Union among the faithful is based on care for the marginalized

Posted on August 25, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of Trent, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Council of Trent, Evangelization, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Pastoral, Paul VI, Pius X, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

On the day of the spectacular descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Apostles were so filled with strength and courage, that Saint Peter went out and converted three thousand people that very day with his preaching. From these conversions we have the first ecclesial testimony: ‘They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life. […] All who believed were together and had all things in common’ (Acts 2: 42–44). Continue Reading

Amoris Laetitia… Does Francis have affinity with the Jovinian heresy?

Posted on August 7, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Benedict XVI, Council of Trent, John Paul II, Paul VI, Religious Life, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Cyprian of Carthage, St. Jerome, Vatican Council II.

In a previous study, we analyzed a reference that Francis presented in number 159 of Amoris Laetitia. Taken from a catechesis of Pope John Paul II, July 14, 1982, this reference was truncated in its essential theological dimension. Consequently, having silenced what Pope John Paul II had affirmed in recalling that virginity and celibacy are based on an option for the sake of the “kingdom of Heaven” (Mt 19:12), Francis prompts a one-sided interpretation.Continue Reading

Doctrinal and moral principles: contrary to the ‘fragrance’ and ‘freshness’ of the Gospel message?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Moral, Paul VI, Pius X, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint John Chrysostom, Sin, Thomas Aquinas.

Negative precepts play an important role in moral formation. They remind us that we are limited, dependent and sinful beings, made to lovingly obey an absolute Being who created us and governs us according to his most wise designs. Continue Reading

Francis, his much-touted mercy, and the plan to extend it to Judaism and Islam

Posted on July 6, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of Trent, Ecumenism, John Paul II, Paul VI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

When reading the Holy Scriptures, people with limited vision could conclude that, in the Old Testament, God was strictly justice: He seems to be an almighty God who made Sinai quake (Ex 19:18), who opened the earth to swallow up the rebels (Num 16: 1–35), a God of vengeance (Ps 94:1) who struck Uzzah dead for having touched the Ark of the Covenant to steady it (2Sam 6: 1–9).Continue Reading

The Church has defects???

Posted on July 1, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Dogma, Ecclesiology, Gregory XVI, John Paul II, Paul VI, Vatican Council II.

“Do we love the Church as we love our mothers, also taking into account her defects?” This question proffered by Francis, reveals the high concept he has of the institution he governs. The defects of the Church? What is he referring to? Didn’t Saint Paul proclaim her to be “without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish” (Eph 5:27)? Continue Reading

Francis and the new cultural synthesis: a departure from the Catholic Faith?

Posted on June 22, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Encounter, John Paul II, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius XI, Pius XII, Pontifical Council for Culture, Sacred Scripture.

In our day, marked by the welcoming of migrants and the ‘collaborating with people who think differently,’ many may be shocked at the words of the Angelic Doctor: ‘Man’s relations with foreigners are twofold: peaceful, and hostile’ (I-II, 105, a.3)Continue Reading

More bergoglian exegetical novelties: John the Baptist doubted that Jesus was the Messiah!

Posted on June 15, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Exegesis, John Paul II, John XXIII, Paul VI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, Saint John Chrysostom.

Was John the Baptist a man of misgivings or a living torch of conviction? Let’s take a look at how the Gospels sketch him.Continue Reading

The reform of the Church that Francis wishes: is the truth of the faith taken into account?

Posted on June 10, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XV, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, Paul VI, Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Let’s imagine a ship from the era of the explorers, manned by valiant souls, setting off on a noble mission – to bring the treasure of the faith and civilization to distant, inhospitable lands. Their endeavors would not only win them earthly glory but, above all, a heavenly reward for having opened wide the doors of Redemption to numerous souls.Continue Reading

Should a Catholic believe wholly in the Truth of the Church? Or should he exclaim like Pilate: “What is Truth”?

Posted on May 9, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Code of Canon Law, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ecumenism, John Paul II, Paul VI, Pius IX, Pius XI, Pius XII, Saint Cyprian of Carthage, Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

When Pilate, with reverential fear, asked Christ about his sovereignty, he answered: ‘You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice’ (Jn 18:37) Was Our Lord perhaps being a fundamentalist in making this affirmation with so much conviction and resolve? Since he is God, made man, the Truth in substance, he could not have acted differently.Continue Reading

‘God judges us by loving us’ – Oh, really?

Posted on May 7, 2016 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Christology, Congregation for the Clergy, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, John Paul II, Paul VI, Sacred Scripture, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Vatican Council II.

“The Cross is the word through which God has responded to evil in the world.” With these words, Francis closed his first Way of the Cross in the Coliseum as Bishop of Rome, during a brief speech that foreshadowed his future preaching centered on pardon and mercy. The Pontiff explained, in an original manner, the meaning of the immolation of the Lamb of God, who had offered his life on the Cross to transmit a word of love, stronger than that of justice.Continue Reading

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