EMERITUS POPE BENEDICT XVI AND HIS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH

EMERITUS POPE BENEDICT XVI AND HIS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH
In Pursuit of the Truth - Http://www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com Labor Day, Mon. Sep. 3, 2018

 

    Pope Benedict's classic book is, "Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, "Co-Workers of the Truth" - Meditations for Every Day of the Year, 1992 Ignatius Press, San Francisco:  Let us focus on the Sep. 13th meditation.

 

    IN THE CHRISTIAN CATALOGUE OF VIRTUES, DESPAIR - THAT IS, THE RADICAL OPPOSITE OF FAITH AND HOPE - IS LISTED AS A SIN AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT, BECAUSE IT FAILS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HIS POWER TO HEAL AND TO FORGIVE AND THUS REJECTS REDEMPTION.

 

    CORRESPONDINGLY, IN THE NEW RELIGION, "PESSIMISM" IS THE SIN OF ALL SINS, FOR DOUBT IN REGARD TO OPTIMISM, PROGRESS, AND UTOPIA  IS A FRONTAL ATTACK ON THE SPIRIT OF THE CURRENT AGE: A CONTESTING OF ITS FUNDAMENTAL CREDO, ON WHICH ITS CERTAINTY RESTS, ALTHOUGH, IT IS, NONETHELESS, CONSTANTLY THREATENED IN VIEW OF THE WEAKNESS OF TALK ABOUT A "MAKE-BELIEVE" GOD.

 

    ALL THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY MIND AGAIN BY THE DEBATE OCCASIONED BY THE PUBLICATION IN 1985 OF MY "REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH" [PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH AS THE RATZINGER REPORT. AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (SAN FRANCISCO: IGNATIUS PRESS, 1985].

 

    THE INDIGNATION AROUSED BY THIS SIMPLE BOOK CLIMAXED IN THE CONDEMNATION: A PESSIMISTIC BOOK. IN MANY PLACES, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE EVEN TO PREVENT THE SAIL OF IT BECAUSE A HERESY OF SUCH MAGNITUDE WAS JUST NOT TO BE TOLERATED.

 

    THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBED TO THIS PUBLIC OPINION PUT THE BOOK ON THE INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS: A NEW INQUISITION REVEALED ITS STRENGTH.

 

    IT WAS ONCE AGAIN EVIDENT THAT THERE IS NO GREATER SIN AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE THAN TO PUT ONESELF IN A POSITION WHERE ONE CAN BE ACCUSED OF A LACK OF OPTIMISM. THE QUESTION WAS CERTAINLY NOT.

 

    "IS WHAT HAS BEEN SAID TRUE OR NOT TRUE? ARE THE DIAGNOSES RIGHT OR WRONG?

 

    I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE TOOK THE TROUBLE TO INVESTIGATE SUCH OUTMODED QUESTIONS. THE CRITERION WAS SIMPLE:

 

"IS IT OR NOT OPTIMISTIC?"

AND GIVEN THIS CRITERION, THE BOOK WAS, OF COURSE, CONDEMNED.

George H. Kubeck

P.S. DEAR U.S.CATHOLIC BISHOPS,

     Try to remember which one of your advisers condemned the the sale of Benedict's book. That mindset dominates your office today. Since when are we cooperating with the spirit of the age. What is the difference between Political correctness decisions and modern Catholic religious correctness decisions? I am thinking of your involvement prior to the Janus Supreme Court decisions.

P.P.S.

    "History arouses very little interest nowadays." Sep. 30, Benedict.  Likewise, the truth is not very popular today.  The culture of death hates the truth. It censors and smothers it often with false reasoning and science contrary to Natural Law. Billionaires keep it afloat.  The pursuit of the truth is a badge of honor. The death culture may call you a racist or a conservative or cut off one's free speech like this  blog.

     Lastly, and in my opinion, the election of President Trump can also be explained as a miracle by God, a temporary reprieve for pro-life, marriage and family. If the Republicans lose on Nov. 6th, it is because not enough Christians voted for them. Hence, the Christians lost the election. The Culture of Death takes over.