Why is the Society not printing this book anymore?
Since there is no deal, will they restart?
Maybe they are holding out for business reasons...
...if it's true that this book is selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars, maybe they are biding their time. In the future they may republish it at $29 per book. It could be a business decision.
There was an earlier thread, a few months ago here, saying that a phone call
to Angelus Press revealed that not only was it out of print, that also, it was not
on the list of books to be reprinted. When asked why not, there was no answer,
but rather the answer to a different question was proffered. (When you ask one
question and you get a response that logically answers a different question, it
should be an indication to you that the person answering is attempting to avoid
the question you had asked, while protecting himself against your accusation that
he is not being cooperative or helpful.) The different question that was answered
would have been: "How can I expect to obtain a copy for sale at MSRP (instead
of resorting to market prices on eBay or whatever) if you are out of stock and you
hold the copyright, and you do not plan on reprinting it?" For the forthright
rejoinder was, "You could call around to the various bookstores that carry Angelus
books, and perhaps, you could find one that still has a copy on the shelf for you."
When a company employee in the customer service department has such a
response at the ready, it is a clear sign that his employer has instructed him to
answer thusly to such inquiry. And, by extension, when a manager has cause to
instruct service employees in such matters, it is usually a strong indicator that
a "higher authority" has given a directive in this same vein.
We might easily induce the directive itself, all considered. It seems to me that
it would have been as follows: the Menzingen-denizens disseminate the order,
that A) this book shall be allowed to run out of stock without putting it on any
list for being reprinted, B) once it does in fact run out of stock, it shall then not
be placed on any list to be reprinted until further notice from us, C) when anyone
calls or writes inquiring about the availability of this title, the answer should be
given to check around for a used copy or to go looking for a bookstore that has
one copy for sale left on their shelf.
Furthermore, we may be so bold as to presume that Angelus service reps have
made a prudential decision to divulge the fact that there is no plan to reprint the
book, which action effects a revelation that had not been part of the Menzingen
control message, and therefore something that provides us the key to the real
story, a key that the Menzingen-denizens had been trying to conceal - like they
have done with the "Doctrinal Preamble" all these years.
If all this is true - and if it is not, I invite any qualified representative to answer
why, in specifics, that it is not true - but if it is true, there are consequences to
this state of affairs. Such consequences are not outside the domain of this
thread, as they are consequent to its direct effects. Since the OP contains in
itself the seed of the material in question, that is,
the book itself, there is nothing
keeping readers and members henceforth from exploring reasonable answers to
the aforementioned questions, e.g.: Are there some special, aggressive
theological points or claims that the author makes in
I Accuse the Council! that justify the claim in whole or in part, that the Society, on purpose, is refusing
to reprint it?
The same question can be asked of the Society's reticence regarding the
Doctrinal Preamble, and the answer to the most simple question of what is it
about Eleison Comments that has been incorrect or improper, AND the Vatican's
reticence regarding the contents of the Third Secret of Fatima.
Of those three things, the only one that comes close is the ECs, because we
have the contents of them and the book as well. We do not, however, have
the contents of the Preamble or the Third Secret.
Topic: I Accuse the Council! by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Read 4359 times)