[Greek] ὑπερήφανος (hyperēphanos), [Latin] superbus, [French] magnifique, [French] insolent: pride, arrogant, proud, superiority, haughtiness, evil; Lk.1:51, Rom.1:30, 2Tim.3:2, Jas.4:36, 1Pet.5:5
Not surprisingly, the LGBTQ community “prides” itself on its behavior (even if it is offensive).
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means arrogance, presumptuous, insolence, and contemptuous. Paganism in every age have been associated with disobedience (disrespect) to others. The Greek and Stoics have been associated with pride and conceit. The Romans have been associated with vices (debauchery, indulgence, sport, violence, entertainment, and lust).
Plato’s Gorgias 511d: “And at the same time, it is plain-fashioned and orderly, not giving itself grand airs in a pretense of some transcendent feat.”
Plato’s Laws 691a: “As we affirm, the height of ignorance, owing to its grating dissonance and lack of harmony, brought the Greek world to ruin.”
Demosthenes Philippic 1 4.9: “For observe, the height to which the fellow’s insolence has soared; he blushes and talks big.”
Plato’s Theaetetus 175b: “The philosopher is derided partly. He seems to be contemptuous, partly because he is ignorant of common things.”
Old Testament: God opposes pride. The righteous pray and trust that God will destroy the proud. All the Gentiles, foreign kings and leaders are insolent. The arrogant are enemies of the righteous. Humility is an abomination to the proud. Wisdom is far distant from arrogance. Arrogance is traced by to a spirit of error, to the spirit of hate or to Satan himself.
New Testament: This term means arrogant (of heart and mind), haughty, and proud.
Lk.1:51: [Canticle of Mary]: “He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.” (The arrogant are those who exalt themselves and whose actions become folly.)
Jas.4:6: “But He bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says, ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (Love of the world becomes a source of enmity (hatred) toward God. God wants the happiness of all, but selfishness and pride make that impossible. One must submit oneself to God. If one resists the devil, he will flee from you.)
2Tim.3:2: “People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious.” (Moral depravity and false teaching will become rampant.)
1Pet.5:5: “You younger members, be subject to the presbyters. Clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another. God opposes the proud, but bestows favor on the humble.” (One must show respect to the clergy.)
Scandalmongers (back-biters): those who slander or speak ill of those who are absent
Haters of God: those who show sins of malice
Insolence: those who show rude and offensive behavior
Pride: those who show self-conceit and self-superiority
Boasting: those who proclaim about their actions
Wickedness: those who find way to practice evils (lust, gratification, passions)
Disobedience: those who disrespect (devalue) elders
Intersection between evil (Satan), hatred toward God, intolerance, and pride: (See Archbishop Chaput’s quotes below):
- Socialist Spain’s government has just banned saying the Rosary in public. (Socialism==> removing God from the culture)
- One can be arrested for praying in public before abortion centers in England. (Religious freedom to pray against evil being eroded)
- Quoting scripture can be perceived by some as “hate-speech”, subject to criminal prosecution. (Govt. politicians succumbing to intolerance to religion)
- President Biden’s Dept. of Justice has just sentenced a 76 year old women to 2 years in prison for peaceably praying outside an abortion facility. (Praying is now a crime)
- The Canadian legislature is enacting legislation that would not allow one to use one’s religious core beliefs as a defense against hate speech. (Religious beliefs = “hate-speech” So then does this mean that God is hateful???)
- And Satan would be proud of all these actions!
Quotes:
“The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. The devil is also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the sign of the cross” St. Anthony of the desert
“Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.” Fulton Sheen
“One of the awful things about pride is that it deceives us; we may think we are serving God and others, but in reality we are serving ourselves only.” Alexander Strauch
“Make no mistake about it; pride is the great sin. It is the devil’s most effective and destructive tool.” C.S. Lewis
“Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it’s the complete anti-God state of mind.” C.S. Lewis
Conclusion:
Superb, magnificence, insolence, insolent
The Old Testament develops the notion that pride is antithetical to God’s designs. Righteousness, trust, humility, and submission are countermeasures against pride.
Update: It is very important to make the distinction between good pride and bad pride.
It goes without saying that we all should have pride in our abilities and capabilities which come from God. (This is where humility, humbleness, and thankfulness come in.)
The devil (Satan) can influence our society in both direct and indirect ways.
The devil (Satan) prides himself in opposing, undermining, and destroying God’s creation, laws, and natural designs every step of the way. The devil will happily encourage anyone to do this if it will serve his purposes.
Traditional marriage, Catholicism (and Christianity), the sanctity of life, traditional understandings of gender (male and female), moral teachings and doctrine, and traditional parents’ authority are all under attack. (Satan seeks to undermine what God has created.)
We can clearly see a direct intersection of the devil with the industries: Sam Smith (exhibiting Satanic images at concerts) was sponsored by Pfizer. Target, a supporter of transgender indoctrination in schools, sells a Satan clothing line for adults and children.
Gender Ideology carries with itself both an intentional and unintentional rebellion (often through personal expression) against traditional gender norms established by God. (And the devil would be proud!)
Gay pride parades and drag queen shows often exhibit indecency and offensive behavior in the presence of young kids. (And they are ‘proud’ of this behavior.)
Prideful belief that one can determine one’s gender (“I know better than God”): Sexual indoctrination in schools, transgenderism, gender reassignment surgery.
In this culture of death (the secular world) and in the satanic community, abortion has become a kind of pagan “sacrament”, where the unborn are devalued.
The ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’, even under the playful veneer of drag queen attire, are satanic in intentionally mocking Catholicism. Don’t let their ‘playful drag queen garb’ fool you! Their motto is “to sin some more”, explicitly contradicting Jesus. (And the devil would be proud!)
What can we do to help ward off the devil: Make the sign of the cross, make sacrifices, show humility, being good, and loving Jesus
Some in the Church are naively involving themselves with Pride events, seeking to be “inclusive” yet not following traditional Church teachings. Clergy are failing in their clerical duties to point out the sinful nature of this lifestyle. Now we have non-liturgical blessings. Clergy are now failing in their efforts to bring souls into heaven.
The LGBTQ community “prides” and identifies itself by its disordered lifestyle. Not surprisingly, the devil insists on calling us by our sins. In contrast, the Father in heaven calls us by our names.
A funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for an atheistic and activist transgender. These activists were only happy to cause a scandal and sacrilege. As a result, St. Patrick’s later held a Mass of Reparation to atone for this despicable event. (And the devil would be proud!)
Evil and satanic forces (witches and activists) are forcing Catholic speaker Jason Evert to cancel talks on chastity at Catholic schools in Australia. Even some Catholic schools are caving into this pressure. These evil influences are now lashing out against chastity, monagamy, and Catholic teachings. In contrast the world’s values promote promiscuity, hook up culture, pornography, irregular relationships, etc. Are you surprised??
Quotes from Archbishop Charles Chaput:
“Evil preaches tolerance until is dominant, then it tries to silence good.”
“Evil talks a lot about tolerance when it’s weak. When evil is strong, real tolerance gets kicked out the door.”
“Evil cannot bear the counter-witness of truth.”