The True Church Is One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Chapter One - MEMBERSHIP The better we know God the more we should love God. The better we know the True Church the more we should love God and thank Him that we are a member of His Church. “The greatest thing about every Catholic is that he is one.” (John Ayscough) The Baltimore Catechism teaches: Q. 114. “The means instituted by Our Lord to enable men at all times to share in the fruits of His Redemption are the Church and Sacraments.” Q. 115. “The Church is the congregation of all those who profess the faith of Christ, partake of the same Sacraments, and are governed by their lawful pastors under one visible Head.” Q. 121. “All are bound to belong to the Church, and he who knows the Church to be the true Church and remains out of it cannot be saved.” Because “the salvation of souls is the highest law” those who wish to save their soul cannot belong to ANY non-Catholic sect(s). Believe the Doctors of the Church and Ex Cathedra teachings. ST. AUGUSTINE: “No man can find salvation save in the Catholic Church. Outside the Catholic Church he can find everything except salvation. He can have dignities, he can have the Sacra- ments, can sing ‘Alleluia,’ answer ‘Amen,’ accept the Gospels, have faith in the Name of the Fa- ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and preach it, too, but NEVER except in the Catholic Church can he find salvation.” ST. PETER CANISIUS: “Outside of this communion - as outside of the Ark of Noah - there is absolutely no salvation for mortals: not to Jews or Pagans who never received the faith of the Church; not to heretics who, having received it, forsook or corrupted it; not to schismatics who left the peace and unity of the Church; finally, neither to excommunicates who for any other serious cause deserved to be put away and separated from the body of the Church like pernicious mem- bers... For the rule of Cyprian and Augustine is certain: he will not have God for his Father who would not have the Church for his Mother.” Ex Cathedra: “There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all can be saved.” Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215. Ex Cathedra: “We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” Pope Boniface VIII, the Bull Unam Sanctam, 1302. Ex Cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and teaches that none of those who are not within the Catholic Church, not only Pagans, but Jews, heretics and schismat- ics, can ever be partakers of eternal life, but are to go into the eternal fire “prepared for the devil, and his angels ” (Mt. xxv, 41), unless before the close of their lives they shall have entered into that Church; also that the unity of the Ecclesiastical body is such that the Church's Sacraments avail only those abiding in the Church, and that fasts, almsdeeds, and other works of piety which play their part in the Christian combat are in Her alone productive of eternal rewards; moreover, that no one, no matter what alms he may have given, not even if he were to shed his blood for Christ's sake, can be saved unless he abide in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.” (Mansi, Concilia, xxxi, 739.) (Pope Eugene IV, the Bull Cantate Domino 1441.) Remember that each and every part of every Ex Cathedra teaching is as ABSOLUTELY TRUE as the truth that GOD EXISTS. Woe unto anyone who denies anything the Catholic Church teaches even in thought only. Father John Kearney gives this teaching of the Church on pages 107-108 in his book, Our Greatest Treasure, Imprimatur, 1942: “The Gift of Faith may be lost. This is an undoubted fact. It is also a fact that once lost the Gift of Faith is seldom regained... How is the Faith lost? The virtue of Faith is lost by a single sin of unbelief. Once we deliberately refuse to believe a single doctrine of the Catholic Faith EVEN IN THOUGHT ONLY we have lost the Faith; once we refuse to submit our minds to God, once we 1 REFUSE TO ACCEPT the solemn teaching of the Church, we have lost the Faith. Hence we can realize that there are some Catholics who have lost the Faith, and still remain externally members of the Church.” Sacred Scripture often and strongly teaches the need to belong to the True Church. “He that is not with Me, is against Me: and he that gathereth not with Me, scattereth.” Matt. 12/30. “He that believeth not, shall be condemned.” Mark 16/16. “He that doth not believe, is already judged.” John 3/18. “They went out from us; but they were not of us.” I John 2/19. “He that heareth you, heareth Me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth Me.” Luke 10/16. “If he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.” Matt. 18:17; Mark 6:11. “He that shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” Matt. 10/33; Luke 12/9; II Tim. 2/12. “The Lord hateth all abomination of error.” Eccus. 15/13. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep.” Matt. 7/15. “For there will rise up false christs and false prophets, and they shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the elect.” Mark 13:22. “This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain do they worship Me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.” Matt. 15:8,9; Mark 7:6,7; Isai. 29:13. “They are inexcusable. Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified Him as God, or given thanks: but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened. For pro- fessing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” Rom. 1:20-22. “A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid: knowing that he that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.” Titus 3:10,11. The Baltimore Catechism teaches: Q. 23. “By the authority of the Church I mean the right and power which the Pope and the Bish- ops, as the successors of the Apostles, have to teach and to govern the faithful.” Q. 28. “The Church has Four Marks by which it may be known: it is One; it is Holy; it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.” Q. 29. “The Church is One because all its members AGREE in ONE faith, are all in one Com- munion, and are all under one head.” Sacred Scripture teaches: “And the multitude of believers has but ONE heart and ONE soul .” Acts 4/32. “But you do not believe: because you are not of My sheep.” John 10/26. “Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils.” 1 Tim. 4/1. “Be ye all of ONE mind.” 1 Pet. 3/8. “Try your ownselves if you be in the faith: prove ye yourselves.” 2 Cor. 13/11. “Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissension's, and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learnt, and to avoid them.” Rom. 16/17. “There shall be among you lying teachers, who shall bring in sects of perdition.” 2 Pet. 2/1. The Church teaches: “Only those are really to be included as members of the Church who have been baptized and profess the true faith and who have not had the misfortune of withdrawing from the body or for grave faults been cut off by legitimate authority...” “For not every sin, even though it be serious, is such as to sever a man automatically from the body of the Church, as does schism or heresy or apostasy.” (P.P. XII Mystici Corporis). Canon 2314, n.1, states: 2 “All apostates from the Christian faith and each and every heretic or schismatic incur the follow- ing penalties: 1) ipso facto excommunication; 2) if they have been admonished and do not repent, they shall be deprived of any benefice, dig- nity, pension, office or other position which they may hold in the Church; they shall be declared infamous, and, if clerics, they shall after renewed admonition be deposed; 3) if they have joined a non-Catholic sect or have publicly adhered to it, they incur infamy ipso facto, and, if they are clerics and the admonition to repent has been fruitless, they shall be de- graded. Canon 188, n. 4, provides, moreover, that the cleric who publicly abandons the Catholic faith loses every ecclesiastical office ipso facto and without any declaration.” Canon 2315 states: “A person who is suspected of heresy, and who after admonition has not removed the cause for suspicion, shall be forbidden to exercise legal ecclesiastical acts; if he is a cleric, and after re- peated admonition has not removed the cause for suspicion, he shall be suspended a divinis. If a person suspected of heresy has been punished with the penalties here stated, and does not amend within six months after their imposition, he shall be considered as a heretic and be liable to the penalties for heresy.” Canon 2316 states: “A person who of his own accord and knowingly helps in any manner to propagate heresy, or who communicates in sacred rites (in divinis) with heretics in violation of the prohibition of Canon 1258, incurs suspicion of heresy.” Canon 1258 states: “It is unlawful for the faithful to assist in any active manner, or to take part in the sacred services of non-Catholics...” John Paul II has propagated heresy, held interfaith services and communicated in sacred rites with heretics both before and after his "election" to the Papacy. Canons 1258, 2316, 2315 and 2314 pertain to him and many others. Please read attentively the following BULLA OF PAUL IV, issued in 1559: “We declare that if EVER a Bishop, Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate, a Cardinal or a Legate, OR EVEN A SOVEREIGN POPE, had, before their elevation to the Cardinalcy or Pontificate, de- viated from the CATHOLIC FAITH or fallen into some heresy, the promotion or elevation -- even if it had taken place with the unanimous assent of ALL the Cardinals -- is INVALID and NULL, with- out value and one cannot say that it is VALID because the person concerned accepts the Office, receives the Consecration and then enters into possession of the government and administration [of the Office], or by the homage rendered to him by all; one CANNOT accept him as LEGITI- MATE, and NONE of his acts of POWER or ADMINISTRATION may be deemed VALID whether Bishops, Cardinals OR SOVEREIGN POPE. ALL their words, deeds and actions, their administration and ALL that proceeds from them -- ALL these are WITHOUT VALUE and have NO AUTHORITY or COMMAND over ANYONE. These men, so promoted and elevated, will by the same fact be DEPRIVED of ALL dignity, place, honor, title and power.” From this it should be plain, to all who think about it; that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING which requires JU- RISDICTION in the EXTERNAL forum, is worth anything if done by one in heresy! The EXTERNAL and INTERNAL FORUM is defined and explained in Chapter two. Are They In Or Out Of The Church? There is very interesting, important, and informative information in the August - September, and October - November, 1985, issues of the Reign of Mary. Both issues state the following: “There are many today who state that Vatican II was merely a "pastoral" council - that nothing doctrinal was to be defined. They say this in order to justify its heresies by saying that since it was only pastoral it could contain error - in short, it could be accepted or rejected. These same 3 self-styled modernist theologians are quick to quote the sayings of John XXIII that this council was to meet to discuss nothing doctrinal, and thus, they say, it is not infallible. On the contrary, the Second Vatican Council did meet during the years 1962-65 to discuss (and pervert) doctrine (witness the “Dogmatic Decree of the Doctrine of the Faith”). It is important to note that all the decrees of Vatican II were closed by this, or a similar epilogue: ‘Each and every one of the things set forth in this decree has won the consent of the Fathers. We, too, ... join with the Venerable Fathers in approving, decreeing, and establishing these things...’ (There follows the signatures of Paul VI and the Fathers of the Council.) Now these statements, as we have ex- plained in past issues, constitute an exercise of the Teaching Magisterium of the Church. But there is obvious HERESY contained in these decrees. Therefore, those who put their signature to these decrees have made themselves CULPABLE for the heresies they con- tain. They are public HERETICS and incur penalties as provided for in Church law for all who are guilty of public heresy. Thus we MUST reject Vatican II as a false council and re- gard ALL those who promote and encourage it as public heretics, OUTSIDE the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ.” To sum it up: 1) - The decrees of Vatican II contain obvious heresy. 2) - EVERYONE who signed any of these heretical decrees made himself CULPABLE of PUBLIC HERESY. 3) - Those who signed DID incur penalties and are guilty of PUBLIC HERESY. And 4) - We must regard all who promote and encourage it as PUBLIC HERETICS, OUTSIDE the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ. Archbishops Lefebvre and Thuc signed the most heretical decrees of Vatican II - the decrees on Ecumenism and Religious Liberty! Look in Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II. There it lists the Documents of Vatican II and shows which bishops signed each Document. Look in VOLUMEN III, PARS VIII for those who signed the decree on Ecumenism. On pages 863 and 867 are + Marcellus Lefebvre and + Petrus Martinus Ngo-dinh- Thuc. In VOLUMEN IV, PARS VII are the names of those who signed the decree on Religious Liberty. On pages 809 and 812 are + Marcellus Lefebvre and + Petrus Martinus Ngo-dinh-Thuc. Copies of the books are available through most libraries. Gonzaga University, in Spokane, Washington has them. Ask those in charge of other libraries to help you find it through the INTER LIBRARY LOAN SYS- TEM. Evidence proves, Archbishops Thuc and Lefebvre signed the most heretical decrees of the Council. "Pope" Paul VI and the Novus Ordo bishops lost their OFFICE, AUTHORITY and JURISDICTION, were automatical- ly excommunicated, and officially became non-Catholics for signing these heretical decrees. Do you agree that Archbishops Lefebvre and Thuc received the same penalties? Will sects in the Traditionalist Movement be so manipulative, deceptive and deceitful as to find some insub- stantial, flimsy and implausible excuse for Archbishops Thuc and Lefebvre, while they place the guilt on Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and the rest? Study the OFFICIAL statement of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on the occasion of his Suspension, a divinis, by Paul VI, June 29, 1976: “That Conciliar church is a schismatic church, because it breaks with the Catholic Church that has always been. It has its new dogmas, its new priesthood, its new institutions, its new worship, all already condemned by the Church in many a document, official and definitive.” “This Conciliar church is schismatic, because it has taken as a basis for its updating, principles opposed to those of the Catholic Church: such as the new concept of the Mass expressed in numbers 5 of the Preface to (the decree) Missale Romanum and 7 of its first chapter, which gives the assembly a priestly role that it cannot exercise; such likewise as the natural - which is to say divine - right of every person and of every group of persons to religious freedom.” “This right to religious freedom is blasphemous, for it attributes to God purposes that destroy His Majesty, His Glory, His Kingship. This right implies freedom of conscience, freedom of thought, and all the Masonic freedoms.” 4 “The church that affirms such errors is at once schismatic and heretical. This Conciliar church is, therefore, not Catholic. To whatever extent Pope, Bishops, priests, or faithful adhere to this new church, they separate themselves from the Catholic Church.” It is plain to see, easily understood and clearly evident that: 1) As the Traditionalist Movement churches teach, the Conciliar, Novus Ordo church is heretical and EVERYONE who signed the heretical decrees of Vatican II are heretics and OUTSIDE the Catholic Church. This includes Archbishops Thuc and Lefebvre! 2) As Arch- bishop Marcel Lefebvre teaches, “The Conciliar, Novus Ordo church is schismatic and heretical. This Concili- ar church is, therefore, not Catholic. To whatever extent Pope, Bishops, priests, or faithful adhere to this new church, they separate themselves from the Catholic Church.” When these leaders of the Traditionalist Movement wrote and spoke these things they either spoke the TRUTH or told a LIE. If they TOLD A LIE, listen attentively to what the HOLY GHOST has to say about them! You are of your father the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speakest a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Jn 8, 44. Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth every man with his neighbor: for we are mem- bers one of another. Ep. 4, 25. All liars shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Ap 21, 8. You shall not lie, neither shall any man deceive his neighbor. Le 19,11. Lie not one to another. Cl 3, 9. Since the bishops, priests and laity of the Traditionalist Movement probably do NOT want these accusations of GOD, WHO IS TRUTH, spoken against them; they MUST believe as TRUE what they themselves said about the Conciliar, Novus Ordo church and those who signed its heretical decrees. How else can ANYBODY who loves the truth solve such a contradiction? This is one of the biggest contradictions, and incongruous oxymorons in the world today. They do not want to be known as LIARS, BUT they show themselves liars by what they say and do!!! At least in the EXTERNAL forum, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre DID IN FACT adhere to this schismatical, heretical non-Catholic church until his death. To the very day of his death, Archbishop Lefebvre, and now his followers, acknowledge the head of this schismatical, heretical non-Catholic church to be their Holy Father. They proclaim the visible head of this schismatical, heretical, non-Catholic church is also the visible head of the church of The Society of St. Pius X. Can God create a rock bigger than He can lift? Can the True Church be a non-Catholic religion? Can the Catholic Church be the sister church of ANY non-Catholic church - that is on an EQUAL standing with it? Can a true Pope be the visible head of a schismatical, heretical non-Catholic church? Can any bishop or priest who leaves the Catholic Church retain an OFFICE, AUTHORITY and JURISDICTION in the Church? Can any bishop who leaves the Catholic Church carry on APOSTOLICITY? The answer to these questions is NO, be- cause they are a contradiction of words. Lack of evidence indicates neither Archbishops Lefebvre nor Thuc were ever received back into the Catholic Church after they left It by joining a non-Catholic sect. Their followers have NEVER provided evidence they Abjured their errors, nor who it was with Authority and JURISDICTION that received them back into the Church. Those who received Consecrations from them, or their offspring, are outside the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ. To understand better these statements, listen to Bishop George Musey who explained a true teaching of the Church, April 22, 1985. “Bishop Francis, as to whether or not he was schismatic? Well, Bishop Francis was consecrat- ed, ordained and consecrated by a Bishop who was a schismatic. He was an Old Catholic Bish- op. The fact of the Abjuration really does NOT restore the man to the Catholic Church. The sim- ple fact of making an abjuration is simply a declaration that we have made a mistake. Now who then in Authority in the Catholic Church accepted that abjuration and relieved the man of his cen- sures, and restored him?” 5 “It's kind of like going to Confession. You might go to Confession, and you might make your Confession, but who is going to give you absolution unless you go to a qualified priest who can actually absolve you from your sins? Confession is only part of it. The priest has to be one who has the power and the FACULTIES, of course, to absolve from the sin; and in case of a censure, also from the censure. The same with the Abjuration of Heresy... it would have had to have been made to one that had the Authority, in and from the Catholic Church, to receive that abjuration; and to absolve the man from his censure, and receive him into the Catholic Church.” There is a TRUTH that cannot be denied! It is the true teaching of the INFALLIBLE Church! NO ONE with AUTHORITY received Bishop Brown nor Bishop Francis Schuckardt back into the Catholic Church! NO ONE with AUTHORITY received Archbishop Thuc or Archbishop Lefebvre back into the Catholic Church! Pope Leo XIII wrote, in the ENCYCLICAL LETTER on THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH - Satis Cognitum, June 20, 1896: “It is absurd to imagine that he who is outside can command in the Church.” The Traditionalist Movement bishops and priests have told us that Thuc and Lefebvre are OUTSIDE the Catholic Church; and therefore do NOT have an OFFICE, AUTHORITY and JURISDICTION. In fact not one cleric in the Traditionalist Movement has JURISDICTION. Chapter Two - JURISDICTION AND CANON LAW Review some teachings of the Church about Jurisdiction beginning with: The Catholic Encyclopedia,Vol. VIII, June 1, 1910, page 751: “The principle is that the laity as such have no share in the spiritual jurisdiction and government of the Church; but they may be commissioned or delegated by ecclesiastical authority to exercise certain rights, especially when there is NO question of strictly spiritual jurisdiction, for instance, in the administration of property. The laity are incapable, if not by Divine law at least by canon law, of real jurisdiction in the Church.” True Popes receive Jurisdiction directly from God when they accept the Office of the Papacy. Study the teachings of God's Infallible Church to find out where, when and how EVERY Bishop in the Catholic Church receives Jurisdiction. Pope Pius IV tells us: “It is an ARTICLE OF FAITH that the AUTHORITY and JURISDICTION of the bishops is subor- dinate to that of the Sovereign Pontiff, and that in virtue of the primacy of JURISDICTION which Jesus Christ, by a special favor, granted to St. Peter and to his successors, they must obey the regulations of the APOSTOLIC SEE; this is a truth which every Catholic is obliged to recognize, and which We have carefully demonstrated in our letter in the form of a brief.” From the: ENCYCLICAL Ad Apostolorum Principis, Pope Pius XII, June 29,1958: Bishops and the Holy See “38. For it has been clearly and expressly laid down in the canons that it pertains to the one Apostolic See to judge whether a person is fit for the dignity and burden of the episcopacy, and that complete freedom in the nomination of bishops is the right of the Roman Pontiff. But if, as happens at times, some persons or groups are permitted to participate in the selection of an epis- copal candidate, this is lawful ONLY if the Apostolic See has allowed it in express terms and in each particular case for clearly defined persons or groups, the conditions and circumstances be- ing very plainly determined. 39. Granted this exception, it follows that bishops who have been neither named or confirmed by the Apostolic See, but who, on the contrary, have been elected and consecrated in defiance of its express orders, enjoy no powers of teaching or of jurisdiction since JURISDICTION passes to bishops only through the Roman Pontiff as We admonished in the Encyclical Letter Mystic Cor- poris in the Following Words: “...As far as his own diocese is concerned each (bishop) feeds the flock entrusted to him as a true shepherd and rules it in the name of Christ. Yet in exercising this office they are not altogether independent but are subordinate to the lawful authority of the Ro- 6 man Pontiff, although enjoying ordinary power of jurisdiction which they receive directly from the same Supreme Pontiff.” 40. And when We later addressed to you the letter Adsinarum gentem, We again referred to this teaching in these words: “The power of JURISDICTION which is conferred directly by divine right on the Supreme Pontiff comes to bishops by that same right, but only through the successor of Peter, to whom not only the faithful but also all bishops are bound to be constantly subject and to adhere both the reverence of obedience and by the bond of unity.” 41. Acts requiring the power of Holy Orders which are performed by ecclesiastics of this kind, though they are valid as long as the consecration conferred on them was valid, are yet gravely il- licit, that is, criminal and SACRILEGIOUS. 42. To such conduct the warning words of the Divine Teacher fittingly apply: “ He who enters not by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up another way, is a thief and a robber.” The sheep indeed know the true shepherd's voice. “But a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” The Vatican Council 45. Well known are the terms of the Vatican Council's solemn definition: “Relying on the open testimony of the Scriptures and abiding by the wise and clear decrees both of our predecessors, the Roman Pontiffs, and the general Councils, We renew the definition of the Ecumenical Council of Florence, by virtue of which all the faithful must believe that ‘the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff hold primacy over the whole world, and the Roman Pontiff himself is the Succes- sor of the Blessed Peter and continues to be the true Vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church, the father and teacher of all Christians, and to him in blessed Peter our Lord Jesus Christ committed the full power of caring for, ruling, and governing the Universal Church...’ 46. “We Teach... We declare that the Roman Church by the Providence of God holds the pri- macy of ordinary power over all others, and that this power of JURISDICTION, of the Roman Pontiff, which is truly episcopal, is immediate. Toward it, the pastors and the faithful of whatever rite, and dignity, both individually and collectively, are bound by the duty of hierarchical subordi- nation and true obedience, not only in matters which pertain to faith and morals, but also in those which concern the discipline and government of the Church spread throughout the whole world, in such a way that once the unity of communion and the profession of the same Faith has been pre- served with the Roman Pontiff, there is one flock of the Church of Christ under one supreme shepherd. This is the teaching of the Catholic truth from which no one can depart without loss of faith and salvation.” 47. From what We have said, it follows that no authority whatsoever, save that which is proper to the Supreme Pastor, can render void the canonical appointment granted to any bishop; that no person or group, whether of priests or laymen, can claim the right of nominating bishops; that no one can lawfully confer episcopal consecration unless he has received the mandate of the Apos- tolic See. 48. Consequently, if consecration of this kind is being done contrary to all right and law, and by this crime the UNITY of the Church is being seriously attacked, an excommunication reserved specialissimo modo to the Apostolic See has been established which is automatically incurred by the consecrator and by anyone who has received consecration irresponsibly conferred.” This last sentence means ONLY a true Pope, and NO OTHER bishop or priest without very special faculties from a true Pope, is able to absolve any bishop who consecrates or is consecrated without a papal mandate. Every “excommunication reserved specialissimo modo to the Apostolic See”, means that ONLY a true Pope is able to absolve from that excommunication. The Traditionalist Movement churches reject teachings of God's Church, as given in the Encyclical letter just quoted, as well as many others. Therefore, please pay special attention to the following teaching of the Catholic Church. It is taken from: The Church Speaks to the Modern World. Social Teachings - Pope Leo XIII. Edited by Etienne Gilson - 1954: 7 “The primary object of an Encyclical is not to define the dogma, that is, the faith, of the Catholic Church. To do so is the proper object of what is technically called the “extraordinary magisterial teaching of the Church.” This “extraordinary” teaching enjoys, in each and every one of its parts, without ANY RESERVATION, the grace of INFALLIBILITY. This grace belongs to the so-called “ecumenical councils,” that is, to councils representing the whole Christian world and, conse- quently, the preaching of the whole Catholic Church; but, following a decision of the Vatican Council (Session IV, Const. Pater aeternus), the same grace of infallibility also belongs to the pronouncements of the Pope when, speaking in his capacity as pastor and teacher of all Chris- tians, and by virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he declares that a certain doctrine con- cerning faith or moral conduct should be held as true by the whole Church. Such infallible pro- nouncements, therefore, are FINAL and IRREFORMABLE by themselves, and not by virtue of the consent of the Church. The proper object of the “ordinary” teaching of the Church, as given by bishops to their own di- ocesans and by the Bishop of Rome, that is, the Pope, to all the faithful, is to diffuse this infallible teaching of the Church, to defend it if necessary, and to apply it to some particularly important problems of the day as they arise in social and political life. The Encyclical letters are the USUAL means by which the Popes exercise this definite teaching function. These letters are the HIGHEST EXPRESSION of the ORDINARY teaching of the Church. To the extent that they restate the INFALLIBLE teachings of the Church, the pronouncements of the ENCYCLICAL LETTERS ARE THEM- SELVES INFALLIBLE. Moreover, while explaining and developing such infallible teachings, or while using them as a sure criterion in the condemnation of errors, or even while striving to solve the social, economic, and political problems of the day in the light of these infallible teachings, the Popes enjoy the special ASSISTANCE of the Holy Ghost, a higher guidance in which the supernatural gift of pru- dence plays a decisive part. This is to say, the teachings of the Popes, as found in their Encyclical Let- ters, can by NO MEANS be considered as expressing MERE OPINIONS which ANYONE is FREE to hold or to reject at will. Even though they may NOT BE BINDING as to faith in ALL their parts, the teachings of an en- cyclical are ALL DIRECTLY related to FAITH by the SUPREME teaching authority of the Church with the special assistance of the Holy Ghost. There is ALWAYS GRAVE TEMERITY in NOT ACCEPTING THE TEACHING OF AN ENCYCLICAL ON ANY ONE OF THE POINTS IT TOUCHES.” The Reign of Mary, Summer 1989, quotes Pope Pius IX: “We declare openly that... We are using the power which has been given to us... by Jesus Christ Our Lord in the person of Blessed Peter from whom derives, as Our Predecessor Saint Innocent says, the episcopate itself and all the authority of this name.” The Reign of Mary also quotes Pope Pius VI (1757-1822): “We CONDEMN and reprove... (that) doctrine... which professes that ‘the bishop has received from Christ all the necessary rights for the good government of his diocese...’” Hierarchy To understand better the EXTERNAL and INTERNAL FORUM we open: Dictionary of Dogmatic Theology by Pietro Parente, Antonio Piolanti and Salvatore Garofalo. Imprimatur, May 1, 1951, pages 124 & 125: “HIERARCHY (from a Greek word meaning sacred authority). The body of persons participating in ecclesiastical power, which is divided into power of orders and powers of jurisdiction. The power of orders is immediately directed to the sanctification of souls through the offering of the sacrifice of the Mass and the administration of the sacraments. The power of jurisdiction, on the other hand, is immediately directed to ruling the faithful... 8 The power of jurisdiction is divided into: (1) power of forum externum, when directed principally to the common good, in so far as it regulates the social relations of the members and produces public juridical effects; and the power of forum internum, when directed principally to private good, in so far as it regulates the relations of consciences with God and is exercised per se SECRETLY and with prevalently moral effects; (2) ordinary power, when ipso jure (by Law) it is connected with an office, and delegated power, when it is granted to a person by commission or delegation... Since sacred power is TWOFOLD, hierarchy is likewise TWOFOLD, and therefore we have in the Church the hierarchy of orders, constituted by the body of persons having the power of orders in its different grades, and the hierarchy of jurisdiction, consisting in the series of those persons who have the power of teaching and governing... The two hierarchies, although very closely related, are really distinct. Orders are conferred by the appropriate sacrament, while jurisdiction originates through canonical mission.” Pope Pius XII, August 2, 1958: The Apostolate Of The Church “The Church has received in its totality the deposit of faith and of grace, all revealed truth and all the means of salvation LEFT as a heritage by the Redeemer: baptism; the Eucharist and the priesthood: “Do this in commemoration of Me ”; the communication of the Holy Ghost by the im- position of the hands of the Apostles; the remission of sins; “Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them”; the government of the faithful by the POWER OF JURISDICTION, exercised in the name of Christ and with the abiding assistance of the Holy Ghost. Here, sketched in a few words, are the divine riches with which God has endowed His Church so that She can accomplish Her Apostolic labors among the vicissitudes of Her earthly life and down through the Centuries, so that the gates of hell will never prevail against Her.” As part of the means of salvation, there absolutely MUST be Bishops and priests ALWAYS LIVING who ACTUALLY POSSESS real, lawful, spiritual JURISDICTION! It is necessary for the government of the faith- ful. Without at least some bishops, priests and deacons having JURISDICTION, there is no Catholic Church! Pope Pius XII taught in his address to the 2nd World Congress of the Lay Apostolate, October 5, 1957: “The HIERARCHY ALONE is responsible before God for the government of the Church.” The Acts and Decrees of the Vatican Council (1870) teach: “The Church is a perfect and HIERARCHICAL society. In this respect, She is NOT a society of EQUALS in which ALL the faithful enjoy the SAME rights. Not only because, among the faithful, some are clergy and others laity, but above all, because there IS IN THE CHURCH A POWER INSTITUTED BY GOD in order to SANCTIFY, to TEACH and to GOVERN, which certain ones have received and OTHERS HAVE NOT.” Two fundamental principles are sanctioned in Canon 108: “All the clergy are NOT of the SAME grade, but there is a SACRED HIERARCHY among them, some being subordinated to others. By Divine institution, the sacred hierarchy, as regards Order, consists of bishops, priests, and ministers.” Pope Pius XII, January 14, 1958: “The fidelity of this submission to the authority of the Church sprang from his [St. Thomas Aqui- nas] firm persuasion that the LIVING and INFALLIBLE MAGISTERIUM of the Church is the im- mediate and universal rule of CATHOLIC FAITH.” How can there be a LIVING and INFALLIBLE MAGISTERIUM if there are NO bishops with JURISDIC- TION and AUTHORITY in the world? Therefore, there MUST be at least two Bishops WITH JURISDIC- TION LIVING in the world. The Canons and Decrees of the Sacred and Ecumenical Council of Trent, session XXIII teaches: “Canon I.--If anyone saith that there is NOT in the New Testament a VISIBLE and EXTERNAL priesthood; or that there is NOT any power of CONSECRATING and offering the TRUE Body and Blood of the Lord, and of FORGIVING and RETAINING SINS; but ONLY an OFFICE and bare 9 ministry of preaching the Gospel; or that those who do not preach are not priests at all; let him be ANATHEMA. Canon VI.--If anyone saith that in the Catholic Church there is NOT a HIERARCHY by DIVINE ordination instituted, consisting of bishops, priests and ministers; let him be ANATHEMA. Canon VII.--If anyone saith that bishops are not superior to priests; or that they have not the power of confirming and ordaining; or that the power which they possess is common to them and to priests; or that orders conferred by them, without the consent or vocation of the people or of the secular power, are invalid; or that those who have neither been RIGHTLY or- dained, nor sent by ECCLESIASTICAL and CANONICAL power, but come from ELSEWHERE, are lawful ministers of the word and of the sacraments; let him be anathema.” The INFALLIBLE Bride of Jesus Christ said let you be anathema, let you be damned, let you burn forever in Hell if you believe ANY of the following three errors: (1) - There is no VISIBLE and EXTERNAL priesthood on earth today, that has power, that is JURISDICTION! (2) - There is NO HIERARCHY consisting of bishops, priests, and ministers. (NOTE the PLURAL is used! There MUST be at LEAST TWO bishops, priests, and ministers living on earth till the end of time. They MUST also have an OFFICE, AUTHORITY and JURIS- DICTION, for without this they simply cannot fulfill the NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS to make up the Di- vinely instituted HIERARCHY of the Catholic Church!) (3) - Those who have neither been RIGHTLY or- dained, nor sent by ECCLESIASTICAL and CANONICAL power, but come from ELSEWHERE, are LAW- FUL ministers... of the Sacraments. The word “RIGHTLY” in the above sentence is EXCEEDINGLY important! It means MUCH MORE than JUST having Valid Orders! IF valid Orders were the ONLY thing the INFALLIBLE Church was concerned about, the Church would have left the word “RIGHTLY” out of this sentence! “RIGHTLY Ordained” means that those men being Consecrated bishops received the approbation of a TRUE Pope. Without this approval by a Pope WITH AUTHORITY in the Catholic Church, the ordinations and consecrations were NOT “RIGHTLY” performed! The result is bishops and priests who are not “RIGHTLY ordained” are NOT LAWFUL ministers of the sacraments! All those who know this and still request or receive the Sacraments from them commit SIN, as St. Thomas explains. (Cf. Suppl. Q. 19, Art. 6.) The Council of Trent teaches the following IMPORTANT TRUTH: “Those who of their rashness assume them [Ordination and Consecration] to themselves, are NOT ministers of the Church, but are to be looked upon as thieves and robbers, who have not en- tered by the door.” The Holy Ghost wrote in ACTS 20:28: “Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bish- ops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.” UNLESS the “HOLY GHOST hath PLACED” the bishops in the Church, they are INCAPABLE, UNSUIT- ABLE and UNQUALIFIED to rule the Church of God! There MUST be a POPE with the AUTHORITY of the Holy Ghost to PLACE BISHOPS to rule the Church of God! What Pope, with AUTHORITY, did the Holy Ghost use to PLACE the Traditionalist Movement bishops in the Church? If you cannot answer that question, you had better stay AWAY from those thieves and robbers, before they steal your SOUL! From: The Liturgical Year, by Dom Gueranger, Imprimatur Feb., 1924, Vol. VIII, Page 102: “Three things are needed by the Church in order that She may carry on Her mission: a constitu- tion framed by the very hand of the Son of God, whereby She will become a visible and perma- nent society; the possession of all the truths which Her Divine Lord came upon this earth to re- veal or confirm - and in this is included the right to teach, and teach infallibly; thirdly, the means whereby She may efficaciously apply to the faithful the fruit of Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, that is to say, the graces of salvation and sanctification. Hierarchy, Doctrine, Sacraments - these are the all - important subjects upon which our Lord instructs His disciples during the forty days be- tween His Resurrection and Ascension.” 10