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  1. Servus Iesu

    Ephesians 2:8-9...faith v. works

    This is a good question, which is often misrepresented by both Catholics and Protestants. I suggest reading the fifth session of the Council of Trent for a full explanation of Catholic dogma. In summary: it is impossible for man to justify himself before God. This teaching is one of the most...
  2. Servus Iesu

    My new found hope for President

    Maybe, maybe not. However, certainly you are aware that socialism is an untenable socio-political arrangement? The Soviet Union had been in decline since the 60s, it would have collapsed one way or another. Nothing worked in Russia. Side note: Ron Paul was on the Ronald Reagan bandwagon...
  3. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    Ever read St. Jerome? Against Helvidius is down right vicious in many places. In my reading of the Church Fathers, I've found quite a few passages that make Msgr. Lefebvre look tame in comparison. I don't believe the FSSPX is perfect. For example, I think it is bogus that they grant...
  4. Servus Iesu

    How Do You Justify Mary Being Perfectly Sinless and Selfless Always?

    Not another self-proclaimed Greek expert. Tell me, how many years have you been studying Greek? Who is your teacher? What are his/her credentials?
  5. Servus Iesu

    My new found hope for President

    I don't think Therese is a liberal. I'm not. I consider myself a paleo-conservative. Yet I don't believe in the wisdom of our foreign policy. If the Islamists really hate us because of our freedom, why don't they bomb the Dutch? They have legalized prostitution and marijuana to boot. I...
  6. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    You are very perceptive. The Holy Father's frank admission that the old Mass was never abrogated is the key to the entire document. One could almost miss that it is even in there if they weren't reading closely, and the Pope does not draw out the implications of this admission, but the...
  7. Servus Iesu

    My new found hope for President

    I have an honest question for you: Do you really, honestly believe that the Muslims are capable of uniting into a global Islamic Caliphate? If so, I think you give them too much credit. Look at Iraq, you've got numerous groups there all killing each other. As far as I can tell, they actually...
  8. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    This is all conjecture. Msgr. Lefebvre (of happy memory) did not forget about the will of God. Rather he believed that God requires human cooperation for his purposes. Yes, God could raise up his Church again, even if every Bishop on the planet were an apostate. But on what basis does...
  9. Servus Iesu

    My new found hope for President

    Republican and Democratic candidates for president alike have said that they refuse to take a NUCLEAR first strike against Iran off the table, except of course for Ron Paul. At the third Republican debate he condemned the other candidates for suggesting the possible use of nuclear weapons and...
  10. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    What did you think of the clips?
  11. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    Did your dad leave the Roman Church after they 'improved' everything? I've heard dozens of personal stories like that. My grandfather didn't leave entirely, but he felt betrayed.
  12. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    I think they are quite different in ethos. But they are both unambiguously directed toward the worship and propitiation of the Father through His Son Jesus Christ, and that is what is most important. I would say that they do bear similarities. Afterall, they both arise out of the pre-schism...
  13. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    Kjell, Check it out: Solemn High Mass Missa Cantata
  14. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    I'm describing my (geographical) home Novus Ordo parish. They have shut out every orthodox Catholic from teaching. Parishioners requested a catechism study, they were told no. They have eucharistic adoration, but it is run by lay people. The priest never comes. He refuses to encourage it or...
  15. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    You can do whatever you want to. It continually amazes me though how the apologists of conciliarism resort to coercion whenever their novel doctrines are challenged. I have in fact only gone to an SSPX chapel once. They have a Low Mass and I prefer going to the Sung Mass on Sundays. So I...
  16. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    Fellay on Kaspar and Ecumenism Fellay: "The Ecumenical train goes straight to hell"
  17. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    I'm sure you know how to use youtube. My advice is to go on to youtube and put in a search for "Bishop Fellay." There is an excellent fourteen part talk on youtube that includes a discussion of ecumenism. H.E. Fellay treats these topics with great precision of thought.
  18. Servus Iesu

    Concerning Ecumenism

    Read Leo XIII's Libertas Praestantissimum and St. Pius X's Vehementer Nos, then pick up Dignitatis Humanae, if you want a real eye-opener.
  19. Servus Iesu

    Televised Tridentine Mass on EWTN

    Rather than argue the merits of the Old Mass against the New, I would simply like to point out that there are many Novus Ordo Catholics who spend a lot of time ramming their head against a cement wall trying to improve the reverence or piety of their mainstream Church. They often meet with...
  20. Servus Iesu

    Vatican II Peritus, Romano Amerio – Champion of Truth

    I'm working my way through Iota Unum. One is immediately struck by Amerio's precision of thought. He is a scholastic through and through. His logic and analysis is relentless.