[Greek] παραλογίζομαι (paralogizomai), [Latin] decipere, [Latin] fallere, [German] ertappen: to miscalculate, to delude, to deceive, to reason falsely, to lead astray, to reckon wrong; Col.2:4, Jas.1:22
Modernists earnestly believe that the Novus Order Mass nourishes the Church (Mass attendance declining!) and the Traditional Latin Mass impoverishes the Church (Mass attendance thriving!). One can only wonder if the Modernists’ & Synodalists’ intentions are unintentionally deluded and/or intentionally evil (gas-lighting.)
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to defraud, to cheat, to reason falsely, and to mislead.
Isocrates’ Ad Filios Jasonis 6.12: “For they do not examine from all sides the real nature of the equation, but in many ways deceive themselves.”
Demosthenes’ Against Aphobus 1 41.30: “I have yet set forth to you all my charges, while my opponent evaded coming before those acquainted with the facts.”
Demosthenes’ Against Aphobus 1 27.29: “Is this is a trifling sum drawn, which might have easily been miscalculated?”
Socrates: “To believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly.”
Aeschines’ Against Timarchus 1.117: “I fear that the man who professed to teach the young the tricks of speaking may mislead you by some artifice.
Old Testament: This term means to change, to come against, to transgress, to cover, to delude, to be betray, to carry, and to throw.
New Testament: This term means to delude and to deceive. James states that one must both be a hearer and doer of the gospel message. Listening but not practicing the gospel message does not allow one to conform oneself to the gospel. This conformity of life to the gospel brings true freedom and happiness.
Scripture:
Col.2:4: “I say this so that no one may deceive you by specious arguments.”
- Paul is concerned that the Colossians are being influenced by false teachers.
- The Colossians are admonished to adhere to the gospel as it was first preached to them.
- They must not be captivated by empty, seductive philosophies according to human traditions, according to the world and not according to Christ.
- These false teachers stress angels, principalities and powers, astral powers, and cultic practices.
Jas.1:22: “Be doers of the Word and not hearers, only deluding yourselves.” (One must both hear and follow (do) the Word in order to be conformed to the gospel message. Intellectual faith is not enough. Actions are also needed.)
Hearers of the Word:
- This is a person who deludes himself.
- This is like a person who looks at his own face in a mirror and promptly forget what he looks like.
- The perfect law is the gospel (of Jesus) which brings freedom.
Doers of the Word:
- This person is one who peers in the perfect law of freedom and perseveres.
- This person is one who acts.
- This person shall be blessed in what he does.
Perfect freedom: Man attains self-control by letting himself be controlled by God. Sounds like following God’s will! God provides a true liberation (freedom) from a deficient existence. Talk about a profound contradiction! Being controlled by God gives you freedom!!! [#MindBlown, #GodIsInControl] ☺☺☺
Guiding principles of Modernists’ thinking:
- Agnosticism: human reason is confined entirely within the field of phenomena (what is only perceptible to human senses and reason).
- Vital Immanence: man uses sentiments, perceptions, and LIVED EXPERIENCES) to find an explanation for God, religious, faith, and doctrine. External objective supernatural reality is excluded or diminished.
- Modernism is a synthesis of all heresies: cumulative human subjective errors ==> heresies ==> atheism (paying lip service to God)
Vatican II:
- Pope John XXII invoked Vatican II based on the naive idea that “fresh air” must be brought into the Church.
- Pope Paul VI later acknowledged that the “smoke of Satan” has entered into the Church.
- Vatican II has resulted in a spiritual and pastoral disaster: decreased vocations, increased sacrilege, decrease Catholic membership, closing churches, poor catechesis, watered down teachings, etc.
- Pope Francis states that he will continue Vatican II’s efforts to “reform and renew” the Church. The Synodalists are doubling down on what Vatican II has produced.
- The advocates of Vatican II has explicitly stated that the ecclesiology of the Church has changed. The Novus Order Mass and other liturgical “reforms” were introduced.
- Cardinal Roche, part of Pope Francis inner circle, also has claimed that the ecclesiology of the Church has changed.
Modernists’ antipathy and opposition against Tradition:
- “It is a mistake for the Church to try to hold onto old traditions or to have clear answers for everything.” Pope Francis
- “Times change, architecture must evolve.” This Modernist thinking states that one should build minimalist and ugly looking churches.
- “Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies.” Pope St. Pius X Modernism ==> Synodalism ==> accumulation of human errors ==> heresies ==> atheism (paying lip service to God)
- As Pope Francis reverses centuries-old doctrines, he denounces the faithful as “backward looking.” Pope Francis a new way to trying to organize the Church.
- “For those who call themselves traditionalists, tradition is the dead faith of the living.” Pope Francis
- The Tradition Latin Mass (TLM) is now “divisive” with the Novus Order Mass and new Church ecclesiology.
- “Pope Francis’ Latin Mass reforms are necessary to secure Vatican II’s legacy” Cardinal Cupich
- “The Traditional Latin Mass “impoverishes” the Church (Cardinal Cupich makes this statement when TLM attendance thrives while NOM decline)
- Modernist delusional and circular thinking: “We need to reform and renew the Church” ==> problems ==> “We need to further reform and renew the Church” ==> more problems ==> rinse, repeat, etc. (Because Modernism (Synodality) is all that matters!)
Paralogism: A piece of illogical or fallacious reasoning, especially one which appears superficially logical or which the reasoner believes to be logical. This is related to the Greek paralogos, meaning unreasonable.
Etymology:
- The Greek verb paralogizomai essentially means to reason (-logizomai) alongsude (para-).
- The Latin verb decipere is derived from the Latin verb capere, meaning to capture.
- When one is faced with deception (obstruction, subterfuge, treachery, or deceit), one does not know he is dealing with.
- The erroneous information presented becomes falsum (deceit). One must “fall” or “be brought to a fall” for what is presented to him.
- Therefore, he falls down or fell for it.
- The German verb ertrappen in itself is very telling.
Conclusion:
Deceive, deception, deceptive, fall, paralogism, trap
Demosthenes points out that those who do not face the facts themselves mistakenly think they can persuade others. Isocrates points that some can easily deceive themselves, being close-minded and being unable to see the problem from other sides. Plato states in practical terms what it means to act foolishly and recklessly.
In the Old Testament, this term conveys the sense of going against, covering, and throwing. Perhaps this develops the notion of casting doubt and covering up.
In the New Testament, Paul warns that the false teachers in Colossae are creating false narratives about Jesus’ true nature. James states one must be hearers and doers of the gospel. To do otherwise, you are deluding yourself.
Update: The Catholic Church (and the Vatican) is acting more like a synodal Church (made in the image of man) rather than a divine Church devoted to bringing souls into heaven.
Synodality (lived experiences) becoming an idol: this has become a slippery slope for worldliness, “inclusion”, tolerance, intolerance, false compassion, doctrinal confusion, diluting, questioning and paying lip service to Church teachings, indifference, heresy, sin, and evil. This ultimately leads to fewer souls that can be saved.
The German synodal Church is renewing and reforming itself into decline!
As a result, many clergy are NOT acting like priests. They are silent, cowardly, and indifferent. They are failing to be DOERS of the Word: paying lip service to Church teachings, and failing to state Church teachings. As a result, many mortal souls could be in peril.
Specious arguments: human traditions, innovations, democratization of Church structure and Church doctrine, and increased laity decision-making.
“People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love more than the truth. They love truth when it shines warmly on them, and hate it when it rebukes them.” St. Augustine.
“Truth suffers, but never dies” St. Teresa of Avila
From LifeSite News (essay by Fr. Joachim Heimrl):
- Pope Francis: the Mass is merely a vehicle for Church reform.
- Cardinal Alfredo Ottiviani, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (for Pope Paul VI in 1969), expressed his reservations to Pope Paul VI about the “new Mass”.
- Cardinal Ottiviani stated that the new Mass was deficient and dangerous. It ultimately represented a new church.
- Pope Paul VI said he regretted his “blunder” (new Mass), but never revised it.
- Is this why Paul VI mentioned that the “smoke of Satan”==> liturgical confusion has entered into the Church???
- Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict tried to strike a pragmatic balance: both Novus Order Mass and Traditional Latin Mass forms existed side by side.
- Pope Francis is seeking to remove the Traditional Latin Mass.