Author Topic: 1973 film called "The Catholics" (Read 8541 times)

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2014, 06:37:55 AM »

I notice that I received many thumbs down. The movie was recommended by longtime tradcat who told me about movie.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2014, 08:27:27 AM »

BTNYC · « **Reply #7 on:** August 14, 2014, 08:43:48 AM »

Quote from: Viva Cristo Rey

I notice that I received many thumbs down. The movie was recommended by longtime tradcat who told me about movie.

Well, the movie ends with what is effectively the Gates of Hell triumphing over the Catholic Church.

The heretical priest orders the monks - the last orthodox Catholic clerics on earth - to stop offering the Latin Mass and to deny the dogma of the Real Presence. The Father Abbot, who has lost his faith, falsely places the virtue of obedience above the virtue of Faith and obeys the order to apostatize, and orders the monks to do likewise.

In the end, defense of the Catholic Faith is shown to be pointless and irrelevant, blind obedience is portrayed as virtuous and despairing existential terror wins the day.

So, while it might be a superficially attractive film for trads because it shows the NO in a bad light, the film does not follow that premise through by arguing on behalf of Catholic tradition. I'm not sure what it's arguing on behalf of, other than despair and agnosticism.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #8 on:** August 14, 2014, 11:23:00 AM »

No, I disagree. The Irish monks were already in trouble for disobeying and questioning the Abbot
Long before the arrival of the Vatican official. You can see that the Abbott is struggling with temptations being offered by the devil. Also, by the abbot remaining at the Monastery was a blessing because the replacement could have been worse. We see the monks praying and we see the Abbott trying to pray. As the monks are praying, we know God and our blessed Mother shall triumph in the end.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #9 on:** August 14, 2014, 11:31:37 AM »

The fictional movie was made in 1973 and it relates to what is happening in real life today.
The beginning of the movies is good. It shows The Latin Mass and it explains why the Latin Mass.

The person who wrote the book was struggling with his own faith.