[Greek] συγχέω (sygcheō), [Latin] confundere, [Latin] confusus, [Latin] concitare,[French] meler, [French] exciter: to confuse, to stir up, to throw into disorder, to blur; Acts 2:6, Acts 9:22, Acts 19:32, Acts 21:27,31
Pope Pius IX already foresaw the consequences of creating confusion about the divine and secular realms. Who would have later thought that the younger generations, seeking to find greater truth and clarity, would lead a Holy Spirit-lead movement toward Tradition and reverence.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to confuse, to pour together, to throw into confusion, to bewilder, to stir up, to cause disorder, and to blur.
Euripides’ Bacchae 349: “Let someone go quickly to the seat where he watches the flight of birds, upset and overturn it with levers, turning it upside down.”
Polybius’ Histories 1.40.13: “They turned and bore down upon them and throwing their own lives into utter disorder and confusion.”
Homer’s Odyssey 8.139: “For to my mind there is naught worse than the sea to confound a man, be never so strong.”
Euripides’ Medea 1005: “Ah, why are you standing in distress when your fortune is good?” (Euripides, as a non-Christian, may have unknowingly realized that one cannot be truly happy even with earthly riches.)
Old Testament: This term means to confound, to make uneasy, to make embarrassed, to startle, and to displease.
Tower of Babel: The whole world had spoken the same language. In their arrogance, the people had built up a tower to reach up into the heavens. In response, the Lord confused (multiplied) their language so that no one would understand each other. God responds to human ignorance by humbling them (Tower of Babel). Interestingly, this will be later contrasted with Pentecost.
New Testament: This term means to confuse, to confound, to stir up, and to be in an uproar.
Scripture:
Acts 2:6: “At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.” (At Pentecost speaking in foreign tongues alludes to the worldwide mission of the Church. Because of the Holy Spirit, Jews from every nation was confused because they heard others speaking in their own language. This alludes to the inhabitants’ wicked and prideful actions in building the Tower of Babel. This derives from the Hebrew Bab-ili (gate of god).
Acts 9:22: “But Saul grew all the stronger and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.” (The Jews were confused because they had only previously known Saul as the rabid Pharisee who had persecuted the Christians. Paul stirred up the crowd.)
Acts 19:32: “Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, others something else; the assembly was in chaos, and most of the people had no idea why they had come together. (Paul claimed that these hand-made gods are not gods at all. The silversmiths were alarmed that Saul was going to destroy their livelihood. Although the larger crowd had not clue for the disturbance, a few had known the cause. According the silversmith, Paul was engaging in “dis-information.”)
Acts 21:27: “When the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from the province of Asia noticed him [Paul] in the temple, stirred up the crowd, and laid hands on him.” (The Jews claimed that Paul, like Stephen, was opposing Moses and his laws. The Jews thought that Paul, now a follower of Christ, was “defiling” the temple.)
Acts 21:31: “While they were trying to kill him [Paul], a report reached the cohort commander that all Jerusalem was rioting.” (The soldier took possession and arrested Paul. The cohort brought Paul to the compound. Yet the crowd remained disruptive.)
Etymology: The Greek verb sugcheo means to pour (-cheo) together (sug-). The Latin verb confundere means to pour together, to combine, and to blur. A melee is a confused conflict among many persons.
Conclusion:
Confound, confounding, confusion, confused, melee, excite
The Vatican has engaged in a confusing “outreach” to the LGBTQ community. It seems that the Vatican continues to downplay or ignore Church teachings against homosexuality. Instead of boldly stating Church teachings (in bestowing forgiveness and conversion of heart to decrease the need for this outreach, this “outreach” has continued.
The Synodalists and older clergy from the Vatican II eras continue to be confounded by the younger generation’s (clergy and laity) desire for Tradition and reverence. Pope Francis’s and Cardinal Roche’s Traditiones Custodes is seeking to remove the Traditional Latin Mass. This has created a division in determining what type of Church should we have: a traditional Church or a synodal Church.
The laity has been confused and confounded when Cardinal Roche has arrogantly stated that the Church’s ecclesiology has changed. Cardinal Roche and Pope Francis believes that it is divisive for to have both the Traditional Latin Mass and the NO Mass.
The Bishop of Charlotte North Carolina in his letter has stated much dis-information about the Mass. Not surprisingly, this bishop is receiving much push-back and criticism.
The Bishop of Charlotte North Carolina also falsely stated that Vatican opposes the TLM.
Fr. Alar, MIC, states that the decision to promulgate Traditiones Custodes was based on the false idea that the TLM was fostering division among the faithful. It is more likely that Pope Francis and Cardinal Roche’s motives were more influential. The Latin Mass is not dividing the Church.
The German Cardinal Kasper, along with other German clergy, want to have women priests and women deacons. These cardinals continually confuse vocations with rights. Men and women are equal in dignity, but not in role.
In Austria, two feminist confusingly but not surprisingly attach political labels to Fr. Edmund Waldstein. This priest is a “right-wing extremist” because he hold traditional Christian values which express and “ecumenism of hate” and rejecting “women’s rights and the rights of the LGBTQ community.” In other words, Fr. Walstein is “hateful”.
“If a pope creates confusion and ambiguity regarding the integrity of the Catholic faith and the sacred Liturgy, then one must not obey him. One must obey the Church of all ages and the popes during two millenia.” Bishop Athanatius Schneider
“The promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don’t exist.” Pope Leo XIV
“Those who tamper with Catholic doctrine in matters of faith and morals are nor reformers. They are destroyers.” Fr. John Hardon
“The confusion that is swirling at every level of leadership of Church and state is detrimental to humanity. Seek truth in Christ.” Bishop Strickland
“Real scandal is confusion between good and evil caused by Catholic shepherds.” Cardinal Sarah