Ratzinger’s False Dilemma, the Material Pope Thesis, and the Cult of Experts: A “Little One’s” Anniversary Essay.
Hermeneutic of continuity, Recognize-and-Resist, and the Material Pope Thesis; three different roads to the same destination: anything but Sedevacantism... Prologue: Opposites or Siblings? August 1st is now for me a yearly reminder of two fundamental lessons from the Saints: The prize of fidelity may be chains or martyrdom. Compromise in matters of faith and morals is never an option. This essay is published to mark the anniversary of a decisive turning point in my own journey in the Catholic Faith: the day I left Novus Ordo after having been led sweetly, but surely and irresistibly, by Providence to arrive at the conclusion that it is NOT the Catholic Church and that its hierarchy is constituted by modernist intruders and impostors. Intrinsic to this conclusion is that the seat of blessed Peter, untouched by any stain of heresy, and especially the synthesis of all heresies, is presently vacant and has been so since the death of Pope Pius XII. Today's an...