[Greek] κατέχω (katechō), [Latin] habere, [Latin] requierere, [Latin] retinere, [Latin] tenere, [Latin] detinere, [Latin] possidere, [Latin] tradere : to control (someone or something), to hold fast, to hold back, to restrain, to prevent, to hinder, to occupy; 24 scriptural references
Because of Pope Francis’ Traditiones Custodes, bishops are still seeking to suppress and restrict the TLM, despite the people’s wishes.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to hold fast, to withhold, to keep, to take, to dwell, to occupy, to prevail, to have an effect, to arrest, and to hold.
Herodotus’ The Histories 5.72: “He went up to acropolis with the intention of taking possession of it.”
Herodotus’ The Histories 1.29: “For they were bound by solemn law to abide for ten years by whatever laws Solon should make.”
Sophocles’ Trachinae 249: “Most of that time he was held in Lydia, not free but sold in servitude.”
Plato’s Meno 72d: “But I still do not yet grasp the meaning of the question as I could wish.”
Old Testament: This term means to hold fast and to possess.
New Testament: This term means to acquire, to prevent, to restrain, take hold, to have, to hold fast, and to hand on.
Lk.4:42: “The crowds were looking for Him, and when they came to Him, they tried to prevent Him from leaving them. (The crowds’ eagerness for Jesus in Capernaum is contrasted with the people in Jesus’ hometown who rejected Him.)
Lk.8:15: “But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it (hold it) with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.” (The Parable of the Sower illustrates the seed (word of God) which takes root. This person’s faith bears fruit during trials.)
Lk.14:9: “‘Give your place to this man’, and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place.” (Rather, one must first go and take the lowest seat. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled. Everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.)
Rom.1:18: “The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth of their wickedness.” (Paul makes references to the punishment of idolaters. There is a close relationship with idolatry and immorality. God’s wrath goes into action at each present moment in human history.)
2 Thess. 2:7: “But the one who restrains is to do so only for the present, until he is removed from the scene.”
- The Thessalonians were already aware of the battle between Christ and the Lawless One.
- The identity of the restrainer is subject of endless debate
- It has been speculated that the restrainer could be Paul, the Holy Spirit, Michael, the Archangel, or the Roman Empire
- Some have even claimed that Pope Benedict is the restrainer who held back Pope Francis
2Thess.2:8-10: “We are treated as deceivers and yet are truthful, unrecognized and yet acknowledged, dying and we live, chastized and yet not put to death, poor and yet enriching, having nothing and yet possessing all things.” (Paul perceives affirms a paradoxical inner reality with outward circumstances. Poor/enriching and nothing/all things illustrate apostolic experience.)
2Cor.6:10: “As sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.”
The paradoxical character of ministry:
- We commend ourselves as ministers of God.
- We experience much endurance, afflictions, hardships constraints, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, and fasts.
- We experience purity, knowledge, patience, kindness.
- We have truthful speech, the power of God, and weapons of righteousness.
- We experience glory and dishonor, insult and praise.
- We are treated as deceivers and yet truthful; unrecognized and yet acknowledged.
- We are dying and behold we live; as chastized and yet not put to death.
- We are sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
- Poor yet enriching many; having nothing and yet possessing all things (God’s inheritance).
1Cor.11:2: “Hold fast to the traditions, just as I [Paul] handed on them to you.” (Paul calls upon others to uphold the oral traditions which is handed down to them. What was known as scripture was referred to the Old Testament. The New Testament canon had not yet been formulated at this time.)
Oral tradition: The early Church began to grow the oral transmission of the faith. The only scriptures in existence were the Old Testament. There was no defined or establish scripture regarding the New Testament. Traditores were those early Christians who willingly handed over their bible to the authorities.
Accommodating the culture (failing to upholding the teachings of the Apostles):
- Council of Nicaea: the Emperor wanted the bishops to compromise in the interests of achieving “unity” in the Church. The council tacitly approved of Arianism. Athanasius, upholding traditional Church teachings, was excommunicated.
- Mid 20th century: many Church leaders relented to the errors of secularism, “enlightenment thought”, and theistic evolution.
- Theistic evolution: science replaced Scripture and Tradition as the primary revealer of God, faith, and morals
- Vatican II: Church leaders advocating overturning the Church’s teaching on contraception and introducing sex education and other acceptable sexual expression
- Pope Francis has consistently refused to affirm and defend the traditional Church teachings on marriage, the family, and sexual morality.
- Synodality: Jesus’ Church is now being remade in the image of man and his lived experiences, paying lip service on traditional Church teachings on homosexuality.
- Bishop Eleganti claims that society continues to hold on worldly and demonic influences: relativism, violence, racism, terrorism, political activism (violence), abortion, warmongering, materialism, fame, celebrity, tolerance, inclusion, and practical atheism (paying lip service to God). Satan only needs to distract us from God.
- Several bishops are continuing to hold on to Traditiones Custodes in suppressing the TLM. This sounds like favoring Modernist and Synodalist ideology over the parishoners’ needs and desires.
- Several bishops are making efforts to discourage kneeling to receive Communion and altar rails.
Etymology:
- The Greek verb katecho means to hold (-echo) down (kata-).
- The Latin verb habere means to have, to hold, and to dwell.
- The Latin verb requiere means to require and to search for.
- The Latin verb retinere means to retain, to restrain, and to hold back.
- The Latin verb tinere means to hold and to possess.
- The Latin verb possidere means to possess and to hold.
- The Latin verb detinere means to detain, to hold off, to keep away, to retain, and to keep away.
- The Latin verb tradere means to hand over and to trade.
More etymology: [German] bewahren, [French] arreter, [French] garder, [French] preserver, [French] barrer, [French] exclamer, [French] glorifier, [French] magnifier
Conclusion:
Habit, habitation, requirement, require, retain, tenure, tenant, possible, detain, trader, traitor, beware, arrest, guard, preserve, bar, exclaim, glorify, magnify
Update: These worldly and demonic influences are encroaching upon a sleepy and indifferent Christianity. However, there continues a Catholic rejuvenation among the young people.
Becoming a worldly Church: Vocations are now being considered as political rights.
There continues a generational battle between the Modernist, liberal, and progressive “old folks” supporting Vatican II and Synodality and the younger people supporting Tradition. This Holy-Spirit inspired lay movement has occurred in response against the confusion and ambiguity caused by the Church leadership.
Liberal and progressive Catholic communities continue to hold LGBTQ Pride Masses with liturgical sacrilege. This continues in despite of the Church’s teachings against the homosexual lifestyle.
German Modernist theological scholar Dorothea Sattler, advocating for greater women ministry (women deacons and women priests), holds the idea that Jesus probably had NO clear ideas about the form of the later Church. She is essentially denying that Jesus does not know any better, that Jesus is not God. Let that sink in!
Our society unfortunately continues to be taken hold by a culture of death, secularism, materialism, relativism, worldliness, racism, and anti-Semitism.
It has been allegedly stated that the Vatican may have impeded and removed Pope Benedict (causing him to resign the papacy).
Traditiones Custodes has intentionally undone Pope Benedict’s plan for the TLM and NO Mass to exist together.
Pope Francis and Archbishop Roche have held that having both the TLM and the Novus Order Mass is “divisive”.
Bishop Weisenberger of Detroit is suppressing the TLM, decimating 10 TLM communities.
Bishop Raul Martin of Santa Rosa was publicly seen scolding altar boy for kneeling to receive Communion.
“Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.” St. Jane Frances de Chantal
“You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don’t hold on to the old hold man, the world.” St. Augustine
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.” GK Chesterton
“Right is right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.” GK Chesterton