connected with that heresy, the last of which Modernists. They have gained working control of the
sounds strikingly as though it has found a home physical dimension of the Church and, while giving a
with the Conciliar Church: "Modern Catholicism can simulated obedience to Church law for the sake of
be reconciled with true science only if it be further manipulation of their unsuspecting flock,
transformed into non-dogmatic Christianity; that is slowly but surely are edging closer and closer to a
to say, into a broad and liberal Protestantism." (7) day when they will have erased the line dividing
Protestants and Catholics. Next, we shall look at
The "progressive" Catholic theologian Yves some examples of how these Conciliar authorities
Congar found out that the Vatican under Pope Pius are circumventing divine and canonical law in an
XII had no intention of endorsing ecumenism when, effort to bring about a false union.
in 1 It refused to grant him permission to publish
a proecumenlcal article. The Dominican has since
attributed this move against him as evidence of
papal "narrowness and injustice associated with In the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, few
the anti-modernist reaction." (8) There can be little Catholics with ecclesiastical authority had the will-
doubt that statements such as this endeared Fr. ingness or desire to denounce the surrendering of
Congar to the religious "Liberals" who subverted Catholic principles that had occurred. One of those
Vatican II to their own ends for he was chosen as who did, the French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre,
one of the "experts" who wielded the power. A has shown remarkable insight into the motivations
monitum was issued by the Holy Office on June 5, and the likely results of such surrender: "All these
1948 which read.: changes have but one justification, an aberrant
senseless ecumenism that will not attract a single
Since it appears that in some places, contrary Protestant to the Faith but will cause countless
to Canon Law and without permission of the Catholics to lose it, and it will Instill total confusion
Holy See, joint meetings of Catholics and non- in the minds of many more who will no longer know
Catholics have been held to discuss matters of what is true and what is false."
faith, all are reminded that canon 1325, section
3, forbids these meetings, without permission, The truth of the archbishop's words did not take
to laity, clerics and religious. Much less lawful long to appear. In England, Father Francis Ripley
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given the Eucharist receive it from priests acting
made an inquiry regarding an abrupt drop In conver- against the wishes of the Vatican are being
sions recorded at his Llverpool-based Catholic Infor- deliberately deceived. In point of fact, the Holy See
mation Center. found that "by tar the most issued a "directive," dated June 1, 1972 and entitled
outstanding reason mentioned in over half the let- Rerum Circumstantiis, which stated that
ters for the decline in converts Is judged to the ef-
fects of the Second Vatican Council.'' (10) admission to Catholic Eucharistic Com-
noted that, in seventy or more letters received, the munion is confined to particular cases of
writers felt that Vatican II "had the effect of leading those Christians who have a faith in the
the separated brethren (non-Catholic Christians) to sacrament in conformity with that of the
believe not only that one Church is as good as Church, who experience a serious
another but that we are coming to think that way
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also … ", and "that we will soon be prepared to give
. spiritual need for the haristic
substance, who for a prolonged period are
way on certain matters which we have previously unable to have recourse to a minister of
refused to compromise." (11) Finally, Fr. Ripley was their own community, and who ask for the
forced to draw the conclusion that, In the words of sacrament of their own accord; and all this
C. Stanley Lowell, potential converts lost interest provided that they have the proper disposi-
because they felt "the ecumenical movement would tions and lead lives worthy of a Christian.
lead to reunion between the churches so soon that ('13)
there would be no need to change." (12) In sum, the
impact that Vatican Council II had upon these souls
was to reassure them in the errors that the Church is The Holy Catholic Church has never once allowed,in
obliged to renounce! all of Her Illustrious history, those who are outside
the Mystical Body of Christ to partake of the most
It would take too long to list ail the abuses commit- Holy Sacrament, which is precisely why there is the
ted or condoned by the Conciliar hierarchy regarding careful distinction between Mass for "the
this problem, but a few of them are: "Masses" which Cathechumens" and Mass for "the Faithful". That
are "concelebrated" by Conciliar priests and Protes- the Conciliar Church permits false union In this way
tant ministers; use of Protestant Bible translations; is but another Indication of the sort of "leadership"
Conciliar-Anglican shared tabernacles (after
directing the lives of hundreds of millions of un·
"agreements" regarding the nature of the suspecting Catholics.
Eucharist); a church building jointly owned by
Presbyterians and Conciliar "Catholics"; Conciliar
"Catholics" In W.C.C. positions; Conciliar
theologians claiming to have discovered some great
"religious stature" In the person of Luther; a recita-
tion of Catholic "wrongs" regarding the Protestant The fact that non-Catholics are permitted to Com-
"Reformation"; non-Catholic input into the for- municate (receive communion) at the Novus Ordo
mulating of Conciliar policy; and intercommunion "Mass" Is a disclosure as to the nature of that ser-
with non-Catholics. The last in this list bears a little vice. Father David Knowles has asserted that the
closer scrutiny since it Is in open defiance to Canon revisions in the Novus Ordo were "made from
Law. 'ecumenical' rather than spiritual or liturg!cal
motives." These changes have given the "Mass" a
The intercommunion here is not Conciliar participa- look: so distinctively Protestant that It has been ac-
tion in non-Catholic services (although the dif- curately described as Anglo-Lutheran.
ficulties pertaining to this are being whittled away
too), but non-Catholic participation in the new
"Mass", Including Communion. In the True Mass we In their Study Mass, Car-
find two distinct sections: (I) Mass of the dinals and Ottavianl assail the Novus Ordo as
Catechumens; and {II) Mass of the Faithful. it "represents, as a whole and in detail, a striking
Significantly, the names have been changed in the departure from the Catholic theology of the Holy
Novus Ordo to (I) Liturgy of the Word; and (II) Mass as It was formulated in Session XXII of the
Liturgy of the Eucharist While the former indicates Council of Trent, which, by fixing definitely the
a clearly Catholic understanding of the the 'canons' of the rite, erected an insurmountable
latter may have either a Catholic or non-Catholic in- rler against any heresy which might attack the In·
terpretation, the point being that it would difficult tegrity of the Mystery." (14) An excellent case can
to designate the second half as a "Mass of the made that the whole purpose of the liturgical
Faithful" if non-Catholics are premitted to receive "reform" was simply to dissemble that "insurmoun-
Communion – while calling it the "Liturgy of the table barrier" established at Trent Protestant views
Eucharist" deftly sidesteps the issue. Moderate or of the Conciliar service certainly bear out such a
conservative members of the Conciliar Church who contention.
are under the impression that non-Catholics who are Continued on next page
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certain Conciliar authorities to surrender the
Let some of the Protestant leaders speak for Church's divine prerogatives in the name of better
themselves. Bishop John Moorman (Anglican) was relations with the Protestant and "Orthodox"
so pleased that he said "if the Church of Rome went denominations. Still more incredible is the move
on improving (sic) the Missal and Breviary long from such activities to panreligious activities (i.e.,
enough, they would one day invent the Book of Com- ecumenism with non-Christians).
mon Prayer (the Anglican service book)." (15)
Evangelical Christians have also approved, as A good example of a panreligious endeavor was
witnessed by statements by the "ultra-Protestant" reported in the Miami Herald (Florida) in an article
Church of the Confession of Augsburg and Pro- entitled "Christian clergy join temple's Seder ritual".
fessor M.G. Siegvalt, who explained that "nothing in In the article, which appeared on April 2, 1981,
the renewed Mass (sic) need really trouble the Herald religion writer Adon Taft tells us that half a
Evangelical Protestant." (16) Ecumenically-minded dozen Christian clergymen are to attend a Jewish
Lutherans and Methodists have also praised the passover service at a synagogue in nearby Hialeah.
Novus Ordo. Of the latter denomination, a most One of the six, a Father Thomas J. Ryanne, who is fur-
significant quote was that of Reverend D. Stacy, ther identified as pastor of St. John the Apostle
developer of the new Methodist service, who Catholic Church, will actively participate in "the role
perceives "a form of Eucharist in which all Chris- of the guest for the Seder", while the others will
tians might eventually subscribe." (17) "read appropriate passages from the Haggadah, the
Biblical passages and prayers used to tell the
All of this makes far more sense when it is Passover story." (Here we proceed into a most
remembered that the Consilium (Commission) form- unlikely aspect of ecumenism for the Christians are,
ed to "revise" the Mass consisted of six Protestant in a very real sense, being asked to participate in a
"observers", who were far more than mere spec- worship that denies the revelation of the Gospel)
tators. Here is another place where Catholics in the
Conciliar Church are being deceived. They are told This is far from the first time something of this
that the Protestants were simply "observers" – nature has occurred. The Trappist monk Thomas
which, officially, is true – but who had no real say or Merton ("Saint" Thomas Merton in Conciliar circles)
input into the forming of the Novus Ordo. But con- – seemingly dissatisfied with the great writings of
cealed from the average lay Catholic in the Conciliar the Catholic mystics like Saint Teresa of Avila, St.
Church was a clarification by Cardinal William John of the Cross, St. Bonaventure, to name a few –
Baum on the subject: "They are not simply there as spent the last years of his life promoting Zen Bud-
observers, but as consul!ants as well, and they par- dhist meditation as a viable aid to Christian prayer.
ticipate fully in the discussions on Catholic This was to facilitate, wrote Brother Merton, a pro-
nturglcal renewal. It wouldn't mean much if they just cess by which "we have begun to understand
listened, but they contributed." (18; emphasis add- Eastern religions so that we, in turn, might
ed) rediscover our Christianity."
The contribution of these six men is abundantly
Typical of this panreligious mentality is the
clear to anyone who makes the effort to compare the
Maryknoll Order. They say that they worship the
True Mass with that depressing replica that the Con-
same god as the Hindus. St. Francis Xavier was a
ciliar hierarchy passes off as an authentic Catholic
missionary to India, long before Maryl-moll, and he
liturgy to the unsuspecting. The very participation of
wrote that "all the invocations of the pagans (here
non-Catholics in a so-called liturgical renewal is
meaning Hindus) are hateful to God because all
enough in and of itself to cast a grave doubt on its
their gods are devils." Also, Maryknoll has said that
Catholicity. Indeed, as Archbishop Bugnini, chief
it worships the same god as the Brazilian "splritist"
Catholic developer of the Consilium's "reform", has
cults. Those cults are nothing more than the
maintained: "The liturgical reform is a major con-
Brazilian version of voodoo or devil worship.
quest of the Catholic Church and has its ecumenical
dimensions, since other Churches and Christian
denominations see in it not only something to be ad-
mired, but equally a sign of future progress to Notre Dame president Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, an
come." (19) A "major conquest of the Catholic ardent ecumenist and member of the conspiratorial
Church," but by whom? group for world government, the Council on Foreign
Relations, writes that he hopes that the ecumenical
movement will "bring together an even wider world
of religion in the broader ecumenism now burgeon-
ing between Christians and non-Christians."
From Panchristlanity to Panreligion
So far, we have only looked at one aspect of the
betrayal of Catholic teaching, that of the move by
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continued 011 11ext oaae
unwittingly, to support
much as in the
Let us realize duty we have
to inform Conciliar Church "Catholics" and others
and others like seek a communist involved in ecumenical movement of the ex-
that totally wipe out individual ceedingly danger this movement presents,
about a darkness. Obviously, it to warn them of drive for:
would madness to them any support in such A world Church, as a giant intermediary
an effort. toward the ultimate goal of a
Communist-control! godless
society … one which will be part of a one-
of Hell world government, a "new international
order". In that world Church, the Gospel
preached will be a Marxist-Socialist
In his important work, Conspiracy Against God And gospel, and the "moral observed
Man, Father Kelly us that of be the morality" of situation
the ecumenical movement was in in the ethics … (21)
late 1700's, and was linked with the subver-
sive forces which were condemned Rome for try-
(Footnotes on page 10)
ing to destroy a.II real religion and civil society. Its
goal was to replace Christianity, in stages, with
what was called "Philosophic Religion" (today
referred to as Secular Humanism), and this it would
do in the name of Christianity. When, in 1873, these
same forces – forerunners of modern Communism
You!
– continued their assault, Pope IX said that it
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the Antichrist, will include construction of a tion to our policy in this regard. The reason for
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encouraging response last
again, contributor was
we are so gratified with the support we have
with the·
in our which this support indicates
we want everyone to be aware our
fortune. is not to say or that we have
been with Hardly. the
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their are they 9
Footnotes ECUMENISM AND CHURCH – What Price
J .K. Weiskitte!
(Due to space considerations, only a partial listing of footnotes follows. Readers may contact the author through The Athanasian
for the other sources.}
L C. Stanley Lowell, The Ecumenical Mirage (Grand Rapids, Ml: 11. IBID.
Baker House, 1967) page 40.
12. lBID., page 51
2. W.C.C. Statement on Christian Unity; cited ibid., page 32.
13. cited, John A. Harden. S.J., Modern Catholic Dictionary
3. Donald Attwater, gen. ed., A Catholic Dictionary (NY: Mac- (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1980) page 283.
millan, 1942) page 386
14. cited, Michael Davies, Liturgical Revolution (Vol. 3 of 3
4. From Quanta Cura; Anne Freemantle, ed., The Papal En- volumes): Pope Paul's New Mass, page 261.
cyclicals (NY: New American library, 1963) pages 135-136.
15. IBID., page 257.
5. IBID., page 145.
16. IBID., page 264.
6. Felix Sarda Y Salvany, trans. and adapted by C.B. Pallan as
What's Liberalism? (Rockford, IL: TAN Books, 1979) page 14. 17. IBID., page 267.
7. Freemantle, op. cit., page 207. 18. IBID., page 586.
8. Yves M.J. Congar, O.P., trans. Philip Loretz, S.J., Dialogue Be- 19. IBID., page 81.
tween Christians: Catholic Contributions to Ecumenism
(Westminister, MD: Newman Press, 1966) page 8. 20. Alan Stang, "Crimes of the World Council of Churches",
American Opinion, January, 1982.
9. W.A. Purdy, The Church on the Move: The Character and
Policies of Pius XII and John XX/II (NY: John Day, 1966) page 277. 21. Francis E. Fenton, S.T.L., "Treason in the Churches", an
American Opinion reprint, 1972.
10. Lowell, op. cit, page 50
ay,
so
most
grace of God, we
it.
leled, a
race, yet, if
its very foundation and in attaining goal,
essentially no different crowning success; if one falls in his
other religious bodies around 10 been an total, irredeemable failure.
Correction
In the article, "A Sampling of Conciliar Church
Abominations", on page four of the previous PER STICKER
Issue of this newsletter (June 1, 1982), one item
related that a the Conciliar In red and black lettering on a white background, it
Church Archdiocese of Newark had attended a reads: "Traditional Catholics of America – Save the
Broadway play not ago which, he was quoted Traditional Mass". Also included is our TCA ad-
he enjoyed very much. The play, Sugar dress. The cost of these bumper stickers is two for
was described in the as "replete .00 (minimum order). The price covers postage,
nudity and illicit sex". A correspondent and payment must accompany order.
familiar with this particular production has
informed us that this is not true, that there is
neither nudity nor illicit sex in the play.
So, that no injustice be done to Bishop Garner
and also in the interest of accuracy, this correc-
tion would seem to be in order. One should not
conclude from these few words, however, that the
play is a morally acceptable one. It is objec-
tionable therefore, should not be attended by
anyone (including Bishop Gamer) desirous of sup-
porting and promoting only morally good and thor-
oughly wholesome entertainment.
It is a matter of concern to us that nothing be
presented as fact in the pages of this newsletter
unless It be such. If some article or item appears
which is a or an that is
always clearly indicated. Also, almost the entire
content of every issue is original material. Once in
a while a brief news item may be taken from some
publication as a filler. Such was the case
regarding the above-mentioned The incident
related appeared as a news report In a conser-
vative Conciliar Church newsletter. We assumed
the report was a factual one but it was not. Hence,
this correction and our apology.
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