[Greek] ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō), [Latin] exire, [French] sortir, [French] partir, [Latin] permittere, [Latin] dimittere, [French] dispenser [French] admettre, [Latin] mittere, [French] jeter, [French] catapulter: to allow, to permit, to entrust, to let; 22 scriptures
We now currently live in a post-Christian secular world of “tolerance” and “false compassion” where sin is often tolerated, ignored, or not even recognized (by both clergy and laity). Cardinal Cupich’s cowardly appearance at the DNC is a perfect illustration of this problem.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to yield to, to permit, to let, to leave to, to indulge, and to rely upon.
Homer’s Odyssey 2.226: “To Mento, Odysseus had given all his house in charge.”
Aristophanes’ Plutus 1079: “With anyone but you I should not be so easy.”
Plato’s Euthyphro 5e: “That this is established and right and that we ought not to let him who acts impiously go unpunished.”
Plato’s Charmides 171e: “Nor should be we permit others under our governance to do anything but what likely to do right.”
Old Testament: This term means to loosen to relinquish, to permit, to forsake, and to abandon.
New Testament: This term means to permit and to allow.
Noteworthy scripture:
Would-be followers of Jesus: Lk.9:59,61, Mt.8:21
- Jesus states Christian discipleship must take precedence over family obligations.
- Even family ties cannot eclipse the obligation of proclaiming the kingdom of heaven.
- Jewish and Hellenistic cultures placed an extremely high importance on familial obligations.
- Jesus: let the spiritually dead (who do not follow Jesus) bury their dead.
Mk.5:13: “And He let the demonic spirits and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand swine rushed down a steep bank into the sea where they were drowned.” (The herding of swine indicates that Gentiles resided in the territory of the Gerasenes.)
Mk.10:4-5: “Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her. Moses wrote this because of the hardness of your hearts.” ***
Jn.19:38: “Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus, asked Pilate if he could remove Jesus’ body. And Pilate permitted it.”
Acts 21:39: “Paul said, ‘I am a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia; I request you permit me to speak to the people.” I [Paul] request you to permit me to speak to the people.'” (Saul was his Jewish name. Paul was his Roman name.)
Acts 28:16: “When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself [in prison] with the soldier who was guarding him.” (Paul was placed under a mild form of custody. He was allowed to proclaim the Word.)
1Cor.14:34: “As in all the churches of the holy ones, women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, even as the law says.” (It must be acknowledged that patriarchalism existed in early Christianity. Men and women were often separated from each other in terms of their status and activities.)
***Jesus’ firmness toward His disciples: Jesus however proclaims of the permanence of the divine intent for marriage. God created mankind in His own image: male and female (Gen.1:24). Man and woman become one flesh (Gen.2:24). In following Him, one must look forward with a full resolve in the work of God. One cannot look back with regret or with attachment to worldly concerns. (Lk.9:62). A plowman can only do his work well if he moves forward. True compassion is based on an ordered moral order.
The Vatican’s outreach to the LGBTQ community (led by Fr. James Martin):
The Vatican is making concerted efforts to destigmatize, to normalize, and to ignore the sinful nature of homosexuality, largely through the efforts of Fr. James Martin. Yet, they continually overlook or ignore: “Neither do I condemn you, Go and from now on do no sin any more.”(Jn.8:11) Jesus was called to come to sinners. BUT HE DID NOT TOLERATE SINFUL BEHAVIOR! Jesus exercised true compassion based on God’s moral order. He said to sin no more! Fr. James Martin actually believes that St. Paul got it wrong about the sinful nature of homosexuality. Let that sink in! Fr. James Martin is also part of Pope Francis’ inner circle of Modernists.
Quotes on tolerance:
“Tolerance is not a Christian value. Tolerating grave evil within a society is itself a form of serious evil.” Archbishop Chaput
“Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance apply to principles, but never to persons.” Bishop Fulton Sheen
“We do not want a church that moves with the world. We want a church that moves the world.” GK Chesterton
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions” GK Chesterton
“Societies are far gone in depravity when toleration is considered a good in itself, without regard to the thing tolerated.” GK Chesterton
“Christ did not come to make us nice people (men). He came to make us new people (men). Bishop Fulton Sheen
Etymology: The Greek verb epitrepo means to change or turn (-trepo) to (epi-).
Conclusion:
Permit, permission, admit, admission, mission, catapult, exit, sort, part, dispense, reject, rejection, sortie, resort
It was commonly thought that the gods controlled one’s fate and destiny.
The Old Testament conveys the notion of abandoning, forsaking, renouncing, and giving up. Taking a “bird’s eye” view of God’s relationship with man, one can claim that God was viewing the people of the Old Testament like adolescents, LOWERING THE BAR in moral conduct. Then Jesus comes along and says, “You now need to act like grown-ups and act accordingly.” Jesus RAISES THE BAR [in moral conduct] in referring back to God’s intended design for marriage.
Update: Our society has now arrogantly allowed such hubris as to being able to redefine marriage, to disrupt the life creation process (abortion), and to change and redefine sex/gender. (All of these elements pertain to God’s domain.)
Gov. Tim Waltz claims that there is NO RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH if the government decides it is misinformation or hateful speech.
This current secular post-Christian (and woke society) has now tolerated hormone blockers, gender reassignment surgery, transgender women in women’s sports. Even parents are allowing their children to transition!
It is important not to allow others to deny and obliterate one’s understanding of our country. Orwell was very prophetic about hate speech, cancel culture, and others’ naive understanding of history.
The false compassion of equity racial justice has elevated criminals’ rights and concerns over victims and society. As a result, we have rampant crime.
Catholics and Christians, who do not accept or tolerate others’ values (and behaviors), are now often being perceived as intolerant, hateful, and extreme. (Those who accuse others of being intolerant are actually the ones who are being intolerant!)
In Germany, a Catholic priest was put on trial for hate speech because he condemned homosexuality (which is actual Church teachings!). It seems that the German clergy are really now promoting homosexuality as an acceptable behavior. Very alarming!
In the UK, you can get arrested for praying in public and making “hateful statements. This has become very concerning for free speech concerns.
In Spain, a Catholic priest priest was put on trial for hate speech for condemning Islam. Are you really surprised!
If you assume that Catholics and Christians are intolerant, hateful, and extreme, they get their moral belief systems from God. Taking this notion to its inevitable conclusion, then one must conclude that God is intolerant, hateful, and extreme! (Good luck with supporting this view!)
Many churches and some of the Catholic hierarchy, seeking to be inclusive and to be accommodating to the world, are actually showing false compassion towards others. They are either tolerating or failing to call out sinful and intrinsically disordered behavior and lifestyles.
We now need leaders and shepherds that show TRUE COMPASSION in pointing out what is right and wrong. One’s eternal (spiritual) welfare could be at stake!
Cardinal Cupich, giving an invocation during the Democratic National Convention, kept quiet about the Democrats’ abortion rights platform and Planned Parenthood offering free abortions! Cardinal Cupich did not even mention Christ! Not surprisingly, Cardinal Cupich is part of Pope Francis’ inner circle of Modernists.
At the end of the day (or our day), we will have some explaining to do before God!
Catholic psychiatrist Conrad Baars explaining false compassion:
“A person in authority who deprives his subjects of the truth when he says, even with the best intention of helping them, ‘You may ignore the teachings of the Magisterium: God’s laws are too hard for you.’ By that he says in effect, ‘You are not and never will be strong and good enough to adhere to these laws.” (One wonders if this message is being disseminated to the LGBTQ community.)
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
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