Doctrine

25 05, 2021

Two Thoughts On Pentecost

By Father David Nix|2021-05-25T12:22:01+00:00May 25th, 2021|Theology|

https://youtu.be/Fo4Ge3FMrDM A couple possible objections to my Pentecost video... First, didn't Pope John XXIII's promise of a New Pentecost come true in the Eastern Hemisphere? The New Pentecost seems to be a dud since "the numbers tanked," as I said in the video. At this point, a fair counter to the above would be: "Ah yes, Fr. David, the numbers of Catholics greatly dropped in North America and South America since Vatican II, but the numbers of Catholics in Africa and Asia increased. Doesn't this prove the New Pentecost?" I admit this is a very strong retort. However, my retort to the retort is equally simple: The good bishops of Africa and Asia [...]

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 [...]

11 02, 2021

Real Union Within the Catholic Church
Real Union Within the Catholic Church

Real Union Within the Catholic Church

By Father David Nix|2022-05-11T17:33:45+00:00February 11th, 2021|Theology|

With all these accusations of "schismatic" and "conspiracy theorist" being hurled from normy Catholics to traditional Catholics, let's see what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say: “The sin of unbelief, which fundamentally severs a man from the unity of the Church, simply speaking, makes him to be utterly unfit for receiving this sacrament of the Eucharist because it is the sacrament of the Church's unity.”—St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica 3.80.5ad2 This means that sins against the Deposit of the Faith unchanged from Apostolic times is more what separates a Catholic from worthiness to receive the Eucharist than fighting for reform within the hierarchy. (In fact, fighting for Church reform comes from [...]

1 01, 2021

The Sacrifice in the Octave of Christmas
The Sacrifice in the Octave of Christmas

The Sacrifice in the Octave of Christmas

By Father David Nix|2021-01-01T22:14:49+00:00January 1st, 2021|Theology|

The introduction to the Missal of Pope Paul VI defines the Mass as a “sacred synaxis [meal] or assembly of the people of God met together under the presidency of the priest to celebrate the memorial of the Lord.” Notice that in this definition, the term "sacrifice" is missing. In fact, many TLM-writers before me have noticed that the Protestants who helped write the Mass of Pope Paul VI purposefully removed many references to "sacrifice" in the Propers, Prefaces and even the new "Eucharistic Prayers." Their new calendar is also missing references to blood and sacrifice. In the old calendar, the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus was replaced [...]

5 07, 2020

Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness
Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness

Earthly Things Part 2: The Days of Lawlessness

By Father David Nix|2020-07-05T01:48:00+00:00July 5th, 2020|Theology|

Many prayerful Catholics have been noticing that much of 2 Thessalonians 2 seems to be materializing over the past few years. In fact, it seems prophesies from the Old Testament are being fulfilled. One older friend of mine who is a covert from evangelical Protestant to Catholic believes the "abomination of desolation" (Dan 9:27 and Mt 24:15) was the placement of the Martin Luther statute into the Vatican in October of 2016 (nearly four years ago): Consider also how a priest friend of mine recently pointed out that 2 Thess 2:10 asserts that a group of people during a global "rebellion" will "refuse to love the truth and so be [...]

7 11, 2019

40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism
40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism

40 “Smaller” Heresies of Modernism

By Father David Nix|2019-11-07T12:37:49+00:00November 7th, 2019|Theology|

Many Catholics studying the current crisis in the Church have become numb to the definition of Pope Saint Pius X that modernism is "the synthesis of all heresies." Some may think "synthesis of all heresies" is an amorphous problem of general doctrinal malaise. Others might classify it as a paranoid papal prophesy that never really materialized for the good-willed but jumpy Pope. But what has been astonishing to me lately is that I keep seeing that I learned everything, yes, quite literally everything, while growing up in Catholic grade school, high school and even seminary—wrong. I don't mean just liturgical issues. I mean the seemingly-smaller issues of Catholic doctrine are all turning [...]

24 08, 2019

Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?
Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?

Does God Change His Mind Through Church History?

By Father David Nix|2019-08-24T18:29:20+00:00August 24th, 2019|Theology|

Two other titles I threw around for this blog post were, Was the early Church more traditional or charismatic? and Was the Early Catholic Church as Dogmatic as the Medieval Catholic Church? This is a long blog post, but if you follow it carefully to the end, I believe you'll be happy that you did. In the above picture, every domino represents a different century in Church history. I used to believe that liturgy and dogma in Catholic Church history followed an erratic pattern like the above picture of dominos, where every century differed from the next century. Where it is true that the politics of Church history have followed a [...]

14 08, 2019

Amazon Synod Podcast 2: Syncretism vs. Salvation of Souls
Amazon Synod Podcast 2: Syncretism vs. Salvation of Souls

Amazon Synod Podcast 2: Syncretism vs. Salvation of Souls

By Father David Nix|2019-08-10T16:00:16+00:00August 14th, 2019|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

In today’s podcast, we talk about first hand experiences of oppressive spirits in pagan roots until becoming Catholic. We also see how la Nouvelle Theologie led to a collapsing of the order of grace into the order of nature. This led to the false notion that all religions are equal, including paganism and New Age. Both of these notions are openly promoted in the Instrumentorum Laboris of the upcoming Amazon Synod, which we quote directly and generously. We also talk about the third-world missionary work of St. Francis Xavier and Archbishop Lefebvre. This is RomeCast 19. The Featured Image is the enormous Basilica of Our Lady of Aparacida in Brazil.

16 06, 2019

Athanasian Creed on the Trinity
Athanasian Creed on the Trinity

Athanasian Creed on the Trinity

By Father David Nix|2019-07-22T01:29:14+00:00June 16th, 2019|Theology|

In the old Divine Office, all of us priests pray during the morning hour called "Prime" the Symbolum Athanasium or Athanasian Creed on Trinity Sunday. (It is prayed even more frequently in ancient editions preceding the 1960 Roman Breviary.) The Creed below is attributed to St. Athanasius of Alexandria in the 4th century, written to distinguish true Catholic-Christians (from Arians who denied the Divinity of Christ.) This Creed on the Father, Son and Holy Spirit begins with the unusual and striking words, "Whosoever wills to be saved..."(Quicúmque vult salvus esse) "before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith." This is followed by an astonishingly beautiful and powerful treatise on [...]

18 05, 2019

World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos
World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos

World Religions Part III: Real Catholicism is the Only Antidote to Chaos

By Father David Nix|2019-05-18T12:38:36+00:00May 18th, 2019|Theology|

I attempted to prove in World Religions part I and part II that Catholicism is the only world religion that even claims to deliver lasting fulfillment to modern man. In this blog post, I will attempt to show that an "updated" Catholicism can never do this. Only real Catholicism can serve as "an antidote to chaos" to borrow a term from the best-selling book by Jordan Peterson. Yesterday, I drove from Denver to Chicagoland to be with my grandma for what may be her last month on earth. I am vigiling by her bed with both an iPad to get some work done and the old Collectio Rituum to begin [...]