Traditional Catholics support the Traditional Latin Mass and oppose the New Order of the Mass.
Traditional Catholics know that it is of the faith that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus) and oppose the new ecuмenical/interfaith movement.
FYI, whenever you see
"EENS" here (the Latin,
extra ecclesiam nulla salus means,
"outside the Church there is no salvation"), you are seeing a dogma of the Faith that has been
defined ex-cathedra (infallibly) on at least 3 different occasions (13th, 14th and 15th centuries) in the history of the Church, the most prominent of which were these:
1) “There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside which no one at all is saved.” (13th c.)
2) “It is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature, to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” (14th c. -- "Indigenous peoples" as you say, ought to become aware of this, for their own sake.)
3) So important is this doctrine that no one, even if he were to pour out his blood for the name of Christ can be saved, unless he dies within the bosom of Holy Mother Church. (15th c.)
Traditional Catholics know that the Bible and the Saints taught that few are saved/majority are damned, and that universal salvation is a heresy.
Books that vindicate the traditional Catholic movement are The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita and Aa-1025 The Memoirs... of a Communist's Infiltration in to the Church.
It seems to me that a great starting point for you might be the book,
AA-1025: The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle, by Marie Carre, TAN Books. It is widely available, especially online.
From the back cover: "...Absorbing and compelling reading from beginning to end,... must-reading for every Catholic today, and for all who would understand just what has happened to undermine the Catholic Church since the 1960's..."
Papal encyclicals that vindicate the traditional Catholic movement are Pope Leo XIII Providentissimus Deus (On the study of Sacred Scripture) and Pope Pius XI Mortalium Animos (On true religious unity), among countless others.
Any such list would be incomplete without mention of
Pascendi domenici gregis (1907, St. Pius X), the landmark encyclical of the only Pope-Saint for 400 years during the 20th century.
Fake traditional Catholics are those who attend the traditional Latin Mass solely for aesthetic preferences, but don't actually oppose liberal/modernist errors that are destroying the Church and leading many souls to eternal damnation. [/i]
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Awesome resources, thank you much MarylandTraditional....I will look those up. Are you aware of any resources that would express what the pre-Vatican II teaching [was] on evangelism, cultural incorporation and so forth
It had always been the Tradition of the Church to adopt what is naturally good from pagan cultures wherever the Church went in the world, but regarding evangelism, the Church seeks to preach the Gospel according to the commission of Our Lord in Scripture (cf.
Mark xvi. 14f, esp. 16).
...as you may know< I am old enough to remember the traditional church, I am a Vatican II generation guy, but my mother and grandmother grew up as indigenous people in the church prior to the changes. There is so much to explore on the beauty of the church prior to the Council (as well as the last fifty years) that speak to the church's concern and care for our people. So, yeah, if you can think of any resources that would throw light on this.. I'd appreciate.
You have already filled my reading schedule for the next month though :) thanks Hope to hear a lot from you.
Trickster
Bruce Ferguson (Real name)
You seem to be looking specifically for docuмents relating to the Church's teaching on how to conduct missionary activities.
While there may be an encyclical somewhere about that, I suspect it would be more likely to find something as an Apostolic Letter or a "Vatican statement" or perhaps a private letter, since the Holy See doesn't usually provide messages specific to a narrow audience while addressing it to the entire Church.
The Church has allowed wide freedom of evangelization techniques to missionaries, for they had to adopt their tactics and approach to their specific situation at all times.
You might like to read some of the sermons of St. Francis Xavier, who converted perhaps millions of people in India and Asia in the 16th (xvi) century.
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