Daniel 7:25; And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
The Catholic Church Never
Teaches Erroneous Doctrine
“...Not least among the
blessings which have resulted from the public and legitimate honor paid to the
Blessed Virgin and the saints is the perfect and perpetual immunity of the
Church from error and heresy. We may well admire in this the admirable wisdom of
the Providence of God, who, ever bringing good out of evil, has from time to
time suffered the faith and piety of men to grow weak, and allowed Catholic
truth to be attacked by false doctrines, but always with the result that truth
has afterwards shone out with greater splendor, and that men's faith, aroused
from its lethargy, has shown itself more vigorous than before.”His Holiness
Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas, Encyclical on the Feast of Christ the King, December
11, 1925, #22.
"For both the juridical
mission of the Church, and the power to teach, govern and administer the
Sacraments, derive their supernatural efficacy and force of the building up of
the body of Christ from the fact that Jesus Christ, hanging on the Cross,
opened up to His Church the fountain of those divine gifts, which prevent her
from ever teaching false doctrine and enable her to rule them for the salvation
of their souls through divinely enlightened pastors and to bestow on them an
abundance of heavenly graces." Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi (On
the Mystical Body of Christ), Encyclical promulgated on June 29, 1943, #31.
"Therefore, let those who
wish to be saved come to this pillar, to this foundation of the truth which is
the Church; let them come to the true Church of Christ which, in her Bishops
and in the Roman Pontiff, the supreme head of all, possesses the uninterrupted
succession of apostolic authority, which has never had anything more closely at
heart than to preach, to preserve, and to defend with all her strength the
doctrine announced but the Apostles on the order of Jesus Christ;
who...strengthened by the testimony and the wise writings of the Fathers, has
sent down roots and still flourishes in all the countries of the earth,
brilliant in the perfect unity of her faith, of the sacraments and of her
spiritual sacred government....Let all those who oppose Us remember that heaven
and earth will pass away, but that not one of Christ's words can pass away,
that nothing can be changed in the doctrine which the Catholic Church has
received from Jesus Christ to preserve, to defend, and to preach." Pope
Pius IX, in 1847, (quoted in "Papal Teachings: The Church", by the
Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. 196).
"And just as this one
Church cannot err in faith or morals..." The Catechism of Trent, Article
IX : "I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church; The Communion of
Saints".
The Catholic Church Will
Never Change Any of its Doctrinal Beliefs
"The
faith shall never vary in any age, for one is the faith which justifies the
Just of all ages. It is unlawful to differ even by a single word from apostolic
doctrine." Pope St. Leo the Great, Magno Munere, Epistle 82 to Emperor
Marcian, PL 54; FOC, pp.113, 356; Sermon LXIII, PL 54:353; SS, vol. 2, p. 150,
(quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book of
Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No
Alteration Whatsoever").
"The Catholic Faith is
such that nothing can be added to it, nothing taken away. Either it is held in
its entirety, or rejected totally. This is the Catholic faith, which, unless a
man believes faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved." Pope Benedict XV,
Ad Beatissimi, PTC:761, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone,
Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The
Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration Whatsoever").
"Nothing can ever pass
away from the words of Jesus Christ, nor can anything be changed which the
Catholic Church received from Christ to guard, protect, and preach." Pope
Pius IX, Ubi Primum, quoted in "Our Glorious Popes", published by
Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cambridge, MA: 1955, p. 157, (quoted in
The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental
Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration
Whatsoever").
"Nothing ever changes in
the eternal Catholic doctrine." Pope John Paul II, LOR, #49, December 9,
1992, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The
Book of Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit
No Alteration Whatsoever").
"Nothing new is to be
allowed, for nothing can be added to the old. Look for the faith of the elders,
and do not let our faith be disturbed by a mixture of new doctrines." Pope
St. Sixtus III, De Jejun., sermon CXXIX; also Epistle to John of Antioch,
VIII:7, FOC, p.,185-186, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone,
Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The
Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration Whatsoever").
"Let nothing of the truths
that have been defined be lessened, nothing altered, nothing added; but let
them be preserved intact in word and in meaning." Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari
Vos, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book
of Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No
Alteration Whatsoever").
"For it is not allowable
for anyone to change even one word nor allow one syllable to be passed
over..." St. Cyril of Alexandria, Epistle 55, PG 77:292, (quoted in The
Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental
Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration
Whatsoever").
"Wherefore, if there be
revealed to us anything new or different, we must in no way give consent to it,
not even though it were spoken by an angel." St. John of the Cross,
"The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, rev. ed., Washington: ICS
Publications, Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1991, (quoted in The Apostolic
Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental Excuses",
Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration Whatsoever").
"Under no circumstances
can we conceive of the possibility of change, of evolution, or of any
modification in matters of faith. The Creed remains always the same."
(Pope Paul VI, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6:
"The Book of
Sentimental
Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration
Whatsoever").
"The faith which God has
revealed has not been proposed like a theory of philosophy, to be elaborated
upon by human understanding, but as a divine deposit to be faithfully guarded
and infallibly declared. Therefore, that sense of sacred dogmas is to be kept
forever which Holy Mother Church has once declared, and it must never be
deviated from on the specious pretext of a more profound understanding. Let
intelligence, and science, and wisdom increase, but only according to the same
dogma, the same sense, the same meaning. If anyone shall have said that there
may ever be attributed to the doctrines proposed by the Church a sense which is
different from the sense which the Church has once understood and now
understands: let him be anathema." First Vatican Council, Dogmatic
Constitution on the Catholic Faith, ch. 4, DNZ:1800; "On Faith," ch.
4, Canon 3, DNZ:1818, (quoted in The Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book
6: "The Book of Sentimental Excuses", Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of
Faith Admit No Alteration Whatsoever").
"Our faith is identical
with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
We must hold this for certain: that the faith of the people at the present day
is one with the faith of the people of past centuries. Were this not true, then
we would be in a different church than they and, literally, the Church would
not be One." St. Thomas Aquinas, On the Truth of the Catholic Faith, Q.
#14, art. 12, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955, (quoted in The Apostolic
Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 6: "The Book of Sentimental Excuses",
Chapter 4: "The Dogmas of Faith Admit No Alteration Whatsoever").
The Catholic Church Can
Never Fall From God's Grace
"To the one true
(Catholic) Church of Christ, We say, that stands forth before all, and that by
the will of its Founder will remain forever the same as when He Himself established
it for the salvation of all mankind.
The Mystical Spouse of Christ
has in the course of the centuries remained unspotted, nor can it ever be
contaminated." Pope Pius XI, Pontifex Maximus, in Mortalium Animos (The
Promotion of True Religious Unity), Encyclical promulgated on January 6, 1928.
"The Spouse of Christ
cannot commit adultery; she is incorrupt and modest, she knows one house, she
guards with chaste modesty the holiness of one room." St. Cyprian, De
Cath. Ecclesiae Unitate, #6 (Quoted by Pope Pius XI, Pontifex Maximus, in
Mortalium Animos (The Promotion of True Religious Unity), Encyclical
promulgated on January 6, 1928.
The Catholic Church is
Superior to Any Head of Government
"[It is error to believe
that] Kings and princes are not only exempt from the jurisdiction of the
Church, but are superior to the Church in deciding questions of
jurisdiction." Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864,
Section VI, Errors About Civil Society, Considered Both in Itself and in its
Relation to the Church, #54.
The Laws of the Catholic
Church Take Precedence Over Any Civil Laws
"[It
is error to believe that] In the case of conflicting laws enacted by the two
powers (Church and civil), the civil law prevails." Pope Pius IX, The
Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section VI, Errors About Civil Society,
Considered Both in Itself and in its Relation to the Church, # 42.
The Catholic Church and the
State Are to be Combined, NOT Separated
"[It is error to believe
that] The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the
Church." Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section
VI, Errors About Civil Society, Considered Both in Itself and in its Relation
to the Church, #55.
None of the Doctrines of the
Catholic Church Are Founded Upon the Scriptures
"The doctrines of the
Catholic Church are entirely independent of Holy Scripture." Familiar
Explanation of Catholic Doctrine, Rev. M. Muller, p.151.
When You Become a Member of
the Catholic Church, You Are to Give Up Your Reasoning Powers and Obey Blindly
Without Listening to Your Conscience
“Once he does so (joins the
Catholic church), he has no further use for his reason. He enters the Church,
an edifice illumined by the superior light of revelation and faith. He can
leave reason like a lantern at the door.” Explanation of Catholic Morals, A
Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals, by John H.
Stapleton, p 76, Benziger Brothers, NY, 1913.
"Obey blindly , that is,
without asking reasons. Be careful, then, never to examine the directions of
your confessor....In a word, keep before your eyes this great rule, that in
obeying your confessor you obey God. Force yourself then, to obey him in spite
of all fears. And be persuaded that if you are not obedient to him it will be
impossible for you to go on well; but if you obey him you are secure. But you
say, if I am damned in consequence of obeying my confessor, who will rescue me
from hell? What you say is impossible." St. Alphonsus De Liguori, True
Spouse of Christ, p 352, Benziger Brothers, NY.
"There is only one remedy
for this evil (an over scrupulous conscience), and that remedy is absolute and
blind obedience to a prudent director. Choose one, consult him as often as you
desire, but do not leave him for another. Then submit punctiliously to his
direction. His conscience must be yours for the time being. And if you should
err in following him, God will hold him, and not you responsible." Explanation
of Catholic Morals, A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic
Morals, by John H. Stapleton, p 24, Benziger Brothers, NY, 1913.
No One Should Have the
Freedom to Choose What Non-Catholic Religion They Consider to be True
"[It
is error to believe that] every man is free to embrace and profess that
religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true."
Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section III,
Indifferentism, Latitudinarianism, #15.
"[It is error to believe
that] Hence it has been wisely decided by law, in some Catholic countries, that
persons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the public exercise of their own
peculiar worship." Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864,
Section X, Errors Having Reference to Modern Liberalism, #78.
No One Should Have the
Freedom to Express, or Publish, His Non-Catholic Religious Beliefs
"[It is error to believe
that] Moreover, it is false that the civil liberty of every form of worship,
and the full power, given to all, of overtly and publicly manifesting any
opinions whatsoever and thoughts, conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and
minds of the people, and to propagate the pest of indifferentism." Pope
Pius IX, The Syllabus (of Errors), Issued in 1864, Section X, Errors Having
Reference to Modern LiberalismI, #79.
"This shameful font of
indifferentism gives rise to that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims
that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone. It spreads ruin in
sacred and civil affairs, though some repeat over and over again with the
greatest impudence that some advantage accrues to religion from it....a
pestilence more deadly to the state than any other. Experience shows, even from
earliest times, that cities renowned for wealth, dominion, and glory perished
as a result of this single evil, namely immoderate freedom of opinion, license
of free speech, and desire for novelty.
"Here We must include that
harmful and never sufficiently denounced freedom to publish any writings
whatever and disseminate them to the people, which some dare to demand and
promote with so great a clamor. We are horrified to see what monstrous
doctrines and prodigious errors are disseminated far and wide in countless
books, pamphlets, and other writings which, though small in weight, are very
great in malice." Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos (On Liberalism and
Religious Indifferentism), Encyclical promulgated on August 15, 1832, #14 &
15.
The Catholic Church Has the
Right to Use Power to Force Obedience
"[It is error to believe
that] The (Catholic) Church has not the power of using force, nor has she any
temporal power, direct or indirect." Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus (of
Errors), Issued in 1864, Section V, Errors Concerning the Church and Her
Rights, #24.
The Catholic Church Alone is
the Hope, Salvation, and Refuge of the Christian
"Do not hold aloof from
the Church; for nothing is stronger than the Church. The Church is thy hope,
thy salvation, thy refuge." St. John Chrysostom, Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers, Series I, Vol. IX, Introduction to the Two Homilies on Eutropius,
Homily II.
"He who thinks he can
remain a Christian by his own efforts, deserting the institutional bonds of the
visible hierarchical Church, is deceiving himself. The fact remains that God
established His Church as a bridge over which we must pass, leading
from our
unhappy lot to His salvation." Pope Paul VI, Mystici Corporis, PTC:1022
ff. 59, (quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 4: "The Book
of Christians", Chapter 1: "Only Catholics Can Be Christians").
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