The Answer to Heresy

I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.

On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death. For Jerome commenting on Gal. 5:9, "A little leaven," says: "Cut off the decayed flesh, expel the mangy sheep from the fold, lest the whole house, the whole paste, the whole body, the whole flock, burn, perish, rot, die. Arius was but one spark in Alexandria, but as that spark was not at once put out, the whole earth was laid waste by its flame."

Saint Thomas Aquinas- ST: SS Q[11] A[3]


Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Cardinal George, Stop the Liturgical Destruction Being Caused by Fr. Pfleger!

Most of us have heard of the famous Fr. Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina parish in Chicago. (The website titles it, "The Faith community of St. Sabina".) After being "reprimanded" by Cardinal George a couple of years ago for his political rants, nothing has really changed. In fact, there is a documentary out now that glorifies him and his actions against Holy Mother Church. One of the telling signs that you have a heretic on your hands is not only what he says, but what he does. It is apparent that Pfleger has no reverence for Our Lord in the Eucharist and it shows in the way he allows the liturgy to unfold at his parish. Watch this video here. To save you from having to endure the entire charade, go to about the 20 min mark of the video and you will see some of what goes on at his parish. What happens on the video is strictly forbidden by Holy Mother Church. If you want to see their liturgical dance, go to about the 14 min mark of this video. This pestilence is all over the web and yet his bishop does nothing! This is yet another example of the corruption in the Church today. The heretic can advertise his heresy and his liturgical destruction for the world to see, and yet the bishops are silent. Who is bolder, the heretics or the faithful? Heads should roll over this sickening display of this mocking of Our Lord in the Eucharist! Cardinal George, time to be bold!

Latin phrase for today.
Audaces fortuna iuvat - Fortune favors the bold.
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