I will show you whom you worship ...
The appellation and title
"Vicarivs Filii Dei" has been used in numerous places to designate the popes with, even over a period of several hundred years:
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http://biblelight.net/666.htm
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http://biblelight.net/envoy.htm
Even moreso, though Rome does not outwardly allow so many women-priests, they do primarily have one [Apparitional]
“Mary” [
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel [messenger] of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14], whom calls herself
“Mediatrix”.
“
969 "This motherhood of
Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside
this saving office but
by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation . ... Therefore
the Blessed Virgin is invoked
in the Church under the titles of Advocate,
Helper,
Benefactress, and
Mediatrix."512”
[The Catechism of the [Roman] Catholic Church; Online section 969] -
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm
““... If We have spent so large a share of our activities, in promoting the Rosary devotion, We can easily see with what benevolence the Queen of Heaven has come to Our aid when We prayed to her; and We express the confident conviction that she will continue to stand at Our side to lighten the burdens and the afflictions which the days to come will bring. …
...
She was, in very truth, the Mother of the Church,
the Teacher and Queen of the Apostles …
... 8.
The power thus put into her hands is all but unlimited. How unerringly right, then, are Christian souls when they
turn to Mary for help as though impelled by an instinct of nature, confidently
sharing with her their future hopes and past achievements, their sorrows and joys, commending themselves like children to the care of a bountiful mother. How rightly, too, has every nation and
every liturgy without exception acclaimed her great renown, which has grown greater with the voice of each succeeding century. Among
her many other titles we find her hailed as "our Lady, our Mediatrix,"[3] "the Reparatrix of the whole world,"[4] "the Dispenser of all heavenly gifts."[5] …
[Thus 'she' also claims the prerogatives and the place of the Holy Spirit, who is the dispenser of gifts.]
... 9. ... "O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God
except through thee; none, O Mother of God, attains salvation
except through thee; none receives a gift from the throne of mercy
except through thee."[7] …
… 10. It is no exaggeration to say that it is
due chiefly to her leadership and help that the wisdom and teachings of the Gospel spread so rapidly to all the nations of the world in spite of the most obstinate difficulties and most cruel persecutions, and brought everywhere in their train a new reign of justice and peace. This it was that stirred the soul of St. Cyril of Alexandria to the following prayerful address to the Blessed Virgin: "
Through you the Apostles have preached salvation to the nations. . .
through you the priceless Cross is everywhere honored and venerated;
through you the demons have been put to rout and mankind has been summoned back to Heaven;
through you every misguided creature held in the thrall of idols is led to recognize the truth;
through you have the faithful been brought to the laver of holy Baptism and churches been founded among every people."[8] …
… 13. No one will fail to remark how much the merits of the venerable Fathers and Doctors of the Church, who spent their lives in the defense and explanation of the Catholic Faith, redound to the Virgin Mother of God. For from
her, the Seat of Divine Wisdom, as they themselves gratefully tell us, a strong current of the most
sublime wisdom has coursed through their writings. And they were quick to acknowledge that not by themselves
but by her have iniquitous errors been overcome. Finally, princes as well as Pontiffs, the guardians and defenders of the faith-the former by waging holy wars, the latter by the solemn decrees which they have issued- have
not hesitated to call upon the name of the Mother of our God, and have found her answer powerful and propitious.
14. Hence it is that the Church and the Fathers have
given expression to their joy in Mary in words whose beauty equals their truth: "Hail, voice of the Apostles forever eloquent, solid foundation of the faith,unshakable prop of the Church."[10] "Hail,
thou through whom we have been enrolled as citizens of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church."[11]"Hail, thou
fountain springing forth by God's design, whose rivers flowing over in pure and unsullied waves of orthodoxy put to flight the hosts of error."[12] "Rejoice, because
thou alone hast destroyed all the heresies in the world."[13] …
… 15. The unexampled part which the Virgin most admirably played and still plays in the progress, the battles, and the triumphs of the Catholic Faith, makes it evident what God has planned for her to do. It should fill the hearts of all good people with a firm hope of obtaining those things which are now the object of our common desire.
Trust Mary, implore her aid.
16. That the one self same profession of faith may unite the minds of Christian nations in peace and harmony, that the one and only bond of perfect charity may gather their hearts within its embrace-such is our prayerful hope! And may
Mary, by her powerful help, bring this ardently desired gift into our possession! And remembering that her only begotten Son prayed so earnestly to His heavenly Father for the closest union among the nations whom He has called by the one Baptism to the one inheritance of salvation bought for an infinite price,
will she not, for that reason, see to it that all in His marvelous light will strive as with one mind for unity? And will it not be her wish to employ her goodness and providence to console the Spouse of Christ, the Church,
through her long-sustained efforts in this enterprise, as well as to bring to full perfection the boon of unity among the members of the Christian family, which is the illustrious fruit of her motherhood? …
… 17. A token that the fulfillment of these hopes may soon be a reality is to be seen in the conviction and the confidence which warms the hearts of the devout.
Mary will be the happy
bond to draw together, with strong yet gentle constraint, all who love Christ,
no matter where they may be, to form a nation of brothers yielding obedience to the Vicar of Christ on earth, the Roman Pontiff, their common Father. …
… 21. There is another special reason why Mary will be favorably disposed to grant our united prayers in behalf of the nations cut off from communion with the Church: namely, the prodigious things they have done for her honor in the past, especially in the East. To them is due much of the credit for propagating and increasing devotion to her. From them have come some of the best- remembered heralds and champions of her dignity, who have wielded a mighty influence by their authority or by their writings-eulogists famed for the ardor and the charm of their eloquence;"empresses well beloved of God,"[16] who imitated the Virgin most pure in the example of their lives, and
paid honor to her with lavish generosity; temples and basilicas built to her glory with regal splendor. …
… 25. The very origin of the Rosary makes that plain. When such faith is exercised by vocally
repeating the Our Father and Hail Mary of the Rosary prayers, or better still in the contemplation of the mysteries, it is evident how close we are brought to Mary. For every time we devoutly say the Rosary in supplication before her, we are once more brought face to face with the marvel of our salvation; we watch the mysteries of our Redemption as though they were unfolding before our eyes; and as one follows another,
Mary stands revealed at once as God's Mother and our Mother. …
… 27. For that reason We say that the Rosary is by far the best prayer by which to plead before her the cause of our separated brethren. To grant a favorable hearing belongs
properly to her office of spiritual Mother. …
… 30. On the strength of this it has been decided to begin work on a scale proportioned to the size of the undertaking, and We have granted permission for the laying of the first stone of the shrine at an early date with solemn ceremonies.
The temple will stand as a monument of ever lasting thanksgiving erected in the name of the Christian people
to their heavenly Helper and Mother. There she will be invoked unceasingly in the Greek and the Latin rites that, ever more propitious, she will continue to heap new favors upon the ancient blessings. ...”
[ADIUTRICEM (Benefactress) (On The Rosary); ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE ROSARY; SEPTEMBER 5, 1895] -
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13adiut.htm or
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/l...nts/hf_l-xiii_enc_05091895_adiutricem_en.html
The Sacerdotal [Priestly] Virgin [Mary of Rome]:
http://vultus.stblogs.org/virgo sac imago.jpg
http://vultus.stblogs.org/assets_c/2010/06/Oratio Virg Sac Pii X-thumb-400x700-6735.jpg
“Marked by the priestly piety of the school of Bérulle, Pope Saint Pius X was singularly favourable to the invocation of Our Blessed Lady under
the title of Virgo Sacerdos. Already in 1875, Blessed Pius IX had manifested his approval of the same title in a letter addressed to Msgr Oswald Van den Berghe, author of
Marie et le Sacerdoce. Saint Pius X was pleased when an Italian translation of this work appeared.
When the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus, founded by
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil-Martiny, asked for permission to invoke the Mother of God, in their chapels, as
Maria Virgo Sacerdos, Saint Pius X wishing to extend the devotion to all the faithful, charged Cardinals Vanutelli and Vivès with composing a prayer that would make this Marian title better known. The prayer appeared, indulgenced by Pope Saint Pius X, on 9 May 1906.
O
Mary, Mother of Mercy,
Mother and Daughter of Him who is the Father of mercies
and the God of all consolation (1),
Dispensatrix of all the treasures of thy Son (2),
Minister of God (3),
Mother of Christ, our High Priest,
thou who art both
Offerer and Altar together, (4),
Immaculate Temple of the Word of God (5),
Teacher of the Apostles and Disciples of Christ (6),
protect the Supreme Pontiff,
intercede for us and for our priests,
that Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
may purify our consciences,
and that we may worthily, and with loving devotion,
approach His sacred banquet.
O Immaculate Virgin,
who not only hast given us Christ the heavenly bread
for the forgiveness of sins (7),
but
who art thyself a most acceptable sacrifice offered unto God” (8),
and the glory of priests (9),
and who, as thy most blessed servant Saint Antoninius declares,
“without receiving the Sacrament of Order,
wert full of whatsoever in dignity and grace is given by it”,
thou art therefore rightly acclaimed as
“Sacerdotal Virgin” (10).
Look upon us and upon the priests of thy Son,
save us, purify us, and sanctify us,
that we may receive the ineffable treasures of the Sacraments
in a holy manner
and so deserve to obtain
the eternal salvation of our souls. Amen.
Mother of Mercy, pray for us.
Mother of Jesus Christ, the Eternal Priest, pray for us.
Queen of the Clergy, pray for us.
Mary, Sacerdotal Virgin, pray for us.
[1] Richard of Saint Laurence
[2] Saint Bernardine
[3] Saint Bernard of Busto
[4] Saint Epiphanius
[5] Abbot Ludovicus Blosius
[6] Saint Thomas of Villanova.
[7] Saint Epiphanius
[8] Saint Andrew of Crete
[9] Saint Ephrem
[10] Letter of Blessed Pope Pius IX, 25 August 1873We grant 300 day of indulgence to one who recites this prayer with piety and devotion.
9 May 1906.
Pius P. P. X.” - http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2010/06/prayer-to-mary-the-sacerdotal/
““
Mary performs
her sacrificial functions in two ways: in one way, which is more indirect and less specific, by
her providing the sacred victim . . . . and in a more direct, immediate and noble way by concurring with Jesus in this precious sacrifice. While
offering the same victim of propriation that belongs to her on the title of her motherhoood . . . .
she has become his priestess by offering her divine Son to God for the salvation of the world and thus meriting grace and glory for us by means of this sacrifice, not with the perfect merit and justice which only belongs to Jesus Christ, but with an imperfect merit, a merit of goodwill.”
Lazare Dassier (1692), 3e Sermon sur la Purification, l.c. p. 370.
- “Mary could not escape from Calvary because God had given her the mission to remain there aspriest, victim and mediatrix. She had to stay on Calvary, next to the cross and in the heart of her Son. She stood up straight on Calvary and undertook her function as priest. She stood next to the cross and fulfilled the role of a victim. She stayed in the heart of Jesus and acquitted herself of the task of mediatrix: strong in her first task, faithful to her second, devoted in her third . . .Mary had to fulfill her first task, that of being a priest.” St Antonio María Claret (1807 - 1870), Copiosa y vera collección de panegíricos, Rome 1860, vol. 3, pp. 390-391.”
- “If the Saviour, as the Fathers of the Church assure us, is at each Mass the principal priest and the one who offers himself to the Father and who delivers himself up to people, the blessed Virgin shares in this function of the sovereign priesthood, accompanying the oblation and immolation which her Son makes of herself with her own agreement. For it is therefore that St Epiphanius among other praises, calls the Virgin a priest and an altar.” Jean de Machaut (1599 - 1676), Le Thrésor, vol III, pp. 152-153.”
- “Since the will of the Virgin has cooperated with the will of the Son in the realisation of the Eucharist, we can with enough certainty declare and absolutely affirm that she has given us and has offered for us this heavenly bread. In fact, we recognise that the gift which is entrusted to us under these species - - that is : the body and blood of Christ the Lord -- is truly her gift and belongs to her. The divine Epiphanus touched on this reason is his sermon ‘De Laudibus Virginis’.
What could we say or imagine that is more splendid ? He
says that
the Virgin is a priest in some way in the gift and in the offering of the celestial bread;
which is true precisely for this reason that together with her Son she gave and offered [this eucharistic bread], thus realising at the same time both the sacrament and the sacrifice.”
. . . . “It was right that she who was present at the first act of giving, and of whom it was said that she had given and offered together with the Father and the Son, should also be present at the consummation and fulfilment of this donation, to such an extent that we can say that she has in the same way given and offered it (the Eucharist) with her Son. ”
. . “The manner in which the incarnation was achieved in the breast of the Virgin pleased Christ so greatly ...that he invented a new way of repeating it and reiterating it...-... that is, the Eucharist.
Ferdinand Chirino de Salazar (1575 - 1646), In Proverbiis, IX, no 148-149, vol. 1, 770D-771A.”
- “Three elements belong to the priesthood and episcopacy: the call, the role of intercession, and sacrifice (Hebr 5, 1) . . . [With regard to intercession] as Son of God Christ has all power over God. Our Lady too, because she is the true Mother of God, has all power over God. And if the prayers and intercessions of Christ are heard on account of the fact that he is the Son, those of Our Lady will not be less heard, and are even heard with more surety because of the fact that she is his Mother. Therefore it is crystal clear that in Mary we find overwhelmingly the second quality required for the dignity of a bishop!” Antonio Vieira (1608 - 1697), Sermon on the Rosary, ib. p. 74.” -http://www.womenpriests.org/mrpriest/m_why.asp
“The gesture with which Christ confided his disciple to his Mother and his Mother to the disciple (16) has defined an extremely close relationship between
Mary and the Church. It is the will of the Lord that a Marian note mark the physiognomy of the Church, her road,
her pastoral activity; and into the spiritual life of each disciple a "Marian dimension" is infused (17).” …
… Every priest knows that
Mary, because she is a mother,
is the eminent formator of the priesthood, since
she is the one who knows how to shape the priestly heart; the Virgin, therefore, knows and wants to protect priests from dangers, exhaustion, and discouragement: with motherly solicitude she watches over the priest so that he may grow in wisdom, age, and grace before God and before men (34). …
...Finally,
Mary is the "offering Virgin." The Church has perceived in the heart of the Virgin who carried the Child to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, a willing oblation that transcended the ordinary meaning of the rite (51). "You offer your Son, Holy Virgin, and you present to the Lord the blessed fruit of your womb. You offer the holy victim, pleasing to God, for the reconciliation of us all" (St Bernard). ...
...This union of the Mother with the Son
in the work of redemption reaches its culmination at Calvary, where Christ "offered himself, immaculate, to God" (52) and where Mary was beside the cross (53) suffering deeply with her Only Son and associating herself with motherly courage to his sacrifice, adhering lovingly to the immolation of the Victim engendered by her and
offering herself as well
to the Eternal Father. To perpetuate throughout the centuries the Sacrifice of the Cross, the Savior instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice, memorial of his death and resurrection, and he confided it to his Spouse, the Church... who accomplishes it in union with the Saints in Heaven and, in the first place, with the blessed Virgin, whose ardent charity and unshakable faith she imitates (54).
Therefore the Church, with
this same oblationary fervor and spirit lived by Mary,
continually exhorts the priest to prepare himself and celebrate the Eucharist, center and summit of his interior life and apostolate. May his
priestly hands elevate the consecrated bread and wine, Body and Blood of the Lord,
just as Mary offered him as a child in the Temple, and having consummated the redemption at the foot of the cross, may he return it to the Father as an
expiatory offering for our sins. ...
...Priestly formation, finally, has an active dimension oriented to pastoral action. The figure of
Mary, her
operative presence in the life of the Church,
is recognized as the soul of every apostolic or pastoral work. Her
spirit of service inspires the priestly ministry as an expression of love and as a response to a received gift. The pastoral challenges of our times demand action inspired by Mary's life.”
[Conference of Mons. Norberto Rivera, Archbishop, Primate of Mexico; THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE PRIEST] -
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_cclergy_doc_19071997_conri_en.html
Satan himself, not only in the 'mary', but in the position of Pontifex Maximus, the so-called vicarivs christi, the self-styled vicarivs filii dei on earth. Notice her place...
The High Priestess Mary, Wearing 12 Stone Breastplate, Rationale Of Judgment:
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Consider the Gallery of Traditional Artwork, depicting Mary as High Priest/Priest - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.136257553079494.13461.135188603186389&type=3
...and so it seeks to be in the headship position, even so much so, as to purposefully eclipse the very ministry/role/estate of Christ Jesus Himself. So, we see from scripture elsewhere that
“...the LORD...” or
“...God...” is to
“...be magnified.” so that we
“...give glory to him...” [Revelation 14:7;p], and yet, we find instead that this system
“...magnified...” itself
“...even to the prince of the host...” [Daniel 8:11;p] and
“...repented not to give him glory...” [Revelation 16:9;p], taking upon itself Divine titles, also going so far as to
“...calleth herself a prophetess...” [Revelation 2:20;p] and
taking to herself functions/roles/estates, duties, doctrines and prerogatives which were never its to have and/or wield or authorized to teach, such as claiming to have the 'plenary' power from on High to even 'forgive sins' and to even be able to
“...change times and laws...” [Daniel 7:25;p] of the Most High God.
'She' [Roman Catholic Church and Papacy] claims to be the bride of Christ, and yet she has none of the qualities and character of His real Bride, the True Remnant Church, which ought to be loving, trusting, faithful, obedient and submissive to Her Husband.
