Author Topic: Eleison Comments - Prometheus (no. 852) (Read 18899 times)

Matthew · « **on:** November 18, 2023, 06:25:57 PM »

DCCCLII #852

November 11, 2023

CALDERON’S “PROMETHEUS”

“Prometheus” must appear as written first.
Good souls for such truth have a genuine thirst.
Readers over the last few years may remember how these “Comments” have recommended and promoted the book written in 2010 by Fr Alvaro Calderón on the true interpretation of the docuмents of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Fr Calderón is a priest of the Society of St Pius X from Argentina who has now been teaching thomistic philosophy and theology at the Society’s priestly Seminary in La Reja, Argentina, for several decades. His faithfulness to the teaching of the Catholic Church’s Common Doctor, St Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), is Calderón’s great strength, and it is the strength of his book Prometheus, the Religion of Man, an essay of interpretation of Vatican II.
The book is not easy reading, but it is an incomparable overview of the main errors of Vatican II which are still ravaging the Church 58 years later. Earlier last year the American District of the SSPX published an adaptation of “Prometheus” in English which is not entirely faithful to the original text in Spanish, because around 2012 the Society officially changed direction and no longer wishes to condemn Vatican II as clearly as Calderón condemned it, once and for all, in 2010. The Society needs new bishops to look after its worldwide flock. It wants to have them with Rome’s permission, and not without. So it cannot afford to republish a text like the “Prometheus” of 2010 without taking the sting out of it, because the “Rome” of Pope Bergoglio is intent upon driving Vatican II to the ultimate destruction of the Church.
For a mere taste of that sting, let us summarise here part of Calderón’s 2010 prologue to “Prometheus.”
When Vatican II opened in 1962, the Church’s change of direction was so drastic and so sudden that it took the whole world by surprise, and the Church is still trying to work out what it meant. Pope Benedict XVI wants to find a way of interpreting the Council in harmony with Catholic Tradition, because Catholic “Traditionalists” are claiming that the Council breaks with Tradition. “Prometheus” will then examine how to interpret Vatican II, but let us first anticipate some potential objections to what it will say.
The business of “interpreting” cannot go on for ever. it is common sense that words have a meaning, and mean what they say. Both great Church Councils before Vatican II, Trent and Vatican I, spoke so clearly and decisively as to settle doctrinal problems and exclude all need for any further interpretation.
1. Then why does the sub-title of “Prometheus” announce that it is an “Essay of interpretation”?
Because the texts of Vatican II do need interpretation, which shows that they are not clear, unlike texts of Trent or Vatican I. On the contrary they are deliberately confused in order to prevent Catholics from realising that the Council is not just up-dating, but completely changing, their Traditional religion. Pope Benedict wants continuity? Alas, the continuity between Vatican II and the past is in fact between the Council and the Church’s enemies of yesterday down the ages, and today. Who are these enemies? They are the Humanists, going back to the 14th century, always centring religion on man instead of on God.
2. But how can such a complex phenomenon as Vatican II be boiled down to one word, “Humanism”?
Because God is wholly simple, and the closer Catholics get to God, the more simply they can see things.
3. But why does a Catholic book have to resort to Greek mythology for its main title, “Prometheus”?
Because myths can contain profound human truths, and as the mythical Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give it to man, so the Conciliar churchmen stole the true religion from God to twist it for modern man. Prometheus was punished. The mythical Hercules rescued him. Can Aquinas rescue Conciliarists?
. Kyrie eleison.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2023, 06:28:41 PM »

Here is the Prologue including the original book written by Fr. Calderon in 2010, as well as the Foreword written in 2021 by Angelus Press.

The version published by Angelus Press IS NOT A TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL but a new version that has been corrected and edited in order to justify why the SSPX is going closer to Modernist Rome.

Certainly, reading the original version (being a literal translation) is more difficult to understand due to the style of Fr. Calderon's writing.
However, it is important to get the word out that the English version is NOT just a translation but rather a whole new book calculated to deceive. The new Angelus Press version was created to convince SSPX priests that Fr. Calderon is in favor of approaching Modernist Rome!

Plenus Venter · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2023, 09:31:22 PM »

Quote from: Matthew on November 18, 2023, 06:28:41 PM

Here is the Prologue including the original book written by Fr. Calderon in 2010, as well as the Foreword written in 2021 by Angelus Press.

The version published by Angelus Press IS NOT A TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL but a new version that has been corrected and edited in order to justify why the SSPX is going closer to Modernist Rome.

Certainly, reading the original version (being a literal translation) is more difficult to understand due to the style of Fr. Calderon's writing.
However, it is important to get the word out that the English version is NOT just a translation but rather a whole new book calculated to deceive. The new Angelus Press version was created to convince SSPX priests that Fr. Calderon is in favor of approaching Modernist Rome!

Thank you, Matthew, I've been wondering about this.
The entire work, then, has been altered? I want my money back!
Is Fr Calderon's genuine work available in English?

Plenus Venter · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2023, 10:29:02 PM »

Here is Bishop Williamson's three part summary of Prometheus from 2019:
https://stmarcelinitiative.org/prometheus-new-man/
https://stmarcelinitiative.org/prometheus-newchurch/
https://stmarcelinitiative.org/prometheus-idolatry/

Bishop Williamson's conferences an this subject are available on Matthew's Cathinfo YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@matthewcathinfo402

AveReginaMatris · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2023, 10:44:55 PM »

I've read Prometheus twice, I'm a Spanish speaker. It's a great book! Basically Vatican 2 is satanic in though and origin.

I think I have a tool from Google that can translate a whole archive from one language to another. Perhaps if some of of you are interested, I could translate the book into English. There might be some imperfections tho, due to a literal translation.

With regards Fr Calderón, even tho he's pretty much a philosophical genius, he's not consequent with his ideas. When he wrote the book in 2010, Fellay & Co were dealing with the sell out with the modernist. Since the book is super condemnatory of Vatican 2, Menzingen order him to put the book under a mattress and didn't give promotion to it, unlike Bishop Williamson does now which is kind of ironic haha

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