In his Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivificantem, No. 38, Pope John Paul II says, "The analysis of sin in its original dimension indicates that, through the influence of the 'father of lies,'* throughout the history of humanity there will be a constant pressure on man to reject God, even to the point of hating him: 'Love of self to the point of contempt for God,' as Saint Augustine puts it. Man will be inclined to see in God primarily a limitation of himself, and not the source of his own freedom and the fullness of good. We see this confirmed in the modern age, when the atheistic ideologies seek to root out religion on the grounds that religion causes the radical 'alienation' of man, as if man were dispossessed of his own humanity when, accepting the idea of God, he attributes to God what belongs to man, and exclusively to man! Hence a process of thought and historico-sociological practice in which the rejection of God has reached the point of declaring his 'death.' An absurdity, both in concept and expression! But the ideology of the 'death of God' is more a threat to man, as the Second Vatican Council indicates when it analyzes the question of the 'independence of earthly affairs' and writes: 'For without the Creator the creature would disappear...when God is forgotten the creature itself grows unintelligible.' The ideology of the 'death of God' easily demonstrates in its effects that on the 'theoretical and practical' levels it is the ideology of the 'death of man.'" (Citing Gaudium et Spes, No. 36).
"That which seems to Us not only the greatest evil but the root of all
evil is this: often the lie is substituted for the truth, and is then used as
an instrument of dispute. On the part of not a few religion is passed by as a
thing of no importance, and elsewhere absolutely prohibited in family and
social life as a remnant of ancient superstitions; public and private atheism
is exalted in such a way that God and His law are being abolished, and morals
no longer have any foundation. The Press also too often vulgarly reviles
religious feeling, while it does not hesitate to spread the most shameful
obscenities, agitating and with incalculable harm leading into vice tender
childhood and betrayed youth.
By means of false promises a people is deceived and provoked to hatred,
rivalry and rebellion, especially when the hereditary faith, the only relief
in this earthly exile, is successfully torn from its heart. Disturbances,
riots and revolts are organized and fomented in continuing series, which
prepare for the ruin of the economy and cause irreparable harm to the common
good.
We must above all deplore with overwhelming sadness that in not a few
nations the rights of God, Church and human nature itself are outraged and
trampled upon" (Pope Pius XII, Anni Sacri, Nos. 3-5).
* John 8:44
2 comments:
Evidence of diabolical disorientation:
http://queeringthechurch.com/
2013/09/06/pope-francis-your-homosexuality-it-doesnt-matter/
Paul, could you please publish the Apocalyptic message given by Our Lady of La Salette who's Feast Day it is today : "Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the antichrist"
Thank you. Keep up the good work !!!!!
Rita
Post a Comment