Living A Distortion?! Another Modernist Inverted Accusation?!

 

The quote is a mirror turned backwards: a Modernist accusing the faithful of doing precisely what he does—remaking Christ in his own image, while claiming the name of the Church he has gutted.
Another lie cloaked in irony.

Preamble:

I stumbled on a quote attributed to the Imitator of Leo, the incumbent Modernist Papal Impostor, which  at face value would pass for something edifying to Catholic ears. 

But since there is often more than meet the eyes and ears in Modernist affirmations, this statement must pass through a quick Catholic scrutiny to prove itself worthy of the admiration of uncompromising Catholics.  

May this scrutiny be read, printed, passed around, and — above all — stir souls to choose Christ, not His modernist caricature.

The Quote:

People who think they can follow Christ "in their own way" without being part of the body, are living a distortion - "Leo XIV"

As a matter of fact, this statement, on its surface, appears sound. It rightly condemns the error of individualism in religion. But coming from the lips of a Modernist Papal Impostor we must suspect that behind the appearance lies a venomous twist.

Thus a set of questions beg for answers: 

• Which "people" is he referring to? 
• Who is really following Christ "in their own way?"
• Which "Body" exactly are we talking about?  

Target Of The Rebuke

No one familiar with Modernist speech pattern would doubt that the target of this rebuke is not the heretical theologian, the secularist moral relativist, or the self-made spiritual guru. 

No—it is aimed at those who refuse communion with the Modernist institution currently occupying the structures of the Catholic Church. It is aimed at Traditional Catholics, especially those styled Sedevacantists, who, for the love of Christ and fidelity to the unchanging Faith, have fled the counterfeit “Church” and cling to the barque of Peter as handed down by Tradition. 

Yes, the statement is clearly referring to those who reject communion with the visible structure of the post-Vatican II Ecumenical, Synodal, Pan-Religious impostor Church—i.e., all those who refuse Modernist Rome.

Who is truly following Christ “in their own way”?

The accusing finger points back directly to the Modernist Papal Impostor and his confreres in the Modernist project. 

Modernist Reforming Frenzy

Speaking of the  "reforming mania" possessed by Modernists, Pope St. Pius X noted that:

... in all Catholicism there is absolutely nothing on which it does not fasten. Reform of philosophy, especially in the seminaries: the scholastic philosophy is to be relegated to the history of philosophy among obsolete systems, and the young men are to be taught modern philosophy which alone is true and suited to the times in which we live. Reform of theology; rational theology is to have modern philosophy for its foundation, and positive theology is to be founded on the history of dogma. As for history, it must be for the future written and taught only according to their modern methods and principles. Dogmas and their evolution are to be harmonised with science and history. In the Catechism no dogmas are to be inserted except those that have been duly reformed and are within the capacity of the people. Regarding worship, the number of external devotions is to be reduced, or at least steps must be taken to prevent their further increase, though, indeed, some of the admirers of symbolism are disposed to be more indulgent on this head. Ecclesiastical government requires to be reformed in all its branches, but especially in its disciplinary and dogmatic parts. Its spirit with the public conscience, which is not wholly for democracy; a share in ecclesiastical government should therefore be given to the lower ranks of the clergy, and even to the laity, and authority should be decentralised. The Roman Congregations, and especially the index and the Holy Office, are to be reformed. The ecclesiastical authority must change its line of conduct in the social and political world; while keeping outside political and social organization, it must adapt itself to those which exist in order to penetrate them with its spirit. With regard to morals, they adopt the principle of the Americanists, that the active virtues are more important than the passive, both in the estimation in which they must be held and in the exercise of them. The clergy are asked to return to their ancient lowliness and poverty, and in their ideas and action to be guided by the principles of Modernism; and there are some who, echoing the teaching of their Protestant masters, would like the suppression of ecclesiastical celibacy. What is there left in the Church which is not to be reformed according to their principles? - Pascendi Dominic Gregis, 38. 

 In brief, wanting to follow Christ "in their own way" Modernists reforming mania craved for the reformation of everything Catholic: 

• Philosophy.
• Theology.
• History.
• Dogma.
• Ecclesiastical government and authority.
• Roman Congregations, especially the Holy Office.
• Morality and spirituality.
• Clerical discipline.

Who does not see that all these reformations they have executed since their usurpation,  after the infiltration, of Catholic buildings beginning with the installation of the first in the line of their papal impostors, apostate Roncalli, styled "John XXIII"?  

Everything has been reformed according to Modernist principles leaving in few cases, a Catholic façade, a mark of Modernist duplicity - their favorite strategy. 

So, who is truly following Christ “in their own way”? 

Obviously the Modernists themselves—who have abandoned the Deposit of Faith, redefined doctrine, restructured worship, and remodeled the Church to fit the spirit of the age.

Anyone who level such accusation against uncompromising Catholics who have preserved the Faith as handed down in Scripture, the Fathers, the Councils, and the infallible Magisterium of 1,900 years would be doing so either out of gross historical ignorance or diabolical malice. 

Analysing The Accuser:

To accuse uncompromising Catholics of following Christ “in their own way” is motivated by either:

a) Gross Historical Ignorance

The accuser knows neither:

1. The content of pre-Vatican II Catholic doctrine,
2. Nor the radical discontinuity introduced by Modernism after Vatican II. Such a person falsely assumes that the post-conciliar Church is the unbroken continuation of Catholic Tradition.

Example:

They might think the Latin Mass is just a preference, a nostalgia, not realizing it is theologically distinct and represents the Catholic law of Prayer (lex orandi) of 2,000+ years.

b) or Diabolical Malice

Worse than ignorance is deliberate inversion—knowing the truth but choosing to vilify those who hold it.

This is the tactic of the enemy:

• Label truth as rebellion.

• Call tradition “rigidity.”
• Condemn fidelity to Christ’s unchanging Church as divisive, schismatic, or even “distorted.”

This is diabolical because it mirrors Satan’s ancient method, and it is written:

 “Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil” (Isaias 5:20)

 Yes, those who accuse the faithful remnant of inventing their own path, while themselves dismantling Christ’s Church and rebuilding it in the image of man, are either blind guides or cunning wolves.

It is not the remnant who follow Christ “in their own way”—

It is the Modernists, who have forged a new way entirely,

Then accuse those on the old path of being lost.

Modernist Reforming Frenzy: How They Reshaped the Church:

Someone unfamiliar with the Vatican II question and it's Modernist roots may be at loss as to how Modernists have in fact satisfied their reforming mania. For the benefit of such a one we are urged to spell it out clearly how after their usurpation of Catholic structures—beginning with Roncalli ("John XXIII") they have carried out their reforming frenzy, as forewarned by Pope St. Pius X in Pascendi (§38)

Philosophy:

• Abandoned Scholasticism (especially Thomism) as outdated.
• Introduced phenomenology, existentialism, and personalism in seminary formation.
• Replaced metaphysical realism with subjective, experience-based philosophy.

Theology:

• Replaced dogmatic theology with historical-critical, evolutionary theology.
• Emphasized “living tradition” and doctrinal development to justify changes.
• Reduced theology to dialogue, openness, and ambiguity.

 History:

• Rewrote Church history through a secular, revisionist lens.
• Portrayed the pre-Vatican II Church as intolerant, triumphalist, and in need of reform.
• Applied modern historical criticism to Scripture and Tradition, undermining their reliability.

 Dogma:

• Treated dogmas as symbols evolving with time, not immutable truths.
• Subverted the meaning of infallible definitions under the guise of “pastoral adaptation.”
• Declared past Magisterium obsolete or “not binding today."

Ecclesiastical Government & Authority:

• Promoted collegiality and synodality to decentralize papal authority.
• Empowered bishops’ conferences to legislate locally, weakening Roman primacy.
• Diminished hierarchical command with egalitarian structures and shared decision-making.

Roman Congregations (esp. Holy Office):

• Weakened the Holy Office (now the CDF) and removed its function as a guardian of orthodoxy.
• Reformed dicasteries into bureaucratic, diplomatic organs rather than doctrinal defenders.
• Filled Roman curia with liberal Modernist thinkers and sympathizers, choking off their conservative counterparts.

 Morality and Spirituality:

• Promoted situation ethics, proportionalism, and consequentialism.
• Replaced objective moral absolutes with “pastoral sensitivity” and personal conscience.
• Emphasized activism, emotionalism, and ecumenical experience over interior sanctity and penance.

Clerical Discipline:

• Relaxed standards of seminary formation and priestly life.
• Tolerated dissent, immorality, and liturgical abuse.
• Undermined celibacy, promoted laity taking on priestly roles (e.g. lay readers, lay preachers, altar girls).
• Suppressed traditional orders while protecting progressive, heretical clergy.

Liturgy and Worship (Implied but worth adding):

• Replaced the Tridentine Mass with the Novus Ordo Missae, a Protestantized rite.
• Revised all the Sacraments, leading to the substantial mutilation of some, which suffer under the pain of invalidity and nullity.
• Suppressed Latin and Gregorian chant in favor of vernacular and banal music.
• Reoriented the liturgy from God-centered sacrifice to man-centered assembly.
• Introduced interreligious rites, liturgical dancing, and profanations in the name of inculturation.

Indeed, nothing sacred was spared.

Everything—philosophy, theology, morality, governance, liturgy, identity—was subjected to Modernist “reform.”

What remains is a shell of Catholicism, with its soul—the immutable Faith—driven out, replaced by a counterfeit religion wearing a Catholic mask.

As Pius X foresaw:

 "What is there left in the Church which is not to be reformed according to their principles?" (Pascendi, §38)

This is how the Modernists follow Christ “in their own way”—by remaking His Church in their image.

Pope Pius XII on Church Membership

Modernists claim to be the visible Church because they possess its buildings, its titles, and outward structures. How justified is their claim?

Pope Pius XII, reiterating the constant teaching of the Church speaks thus concerning those who are members of the Church, which is a visible institution: 

“Actually only those are to be included as members of the Church who have been baptized and profess the true faith, and who have not been so unfortunate as to separate themselves from the unity of the Body, or been excluded by legitimate authority for grave faults committed. (Mystici Corporis Christi, §22)

There are three doctrinal points worth noting from this quote: 

1. Three conditions for membership in the Mystical Body:

• Valid baptism
• Profession of the true Faith
• Not severed from unity by schism or excommunication

2. Exclusion of heretics and schismatics:

• Those who depart from the Faith (heresy), or
• Separate from lawful Church authority (schism), are not members—even if baptized.

3. The unity of the Church is not merely external or institutional, but doctrinal and spiritual—based on the one true Faith and the indwelling of the Holy Ghost.

The Real Division: Truth Vs Appearance

So, it is clear that the Body of Christ is not defined by external appearances alone. The soul of the Church is the Faith. If the soul is gone, the body is a corpse. 

When this is applied to Modernists one thing is clear: it definitively excludes Modernists from the Mystical Body, even if they claim juridical office, since they:

• Reject the true Faith, replacing it with new doctrines,
• Cause division in belief and worship, and
• Often persecute those who remain faithful.

Thus, according to Mystici Corporis, the faithful Traditional Catholic who clings to the perennial Magisterium and Sacraments is in the Church, while the Modernist innovator is outside, regardless of his position or title.

Yes: 

 "Those who are divided in faith... cannot be living in the unity of such a Body." – Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi, §22

A Dead Body, Not the Mystical One

The Modernist sect may boast of apostolic succession in the flesh -material succession like the Anglicans and Schismatic Greeks, but it has amputated itself from the Truth. The true Mystical Body of Christ cannot have heresy as its doctrine, nor innovators as its shepherds. 

They are part of a new body—a counterfeit Church, a corpse of the True Church. The Mystical Body of Christ cannot have heresy as its soul.

Another Inverted Accusation

Who would miss the sharp irony?

The modernist intruder points to the faithful clinging to the Ark and cries out,

“You have abandoned the ship!”

Yet it is he who has drilled holes through the hull, thrown overboard the charts, and taken orders from the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Yes. The quote is a mirror turned backwards: a Modernist accusing the faithful of doing precisely what he does—remaking Christ in his own image, while claiming the name of the Church he has gutted.

Another lie cloaked in irony.

He accuses others of "living a distortion," while offering a grotesque distortion of Catholicism itself—softened, mutilated, sentimentalized, and reduced to a global NGO under the new world order of things. 

Summing Up:

You see? True union with Christ demands union with His Body—but His true Body, not the counterfeit built on sand, not a Modernist distortion of it.

The traditional Catholic who rejects communion with Modernist Rome does so not to go his own way, but to stay upon Christ’s way, the Ancient Way, the royal road of the Cross, the Faith of all time.

To follow Christ rightly is to reject the voice of strangers, even if they wear the garments of shepherds.

“My sheep hear My voice... and a stranger they will not follow.” (John 10:27, 5)

To all those who lay claims to the Christian name to-day, the Catholic name, this counsel must be addressed without mincing words: 

Choose Christ.  

Choose the True Faith. 

Not the Modernist distorted echo of it.