St. Pius V
That horrible crime, on account of which corrupt and obscene cities were destroyed by fire through divine condemnation, causes us most bitter sorrow and shocks our mind, impelling us to repress such a crime with the greatest possible zeal.
Quite opportunely the Fifth Lateran Council [1512-1517] issued this decree: "Let any member of the clergy caught in that vice against nature, given that the wrath of God falls over the sons of perfidy, be removed from the clerical order or forced to do penance in a monastery" (chap. 4, X, V, 31).
So that the contagion of such a grave offense may not advance with greater audacity by taking advantage of impunity, which is the greatest incitement to sin, and so as to more severely punish the clerics who are guilty of this nefarious crime and who are not frightened by the death of their souls, we determine that they should be handed over to the severity of the secular authority, which enforces civil law.
Therefore, wishing to pursue with greater rigor than we have exerted since the beginning of our pontificate, we establish that any priest or member of the clergy, either secular or regular, who commits such an execrable crime, by force of the present law be deprived of every clerical privilege, of every post, dignity and ecclesiastical benefit, and having been degraded by an ecclesiastical judge, let him be immediately delivered to the secular authority to be put to death, as mandated by law as the fitting punishment for laymen who have sunk into this abyss.

http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n009rp_ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖPriests.htm

My favorite Pope.

A true saint and great scourge of all that is vile. The Lepanto hymn is beautiful -- great that Saint, we need his prayers in this vile age of Jєωry and Masonry when all is rotting and foul.

Very interesting.



It seems to me that such language is sorely wanting in today's active lexicon.

St. Pius V

That horrible crime, on account of which corrupt and obscene cities were destroyed by fire through divine condemnation [cf. Gn 19:24], causes us most bitter sorrow and shocks our mind, impelling us to repress such a crime with the greatest possible zeal.

Words worth memorizing, methinks...

-------------Come to think of it, whoever is worried that floods could overrun civilization on earth ought to recall that God promised (after Noah's ark) with His rainbow to never again destroy the world by flood.  But he ought also to keep in mind that He has never made any such promise (cf. Gn 19:24) in regards to fire (or burning sulfur).

Quite opportunely

Today's Novus Ordo types would query, "Are you sure you didn't mean quite regrettably, or quite unfortunately???

the Fifth Lateran Council [1512-1517] issued this decree:

"Let any member of the clergy caught in that vice against nature, given that the wrath of God falls over the sons of perfidy, be removed from the clerical order or forced to do penance in a monastery" (chap. 4, X, V, 31).

Gasp!  I'm shocked!  You should be ASHAMED of yourself for uttering such harsh, insensitive, malevolent, abusive and disrespectful words!!!  (................NOT!)

So that the contagion[!] of such a grave offense[!] may not advance with greater audacity[!] by taking advantage of impunity[!], which is the greatest incitement to sin, and so as to more severely punish the clerics who are guilty of this nefarious[!] crime and who are not frightened by the death of their souls [Whaaa?!], we determine that they should be handed over to the severity of the secular authority, which enforces civil law.

When was the last time the Church handed over an abysmally corrupt deviant to the severity of the secular authority?  Wait -- the secular authority isn't severe any more.............. never mind.  

Therefore, wishing to pursue with greater rigor[!] than we have exerted since the beginning of our pontificate[?!?!], we establish that any priest or member of the clergy, either secular or regular, who commits such an execrable :shocked:  crime, by force of the present law be deprived of every clerical privilege, of every post, dignity and ecclesiastical benefit,

Okay, all stop.  This is the penalty that has been exclusively applied to priests these days who insist on hanging on to Sacred Tradition, such as by being unwilling to distribute Communion in the hand, or by preferring to have an obscure wall between himself and his penitents, or by continuing to say the Mass in its Extraordinary Form!  Are not today's most diligent and fortitudinous priests the ones who are punished by being deprived of every clerical privilege, of every post, dignity and ecclesiastical benefit.........  :furtive:

and having been degraded by an ecclesiastical judge, let him be immediately delivered to the secular authority to be put to death,

PUT TO DEATH??!!

as mandated by law as the fitting punishment for laymen who have sunk into this abyss.

http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n009rp_ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖPriests.htm

I'm telling you, this is a great quote --- in whole and in part, it ought to be memorized by every well-intentioned Catholic who wants even some chance of being capable of finding the right words for a given occasion.

I must admit, that it was not too long ago that I was in a group of friends when one of them mentioned to another that a particular choir member (let's call him Jared) was going to lead the congregation in a hymn for a special occasion.  This person speaking was personally impressed with Jared for whatever reason I can't begin to imagine, and was attempting to garner interest from the other person in our group, but was unsuccessful.  Knowing that Jared is a physical male who chooses to identify as a woman, I ventured to interject a comment at that time.

I said, "She probably isn't interested in what Jared is doing because she doesn't appreciate the fact that Jared is a fag, and he - she - or should I say "it" -- doesn't have any place in the liturgy of any respectable religious community, let alone as it were a Catholic one."  

The person who had spoken turned to me and began to unleash a diatribe of invective that would give anyone the impression that this person is some kind of gαy activist or whatever.  I took it in stride at the time.

However, looking back, had I already memorized a few lines from the great St. Pius V, I no doubt could have returned the favor in much more mellow and subdued tones than those by which I had been burdened at this time.

Quiz to follow...........  

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