[Greek] καινός (kainos), [Latin] novos, [German] neu: new, novelty; 44 scriptures
St. Vincent lived in the early 400’s A.D. He recognized novelties, human traditions, and innovations in the Catholic Church. This saint prophetically tells us to hold on to antiquity (Tradition). Yet, the Modernists in the Vatican have now claimed that Jesus’ Church has changed into a synodal Church in the image of man (and his lived experiences.)
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means new, fresh, newly invented, novel, strange gods, innovations, little of anything new, and nothing to be surprised at.
Euripides’ Medea 298: “If you bring novel wisdom to fools, you will be regarded as useless, not wise.”
Plato’s Euthryphro 3b: “So he has brought the indictment against you, for making innovations in religion, knowing slanders on such subjects are readily accepted by the people.”
Old Testament: This term means new, recent, not old, not previously known, and different.
New Testament: This term means new and fresh. Kainos indicates quality. Neos indicates age.
Mt.9:17: “People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” (New wine indicates newly aged [neos] wine. Fresh [kainos] wineskins indicate better quality wineskins. Jesus’ teaching (new wine) cannot be contained in Judaism and the Law (old wineskins). There is an incompatibility in combining the old with the new.)
Mk.1:27: “All were amazed and asked one another, ‘What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey Him.'”
- Astonishment and amazement: (Jesus speaks with gracefulness, gravity, and majesty. Jesus does not repeat what the scribes and rabbis said. Jesus casts out demons without the need of invocations.)
- New teaching (doctrine): (Jesus’ teaching was not based on the scribes and Rabbis. Jesus had the authority to cast out demons. The power to cast out demons [for demons to obey Jesus] was a novel idea for Jewish exorcist.)
Acts 17:19: “They took Paul and led him to the Aeropagus and said, ‘May we learn what this new teaching is that you speak of?'” (The Aeropagus refers to the hill where the Council of Athens settled legal issues. The Athenians were becoming interested in this new religion of Christianity.)
Paul in Athens:
- While in Athens, Paul grew exasperated at the sight of the city full of idols.
- The Athenians thought that Paul brought strange notions to their ears.
- Paul states that the Athenians are very religious. Paul appeals to the Athenians’ religiosity.
- Paul sees that the Athenians worship an “Unknown God”.
- Paul proclaims that this “Unknown God” made the world and all that is in it.
- Paul proclaims that this “Unknown God” does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands nor served by human hands (because He needs anything).
- Paul states we are the offspring of God, divinity is not like an image fashioned from gold, silver, stone or stone by human art and imagination.
2Cor.5:17: “So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things come.” (Christ’s death produces a whole new order [mode of perception]. The natural fleshy mode is replaced by a spiritual mode. The old creation is of weakness, powerlessness, folly, and death. The new creation is of wisdom, power and life.)
Eph.2:14-15: “He is our peace, abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that He might create in Himself one person in place of the two, thus establishing peace.”
The Vatican’s Penitential Celebration: creating new sins: (is this creating a new Church?)
- Sin against peace, sin against creation, sin against populations and migrants, sin of abuse, sin against women, family and youth, sin against poverty
- Sin of using doctrine as stones to be hurled: a Traditional (conservative) Catholic is likened to a rigid Pharisee or stone-thrower??
- Sin against synodality: one who supports Tradition (and opposes synodality) is a sinner??
Conclusion:
Novel, novelty, Novus Order, new
Vatican II’s naive intent to “bring fresh air into the Church” has lead to the modernization of the Church. From Vatican II, Aggiornamento, “bringing up to date” has given the Modernists license to to continually “renew” and “reform” the Church ==>rinse and repeat. At the same time, Pope Paul VI also stated that “smoke of Satan has entered through the crack of the Church.” (Something to ponder about!)
Update: Cardinal Roche has arrogantly stated that the Traditional Latin Mass is no longer compatible with the new ecclesiology of the Church.
Modernists now believe that Tradition is now longer compatible for the Church. Modernism seeks to diminish, annual, and repudiate Tradition.
Tradition conveys the timeless quality of Catholicism. Modernism conveys a sterile and modern form of Catholicism. The differences between historic churches [majestic, beautiful, awe-inspiring] and modern churches [cold, sterile, and bland] have never been more striking.
Modernism has become a religion of worldliness, moral relativism, materialism, and PRACTICAL ATHEISM (social work with just lip-service to Christ).
Modernists seek to find an explanation for religion, doctrine, faith INSIDE THEIR MINDS (AND LIVED EXPERIENCES). Modernism begins with an agnostic world-view. These successive and subjective human errors ultimately lead to ATHEISM!
Consequences of endless “reform” and “renewal”: More and more people are seeing Modernism filled with liturgical confusion [chaos], human traditions, heresies, new teachings and innovations, and syncretisim (mixture of religion with secularism, inculturation, paganism, worldly values, and sin).
Paul appeals to the Athenians’ paganism, but he does NOT agree with their means of salvation. Paul is seeking convince the Athenians that salvation comes from God.
Pope Francis, in his questionable ecumenical efforts, has made troublesome and heretical statements about how one obtains true salvation.
Other quotes by St. Vincent of Lerins:
“All novelty in faith is a sure mark of heresy.”
“No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in Him.”
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