[Greek] ἁρπάζω (harpazō), [Latin] rapere, [Latin] pati vim (to suffer violence): to snatch, to seize, to catch, to attack, to plunder, to gain control; 16 scriptures
More and more empowered bishops are seeking to force Synodality on the faithful. This is leading NOT to unity but to further division in the Church.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to snatch away, to carry off, to rob, to overpower, to grab, and to plunder.
Homer’s Iliad 3.44: “Never yet was I so personally enamored of you as at this moment, not even when I first carried you off from Lacedaemon and sailed away with you.”
Euripedes’ Andromache 661: “And, when I, in forethought for you and for me, meant to kill her, I find she is snatched from my hands.”
Xenophon’s Anabasis 6.1.8: “A robber approaches, as soon as the seaman approaches him coming, he snatches ups his arms, goes to meet him, and fight him to save his oxen.”
Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes 259: “In my weakness, fear controls my tongue.”
Old Testament: This term means to seize, to plunder, to take away, to tear, and to capture.
New Testament: This term means to steal away, to take, to carry off, and to snatch.
Mt.11:12: “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” (The scripture may provide several meanings. Some will enthusiastically and forcibly take the kingdom of God in a good sense. The enemies of Christ and Christians may see to take away the notion of the kingdom of God from those who seek it. The kingdom of heaven may be taken away and become closed to some others.)
Mt.13:19: “The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.” (This is one whose poorly formed faith becomes subject or vulnerable to the evil one’s pressure, influence, and manipulation.)
Jn.6:15: “Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry Him off to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain alone.” (Jesus fled away because He already knew that His followers also wanted Him to be a temporal king, seeking worldly and political power. His followers had it in their minds that Jesus can become powerful king that they were longing for.)
Jn.10:28: “No one can take them [sheep] out of My hand.” (Christ’s sheep are in His hands. To be in the hands of Christ, is to be high in His esteem and favor.)
Acts 8:39: “When they [Phillip and the eunuch] came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Phillip away, and the eunuch saw him no more.” (This is not a miracle. The Spirit strongly admonished Philip to go to some other place. Phillip’s mission with the eunuch was completed.)
Acts 23:10: “The dispute was so serious that the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, order his troops to go down and take Paul into the compound.” (Paul stated that he is on trial for hope in the resurrection. Paul’s comments caused a great uproar between the Pharisees and Sadducees.)
Jd.1:23: “Save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garments stained by flesh.”
Jude’s letter:
- This letter was written to warn others against false teachers and Gnostics.
- False teachers were seeking to worm their way into community.
- The Apostles stated that scoffers will live according to their godless desires.
- These false teachers are the ones who cause divisions.
- These false teachers live on the natural plane, devoid of the Holy Spirit.
- Have mercy on those who waver and those who may face the fires of punishment.
- You are called to not to avoid anything that may have sin, pollution, and disease.
Two troublesome, misleading, and confusing statements from Pope Leo.
“No one should impose his or her ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded, we are called to participate.”
- In contrast to Pope Leo’s statement, there is only one Truth, stated from Catholic Church teachings. Others are NOT allowed to have their own truth.
- Pope Leo is implying that Truth can be disregarded or not followed.
- Only the clergy (pope, cardinals, bishops, and priests) are permitted to preach the truth.
- Synodality seeks to blur the lines between clergy and laity in formulating decision-making authority, Church doctrine and teachings, vocations/”rights”, and Church organization.
- Synodality advocates continually seek to affirm the “Holy Spirit of Surprises” to ratify or affirm their synodal agenda. This is dangerous in that the Holy Spirit can only stand for Truth!
“People want the Church doctrine to change, want attitudes to change, I think we have to change attitudes before we ever change doctrine.”
- This is unprecedented that Pope says that objective moral Church teachings COULD CHANGE because of peoples’ attitudes.
- Pope Leo is more concerned with accommodating the LGBTQ community’s concerns rather than with Church teachings against homosexuality.
- Pope Leo was only very happy to permit the LGBTQ Jubilee in the Vatican. Pope Leo remains silent on this Church scandal and liturgical sacrilege.
- The Synodal Church’s synodal outreach of tolerance, inclusion, and false compassion takes precedence over Church teachings against homosexuality (and sin).
- This indicates that Fr. James Martin holds great influence in the Vatican.
- The Church’s teaching on sexual morality can be ignored or adapted to accommodate the culture.
- The Synodal notion of walking together, lived experiences, and shared decision making provides this justification allowing for attitudes to change Church doctrine and teachings.
Brazilian Archbishop declares automatic excommunication for priests celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass outside authorized chapel.
- This illustrates another example of empowered clergy and feckless Vatican leadership concerning the TLM.
- This further illustrates the clergy marginalizing the faithful by taking away the TLM from them.
- It is claimed that celebrating the TLM is act of public schism.
- This contradicts Pope Benedict’s statement that the TLM and Novus Order Mass can both be celebrated.
- This is another example of the Modernists and Synodalsts forcing Synodality on the faithful.
Conclusion:
Rape, rapture, patience, patient, vigor
Aeschylus: fear can quite often take control over us
New Testament: Paul also mentions that he was caught up in the Rapture
Update: Prejudice, conflict, suffering, persecution, and martyrdom can become forms of taking away the kingdom of God Christians. But such suffering and martyrdom for Christ can easily opens the door for salvation.
There has been a recent resurgence of Protestants converting to Catholicism. Many Protestants and former Protestants are taking away their earlier anti-Catholic “blinders” [prejudices and presumptions] about Catholicism.
Sign of things to come with Synodality. The German Synodal Church is “reforming” and “renewing” itself in decline and heresy. The Italian Synodal Church is unfortunately following their path.
Many bishops are seeking to force Traditiones Custodes on the faithful because they CANNOT stop the organic desire for Tradition (which is the work of the Holy Spirit).
Tradition and actually following traditional Church teachings will lead to TRUE reform.
Many of the younger generations (both clergy and laity) are taking to Tradition by force, while the older generations continue to stay with modernity and Modernism. This is another reason why they are implementing Traditiones Custodes.
The Vatican and many other empowered bishops are continuing to implement Traditiones Custodes against the wishes of the laity.
Bishop Strickland, Archbishop Vigano, Asst. Bishop Schneider, promoting traditional Catholic beliefs, are either removed from office or placed in remote position by the modern Synodal Church.
Because of the Synodal Church’s LGBTQ “outreach” and pro-LGBTQ views, many clergy and laity continue to think that homosexuality can be permissible, de-stigmatized, or even normalized. The Church’s teachings against homosexuality and sin is not being taught. Many souls will put be put in mortal peril at the judgment.
Jd. 1:23 warns against those false teachers and other teachers who focus on MAKING A BETTER WORLD/SEEKING FAVOR WITH THE WORLD rather than BRINGING SOULS INTO HEAVEN.
Some bishops are sending some conservative or traditional priests to St. Luke’s Institute, a Catholic center providing specialize mental health, for “evaluation.” Sounds like a Soviet style “psych ward”. It seems that these conservative and traditional priests are becoming threats to the Synodal leadership.
Pope Leo “degraded” [demoted] African Bishop Gneba for the “crime” of issuing a pastoral directive ordering the faithful to report to him any priest who was not faithful to his vow of celibacy, having children, committing sexual abuse, or financial misconduct. [ensuring priests follow high moral standards]. Many clergy claimed that Bishop Gneba lacked an understanding of the “synodal” Church.
“Christ does not force our will. He takes only what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.” St. Teresa of Avila
“We are absolute dictators in deciding whether we wish to offer our will to God. And if we turn it over to Him, He will do great things in us.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen
“The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.” St. John Chrysostom.
“Be grateful for trials and tribulations, as they force us to have recourse to the heavenly Consoler! When all is going well, we forget God; only in adversity do we seek Him for comfort.” St. Frances de Sales.