[Greek] ὑποκριτής (hypokritēs), [Latin] hypocrita, [German] mime: pretender, actor, hypocrite, who puts on a false appearance, insincere person, one who plays a part; 20 scriptural references
Pope Francis and his inner circle are failing to believe in traditional Catholic teachings. Instead, these Modernists are seeking to remake Jesus’ Church into a worldly synodal Church (in the image of man).
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term references an actor (playing a part on the stage), orator, interpreter, manner, tone, and outward show. This term literally means under or behind (hypo-) the mask (krites). The actor becomes the interpreter of the poet (playwright). Human life experiences are often compared to the drama on the stage. The stage can also be perceived as a deception where the actor is a deceiver. However, there is no suggestion of evil intent, as the performance (acting or pretending) is celebrated.
Old Testament: This term, taking on a more serious and evil sense, means one not keeping the Law, living in iniquity, apostasy, lacking fear of God, deceiving, living in sin, living in wickedness, living in alienation from God, dissembling, and being ungodly. Hypocrisy is a moral evil. The hypocrite’s actions take on a more serious sense of deception and evil, rather than acting. This deception leads to wrongdoing and apostasy, pertaining to one’s relationship with God and the law. This person disguises himself when he becomes an evildoer instead of the good person he ought to be according to God’s law. This dissembling is wicked deception in opposition to God’s truth.
Being a hypocrite:
- 2Macc.5:25: He pretended to be peacefully disposed
- 2Macc.6:21: To pretend to be eating some of the meat of the sacrificed prescribed by the king
- 2Macc.6:24: At our age it would be unbecoming to make such a pretense
- Sir.1:28: For the Lord will reveal your secrets and publicly cast you down
- Psa.12:2: Those who tell lies to one another speak with deceiving lips and a double heart
- Sir.33:2: He who hates the law is without wisdom, and is tossed about like a boat in a storm
- Sir.32:15: He who studies the law masters it, but the hypocrite finds it a trap
- Job 20:5: The triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the impious but for a moment
New Testament: This term means hypocrite, pretender, and insincere person. Hypocrites refer to the Jewish authorities (Pharisees and scribes), unbelieving Jews, unfaithful servants, and unfaithful Christians. I think it would be only appropriate to give these hypocrites their due, recognition and reward (as hypocrites).
Scripture:
Mt.7:5: Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will be able to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye
Mt.15:7: Who honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from Me. In vain they worship me and teach human doctrines
Mt.16:3 They can know the weather but cannot judge the signs of the times
Mt.22:18: [Jesus]: why are you (hypocrites) testing about paying taxes to Caesar?
Mt.23:13 Who lock (prevent or restrict the teachings) of the kingdom of heaven from human beings
Mt.23:15: You hypocrites (scribes and Pharisees) create more zealous followers, making them children of Gahenna
Mt.23:23: You hypocrites pay tithes yet neglect the weightier things of the law: judgment, mercy, and fidelity.
Mt.23:27: Who look good on the outside, but is rotten inside
Mt.24:51: The unfaithful servant will assigned to a place with hypocrites where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
Lk.13:15-16: You hypocrites. Does not each one of you untie his oxen or ass for watering. Ought this daughter of Abraham be set free from Satan on the Sabbath?
Synod of Synodalities summary statement:
- Desire increased laity decision making and responsibilities
- No one should be excluded
- Walk and listen to the people
- Seek consensus building
- Support and respond to those who are marginalized as a result of fidelity to Church teachings
- Discern together controversial issues and open questions
- Discern together whether a doctrine issues can or must remain
What is dissembling? To conceal one’s true motives or beliefs.
What is virtue signaling? This is the practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one’s good character or moral correctness on a particular issue. We see this everyday with politicians, media, and activists. This is all about identity politics.
Conclusion:
Hypocrites, hypocritical, mime, mimic
In Greek Hellenism, this term is aptly described as a metaphor for an actor on the stage. The Greek dramas and plays often reflected upon the human condition.
In the Old Testament, this term clearly takes on a more serious sense of dissembling, deceiving and doing evil against God and the Law.
Mt.6:2,5,16: Do not seek praise (recognition) when giving alms, praying, and fasting. When Jesus says, ‘Amen, I say to you’, He will soon state something very important.
Mt.7:5: This also applies to the Christian disciple and others who is more concerned with the faults of others and ignores one’s own faults.
Mt.16:3: Those who cannot recognize the kingdom of heaven and Jesus’ mighty deeds and teachings
Mt.23:13: Pharisees, scribes, law scholars, and clergy lock the key (deny access) to knowledge. Pharisees also do enter through this access
Mt.23:15: Proselytes (converts) are more zealous, wicked, and evil
Mt.23:23: Pharisees are more concerned about rituals but neglect the essentials
Mt.24:51: Hypocrites are severely punished
Lk.13:15-16: The synagogue leader was more concerned by untying animals for watering than freeing a possessed woman on the Sabbath.
The scribes and Pharisees are like whitewashed tombs. Tombs were whitewashed so that no one would contract impurity.
Hypocrites, like the wicked and unfaithful, were deserving of wailing and grinding of teeth.
Update: Many U.S, cardinals, bishops, and priests were absent in protesting the Los Angeles Dodgers organization honoring the scandalous “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”. Rather than standing up for the Church’s teachings, they remained quiet, fearful and afraid of offending the LGBTQ community and upsetting the Vatican’s “outreach” to the LGBTQ community.
As a result of the constant criticism of Pope Francis’ actions, a cottage industry of Pope Francis’ zealous followers (“pope-splainers”) have emerged trying to defend him.
Pope Francis cancels faithful clergy but hides, appoints, and promotes clergy with questionable moral character. (Ex. Fr. Rupnik, Cardinal Fernandez, etc.)
Pope Francis has made a deliberate effort to restrict and prevent access to Catholics celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass.
Fiducia Supplicans: Pope claims that the Church’s teaching on marriage has not changed, yet opens the door to blessing same-sex couples (human tradition).
Pope Francis’ action continually create confusion. Yet, when he is criticized, Pope Francis claims that his opponents are causing division. His opponents must “abandon their ecclesiastical ideologies”.
Pope Francis already knew that Cardinal Fernandez had written a hard-core porno-theology book, yet appointed him anyway as Vatican doctrinal chief!
Pope Francis extolls “mercy above all else” yet seems to ignore and overlook Jesus’ command to sin no more.
Rather than acknowledge the sinful behavior of homosexuality, Pope Francis and his inner are seeking to de-stigmatize, rationalize, and normalize homosexuality in Church teachings.
The Vatican continues to like a NGO rather than being a church in the business of the salvation of souls.
It is very conceivable that unfaithful, corrupt, and evil priests (and pastors) will find a place of wailing and grinding of teeth for for their own failures and failure to save others’ souls.
Pope Francis had no problem with placing pagan items into the Mass. (Ex. Pachamama idol placed on the Vatican grounds at a Mass.) Pope Francis was more upset at a faithful Catholic tossing the Pachamama idol into the Tiber river than having a Pachamama idol at a Mass.
By not recognizing and teaching about the serious sinful behavior of homosexuality and same-sex unions, Pope Francis and his inner circle are putting many souls’ eternal moral state in peril.
The laity at the Synod wants the Church to welcome them and their lifestyle, but do not want to accept or follow Church teachings. And you wonder why the laity wants to have decision making authority to change Church teachings???
Pope Francis calls young traditional priests wearing the cassock as a scandal of clericalism. Pope Francis is actually criticizing the notion of clergy being separated from the world.
The laity at the Synod feels marginalized because of established teachings. Does this mean that the Church’s teachings are intolerant and hateful? Does this mean that God is hateful? Does this mean that God teachings must change for them??
Pope Francis seems to have many wooden beams remaining in his eye. Perhaps the largest “wooden beam” in his eye is his animosity toward Tradition, traditional teachings, and traditional (conservative) priests.
President Biden and his supporters get upset when the Republicans criticize them for paying more attention to Ukraine’s border than the USA’s border. It seems that the Democrats more concerned with Ukraine’s security.
US sanctuary city mayors criticize Governors Abbot and DeSantis for transporting illegal aliens to their cities, rather than criticizing President Biden’s open border policies.
President Biden, claiming to be a unifier, continues to state that MAGA supporters are a threat to our country.
“The worst kind of heretic is the one, while teaching mostly true Catholic doctrine, add a word of heresy, like a drop of poison in a cup of water”. Pope Leo XII (Pope Leo XIII and later popes PROPHETICALLY WARNED US ABOUT THE MODERNISTS, like Pope Francis!)