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Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
« Reply #150 on: January 02, 2023, 07:01:10 PM »
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  • Assuming that "Lord, I love you" being his last words were not fake news (very common from the Vatican deceivers), indeed some emotional movement of love by itself does not suffice for salvation, but only supernatural charity rooted in supernatural faith.  He did have nearly a decade to reflect upon his errors, and it's always possible that he was enlightened about them before he died, and I sincerely hope that he was.

    If he had had true faith and supernatural charity, it is my pious belief that God would have straightened him out and converted him to reject the Conciliar Church and Vatican II ... unless there was some other impediment at work there that would have prevented him from receiving those graces of state, i.e. if he is not a valid bishop, and therefore incapable of serving as bishop of Rome.  That is one working theory of mine, that Cardinal Siri was the legitimate pope until his death in 1989, obstructing the elections of Roncalli, Montini, and Wojtyla, while with Ratzinger and Bergoglio, they weren't valid bishops (and Bergoglio perhaps not even a valid priest), and so could not exercise at least the teaching authority of the papacy (since only bishops can be part of the Ecclesia Docens).  This actually coincides with the Dimond interpretation of the 7 heads of the Beast, that they represent the 7 priest kings of the Vatican State, from Pius XI (when the Vatican State was created as a "priestly kingdom") through Benedict XVI, but that Bergoglio is not counted as an 8th, since he's not a priest and can't even hold that office.

    Of course, the other theory is that Joseph Ratzinger was an infiltrator and conscious destroyer who was acting deliberately to attack the Church.  Even in that case, I pray that he converted before death.  One particular incident makes me believe that he was in this last category, namely, his obvious deception regarding the Fatima Secret.  There's no doubt but that they lied and then fabricated their phony interpretation of it.  That takes deliberate mendacity.

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #151 on: January 02, 2023, 07:04:15 PM »
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  • I would love to see that letter. 😂

    You mean the one from the Dimond Brothers?  Yes, it was a doozy, and I'm not 100% sure I kept it, as this was quite a few years ago now, but even if I could find it, I would have the respect not to reveal something that was intended to be private correspondence without their consent.


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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #152 on: January 02, 2023, 07:08:40 PM »
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  • You mean the one from the Dimond Brothers?  Yes, it was a doozy, and I'm not 100% sure I kept it, as this was quite a few years ago now, but even if I could find it, I would have the respect not to reveal something that was intended to be private correspondence without their consent.

    I wrote that with my “tongue in my cheek”, but seriously, they mince no words. They are like robots, they seem to have no feelings or emotions.
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #153 on: January 02, 2023, 07:14:25 PM »
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  • I wrote that with my “tongue in my cheek”, but seriously, they mince no words. They are like robots, they seem to have no feelings or emotions.
    Not to derail the thread, but, upon further reflection of the more recent videos where Bro. Peter is visible: he gives the impression that he has some form of autism (or aspergers). I don't say this to slander him, but his speech patterns, mannerisms, and hyper-focus on specific issues come across as at least some sort of high-functioning autism.
    "Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." [Matt. 6:34]

    "In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." [Ecclus. 7:40]

    "A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon." [Ecclus. 27:12]

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #154 on: January 02, 2023, 07:19:36 PM »
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  • Of all these, only the Dimond Brothers responded ... although they did excoriate me for my errors.
    :laugh1:
    It wouldn't be the Dimond Brothers if they didn't find something heretical in what you say. Nothing gets by them!


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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #155 on: January 02, 2023, 07:29:27 PM »
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  • Not to derail the thread, but, upon further reflection of the more recent videos where Bro. Peter is visible: he gives the impression that he has some form of autism (or aspergers). I don't say this to slander him, but his speech patterns, mannerisms, and hyper-focus on specific issues come across as at least some sort of high-functioning autism.
    I was thinking the same thing. Honestly I think it works in his favor for his apostolate in a lot of cases because he has such a high attention to detail and cares not for if his words offend others as long as they are the truth to him. A big reason that I got started on my journey to Catholicism in the first place was because of Peter Dimond's docuмentary on Pastor Steven Anderson, which had a level of bluntness and intensity that reached a stubborn person like me from the Bible Belt in a way that other Catholic apologists would have struggled to.

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #156 on: January 02, 2023, 07:43:49 PM »
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  • Thank you. Let’s face it, the guy was rotten. With his numerous false teachings he led MANY souls to Hell. Sorry to offend his supporters, but the man wasn’t a Catholic. He was a pertinacious manifest heretic. There, I said it! It is very very very unlikely that he repented and was saved.
    No...thank YOU. 

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #157 on: January 02, 2023, 07:47:30 PM »
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  • It seems to me that there are only two explanations for the behavior of Ratzinger
    over the course of his life.
    1. He was deceived into thinking that the Catholic Church truly needed a type of
    reformation to remain relevant in an age of so much scientific advancement and social
    change/discord. It had been a century that saw everything from Darwinism, Marxism, Feminism,
    mass media, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and worst of all...rap music(just joking).
    Ecuмenicism seemed to offer a viable path to heal the divisions among all the different
    faiths. He therefore saw himself, and likeminded men in the hierarchy, as altruistic in their motivations.
    If this were indeed the case then he would be less likely to repent of his errors because he didn't view 
    them as errors.
    2. His actions were guided by a diabolical desire to subvert the Church from within by sowing
    as much confusion as possible. The external church would remain with its magnificent buildings
    and infrastructure but would teach a new doctrine. It would be a counterfeit that would fool 99%
    of Catholics.
    It may seem incomprehensible why someone would dedicate their lives to such an endeavor but
    we know that scores of people have done just that since the French Revolution. 
    To repent of this Ratzinger would have had to acknowledge the enormity of his betrayal of Christ, something
    not even Judas could bear to live with. From everything I have read about his retirement he seemed
    quite at ease with himself. He certainly never gave any hint of repudiating his garbage books and
    heretical statements. 
    And I don't buy for a second that he was held captive and unable to address the outside world.




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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #158 on: January 02, 2023, 10:14:47 PM »
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  • While I do believe this talk needs to me moved elsewhere, Here is a talk from Fr. Gregory Hesse S.T.D., J.C.D., S.T.L., J.C.L. from back in 1997. I think he describes the current state of the popes pretty well.

    If somebody wants to shoot me from a window with a rifle, Nobody can stop it, so why worry about it? - John F. Kennedy, The Morning of November 22nd, 1963.

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #159 on: January 03, 2023, 02:31:10 AM »
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  • SSPX Cebu has done remarkably well to have discovered a Collect for a deceased "Pope Emeritus" (from the Dead Sea Trolls?)


    St. Pius V Church - Umapad, Mandaue City, Cebu (Facebook)



    Collect for a deceased Pope
    Deus, qui inter summos sacerdotes famulum tuum Benedictus Papa Emerito Decimo Sexto ineffabili tua dispositione connumerari voluisti: praesta quasumus; ut qui Unigeniti Filii tui vices in terris, sanctorum tuorum Pontificuм consortio perpetuo aggregetur. Per eumdem Dominum Nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecuм vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula, saeculorum. Amen.

    O God, by whose favor Thy Servant Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was raised to the dignity of sovereign pontiff, grant, we Beseech Thee, that he may be admitted to the eternal society of Thy holy pontiffs in Heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who livest and reignest in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.




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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #160 on: January 03, 2023, 04:31:11 AM »
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  • SSPX Cebu has done remarkably well to have discovered a Collect for a deceased "Pope Emeritus" (from the Dead Sea Trolls?)


    St. Pius V Church - Umapad, Mandaue City, Cebu (Facebook)



    Collect for a deceased Pope
    Deus, qui inter summos sacerdotes famulum tuum Benedictus Papa Emerito Decimo Sexto ineffabili tua dispositione connumerari voluisti: praesta quasumus; ut qui Unigeniti Filii tui vices in terris, sanctorum tuorum Pontificuм consortio perpetuo aggregetur. Per eumdem Dominum Nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecuм vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula, saeculorum. Amen.

    O God, by whose favor Thy Servant Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was raised to the dignity of sovereign pontiff, grant, we Beseech Thee, that he may be admitted to the eternal society of Thy holy pontiffs in Heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who livest and reignest in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
    Apparently it came from a Collect for deceased popes. https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2009/08/the-traditional-funeral-rites-for.html

    Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed


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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #161 on: January 03, 2023, 06:12:53 AM »
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  • All I read outside of CIF is Ratzinger the pope going straight to a special place in heaven. And why not, didn't he teach everyone of every faith heaven awaited them.

    Which brings me to the sin of presumption. 'Pope Francis prays for Benedict’s ‘passage’ to heaven during New Year’s Day homily' says the New York Times headlines.

    No doubt that presumption sin is now to presume someone doesn't go to heaven. Why did the Lord allow his vicars on Earth to teach error. Any Protestant looking on at the chaos of Catholicism for the last 100 years must think they made the right choice. Watch as hundreds of thousands honour the body of a heretic teacher as a saint already in Heaven while his Modernism goes on and on. Any atheist in the know must be laughing at the situation.

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #162 on: January 03, 2023, 07:02:28 AM »
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  • Hey, cucks, Shame on anyone who asserts that this Whore of Babylon is in fact the Holy Catholic Church, the bride of Christ.

    Pretty sure that Jack Chick would have agreed with much of what you say. He was a big proponent of referring to the church in Rome as "The Whore of Babylon."
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #163 on: January 03, 2023, 07:52:56 AM »
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  • All I read outside of CIF is Ratzinger the pope going straight to a special place in heaven. And why not, didn't he teach everyone of every faith heaven awaited them.

    Which brings me to the sin of presumption. 'Pope Francis prays for Benedict’s ‘passage’ to heaven during New Year’s Day homily' says the New York Times headlines.

    No doubt that presumption sin is now to presume someone doesn't go to heaven. Why did the Lord allow his vicars on Earth to teach error. Any Protestant looking on at the chaos of Catholicism for the last 100 years must think they made the right choice. Watch as hundreds of thousands honour the body of a heretic teacher as a saint already in Heaven while his Modernism goes on and on. Any atheist in the know must be laughing at the situation.
    It's beyond offensive to see them bring his body into St Peter's Square.  Too bad if some think that's too blunt and unfeeling at this time.

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    Re: Benedict XVI dead at 95
    « Reply #164 on: January 03, 2023, 08:13:37 AM »
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  • It's beyond offensive to see them bring his body into St Peter's Square.  Too bad if some think that's too blunt and unfeeling at this time.
    I agree, unless it's for the purpose of another Cadaver Synod