https://archive.org/stream/huttongibson_robberchurch_book/huttongibson_robberchurch_book_djvu.txtThe following is the original English text- which I post here because the previous post was translated from Polish.The Law of "Little by Little"
Veteran revolutionaries and conspirators know that the law of life is the law of
gradualism. Sudden, unexpected and radical changes are never accepted
willingly by "the people." The only reliable technique, psychologically, -- that is,
short of physical violence -- is that of "little by little," starting with the foot in the
door.
Prior to the enforcement of some drastic change there are nearly always
some minor and related changes leading up to it. Often some hints and
suggestions, made publicly, concerning the possibility of the intended change
serve as a sounding board, and these are known as "trial balloons." The theory
is to "send it up" and see whether or not anyone bothers to shoot at it. This
determines the pulse of - "the people" or the "trend of public opinion," and if there
is no shooting at the trial balloon then it is considered safe to go ahead with the
innovation. After all has been accomplished and a respectable waiting period
has been observed, candid remarks can be made, such as that of Cardinal
Heenan's: "If all the changes had been introduced together you would have been
shocked." ( The Tablet, London, Oct. 11, 1969, p.1010).
A valuable feature of this technique of gradualism is that at each new step a
certain precedent is established, one which at a later time can be referred to as a
support for the more advanced changes. Thus, after the serious and invalidating
mutilations of the Mass had already been made, it was of no avail to point out to
the "new robbers" the decree Quo Primum or to insist upon the unchangeable
nature of the Canon of the Mass, for they could readily refer to good Pope John
who, by personally inserting the name of St. Joseph in the Canon had been the
very first person ever to change it. This argument, of course, is supposed to be
"unanswerable."
Planned confusion is part of the program of the Robber Church. Nowadays, in
truth, no one of the bamboozled "People of God" knows what to expect next.
The conditioning for change has been so thorough that "the people" will accept
anything. A major success of the Robber Church, one achieved quite early in the
game, was to accustom the "People of God" to the idea of "the mystery" of the
Church, a Church in flux, a Church always changing to adapt itself to the needs
of the "modern world," a Church on the move. Why do you think we hear so
often the words " Pilgrim Church"? What, after all, is the definition of pilgrim ?
The continual journeying after novelties is the mark of a frivolous mind, but at this
point even among the erstwhile more solid and faithful members of the "People of
God" the itch for change has spread like a most contagious infection. The
Robber Church banked on this happening, so that with the passage of time the
potential opposition would be kept to a minimum. The program, viewed as a
whole, is geared to condition the entire Church, from the highest ranking prelate
to the lowliest layperson, to accept the brand new Church, no questions asked.
Call it what you will: the Robber Church, the Ecuмenical Church, the WCC, the
Universal Church of "Operation 76," etc. Regardless of its name, it is the
apostate Church of Antichrist. This is what St. Pius X warned of and foretold:
"Their real aims, their plots, the line they are following are well known to all of
you, ... What they propose is a UNIVERSAL APOSTASY, worse still than the one
which threatened the century of Charles (Borromeo), worse from the fact that it
creeps insidious and hidden in the very veins of the Church ... (O)f both revolts
the ways are hidden and darksome... Truly a spectacle full of sadness for the
present and of menace for the future." (Encyclical Editae Saepe, 1910).
Living daily in this chaotic "anything goes" atmosphere, a person's perceptual
powers get dimmed, so that eventually the obfuscated mind simply cannot
discern legitimate change from illegitimate change. (Of course, there is also
most probably a certain failure to cooperate with grace.) Admittedly, many of the
robbers' changes were, strictly speaking, legitimate; that is, the true Church
would have had the power and the right to make them. However, the true
Church, guided and enlightened by the Holy Ghost, would never have actually
attempted such ѕυιcιdє. Few today, among the hierarchy and the clergy, can
distinguish - or care to distinguish, for it is "academic" -- between those things
which the Catholic Church has the power to change and those things which even
the Church and the Pope are forbidden to touch, for example, the substance of
the Sacraments (see Has The Church The Righf? by P.H. Omlor). Later on in
the future -- this is coming, for the omens are unmistakable clear--the "Catholic
Church" will join the World Council of Churches. The time was, not too long ago,
when every Catholic would have understood that such is impossible and is
tantamount to apostasy. All those of the "People of God" who, when the time
comes, have not yet realized the existence and true nature of the Robber Church
will be led, unwittingly or not, on to the path of universal apostasy foretold by St.
Pius X. For it will not be and canncA be the true Catholic Church which will be
joining or "working with" the World Council of Churches.
It is important in the plans of the Robber Church to make it seem as though the
Catholic Church has contradicted Herself, and then to treat this lightly, as if such
contradictions are normal, routine and to be expected. That the true Catholic
Church cannot contradict Herself can not be repeated too often. In these
instances of "contradiction" what is really happening is that the Robber Church is
at it again, laying waste to Catholicism; of course, this is what the game is all
about. In all of this, what is perhaps the gravest danger to many Catholics is
their failure to recognize that it is the Robber Church which is contradicting the
true Church, and not at all a case of self-contradiction. But, when it seems to
them that the Church is reversing Herself continually, this alone tends to shake
and seriously undermine their faith.