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On Self-interpretation of the Bible:
"In these epistles, there are certain things difficult to understand,
which
the unlearned and the unstable distort, just as they do the rest of the
Scriptures also, to their own destruction."
(2 Peter 3:16)
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All Scripture taken from the error-free Douay Rheims Bible
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I recently sent most of you the article on the Chinese at the southern
borders of the United States. That was only one more in a long string of
confirming articles (www.NewsMax.com, www.KathleenKeating.com, Ret. Police
Chief McLamb, Father Wingate, and the author of Silent Invasion, to name a
few of the now many confirming). This most recent article was taken from
my
favorite web site, www.SteveQuayle.com. This Chinese occupation is
eventually going to be a very serious problem for some of you.......
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Here below I give you the full text of a well researched article. I found
I
simply could not para-phrase, summarize or cut. You really want to read
this
one all the way through. Because they are MUCH further along than you
could
possibly imagine on the way to controlling the One World Order
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News Briefs:
Totalitarian Technology - The Truth is Closer Than Fiction
Dec. 5, 2003
By SUSAN BRYCE
Over the last decade, Hollywood has sensitised us to totalitarian
technology. Block buster movies portray our heroes and heroines using the
weapons of the new millennium. Militarised police forces keep citizens
safe;
android warrior personnel, part human, part robot are gainfully employed
as
global peacekeepers; prisoners are incarcerated in high tech electronic
jails, controlled with implanted microchips, while the free population is
kept under surveillance through the use of biometric identity systems.
Science fiction perhaps? Reality yes! Much of what we see on the big
screen
is not the latest fantasy of Hollywood script writers, but is based on
fact.
Any film maker wanting a picture of the future need look no further than
existing military technology and research.
A recent report published by the European Parliament, "An Appraisal of the
Technologies of Political Control", shows just how far these new
technologies have come, and how they are being actively employed against
citizens in countries across the globe.
The report warns of "an overall technological and decision drift towards
world wide convergence of nearly all the technologies of political
control",including identity recognition; denial; surveillance systems
based
on neural networks; new arrest and restraint methods and the emergence of
so
called 'less lethal' weapons.
Developments in surveillance technology, innovations in crowd control
weapons, new prison control systems, the rise of more powerful restraint,
torture, killing and execution technologies and the role of privatised
enterprises in promoting such technologies pose a grave threat to our
immediate and future freedoms.
Trade in Technologies of Control
Cutting edge developments made by the Western military-industrial complex
are providing invaluable support to various governments throughout the
world. The report "Big Brother Incorporated", by surveillance watchdog
Privacy International, presents a detailed analysis of the international
trade in surveillance technology.
Privacy International says it is concerned about "the flow of
sophisticated
computer-based technology from developed countries to developing
countries -and particularly to non-democratic regimes where surveillance
technologies become tools of political control."
The international trade in surveillance technology (known as the
Repression
Trade), involves the manufacture and export of technologies of political
control. More than seventy per cent of companies manufacturing and
exporting
surveillance technology also export arms, chemical weapons or military
hardware.
The justification advanced by the companies involved in this trade is
identical to the justification advanced in the arms trade - i.e.: that the
technology is neutral. Privacy International's view is that in the absence
of legal protection, the technology can never be neutral.
As "Big Brother Incorporated" points out, "even those technologies
intended
for 'benign' uses rapidly develop more sinister purposes. The UK
manufactured 'Scoot' traffic control cameras in Beijing's Tianamen Square
were automatically employed as surveillance cameras during the student
demonstrations. Images captured from the cameras were broadcast over
Chinese
television to ensure that the 'offending' students were captured."
Privacy International cites numerous cases where this type of technology
has
been obtained for the express purpose of political and social control...
ICL (International Computers Limited) provided the technological
infrastructure to establish the South African automated Passbook system,
upon which much of the function of the apartheid regime depended.
In the 1980s Israeli company Tadiram developed and exported the technology
for the computerised death list used by the Guatemalan police.
Reported human rights abuses in Indonesia - particularly those affecting
East Timor - would not be possible without the strategic and technological
support of Western companies. Among those companies supplying the
Indonesian
police and military with surveillance and targeting technology are Morpho
Systems (France), De la Ruue Printak (UK), EEV Night Vision (UK), ICL
(UK),
Marconi Radar and Control Systems (UK), Pyser (UK), Siemens Plessey
Defense
Systems (UK), Rockwell International Corporation (USA) and SWS Security
(USA).
Tools of Repression for 'Democratic' States
We should not forget that the same companies supplying regimes with
repression technology, also supply 'democratic' states with their
totalitarian tools.
Leutcher Associates Inc. of Massachusetts supplies and services American
gas
chambers, as well as designing, supplying and installing electric chairs,
auto-injection systems and gallows. The Leutcher lethal injection system
costs approximately $30,000 and is the cheapest system the company
sells.Their electrocution systems cost £35,000 and a gallows would cost
approximately $85,000. More and more US states are opting for Leutcher's
$100,000 "execution trailer" which comes complete with a lethal injection
machine, a steel holding cell for an inmate, and separate areas for
witnesses, chaplain, prison workers and medical personnel. Some companies
in
Europe have even offered to supply gallows.
In the 1970's, J.A. Meyer of the US Defense Department suggested a
countrywide network of transceivers for monitoring all prisoners on
parole,
via an irremovable transponder implant. The idea was that parolees
movements
could be continuously checked and the system would facilitate certain
areas
or hours to be out of bounds, whilst having the economic advantage of
cutting down on the costs of clothing and feeding the prisoner. If
prisoners
go missing, the police could automatically home in on their last position.
Meyer's vision came into operational use in America in the mid 1980's,
when
some private prisons started to operate a transponder based parole
system.The system has now spread into Canada and Europe where it is known
as
electronic tagging. Whilst the logic of tagging is difficult to resist,
critics argue that the recipients of this technology appear not to be
offenders who would have been imprisoned, but rather low risk offenders
who
are most likely to be released into the community anyway. Because of this,
the system is not cheaper since the authorities gain the added expense of
supplying monitoring devices to offenders who would have been released
anyway. Electronic tagging is however beneficial to the companies who sell
such systems. Tagging also has a profitable role inside prisons in the US
and in some prisons, notably, DeKalb County Jail near Atlanta, where all
prisoners are bar coded.
'Non-Lethal' Technology of Control
The increasing militarisation of police forces throughout the world is
reflected in the spread of "less lethal" weapons such as pepper gas.
Benignly referred to by the media as "capsicum spray", pepper gas was
recently used by Australian police in the state of Victoria to subdue a
man.
According to media reports, the Victorian police also used "a weapon they
don't want to disclose".
The effects of pepper gas are far more severe than most people realise. It
is known to cause temporary blindness, a burning sensation of the skin
which
lasts from 45 to 60 minutes, upper body spasms which force a person to
bend
forward and uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or
speak
for between 3 to 15 minutes.
For those with asthma or subject to restraining techniques which restrict
the breathing passages, there is a risk of death. The Los Angeles Times
has
reported at least 61 deaths associated with police use of pepper spray
since
1990 in the USA, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has
documented 27 deaths in custody of people sprayed with pepper gas in
California alone, since 1993.
The US Army concluded in a 1993 Aberdeen Proving Ground study that pepper
spray could cause "Mutagenic effects, carcinogenic effects, sensitization,
cardiovascular and pulmonary toxicity, neuro-toxicity, as well as possible
human fatalities."
The existing arsenal of weapons designed for public order and control will
soon be joined by a second generation of kinetic, chemical,
optico-acoustic,
and microwave weapons, adding to the disabling and paralysing technologies
already available. Much of the initial work on these new technologies has
been undertaken in US nuclear laboratories such as Oak Ridge, Lawrence
Livermore and Los Alamos. The European Parliament Report "An Appraisal of
the Technologies of Political Control" lists a Pandora's box of new
technologies including:
Ultra-sound generators, which cause disorientation, vomiting and
involuntary
defecation, disturbing the ear system which controls balance and inducing
nausea. The system which uses two speakers can target individuals in a
crowd.
Visual stimulus and illusion techniques such as high intensity strobes
which
pulse in the critical epileptic fit-inducing flashing frequency and
holograms used to project active camouflage.
Reduced energy kinetic weapons. Variants on the bean bag philosophy which
ostensibly will result in no damage (similar claims were once made about
plastic bullets).
New disabling, calmative, sleep inducing agents mixed with DMSO which
enables the agent to quickly cross the skin barrier and an extensive range
of pain causing, paralysing and foul-smelling area-denial chemicals. Some
of
these are chemically engineered variants of the heroin molecule. They work
extremely rapidly, one touch and disablement follows. Yet one person's
tranquillisation may be another's lethal dose.
Microwave and acoustic disabling systems.
Human capture nets which can be laced with chemical irritant or
electrified
to pack an extra disabling punch.
Lick 'em and stick 'em technology such as the Sandia National Laboratory's
foam gun which expands to between 35-50 times its original volume. Its
extremely sticky, gluing together any target's feet and hands to the
pavement.
Aqueous barrier foam which can be laced with pepper spray.
Blinding laser weapons and isotrophic radiator shells which use
superheated
gaseous plasma to produce a dazzling burst of laser like light.
Thermal guns which incapacitate through a wall by raising body temperature
to 107 degrees.
Magnetosphere gun which delivers what feels like a blow to the head.
"An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control" says "we are no
longer at a theoretical stage with these weapons. US companies are already
piloting new systems, lobbying hard and where possible, laying down
potentially lucrative patents." For example, last year New Scientist
reported that the American Technology Corporation (ATC) of Poway,
California
has used what it calls acoustical heterodyning technology to target
individuals in a crowd with infra-sound to pinpoint an individual 200-300
metres away. The system can also project sonic holograms which can conjure
audio messages out of thin air so just one person hears them. Meanwhile,
Jane's reported that the US Army Research Laboratory has produced a
variable
velocity rifle for lethal or non lethal use - a new twist to flexible
response. Other companies are promoting robots for use in riot and prison
control.
Advances in Biometric Identification
Through the inevitability of gradualness, repression technology, in the
form
of biometric identity systems, is permeating our every day life. Biometry
involves using a physical characteristic such as a fingerprint, palm
print,
iris or retina scan to identify individuals. These unique identity
charact-eristics are digitally stored on a computer system for
verification.
This way, the identity of each person can be compared to the stored
original. Christians will be interested to note that with biometric
systems,
the original print is stored not as a 'picture' but as an algorithm. The
number of your name will be literally in your hand (thumb print) or in
your
forehead (eyes).
Biometric identification is not something that we just see at the movies.
It
is here, it is with us now. Governments in Australia, the USA and the UK
are
planning its widespread introduction by 2005.
Both the Dutch and Australian public rejected plans for a national
information and identification scheme en masse several years ago, but have
reacted more passively to equally intrusive (but less blatant) schemes in
the 1990's.
Uses of the Social Security Number in the USA, the Social Insurance Number
in Canada, the Tax File Number in Australia, the SOFI Number in the
Netherlands and the Austrian Social Security Number have been extended
progressively to include taxation, unemployment support, pensioner
benefits
and, in some cases, health and higher education. Functional creep is
rampant.
Large scale government computer based schemes have been shown in several
countries to be much less cost-effective than was originally
estimated.Years
after the governments of the United States and Australia developed schemes
to match public sector data, there is still no clear evidence that the
strategy has succeeded in achieving its goals. The audit agencies of both
federal governments have cast doubt that computer matching schemes deliver
savings.
A nationwide survey by Columbia University last year reported that 83% of
people approve of the use of finger imaging. Biometrics is being embraced
on
a global scale. The Australian company, Fingerscan, a subsidiary of
Californian based Identix Inc, recently won one of the biggest bank
contracts for biometric security in the world. Fingerscan is working with
the Bank of Central Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia to replace numeric
passwords
for employees at 5000 branches with fingerprint based system access.
Fingerscan also has the world's largest application of biometrics in the
servicing of automated teller machines. In conjunction with contractor
Armaguard, which services ATMs for Australian banks, many ATMs are now
unlocked by the representative's fingerprint. The representative brings a
portable scanning device that plugs into the back of the ATM and connects
the bank's server which grants him or her admittance.
The US government has a deadline of 1999 to implement electronic benefits
processing for welfare recipients, but this may be delayed to accommodate
biometrics, which is currently being piloted in five American states. The
Australian government will introduce a biometric identity system for
welfare
recipients by 2005.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the USA have plans to introduce nationwide
fingerprinting for hospital patients. This may be extended into other
medical applications. The Jamaican Government is planning to introduce
electronic thumb scanning to control elections. Social Security
verification
using biometrics is used in Spain and South Africa. In 1994, the UK
Department of Social Security developed a proposal to introduce a national
identification card, which recommended a computerised database of the
hand-prints of all 30 million people receiving government income
assistance.
Big Brother's International
Network of Surveillance
Biometric identification is the technology of today and the future. It is
not a matter of if, but when, a global network of computers will link all
stored biometric images in a central location, managed by a collective of
international authorities.
In 1994, under the leadership of US Centre for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS), a consortium of the world's leading companies formed the
Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC). Headed by the
president
of Mitsubishi, the chair of EDS, and the vice chair of Siemens
Corporation,
the GIIC intends to create a conglomerate of interests powerful enough to
subsume government interest in the regulation of biometric and other
technologies. The effort is being funded to a large extent by the World
Bank.
Governments in 26 countries are, at this moment, monitoring and
cooperating
with project FAST (Future Automated Screening for Travelers). FAST was
first
piloted in 1993 by US immigration authorities when a new lane at New
York's
John F. Kennedy airport was opened. The technology for the system is known
as INPASS (Immigration and Natur-alization Service Passenger Accelerated
Service System) which is a biometric identification system used to
expedite
passengers through customs at international airports in as little as 20
seconds.
Applicants for registration with FAST are interviewed, and identity
confirmed. Hand prints are taken, converted to a template and stored
digitally on a smart card. Once the last of five green lights appear at
the
tips of the fingers, the glass exit door opens and the passenger continues
to the baggage claim and customs zone. The system is currently a voluntary
trial for frequent travellers to and from the USA who are US or Canadian
nationals.
With new technology, travelers can rest assured that their security is
always in good hands. The US Militech Corporation has developed a Passive
Millimeter Wave Imaging system, which can scan people from up to 12 feet
away and see through clothing to detect concealed items such as weapons,
packages and other contraband. Variations of this through-clothing human
screening are under development by companies such as the US Raytheon
Corporation, and will be an irresistible addition to international
airports
everywhere.
Once upon a time, surveillance was targeted at certain groups and
individuals. In our time, surveillance occurs en masse. Much of the
'harmless' computer based technology necessary for our daily lives could
actually be used to keep the entire population under surveillance.
Telephone systems lend themselves to a dual role as a national
interceptions
network, according to "An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political
Control". For example, the message switching system used on digital
exchanges like System X in the UK, supports an Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) Protocol. This allows digital devices, e.g. faxes, to share
the system with existing lines. The ISDN subset is defined in their
documents as "Signaling CCITT"-series interface for ISDN access.
What is not widely known is that built-in to the international CCITT
protocol is the ability to take phones 'off hook' and listen into
conversations occurring near the phone, without the user being aware that
it
is happening. This effectively means that a national dial up telephone
tapping capacity is built into these systems from the start. Further, the
digital technology required to pinpoint mobile phone users for incoming
calls means that all mobile phones in a country when activated, are
mini-tracking devices.
The issues surrounding the uncontrolled and unregulated spread of
tyrannical
technology are immediate and ongoing. The technologies of repression that
are trialed in so-called non-democratic countries are now being
aggressively
marketed in the West, while Hitler's Germany becomes a vague memory. It is
up to us to do what ever we can to stop the insidious spread of this
technology, and to demand the right to choose whether we participate in
the
biometric system or not. We should ask ourselves... who will heed our cry
for help once these technologies are fully implemented?
(Try these additional resources:
http://jya.com/stoa-atpc.com
http://www.banking.com/aba/cover_0197.htm
http://www.privacy.org/pi
Susan Bryce is an investigative journalist and researcher whose interests
include issues which affect individual freedom, environmental health,
surveillance technology and global politics. She can be contacted at PO
Box
66, Kenilworth, QLD 4574, Australia
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St. Pope Pius X:
(Defender of Tradition, 1835-1914)
''The priest is the representative of Christ on earth, he must think the
thoughts of Christ and speak His words. He must be tender as Christ was
tender, pure and holy like his Lord; he must shine like a star in the
world."
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre:
(Founder of the SSPX, 1905-1991)
''If we look back through history, we see immediately that what I have
been
speaking of took place in our own countries in the first centuries after
Constantine. For we too, are, in our origins, converts. Our ancestors were
converted, our kings were converted, and down through the centuries they
offered their nations to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and they submitted their
countries to the Cross of Jesus. They willed too that Mary should be the
Queen of their lands."
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# A Saintly Quote:
''I do not seek to understand that I may believe but I believe to
understand."
(Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, 354-430)
Ecclesiasticus 31:2 The thinking beforehand turneth away the
understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.
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Prayers:
This edition gives you Prayer to St. Juliana Falconieri, Virgin. It is a
request of this saint to receive the Last Sacraments at the moment of
death
as she herself did. She practiced the most heroic virtues of penance and
love of Jesus Christ in His Sacrament and thus arrived at the highest peak
of Christian perfection.
83B
Prophecies:
This week Prophecies of Sister Marianne. This Ursuline Sister made many
pin point accurate prophecies on the demise of Napoleon, and predictions
on
the future wars. "All men will be taken away gradually in small groups.
Only
old men will remain". Such extraordinary events will occur that even the
indredulous will say: "Truly, the finger of God is here"
83B
Purgatory:
This edition gives the Location of Purgatory from St. Magdalen Pazzi.
Fearsome revelations on the exact nature and location of Purgatory. After
reading this it is very probable you will pray on bended knees for the
very
souls who remain there in those horrific torments.
83C
Preachers:
This week part 2 Of those who allege that the Path of Virtue is too
Difficult. Here this "signatore of sage" expresses how virtue is made easy
when you pray to God for His help. Hence, there really is not any excuse
for
not practicing virtue.
83C
Preparations:
This edition provides you part 1 of Framing and Fleshing. Practical
tips
on setting up the skin for the lengthy process of tanning. Here it is
revealed how one must be careful when tying the skin to the frame and how
to
prepare the frame itself. Really recommend the book itself Primitive
Wilderness Living & Survival Skills by John & Geri McPherson distributed
by
www.3RiversArchery.com it is worth the price($24.95) for the pictures
alone.
83D
Plants Edible:
This week Bitterroot, (Lewisia) which is most often found in
mountainous
regions. Simply remove the outer bitter bark from the root and you have a
power packed meal of carbohydrates........truly food at your feet!
Recommend
the book Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants by Bradford Angier and
distributed by: www.3RiversArchery.com (for $19.95). I will never be able
to
give you the impossibly large collection of plants this book
contains......but you will need to know what is edible.
83D text.....83F picture...
The Catechist:
This edition gives Louis X111 of France. A brief episode of the life of
this most noble and kingly of Catholic Saints. Here he relates how the
superstition "unlucky" Fridays were, for him, the most wonderful of days.
83E
The Council:
This week part 1 of On the Invocation, Veneration and Relics of Saints,
and on Sacred Images. Bonafide Church laws on the very real reasons we
invoke the saints and venerate their relics. If ever there was a doubt,
these laws will dispel any misconceptions.
83E
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# B Saintly Quote:
''Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do
with love."
(Saint Therese, the Little Flower, Doctor of the Church, 1873-1897)
Wisdom 14:30 But for two things they shall be justly punished, because
they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn
unjustly, in guile despising justice.
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Next Week:
Prayers - Prayer against Covetousness
Prophecies - Prophecies of the Nursing Nun of Bellay
Purgatory - Location of Purgatory-St. Gregory the Great
Preachers - Alleged the Path of Virtue is too Difficult part 3
Preparations - Framing & Fleshing part 2
Plants Edible - Black Walnut (Juglans)
The Catechist - The Abbot and the Monk # 637
The Council - Invocation, Veneration and Relics of Saints part 2
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On the Holy Ghost:
''The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace and
joy in the Holy Ghost" (Romans 14:17)
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Know Your Traditional Catechism:
What do we mean when we say that Christ will come from thence to judge the
living and the dead?
When we say that Christ will come from thence to judge the living and the
dead, we mean that on the last day Our Lord will come to pronounce a
sentence of eternal reward or of eternal punishment on everyone who has
ever
lived in this world.
a) Jesus Christ, both as God and as man, will judge all men, because He is
"King of kings and Lord of lords" (Apocalypse 17:14 ; 19:16), and it is
His
perogative to pass judgment, to reward or punish according to merits.
b) Scriptures: Matt. 16:27 ; John 5:22 ; Acts 10:42
(Taken from: Baltimore Caetchism # 3, pg 57, by Father Francis J. Connell,
C.SS.R., S.T.D., published by: Seraphim, distributed by:
www.AngelusPress.org)
Know Your Traditional Dogma:
Purgatory
1. Reality of Purgatory
a) Dogma
b) Scriptural Proof: (continued)
In 1 Cor 3.12 St. Paul asserts: The work of the Christian teacher of faith
who continues to build on the foundation, which is Christ, but in doing so
uses wood, hay and straw, that is, performs bad work, will not stand when
it
is tested in the fire on the last day. V.15: "If anyman's work burn, he
shall suffer loss: yet he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire," that
is, in the manner of a man who, in the catastrophe of a conflagration,
loses
everything and barely saves his life. The Apostle is speaking of a
transient
punishment of the Day of the General Judgment, probably consisting of
severe
tribulations after which the final salvation will take place. The Latin
Fathers take the passage to mean a transient purification punishment in
the
other world. They interpret the words "as by fire" all too literally in
the
sense of a physical fire. Cf. St. Augustine, Enarr, in Ps. 37:3 ;
Caesarius
of Arles, Sermo 179.
The words of Mt. 5:26: "Amen, I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from
thence (from prison) till thou repay the last farthing," threaten, in the
form of a Parable, the person who does not fulfil the commandment of
Christian brotherly love, with just punishment by the Divine Judge.
Through
further interpretation of the Parable, a time-limited condition of
punishment in the other world began to be seen expressed in the
time-limited
punishment of prison. Tertullian understands by the prison of the
underworld, and by "the last farthing" the petty transgressions which
must
be expiated there by the postponement of the resurrection (to the
millennial
kingdom). (De anima 58.) Cf. St. Cyprian, Ep. 55,20.
......continued next week with Proof from Tradition..
(Taken from: Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, pg 483-484, by Dr. Ludwig
Ott,
published by: www.TanBooks.com)
Know Your Moral Theology:
Part 1 Personal Activity
Chapter 1 Human Acts
Article III Obstacles to Human Acts
An obstacle to human activity is anything that impairs either knowledge or
free will. In proportion to the hindrance, imputation may be diminished or
it may be wanting altogether.
I. Ignorance :
1. Concept. By ignorance is here meant the lack of necessary knowledge.
What is said of ignorance also holds for error, which is a false
judgment
about something; and for inadvertence which is had when one knows a thing
quite well, but for the moment does not think of it. --False notions about
religious or moral matters, as well as prejudices do not in themselves
differ from error.
2. Division. Ignorance may be divided into:
a) Ignorance of law or of fact (juris vel facti) according as the law
itself
or some fact is not known.
b) Ignorance that is antecedent, consequent or concomitant.
Ignorance is antecedent if it is not willed and if it precedes the free
consent of the will. It matters not whether the ignorance exercises an
influence on an action, so that the action would not have taken place if
the
necessary knowledge had been present (antecedent in the strict sense) or
whether it has no such influence on the action, so that the action would
have taken place even if there had been no such ignorance (concomitant
ignorance).
Consequent ignorance is willed either directly or indirectly,
proceeding
thus from free will.
c) Ignorance that is vincible or invincible.
Ignorance is called vincible if it can be dispelled by moral diligence
in
keeping with the proximate circumstances of the person and object. If the
use of such means is insufficient to remove the ignorance it is called
invincible.-- According to the greater or lesser degree of negligence of
which one is guilty, vincible ignorance may be simply vincible, crass or
supine. If one deliberately wills to remain ignorant, his vincible
ignorance
is affected. (Cf. 425).
3. Influence of ignorance on the will and consequently on moral
imputability.
a) Invincible ignorance destroys the voluntariness of an act and also it's
sinfulness.
If one eats meat on Friday, being firmly convinced that it is Thursday,
he does not sin. Hence anxiety regarding actions one did years ago, not
knowing their sinful character, is unreasonable.
b) Vincible ignorance (except it be affected) diminishes the voluntariness
of of an act and it's sinfulness.
Unless one's blameworthy negligence is insignificant, his vincible
ignorance does not diminish liberty to the extent that a gravely sinful
action becomes only venially sinful.--The gravity of the sin is determined
by the degree of culpable negligence, not by the effects that follow such
negligence. The worse these effects are forseen to be, the greater must be
the effort made to avoid them.
.......continued next week with .....II. Violence
(Taken from: Moral Theology, pp 6-7, by Father Heribert Jone, O.F.M. Cap.,
J.C.D., published by: www.TanBooks.com)
Know Your Encyclicals :
On the Doctrines of the Modernists - Pascendi Dominici Gregis
Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius X - July 3, 1907
Characteristics of the Modernists
3. Although they express their astonishment that We should number them
amongst the enemies of the Church, no one will be reasonably surprised
thatWe should do so, if, leaving out of account the internal disposition
of
the soul, of which God alone is the Judge, he considers their tenets,
their
manner of speech, and their action. Nor indeed would he be wrong in
regarding them as the most pernicious of all the adversaries of the
Church.
For, as We have said, they put into operation their designs for her
undoing,
not from without but from within. Hence, the danger is present almost in
thevery veins and heart of the Church, whose injury is the more certain
from
the very fact that their knowledge of her is more intimate. Moreover, they
lay the ax not to the branches and shoots, but to the very root, that is,
to
the faith and its deepest fibers. And once having struck at this root of
immortality, they proceed to diffuse poison through the whole tree, so
that
there is no part of Catholic truth which they leave untouched, none that
they do not strive to corrupt. Further, none is more skillful, none more
astute than they, in the employment of a thousand noxious devices; for
they
play the double part of rationalist and Catholic, and this so craftily
that
they easily lead the unwary into error; and as audacity is their chief
characteristic, there is no conclusion of any kind from which they shrink
or
which they do not thrust forward with pertinacity and assurance. To this
must be added the fact, which indeed is well calculated to deceive souls,
that they lead a life of the greatest activity, of assiduous and ardent
application to every branch of learning, and that they possess, as a rule,
a
reputation for irreproachable morality. Finally, there is the fact which
is
all but fatal to the hope of cure that their very doctrines have given
such
a bent to their minds, that they disdain all authority and brook no
restraint, and relying upon a false conscience, they attempt to ascribe to
a
love of truth that which is in reality the result of pride and obstinacy.
Previous Attempts Have Failed
Once indeed We had hopes of recalling them to a better mind, and to this
end
We first of all treated them with kindness as Our children, then with
severity; and at last We have had recourse, though with great reluctance,
to
public reproof. It is known to you, Venerable Brethren, how unavailing
have
been Our efforts. For a moment they have bowed their head, only to lift it
more arrogantly than before. If it were a matter which concerned them
alone,We might perhaps have overlooked it; but the security of the
Catholic
name is at stake. Wherefore We must interrupt a silence which it would be
criminal to prolong, that We may point out to the whole Church, as they
really are, men who are badly disguised.
Know Your Apologetics:
Does not Scripture advise short prayer rather than long rosaries?
No. Long hypocritical prayers are condemned. Prayer may be prolonged, but
it
must not be hypocritical, mechanical, or insincere. Christ spoke a parable
to them that, "We ought always to pray, and not to faint." (Luke 18:1). He
Himself "went out into a mountain to pray, and He passed the whole night
in
prayer to God." (Luke 6:12). "We cease not to pray for you," wrote St.
Paul
to the (Colossians 1:9). "Night and day we more abundantly pray for you,"
he
wrote to the (Thessalonians 1:3-10).
(Taken from: Q&A Virgin & Statue Worship, Quizzes to a Street Preacher, pg
18, by Father Chas. M. Carty & Rev. Dr. L. Rumble, M.S.C., published by:
www.TanBooks.com)
Know Your Heresies:
Adamites: A very immoral sect whose origin is traced to a certain
Prodicus.
They rejected the worship of an invisible God; practiced idolatry
condemned marriage and believed their church to be Paradise.
(Taken from: The Triumph of the Church, pg 10, compiled by: Rev. John P.
Markoe, S.J., Distributed by: www.AngelusPress.org)
Know Your Tridentine Mass:
''Processions and interpretations through bodily movement (dance) can
become
meaningful parts of the liturgical celebrations if done by truly competent
persons in a manner that befits the total liturgical action" It adds that
"there should be concern for the quality, the gracefulness, and the surety
of this movement."
(Taken from: Joliet Catholic Explorer, Friday 13 April 1979, by Father
Joseph M. Champlin, from Pope Paul's New Mass Vol III, pg 249, by Michael
Davies, Published by: www.AngelusPress.org)
Know Your Rosary:
Our Lady to Blessed Alan:
"I want you to know that, although there are numerous indulgences
already
attached to the recitation of my Rosary, I shall add many more to every
fifty Hail Marys (each group of five decades) for those who say them
devoutly, on their knees--being, of course, free from mortal sin. And
whosoever shall persevere in the devotion of the Holy Rosary, saying these
prayers and meditations, shall be rewarded for it; I shall obtain for him
full remission of the penalty and of the guilt of all his sins at the end
of
his life. Do not be unbelieving, as though this is impossible. It is easy
for me to do because I am the Mother of the King of heaven and He calls me
full of grace. And, being full of grace, I am able to dispense grace
freely
to my dear children."
(Taken from: The Secret of the Rosary, pp 68-69, by St Louis De Montfort,
published by: Montfort Publications, BayShore N.Y. 11706)
Know Your Belloc:
"Thus Thomas Cromwell himself kept a vast amount of monastic wealth for
his
private use. He not only did that, but he gave his nephew quantities of
it,
constructing for him an enormous fortune, which was the basis of the
Cromwell family, and the origin of Oliver's importance a hundred years
later. Of the county members in the Reformation Parliament, there was not
one who did not share in the loot. These and other causes led to the very
rapid dispersion of the ecclesiastical wealth which Henry seized."
(Taken from: The English Accident, pg 75, from How the Reformation
Happened,
by Hilaire Belloc, published by: www.TanBooks.com)
Know Your Chesterton:
"St. Thomas was a huge heavy bull of a man, fat and slow and quiet; very
mild and magnanimous but not very sociable; shy, even apart from the
humility of holiness; and abstracted, even apart from his occasional and
carefully concealed experiences of trance or ecstasy. St. Francis was so
fiery and even fidgety that the ecclesiastics, before whom he appeared
quite
suddenly, thought he was a madman. St. Thomas was so stolid that the
scholars, in the schools which he attended regularly, thought he was a
dunce. Indeed, he was the sort of schoolboy, not unknown, who would much
rather be thought a dunce than have his own dreams invaded, by more active
or animated dunces.
This external contrast extends to almost every point in the two
personalities. It was the paradox of St. Francis that while he was
passionately fond of poems, he was rather distrustful of books. It was the
outstanding fact about St. Thomas that he loved books and lived on books;
that he lived the very life of the clerk or scholar in The Canterbury
Tales,
who would rather have a hundred books of Aristotle and his philosophy than
any wealth the world could give him. When asked for what he thanked God
most, he answered simply, "I have understood every page I ever read."
(Taken from: St. Thomas Aquinas, by G.K. Chesterton, from G.K.
Chesterton's
Works on the Web)
Know Your C.S. Lewis:
"Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's
one
of the reasons I believe in Christianity- It's a religion you couldn't
have
guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we'd always expected,
I'd feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it's not the sort of thing
anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real
things have. So let's leave behind all these boys philosophies--these
over-simple answers. The problem isn't simple and the answer isn't going
to
be simple either."
(Taken from: You Couldn't Have Guessed, by C.S. Lewis, pg 41, from Daily
Readings in Catholic Classics, published by: Ignatius Press)
Know Your Saints:
SAINTE THECLA
First Virgin Martyr
(? First Century)
Saint Thecla is one of the most ancient, as she is one of the most
illustrious Saints in the calendar of the Church. It was at Iconium that
Saint Thecla heard the preaching of Saint Paul, who kindled the love of
virginity in her heart. She had been promised in marriage to a young man
who
was rich and generous, but after hearing the discourses of the Apostle's
word she died to all thought of earthly espousals. She forgot her beauty;
she was deaf to her parent's threats, and at the first opportunity fled
from
a luxurious home and followed the Apostle.
The rage of her parents and of her suitor followed hard after her, and the
Roman power did its worst against the virgin whom Christ had chosen for
Himself. She was stripped and placed in the public theater, but her
innocence shrouded her like a garment. Then the lions were let loose
against
her; they fell crouching at her feet and licked them like a house pet.
Even
fire could not harm her. Torment after torment was inflicted upon her
without effect, until finally the divine Spouse of virgins spoke the word
of
deliverance and called her to Himself, with the double crown of martyrdom
and virginity upon her head.
Reflection: It is purity in soul and body which will make you strong in
pain, in temptation, and in the hour of death. "I can do all in the One
who
fortifies me," said Saint Paul. Imitate the purity of this glorious
virgin,
and take her for your special patroness in your last agony.
Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on
Butler'
s Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger
Brothers: New York, 1894). Contributed by Leslie.
Know Your Mystics:
Jesus to St. Gertrude:
''Does not an avaricious usurer take advantage of every occasion for
increasing his capital? Well, I, Who have resolved to find My delight in
thee, am much more eager not to lose anything of what thou givest Me with
the wish to afford Me pleasure and win My favour, were it but a simple
thought or a movement of thy little finger."
(Taken from: Love Peace and Joy, pp 165-166, by Very Rev. André Prévot,
published by: www.TanBooks.com)
Jesus to Sister Josefa Menéndez:
''How great are the sins of men...but what distresses Me most is that
they
blindly fling themselves into hell.......
Do you understand My grief, Josefa? To see those souls that have cost
Me
My life, lost forever...It oppresses Me to think that for them My Blood
was
shed all in vain.
Come with Me, and together we shall make reparation to My heavenly
Father
for all these outrages."
(Taken from: Prayers of Reparation and Oblation in Union with the Heart of
Jesus, pg 5, published by: Freame, Manning & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. 13)
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''Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart,
its
uprightness, its good-will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect
or
extent of knowledge."
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Proverbs 19:17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and
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