Theology

18 05, 2021

Ministry of Death Part 1
Ministry of Death Part 1

Ministry of Death Part 1

By Father David Nix|2021-05-18T02:44:59+00:00May 18th, 2021|Theology|

In his second letter to the Corinthians: St. Paul compares the Old Law of the "Ministry of Death" with the New Law's "the ministry of the Spirit:" Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because [...]

16 05, 2021

Immodesty Puts Man Before the Tree in the Garden Again

By Father David Nix|2024-05-16T10:13:13+00:00May 16th, 2021|Theology|

"The sins which cause most souls to go to hell are the sins of the flesh.”—Bl. Jacinta of Fatima "Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.” - Our Lady of Fatima, 1917 Nota Bene I probably have more female friends than male friends striving for holiness, so this is not a dig on women. Indeed, we priests are usually harder on men than women, so this is going to be an "equalizer" blog post. The fact is that anybody (man or woman) who tempts another (man or woman) through immodesty becomes "the Tempter" to the other. However, due to the fact that more women in [...]

14 05, 2021

The Denial of Christ Come in the Flesh
The Denial of Christ Come in the Flesh

The Denial of Christ Come in the Flesh

By Father David Nix|2021-05-14T01:57:11+00:00May 14th, 2021|Theology|

The above is the Vatican's official advertisement for their May 2021 Health Conference. It is clearly a mockery of the Creazione di Adamo painted in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican around 1510 by Michelangelo. Archbishop Viganò recently wrote that the hands of God and Adam being covered by latex gloves show "the regulations of the new 'health liturgy'" and imply "that even the Lord Himself might spread the virus." Archbishop Viganò also wrote in the above link: "At La Salette, Our Lady warned us: 'Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.' It will not be the Holy Church, indefectible by the promises of Christ, that will [...]

11 05, 2021

Was St. John the Baptist Justified in the Womb of St. Elizabeth by the Voice of St. Mary?
Was St. John the Baptist Justified in the Womb of St. Elizabeth by the Voice of St. Mary?

Was St. John the Baptist Justified in the Womb of St. Elizabeth by the Voice of St. Mary?

By Father David Nix|2021-05-10T16:24:03+00:00May 11th, 2021|Theology|

In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!"—Lk 1:39-42 (ESV) Many Church Fathers teach that St. John the Baptist was justified (cleansed of original sin) as soon as he heard the voice of Mary when he was in the womb of his mother Elizabeth. (This is one reason [...]

6 05, 2021

The Near-Martyrdom of St. John the Apostle
The Near-Martyrdom of St. John the Apostle

The Near-Martyrdom of St. John the Apostle

By Father David Nix|2021-05-05T00:22:23+00:00May 6th, 2021|Theology|

As most of you know, the only apostle not martyred was St. John the Beloved (also called St. John the Theologian.) But as seen in the FSSP Ordo today (the 6th of May) there is an optional 4th class feast of St. John's near-martyrdom in boiling oil at the Latin Gate that is even celebrated in red (R) by the priest (if he can find it at the back of his '62 Missal!) Here's the Roman Calendar as produced by the FSSP: As the definitive and ancient Roman Martyrology reads on the 6th of May, "In Rome, the feast of St. John before the Latin Gate. Being bound and brought [...]

4 05, 2021

Totalitarianism Must Be Total

By Father David Nix|2021-05-04T02:48:29+00:00May 4th, 2021|Theology|

The above picture I snapped while traveling in New Orleans. I'm not sure why it was necessary to put that up since nearly no one in New Orleans dares to go into a restaurant without a mask. It's not like the above picture is actually stopping this imaginary 50% of the population of "right-wing science-deniers" who would "endanger the average population" in the overwhelming fear still set in motion on this coronavirus "pandemic" that has allegedly "overwhelmed the hospitals." Rather, the above sign of No Mask, No Service is simply a reminder that the shop-owners are in cahoots with the brainwashing team. The above picture I also took in New [...]

29 04, 2021

Do We Need Catholic Labels in the 21st Century?

By Father David Nix|2021-04-28T22:22:39+00:00April 29th, 2021|Theology|

I'm fully aware there were heated debates on matters of speculative theology between Franciscans and Dominicans in the Middle Ages on topics such as "Is the intellect or the will the is the primary faculty in the beatific vision? (I think the Franciscans said the will and the Dominicans said the intellect.) I'm also fully aware there were heated political factions in the 19th century between Catholics and that already there were debates in politics between "liberals" and "conservatives." But far and away, Catholics in the 13th century and Catholics in the 19th century (and every century in between) did not use nasty titles modern like "traditional Catholic" or "liberal [...]

27 04, 2021

God Wants To Save Us From Ourselves

By Father David Nix|2021-04-27T01:57:33+00:00April 27th, 2021|Theology|

A wise philosopher who taught me at Boston College was once asked at a public talk, "Why does man sin?" The philosopher thought about it and said, "I suppose that is the one thing that even God Himself does not know, as we see in what He says to do the damned, I do not know you. (cf Mt 25:12) Even if not dogmatically true, it's at least "poetically true" that perhaps even God Himself does not know why man sins. Indeed, if God made man for Himself, then to turn from Eternal Love Himself is so foolish as to be incomprehensible to, well, Eternal Truth Himself. We know that on the [...]

22 04, 2021

Blasphemy Against Mother Mary in “The Chosen”
Blasphemy Against Mother Mary in “The Chosen”

Blasphemy Against Mother Mary in “The Chosen”

By Father David Nix|2021-04-24T04:57:02+00:00April 22nd, 2021|Theology|

Section A: The Scene The Chosen is a streaming video series on the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ with record-breaking viewership. They did a decent job in Season 1, but a scene found in Season 2, Episode 3 has major blasphemy against the Mother of Jesus. In this scene, a female disciple of Jesus named Rama is sitting next to Mother Mary and expresses her concern about how to know and follow Jesus in a better way. (As St. Mary Magdalene is also in this scene, I will refer to the mother of Jesus below as "Mother Mary.") Rama says, “I feel like I need to not make anymore [...]

20 04, 2021

Hermeneutic of Continuity or Hermeneutic of Rupture?

By Father David Nix|2021-09-22T03:15:35+00:00April 20th, 2021|Theology|

As a middle-of-the-road conservative in seminary, I would frequently say things like, "Vatican II did not change Catholic doctrine, but it did change how we package it for the post-modern mind." Or, perhaps I would say, "Dogma can't change but how we explain it can change." Phrases like this demonstrate the hermeneutic of continuity we clung to. We believed the Catholic Church before 1963 was the same as the Church after 1963. We just had to return to "the early Church" in order to "get back to the sources" if we wanted to square the circle, if we just lined up the stars correctly between the teachings of Pope St. [...]