[Greek] ἀποδοκιμάζω (apodokimazō), [Latin] reprobare, [French] condemner, [French] rejeter: to reject, to disapprove, to repudiate, to regard as unworthy; Mt.21:42, Mk.8:31, Mk.12:10, Lk.9:22, Lk.17:25, Lk.20:17, Heb.12:17, 1Pet.2:4,7
Sounds like “cafeteria Catholicism (Christianity).”
Greek Hellenism: This term means to reject, to throw out, and to find unworthy.
Xenophon’s Memorabilia 2.2.13: “The indictment against Socrates was to this effect. He is guilty of rejecting the gods acknowledged by the state and of bringing in strange deities.”
Plato’s Theaetetus 181b: “But if we find that neither part has anything reasonable to say, we shall be ridiculous if we think that we say anything worthwhile after having rejected the doctrines of ancient and very wise men.”
Old Testament: This term means to spurn, to reject, to despise, and to refuse.
New Testament: This term means to reject.
Scripture:
Mt.21:42: “Jesus said to them, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.'” (The chief priests and Pharisees knew that Jesus was speaking about them. They attempted to arrest Him. But they feared the crowds, for they perceived Him as a prophet. The Pharisees were not being fruitful.)
Lk.17:25: “But first the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” (Generations will treat the Son of Man with scorn and contempt.)
- Lk.17:26-27: In the days of Noah: stupidity, ignorance and refusal of Noah’s warnings, pursuing of pleasures, lack of righteousness, careless disregard of God, irregular marriage with Canaans, worldliness, paganism, indifference, wickedness, unbelief
- Lk.17:28-29: In the days of Lot: wickedness, worldliness, unbelief, indifference, unpreparedness, debauchery, sin, sodomy, sexual gratification, homosexuality, immorality, fornication
1Pet.2:7: “The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” (This stone will make people stumble. They stumble (an occasion of sin) by disobeying the word. Christ is an a obstacle and stumbling block for some people.)
Conclusion:
Reprobate, reject, rejection, condemn, condemnation
Parable of the Tenants: the landowner want his servants to be fruitful (producing fruit). Those who are not fruitful will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Etymology: The Greek verb skandalizo means to scandalize (offend) and to be scandalized (offended). The Greek noun skandalon means stumbling stone, obstacle, and offense.
Update: Pope Francis and his Modernists continue to resist the traditions of Jesus’ Church.
The younger generations of priests and seminarians (even in Germany) are resisting the Modernists’ and Pope Francis’ synodal efforts to remake Jesus’ Church into the image of man. The existing Modernist clergy in authority are unsettled by this trend. This indicates that the Holy Spirit is TRUELY at work in righting the Church to its traditions.
These younger conservative seminarians and priests will eventually replace the older retiring and dying clergy.
Harrison Bukter offers a faithful countercultural response to the problems of the culture. It can be said that he is receiving both great resistance and great support (depending where you align with the culture.
Pope Francis’ Modernist documents, teachings, human inventions, and novelties are not causing unity in the Church. Traditional and conservative Catholics are resisting Pope Francis.
Ironically, the many “pope-splainers” say that you are being divisive if you resist Pope Francis. This is just a new version of the heresy of ultramontanism or hyper-papalism (the pope is infallible in practically every papal teaching). The Vatican has even floated the notion of the “doctrine of the Holy Father.”
How is our secular post-Christian world any much different than the days of Noah and Lot? Unfortunately, there is not much difference. The same worldly, sinful, and evil human behavior remains.
The liberal elite, donor class, and legacy media, being out of touch with the American people, rejected the American peoples’ motivations for choosing President Trump. This elite class believe that President Trump won because of racism and misogyny. As a result, President Trump received a mandate.
The mainstream and legacy media cannot believe that the American people would elect President Trump, a convicted felon. The American people reject this shameful lawfare of the government targeting President Trump.
More and more American people are rejecting the Democratic party’s cultural identity pandering, DEI, celebrity endorsements, wokeism, and virtue signaling for a Republican open tent for all demographic groups.
Smart analyst: “Voters tell us what they want and what they need. These are called elections.”
Delusional analyst: “We tell voters they are wrong. We tell them what they need.” (These out of touch Democrats (media, celebrities, donors, politicians, etc.) reject the voters’ desires and needs. These delusional analysts believed what they wanted to believe.)
Traditional and older churches attract the people. Modern and sterile modern churches turn people off.
Here is an example of an ugly and sterile Modernist Church architecture. This was one of the winners of the 2022 Pontifical Academy Award for Sacred Architecture. (Yes, this is really going to bring people into the Church! Quite ugly! Yeah, good luck with that)
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