Books &
Articles
Please scroll down for
the alphabetical hyperlinked titles of all books or
articles posted (there are fifteen
so far), along with individual summaries of
the contents of each one.
For hyperlinked titles alone, please go here.
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Catholic Fundamentalism: What It
Is and Why It Is So Deadly
Heard about Catholic fundamentalists, my
dear reader? They pretend the Church has taught infallibly about something that
the Church has never yet addressed
explicitly or thoroughly. Then, having done this, they assault other
Catholics as ‘heretics’ simply because they dare to disagree with
them about this. They also pretend to know the supposed ‘evil’ in a
man’s heart by twisting and distorting his words into a noose to hang him
with. And, as if that’s not enough, they mistreat the true sinner by going
beyond what the Church actually tells Catholics to do to a sinner and having
little or no mercy on the sinner’s sufferings. Sound familiar? If truly
Catholic, you will sooner or later run into them… not to mention have to figure
out how to deal with them. That’s where this book comes in handy. I’ve
grappled with this kind of fundamentalism for years. And the lessons I’ve
learned are ready for you to study, making it so that you don’t have to
reinvent the wheel. Been burned by them? Confused? Attracted by their militancy?
Then take a close look!
Whether Protestant or not, do you think
liturgy and ritualized religion are boring & useless? Do you think God
couldn’t care less that we worship Him according to some sort of blueprint or
pre-planned form? Are you fond of saying your faith is ‘personal’
--- that you dislike ‘organized’ or ‘institutional’
religion --- and that you feel ‘closer’ to God being all by
yourself or out in a forest or on a mountain top, etc., etc.? Do you imagine
that ‘casual’ is always better while ‘formal’ is never
any good? Do you hate reciting memorized prayers? Do you loathe repetition,
especially in public services with other people? Does the Ancient Mass of the
Holy Catholic Church repulse you, do you despise Her Sacraments & many
devotions? Then this article is for you. Find out why Catholics do what they
do, and why it is vital for everyone to do the same. See how the Bible
not only doesn’t condemn Roman Catholic liturgy & ritual, but
that Catholicism is the very thing practiced eternally in Heaven by God
Himself… and thus why He created human beings, who are made in His Image,
to practice it on earth, too!
Further on down this list of titles and
their summaries is an article called Modest
Dress: What It Is and Why It Is So Crucial. It’s
well worth reading, especially if you don’t know what modesty is when it
comes to clothing. Or, even if you do know, you’re still not quite sure where
to draw the line, exactly, on the kinds of clothes we wear nowadays due to a
veritable flood of immodesty and almost complete ignorance about the matter.
This link here is a companion piece for that article. It’s just a quick
little way at one glance to know what men & women are supposed to do in
order to cover themselves properly. So take a glance
if you’d like. And be sure to look at the article, too!
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Concerning Abjuration, Invincible Ignorance, Children & the Use of Reason
Confused about
the role of so-called ‘invincible ignorance’ --- if any --- in the
salvation of a soul? Ever wonder who --- if anyone --- really is invincibly ignorant? Not certain what
the ‘age of reason’ is or why it is relevant to the question of a
baptized child’s membership in the Catholic Body of Jesus Christ? Never
heard about the Catholic Church’s requirement for baptized children raised
in heresy who are fourteen or older to ‘abjure’
before they enter the Catholic Church? Yet aren’t you curious why those under
the age of fourteen aren’t required to ‘abjure’, and even
though they may be above the ‘age of reason’? Dear reader,
don’t be baffled; there is good reason (no pun intended) for the Roman
Church’s actions. Read this article to comprehend the relation between
youth, ability to reason, ignorance & denunciation of one’s religious
errors in order to enter the membership of God’s Church, which is the Exclusively Singular Way to have hope of saving an immortal soul… and regardless of
how young or old a person may be!
·
The Dogma of Baptism Upheld & the Lie of ‘Faith
Alone’ Cast Down
Are you of the opinion that Baptism of
Water is merely symbolic, a ‘nice thing’ that Jesus said people
should do if they’re going to follow Him, but certainly in no way
intrinsically necessary for Salvation? Do you consider anything more than
‘just believing’ in Jesus useless for saving a man’s soul?
Are you inclined to call Catholicism a ‘dead religion’ and love to
mock Catholics for trying to ‘work’ their way into Heaven? Do you
despise veneration of Mary & the saints, while at the same time you spare
no effort to constantly honor the Jews as God’s ‘chosen
people’? Or are you, perhaps, a student of holy scripture, studying it in
the ancient languages of Hebrew & Greek, picking apart what you like to
think doesn’t belong there --- having only been added or changed long
afterward, say you --- whilst treating the decisions of modern scholars about
the earliest biblical manuscripts as if they’re infallible papal decrees
from on high? Then this book is for you. Find out that, yes, the Bible really
does say Baptism is necessary to save one’s soul; that, yes, good works
rooted in Christ really are necessary above & beyond mere ‘faith in
Jesus’ to be allowed to enter Heaven. See how neither the Law of God nor
the Law of Christ is disparaged by
Think it’s ridiculous that
there’s no Salvation outside the Catholic Church? Nevertheless, do you,
at the same time, claim to respect the Bible? And do you consider yourself a
reasonably intelligent person? Then read this book to find out how mistaken you
are about the Religion of Rome --- how
very, very, very, very mistaken. Using the simple verses of Sacred
Scripture (from a popular Protestant translation, what’s more!), the
publicly available documents of ancient history and the clear thought of good,
plain, straightforward sense, discover that earliest Christians were neither
nothing more nor nothing less than Roman Catholic. After all, why else
should anyone convert? If not to save one’s soul --- if not because
Catholicism is what Jesus started --- then it’s just a matter of
stylistic preference, isn’t it? And isn’t the ‘style’
of our era totally against the ‘tradition’ of the Catholic Faith?
Why, then, should anyone care? This is how I used to think. I didn’t want
to be Catholic, and I was raised to despise Catholicism as ignorant, hidebound,
blind, unbiblical, full of ‘dead works’, foolish & even
diabolic. There was no way on earth I was going to convert. Except for one
thing… I found out I was wrong. The facts were against me. Unfortunately,
it took me a long time to figure this out. Extra
Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (‘Outside the Church, no Salvation’)
is the distillation of that trail blazing effort, making the work of conversion
much easier for you. The first two-fifths of the book, constituting 72 chapters
in 3 parts, are already posted. There’s plenty of good reading, so take a
look!
·
The Hideous Schism of Catholic Fundamentalism
Heard about the accusation against Leo
XIII all the way back in 1880, my dear reader? That he wasn’t really a
true pope after that point in time? And are you confused or upset by it --- or,
perhaps, enchanted by the prospect since it fits your ‘gut feelings’
about him or your animosity toward heresy perfectly? On the other hand, maybe
you don’t have the ability, time, patience or desire to read an intricate
& long book on the subject? Then this article is for you. I’ve
already addressed in great detail the accusations brought against another past
pope, Benedict XV, who ruled in the early 20th century. The link to
that book can be found a little further down this list under the title, Was Benedict XV an Antipope? This article
really says the same thing as the book, only condensed and with much less
intricacy. The principles are the same in either case --- whether attacking the
papacy of Benedict XV in 1914 or Leo XIII in 1880, the accusers’ tactics
can be rebutted by what I point out in both writings. Long or short, a Catholic
must know the Godly, Catholic & proper rules for seriously entertaining
accusations of heresy against other Catholics. Failure to do so (and failure to
follow these rules rightly) results in grave sins of uncharitableness on the
part of those who believe the accusers. And, what’s more hideous, such
failure results in even graver sins of schism
when it comes to accusing a real pope
of being a false pope! This failure arises
from the erroneous mentality of what I call ‘catholic fundamentalism’.
Don’t make this hideous mistake, my dear soul. If you are truly Catholic
and confused or allured by these allegations, then read these writings
carefully before you dare to judge!
Heard about the baptism-of-desire
controversy? There are two sides to it. One is ‘liberal’ and the other
‘conservative’. We’re not talking about the liberal
side in this little article (people on this side of things think anyone,
whether aware of Catholicism or not, or whether trying to be Catholic or not,
can save their souls via a purported ‘invincible ignorance’). We’re
talking about the conservative side. This kind of person --- which I call a ‘catholic
fundamentalist’ and which you can find out about in the link to the
article listed right above this one --- thinks that baptism of water is absolutely necessary to the hope of
salvation. Indeed, more than that… this kind of person thinks that even
if you agree with his position but insist the Catholic Church hasn’t
ruled out the possibility of a catechumen dying ‘accidentally’
while still, potentially, going to Heaven without water baptism, then you’re
a heretic. Confounded by this claim,
my dear reader? Don’t know what to think about it? Or, perhaps, is this your
position but you’re not so arrogant as to think you’re infallible
and hence you’re willing to read about the evidence & logic against
your stance? Then dig in. The post is very short and very to the point. The
repercussions for being on the wrong side of this fight, however (read: the
conservative side), are grievous: it amounts to the grave sin of schism and
winds up in the Pit of Hell!
Wonder why Catholics venerate the Virgin
Mary so highly? Think it couldn’t possibly be ‘biblical’ ---
as if that were the one & only standard for everything in religion, and
that you, personally, interpret the Bible rightly --- and that Catholics are ‘enslaved’
to mere human traditions? Then think again, my dear reader. Here is the
rock-solid logic for honoring the Blessed Virgin more highly than any creature who has ever existed. Indeed, for honoring Her as the Mother of God Almighty, since Her Son truly is
God from all of eternity, and since mothers do not give birth to a body
alone, but to a whole & entire person… a Person Who just happened to be Our Divine Creator! Not only that,
but the Blessed Virgin Mary is more deeply ensconced in God’s Sacred
Scripture than most anyone realizes, even Roman Catholics. She is foreshadowed
in the Old Testament, and both intrinsic to &
profoundly rooted in the New Testament --- so deeply rooted that this Testament
of Her Son could not even exist without Her existence & cooperation.
Stunned? Skeptical? Slanderous?
Then put your money where your mouth is, my dear soul, and dare to read this.
After all, if your unbelief is correct, then you have nothing to fear. A
Catholic like me couldn’t possibly be right and you’ll see through all
the holes in my facts & reasoning! But if, as I assert, you are terribly
wrong… and you don’t pretend to be all-knowing, admitting that you could be wrong… then what
have you got to lose? Nothing except your pride.
Whereas, by admitting your error and becoming a good Catholic, you will gain
the loving protection of God’s Mother and the friendship of God Himself!
·
Modest Dress: What It Is and Why It Is So Crucial
Ever heard about modesty, my dear
reader? And do you know what it is, or why it’s so important when it
comes to clothing? Contrary to what people think nowadays, how you dress is critical
--- absolutely critical. Not just
because of ‘first impressions’, ‘appropriateness’ or
what-have-you. But because of morality. As in,
God commands it. Before Adam & Eve sinned in the
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Protestant Protests Rebutted
Do you claim that Catholicism is ‘riddled’
with false & unbiblical teachings? Think it’s impossible for a Catholic
to mount a strong & sensible defense of his Faith? Do you imagine that ‘born
again christianity’ is impervious to assaults or logical doubts due to
its supposed ‘foundation’ upon the Bible? Then think again, my dear
reader. It is not real Roman Catholics who are ‘unbiblical’ --- it
is so-called ‘bible believing christians’
who don’t know their own bibles and often contradict them! The evidence
of reasoning and scripture is easily there for he who dares to look. Examine
this book, then, to see what you’ve been missing. The
Bible? Faith? Works? Purported ‘crimes’ of the Catholic Church? Heresy? Infallibility? Dogma? Jews? Religious
liberty? Beliefs about Mary? Taking stands
against your own family? It’s all there, and more. Indeed, it tells you
where else to look on this website to find out still more reasons & evidence
for the Roman Catholic Church. Written for an anonymous reader styling himself ‘Joy
Given’ (and who I had already responded to in a shorter letter that’s
posted in the L&A section as Regarding
‘Scripture Alone’, ‘Faith Alone’ & the So-Called ‘Crimes’
of the Catholic Church), this writing is for anyone who has the courage to
admit that he is not infallible when it comes to interpreting the Bible or
condemning the Catholic Religion, and hence also able to face the fact that the
Roman Church really could be right when declaring that She is the One
& Only Body of Christ and “the pillar and ground of the truth.”
(1 Timothy 3:15d DRC) It is, as well, for those real
Catholics who crave the knowledge necessary to stand up to ‘born again’
biblical bullies with good straightforward sense, a few simple facts & the
testimony of Sacred Scripture. For while most of them don’t mean to be
bullies, it is certainly intimidating to have verses quoted at you and not know
what to say in return that sounds intelligent!
·
Should You Go to a CMRI Mass or
Take Part in the Worship of Other Traditionalists?
A lot of people who call themselves
Catholic --- and aren’t allured by the ‘updatings’
or ‘reforms’ of the Novus Ordo Church that flowed out of the 1960s --- are genuinely
confused. They can’t stomach the Vatican II stuff. Most of them know, somewhere deep down, that it’s deadly nonsense,
spiritually speaking. But what about the traditionalists?
There’s not many, but they do exist and have spread across most of the
·
Was Benedict XV an Antipope?
Have you heard the accusation against
Benedict XV (a pope of the early 20th century) that he was an
antipope? And, as a real Catholic (not the traditional-looking-yet-fake kind so prevalent today,
wherein the claimant espouses salvation heresy, thinking people can die in the
practice of a false religion while entering Heaven and usually --- but not
always --- imagining that everyone from John XXIII onward is a Successor to St.
Peter), are you troubled by the allegations, wondering how Benedict can be
defended… or if, perhaps, he really wasn’t
an occupant of the Throne of St. Peter? Then this book is for you. Indeed, even
if you don’t doubt Benedict the Fifteenth’s papacy, you still can benefit
from this book by seeing how to handle cases of suspected heresy. What
makes a heresy notorious, or pertinacious? When is a heretic manifest &
formal? How is a Catholic to be treated when under suspicion for heretical
words or activities? Does a fellow Catholic just up and accuse him point blank,
and, if he doesn’t kowtow to the accusation, does the first Catholic
simply cut the second Catholic off completely as the very next step? What are
the God-given & Church-sanctioned rules
in these situations? Encountering what appears to be heresy in those who are
supposed to be Catholic is never easy, but it doesn’t have to be utterly
confusing. Just follow the rules and be very careful. Likewise, challenging the legitimacy of
a pope’s papacy based on supposed heresy must be treated very carefully. A pope doesn’t
have to be a good pope to be a real pope;
he’s God’s man regardless of whether or not he does a good job representing
God on earth on St. Peter’s Throne! The point is, bad or not, you don’t touch God’s man
lightly --- and especially not wrongly, failing to follow His rules of strict justice ---
and expect God to ‘wink’ at your mistake. God will require a severe accounting from a bad pope at his judgment, and He will require a severe accounting from you, too,
at your judgment if you attack a pope mistakenly & rebel from his divinely-
derived authority!
·
What Are We to Think of Written Abjurations?
Ever run into the claim --- prevalent
amongst those few people nowadays who claim to be Catholic and might really be
so, not thinking Benedict XVI is a true pope or that people can die in the
practice of false religion and go to Heaven --- that a written & signed
abjuration is necessary to save your soul if you are baptized in water but have
believed in heresy during the Great Apostasy? Have you been told that, even if
this signed abjuration is not absolutely necessary in every single case,
nonetheless, to refuse to do it when you can do so would
be to your damnation if you die in this state… and even though we have no
bishop with jurisdiction to whom we may submit this kind of document? Has
anyone claimed that these signed & written abjurations are needed to ‘prove’
that you’re Catholic, and that anyone who is truly Catholic (but who was a
baptized heretic prior to denouncing his heresy) must be ready to produce the
signed document for another Catholic to examine or collect? And have you, my
dear soul, wondered what in the world this is all about? Has the Church
actually said to do this? Or is it just the mixed up imagination of a
scrupulous & tyrannical person? Don’t despair! There are answers to
these questions --- good, simple & sensible answers. No need to twist your
brain up into a knot. All you have to know is what the Church has actually
said, and why, and you’ll be able to understand what we are to do today
when we, or another, are baptized but fell into heresy and now want to abjure. The
solution is easy when you comprehend the principle!
Do you hate real Catholics? Do you
consider them weird, arrogant & rude, the way they seem to talk different,
act different & think different from everyone else? Indeed, do you find
their insistence on only good Catholics entering Heaven laughable &
offensive? Do you feel certain they’re part of some sort of
‘dangerous cult’, a menace to right-thinking people & citizens
everywhere? Then this article might just be for you. I can’t guarantee
you’ll understand why Catholics are so sure about ‘no Salvation
outside the Church’ from reading The
World Offended --- that’s better done by looking at the book, Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus --- but you will
see, provided you think carefully & strive to put your biases to the side,
why a Catholic must do what he does, given
that he really does believe that there is no Hope of Salvation outside
membership in His Church. Along the way, find out what the Bible is for,
the reason Catholics ‘preach’, how come they tend to stick to
themselves, and witness an anti-Catholic conspiracy theory refuted (albeit very
briefly). In addition, discover the reality of the religious tyranny that
almost all people nowadays slave under, all the while it is pretended to be a
‘liberty’. Written as a long letter to a close relation, this is a
follow-up to something I wrote earlier and posted in the Letters &
Admonishments section under the title, Regarding
‘The Epistemologic Works’ Website, Truth, Hell & the Catholic
Faith. Investigate both of them carefully… the contents are
eye-opening!
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