[Greek] ἀναστρέφω (anastrephō), [Latin] conversare, [Latin] revertere, [Latin] subvertere, [French] tourner, [French] expulser

[Greek] ἀναστρέφω (anastrephō), [Latin] conversare, [Latin] revertere, [Latin] subvertere, [French] tourner, [French] expulser: to turn back, to overturn, to conduct oneself, to bide, to return; Mt.17:22, Jn.2:15, Acts 5:22, Acts 15:16, 2Cor.1:12, Eph.2:3, 1Tim.3:15, Heb.10:33, Heb.13:18, 1Pet.1:17, 2Pet.2:18

Yoda, the anastrophe master who subverts sentences, yet still imparts wisdom. The Vatican II conciliar/Synodal Church is seeking to remake Jesus’ Church (made in His image) into a worldly Synodal Church (made in the image of man and his lived experiences).

What would Yoda say about Vatican II/Synodality?

“A double-edged sword, Vatican II was. Open the windows to the world, the Council did. But careful you must be when the storm blows in! Demolished, some walls were, that protected the flock from the dark side of the secular ways.”

“Now Synodality comes, ‘Listen to all we must! they say. A noble thought, yes. But a council of votes does not a master make. When everyone speaks, who listens to the Force? Who guards the ancient truth?”

“Dangerous, this path is. To a parliament, the Church they seek to turn. Voting on truth, they are! But truth is not a democracy, hmm? Clear the doctrine must remain. If change it you do with every passing wind of culture, anchorless you become. Drifting into the fog, the ship goes.”

“Confusion, this synodal path brings. Bishops argue. The faithful wander, wondering what to believe. ‘A listening Church’ they call it. But listen too much to the world, and forget the voice of the Master, you will.”

“Balance, the Church must find. To hear the people, good it is. But to compromise the eternal truth to please the crowd? Path to weakness, that is. Strong the center must hold, or collapse into chaos, the structure will.”

Background information:

Greek Hellenism: This term means to turn back, to retreat, to exile, to dwell, to change, to invert, to conduct oneself, and to be engaged.

Sophocles’ Philoctetes 449: “No, the gods take excellent care of their kind. They find a strange joy in turning back from Hades all things criminal.”

Euripides’ The Suppliants 331: “For the gods reverses all things again.”

Euripides’ Hippolytus 1176: “For a messenger had come saying that Hippolytus would no longer dwell in this land, being exiled from you.”

Herodotus’ The Histories 1.80.5: “So when the battle was joined, they turned to flight.”

Old Testament: This term means to come back (return), to convert, to conduct oneself, to bring forth, to overturn, to change, and to return.

Walking with God:

1. This term describes one’s religious and ethical “walk” (way of life).
2. This term refers to non-spatial walking with God [being faithful to God] on earth.
3. This term refers to one’s moral sense of piety (walking in a straight path in life before God.)
4. This notion becomes very important to the Hellenistic Jews of the Diaspora who lived outside of Jerusalem.

New Testament: This term means to abide, to return, and to behave (conduct oneself).

Scripture:

Jn.2:15: “Jesus made a whip out of cords and drove them [money-changers] out of the temple areas, with sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” (The making of a whip suggests preparation and purpose. Jesus intended to restore purpose of the space for the Gentiles to worship. The sheep, cattle, and money-changers signify corruption and commercialization of religious practices. Jesus would establish worship that would not be confined by space.)

1Pet.1:17: “Conduct yourselves in reverence during the time of your sojourning.” (Christians, belonging to God, are temporary strangers and sojourners on earth. Christians are called to be in the world but NOT of the world.)

2Cor.1:12: “We have conducted ourselves in the world with the simplicity and sincerity of God, not by human wisdom but the grace of God.” (Paul’s behavior reflects his commitment to living out the gospel in the world. Paul was deeply concerned about the Corinthians’ spiritual well-being. Paul contrasts divine wisdom with worldly wisdom.)

Human wisdom: Worldly values, sin, selfishness, deceitfulness, paganism, compromise, and tolerance.

Heb.10:33: “At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction; at other times you associated yourselves with them [abused and afflicted].” (Those exposed to abuse and affliction may become a spectacle to others. Circumstances may cause or force one to share (experience) these afflictions with others.) 

Being publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution:

1. Christians, often seen as subversive group, often faced ridicule and persecution. This was common in the Roman Empire.
2. The public nature of this persecution served as a test of faith and resolve for believers.
3. This echoes Jesus’ words of blessedness of those who are persecuted for righteousness sake.
4. Christians often can be viewed as counter-cultural.
5. Persecution can include verbal abuse, social ostracism, and even physical harm.
6. Sharing in suffering reflects the communal nature of the Church.

2 Pet.2:18: “For, talking empty bombast, they [false teachers] seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who live in error.”

False teachers:

1. They may use grandiose or flowery language to impress and to mislead.
2. While often presenting themselves as knowledgeable and authoritative, their teachings lack substance and faith.
3. They exploit human weaknesses by appealing to base desires. This alludes to the serpent’s appeal to physical desire and pride.
4. They may target new believers or those who are vulnerable in their faith.
5. This suggests a continuing contest [battle] between sin/deception vs. life in Christ.

The Vatican vs. the SSPX: Subverting and overturning norms and definitions.

1. The encyclical Mirari Vos (1832) prophetically warned about the dangers of bringing in human traditions into the Church.
2. At Vatican II, the Modernists brought in worldliness and the “smoke of Satan” (spirit of undermining) into the Church.
3. Bishop Paprocki claims that the SSPX is another Protestant sect.
4. If one supports all of Catholicism before Vatican II and criticizes the human traditions at Vatican II, you are now a Protestant. What???
5. If one supports Vatican II/Synodality as your moral guidepost, you are a Catholic.
6. It seems we are living in an upside down bizarro world where traditional Catholics are Protestants and only modern Catholics are Catholic.

Anastrophe: This is a figure of speech in which the normal word order of the subject, verb and object is changed (turned).

“The greatest teacher, failure is.” Yoda

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are!” Jane Taylor

“Hello, darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again.” Simon and Garfunkel

“Not working, my computer is!” [Fill in your name here]

Conclusion:

Convert, converse, conversation subvert, subversion, turn, return, expulsion, reverse

Greek Hellenism: This term has the basic sense of turning. In classical Greek, ‘to turn one’s self about’ refers to one’s conduct or behavior. This notion continues in other cultures later in history. This term can range from turning back, engaging, and abiding.

Update: Subverted racial equity justice policies and crime laws have encouraged  and caused rampant crime, store theft, and store closings.

There has been a concerted effort by the Synodal Church leadership to seek to ignore or to “pay lip-service” to Church teachings against homosexuality (sodomy). Clergy and Synodal study groups are now saying that homosexuality is NOT sinful.

Changing terminology: sinful is now becoming “emergent”. This becomes an effort to redefine sin.

Ever since Vatican II, the Modernists and Synodalists have assumed leadership of the Church. They have INTENTIONALLY subverted Jesus Church (made in His image) in a worldly Synodal Church (made in the image of man and his lived experiences). 

Vatican II and Synodality has INTENTIONALLY subverted the primary purpose of the Church. There is more focus on SEEKING FAVOR WITH THE WORLD/MAKING A BETTER WORLD rather than on BRINGING SOULS INTO HEAVEN.

Ever since Vatican II and with Synodality, the Church looks more like a United Nations NGO rather than a divine Church. They have essentially lost the plot in becoming temporary sojourners in the world (Eph.2:19, Php. 3:20, 1Pet.2:11)

Traditional and conservative Catholics and Christians are often perceived as rigid, extreme, and far right. These Catholics and Christian receive the values from God. Taking this to its ultimate conclusion, then you would have to say that God is also extreme.

Synodality subverting Church decision-making:

Clergy and laity are now sharing decision making regarding Church doctrine, teachings, and sin. (It is quite unprecedented for laity to be involved in decision making.)

Synodality subverting Jesus’ mission for the Church (Mt. 28:19-20):

“We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ or the Catholic Church or anything like that at all.” Cardinal Auguiar (37th World Youth Day). (God forbid that we would seek to convince others to become Catholic or to make disciples of all nations!)

Synodality subverting doctrinal clarity:

“It is a mistake for the Church to try to hold onto old traditions or to have clear answers for everything.” Pope Francis (Pope Francis clearly shows his disdain towards Tradition. God forbid that the Church should offer us clarity and clear answers!)

Synodal subverting Vatican II’s rules:

Fr. James Martin is not surprisingly calling upon the Catholic Church to allow for gay men as priests. This undermines celibacy and may lead to more potential clerical sexual abuse issues. This scandalous priest is still allowed free reign to do what he wants in the Church. Let that sink in.

Several progressive and pro-LGBTQ clergy have stated that the Church’s teachings against homosexuality is harsh and needs to change. (Clergy criticizing Church teachings.)

In response to the Vatican’s prohibitions against laity preaching the homily, a German Catholic Church allowed a joint homily between a priest and laywoman.

Governors Abbot and Desantis have “turned the tables” in bringing to light the problems of illegal aliens and the unsecured border.

In the post-Christian world, unfortunately many Catholics and Catholics are turning away from traditional beliefs.

Many churches are turning, subverting, diluting, or changing their theology to conform to the age of the world.

College and university protests supporting a Gaza ceasefire have been subverted into protests supporting Hamas and anti-Semitism!

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