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Part 1 of a 3-part series, published October 7th, 2018, Feast of the Holy Rosary
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What Catholics Believe
Published on Oct 7, 2018
In this special series of What Catholics Believe, Fr. Jenkins begins his discussion (sections #1 - #3) on the Papal encyclical,
Pascendi dominici gregis ("Feeding the Lord's Flock"), promulgated by Pope Saint Pius X on 8 September 1907. This is the first in a series on the encyclical examining the doctrines of the Modernists.
Pascendi dominici gregis can be read here:
http://tiny.cc/Pascendi.
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This promises to be an excellent series!
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Already in this introduction to the topic, Fr. Jenkins patiently and with precision has articulated the plan of the entire encyclical, written and promulgated (in the proper sense of the term) by the most recent true Pope Saint of the Universal Church. It is a great consolation to me to see that a good priest has taken on the burden of teaching this encyclical, with the vantage point of perception that comes with 111 years of Church history since its promulgation.
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Subsequent installments promise to expand on what is meant by "the Modernist as philosopher, believer, theologian, historian, critic, apologist and reformer." -- Seven roles in one person -- or could we say, a seven-headed beast of the Apocalypse?
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Pascendi contains the antidote for the Crisis in the Church, inasmuch as for a Catholic to understand the roots of this crisis, and to be able to discern in a public figure the earmarks of Modernism, this is the Rosetta Stone of what would otherwise be total mystery.
.Pascendi gives us the keys we need to penetrate the poorly-fitting disguise Modernists wear, by organizing their ostensibly disordered teachings, so as to make them recognizable as their false teachings come up, giving the Catholic student who goes through the rigors of studying
Pascendi a fitting perception of Modernism's pretense, such that the disguises they wear will not be effective, and the well-practiced student will be able then
to see right through the fog of distortion by which others, even though they may try, will be
blinded!.
The key is study. This is not light reading. This is a topic that must be taken in due time and with patience. Only by STUDYING
Pascendi, and preferably with the guidance of a good teacher, like Fr. Jenkins, can the student accomplish a firm grasp of the invaluable lessons that this encyclical has to offer.
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The modern mind is like a post office with letters all disorganized, or scattered about on the tables and floor, but it's a post office without any pigeon hole shelving for the purpose of sorting mail. Where does one begin? The modern mind, due to the culture that surrounds us, is unable to sort the mail and the chaos only increases as more mail arrives.
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What the STUDY of
Pascendi does is this: it builds pigeon hole shelving in the post office and shows you how to sort the mail. The modern mind does not know where to put timely and priceless information about Modernism, so it remains disordered and chaotic and hard to keep track of. By providing mail boxes (pigeon holes) where the data can be reliably kept for future reference,
Pascendi makes the modern mind capable of knowing the reality of the danger Modernism poses to the faith of Catholics, and what to do about it so as to protect your faith.
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They don't say what the duration of this series will be, but I wouldn't be surprised if it continues into January. This is a difficult topic and the producers of the video are hoping to attract viewers, which might take time. You can't expect a series like this to "go viral" overnight. But
if all the viewers on CI would like, subscribe and share this video, perhaps more viewers will find their way to seeing it. Presently there are 1467 views and 5.2K subscribers. Looks like insufficient likes yet for a count to appear, perhaps because the channel is not monetized. This video should have views in the tens of thousands, or at least close to the number of subscribers (5K).