[Greek] διακρίνω (diakrinō), [Latin] discernere, [Latin] dijudicare, [Latin] ostendere, [Latin] haesitare, [Latin] dubitare, [Latin] advertere, [Latin] iudicare: to judge, to evaluate, to distinguish, to discern, to separate, to discriminate, to make a distinction; 24 scriptures
Many are now still discerning what type of leader that Pope Leo XIV will be for the Church. Pope Leo XIV is already making questionable appointments, following Synodality and Laudato Si. What about the TLM and the salvation of souls?
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to separate, to part, to join others, to set apart, to distinguish, to decide, to consult (the birds), to doubt, to hesitate, and to waver.
Homer’s Odyssey 8.195: “Even, a blind man could distinguish this mark, groping it with his hands.”
Herodotus’ The Histories 1.11: “Now, Gyges, you have two ways before you decide which you will follow.”
Aristophanes’ Birds 719: “Before undertaking anything, you consult the birds by reading the omens, and you give this name of omen to all signs that tell of the future.”
Plato’s Philebus 46b: “Protarchus, we can probably never settle the point at issue.”
Old Testament: This term means to judge, to examine, to litigate, to separate, to distinguish, to contend, to choose, and to litigate. Willful rejection rather than doubt plays an important in man’s relationship with God.
New Testament: This term means to judge, to doubt (waver), to confront, to discriminate, to distinguish, distinction, and to discern. Sometimes it is often difficult to make the “distinction” between these meanings. (Sorry for the pun–just couldn’t resist) ☺☺☺
Mt.16:3: “You [Pharisees and Sadducees] know how to judge the appearance of the sky, but you cannot judge the sign of the times.” (Jesus criticizes them for not understanding the indications of the coming kingdom in the signs of Jesus. Evil and unfaithful generations, breaking the covenantal relationship with God, engage in spiritual adultery.** They demand a sign.)
Mt.21:21-22: “Jesus said to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, if you have faith and do not waver [doubt], not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea’, it will be done.” (The cursing of the fig tree represents hypocrisy. The fig tree represents the Jewish people’s blindness and hard-heartedness. If you have faith, you should be able to perform much more difficult things.)
Acts 11:12: “The Spirit told me [Peter] to accompany them without discriminating. These six brother also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.” (The Holy Spirit inspired Peter to set aside the legal barriers between the Jews and Gentiles. This was an indication that the gospel message was also to be given to the Gentiles.)
1Cor.4:6-7: “So that you may learn from us [Paul and Apollos] not to go beyond what is written, so that you may not be inflated with pride. Who confers distinction (knowing better) upon you? What do you possess that you have not received?” (Paul warns the Corinthians to avoid the false wisdom of vain speculation and puffed up arrogance. Paul asks who has conferred this distinction upon the Corinthians. Why are the Corinthians boasting?)
1Cor.11:29: “For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.” (Improperly eating and drinking the Body and Blood of the Lord unworthily (without discernment) will bring upon judgment upon oneself. One must understand the meaning of Jesus’ intentions and His death. To do otherwise, one will be guilty of a sin against the Lord Himself.)
Perseverance in trials: Jas.1:1-8
- Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials.
- For you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- Let that perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
- If you lack wisdom, ask God who gives generously.
- But one should act in faith, not doubting.
- The one who doubts (divided) is like a wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.
- This person is divided (between God and himself).
Synod of Synodalities summary statement:
- Desires increased laity decision making and responsibilities. (This describes Synodality’s intent to decentralize and shift authority to the local level.)
- No one should be excluded. (Sounds like making secular and worldly presumptions against ‘harmful’ Church teachings.)
- Seek consensus building. (Does this mean having consensus on Church teachings and doctrine? ==> Morality is not determined democratically! HUGE RED FLAG!)
- Support and respond to those who are marginalized as a result of fidelity to Church teachings. (Does this mean changing Church teachings and doctrine to adapt to the world and culture?)
- Discern together controversial issues and open questions. (Does this change Church teachings on homosexuality and other controversial issues?)
- Discern together whether a doctrinal issue can or must remain. (The Church is NOT a democracy. Laity deciding and determining doctrine ==>HUGE RED FLAG!)
- The faithful cannot err in matters of faith if they can manifest universal consent. (This reeks of arrogance and ignorance! So consensus mean truth?) *[see Archbishop Sheen’s quote below]
Vatican pushes a ‘new way of being Church’ in 3 year Synod rollout plan:
- Does this mean that Jesus got His Church wrong? Does this mean that the Church is broken?
- This is a document to show how to continue Pope Francis’ Synodal decision-making efforts at the local level. (This seeks to decentralize and shift decision making at the local level. This sounds like “Protestantizing” the Church.)
- This document provides themes and suggestions for how the local church can live the new synodal style. (So do you think the local Churches are not doing this already?)
- This process has sought participation and advice from non-Catholics and those who no longer practice the faith. (Why are non-Catholics and non-believers involved in this process?)
- Pope Leo XIV has quietly formed a new study group: “The Liturgy in Synodal Perspective”. (It seems that Pope Leo XIV is already following in Pope Francis’s footsteps. Another RED FLAG!)
- The synod has been posited as an extension of Vatican II. (Synodality is “doubling down” on Vatican II’s efforts to make the Church “get with the times.” [More “fresh air” (worldliness) and “smoke” (doctrinal confusion and ambiguity)])
- Synodal leaders have spoken about being “surprised by the Holy Spirit” in implementing their Synodal agenda. (Calling upon the Holy Spirit to ratify and justify one’s Synodal agenda is deceitful, potentially sinful and evil [if these actions are against Catholic teachings]. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN ONLY STAND FOR THE TRUTH! Still another RED FLAG!)
The problematic origins of Synodality [from Claudio Ivan Remeseira’s article Where Peter is]:
- This is the mature fruit of the Argentine “theology of the people developed in the 1970’s by COEPAL. This has become a HUMAN TRADITION.
- COEPAL was a synodal task force of left-leaning bishops and theologians in Buenos Aires.
- This theology deliberately abandoned the vertical, hierarchical, and sacramental model of the Church in the favor of the “People of God.”
- It was a POLITICAL GROUP shaped by class struggle, Marxist ideology (power), Peronist populism, and a rejection of preconciliar ecclesiology.
- It was replaced by dialogue, process, and weaponized popular piety.
- Pope Francis became its most successful inheritor.
- Sound familiar? Clergy entrenched in politics (immigration), confusion of vocations/rights, despising Tradition, lived experiences (Synodality) taking precedence over Church teachings, and focusing more on “making a better world” than bringing souls to heaven.
**Modern day harlotry of the Church having further “intercourse” with worldly values, paganism, and sin in the Church:
- Overlooking, ignoring, and paying lip service to Church teachings (practical atheism)
- Overlooking, ignoring, de-stigmatizing, and blessing sin
- Clergy being marginalized, deposed, removed, laicized, criticized for stating Traditional Church teachings.
- Lived experiences, inclusion, and tolerance TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER Church teachings
- Having non-Christians and non-believers involved in the synodal process. Sounds like further Protestantizing and secularizing the Church!
- Inserting worldly and pagan influences in the Mass
- Using the “Holy Spirt of Surprises” to justify and rationalize anything you want. This is very deceitful and dangerous!
- Undermining the Church structure: having poorly catechized and sinful laity determining and deciding Church doctrine
- Having inverted priorities: focusing more on “making a better world” rather than on bringing souls into heaven
Etymology: There are many Latin derivations: Diakrino: to divide (decide) in one’s mind. Dijudicare: to make a decision about a matter. Discernere: to recognize a difference or distinction. Ostendere: to show or to make clear. Decider: to cut off or to determine. Montrer: to show. Separer: to pull apart. Haesitare: to stick or to be undecided. Dubitare: to doubt or to be of two minds. Advertere: to turn towards. Condamner: to find guilty.
Conclusion:
Dijudicate, discern, discerning, decide, decision, ostentation, monstrance, separate, separation, hesitation, hesitate, distinguish, doubt, dubious, turn, advertise, condemn, judge
In the Old Testament, the focus is on rejection of God’s word rather than on doubt.
Update: Vatican II, responding to the signs of the times, discerned it was necessary for the Church to “get with the times” [bringing in “fresh air” and “smoke]. This lead to a spiritual and pastoral disaster for the Church.
Yet the Modernists and Synodalists are actually “doubling down” on what Vatican II did. More “fresh air” and more “smoke” in the Church. The Church is being remade in the image of man and his lived experiences.
HUGE WARNING SIGN FOR THINGS TO COME WITH SYNODALITY: The German Church is “reforming” and “renewing” itself into heresy and decline!
It seems that Pope Leo XIV will be following the path of the Modernists and Synodalists on worldly concerns. (Ex. Mass on the Care for Creation, supporting Laudato Si). They are focusing more on “making a better world” rather than on bringing souls to heaven.
A priest in Trevelez, Granada Spain, was rebuked and forced into hiding for praying for those who don’t go to Mass and for stating the LGBT community need conversion. This priest was called racist and homophobic. Unlike the others, THIS PRIEST UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Being rebuked for stating traditional Church teachings: sounds like Bishop Strickland.
Lackadaisical Eucharistic reception, liturgical abuses (and sacrilege), lack of belief (in the Eucharist), and being in a state of mortal sin all play a part in receiving the Eucharist unworthily.
Politicizing the Gospel: The bishop of the diocese of San Bernadino has arrogantly dispensed parishioners from attending Sunday Mass in light of ICE activity. The Church, willingly accepting money in promoting illegal immigration, now finds itself in political opposition to the U.S. government. Many immigrations are in the country illegally.
This Synodal Church is now entrenched in political issues (immigration rights) and power struggles (women seeking the “right” to be priests and deacons).
We have too many Catholics and Christians who are blind (and hard-hearted) in accepting and following Church teachings.
In this Catholic rejuvenation, many Protestants are being inspired by the Holy Spirt to overcome the barriers, pressures, and obstacles [often from other Protestants] in becoming Catholic.
Fr. Ian Vane denied Holy Communion to Liberal Democrat MP Chris Coghlan after he voted in favor of assisted suicide. This priest acted appropriately in this matter.
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Supreme Court justice John Roberts
Affirmative action and DEI, excluding more qualified people, are now being seen as a form of reverse racism.
“The ‘smoke’ of Satan has entered the Church.” Pope Paul VI (The gravest threat to the Church today: NOT from outside persecution, but FROM INSIDE THE CHURCH–THOSE WHO TWIST DOCTRINE UNDER THE GUISE OF [FALSE] COMPASSION, TOLERANCE, INCLUSION, AND CONFUSION. Sound familiar?)
“This new way of being Church [Synodality]: is a betrayal of Jesus Christ and the Church He established.” Bishop Strickland.
*”Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen
“All novelty [human tradition] in faith is a sure mark of heresy.” St. Vincent of Lerins