“The Pope is not an absolute monarch whose thoughts and desires are law“ — BXVI

Benedict XVI taught against the new phenomenon of ultramontane Progressivism: the zeitgeist (the spirit of the times) can never serve as the basis of either faith or doctrine: “This power of teaching frightens many people in and outside the Church. They wonder whether freedom of conscience is threatened or whether it is a presumption opposed… Read More “The Pope is not an absolute monarch whose thoughts and desires are law“ — BXVI

Modernism in Our Time

From the very first pages of Genesis, the God of the Old Testament, in truth, demythologized the ancient world, destroying the ancient “gods” who were “lies” and “vanity” (Jer. 16:19-20) and, indeed, nothing (Acts 14:14; 17:23); He put an end to the horrors related in pagan mythology which daily translated into the most cruel barbarism and even human sacrifice. For… Read More Modernism in Our Time