Tag Archives: hermeneutic of ambiguity

A new spirit for a new world?

Posted on July 19, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

The following is a Google translation of the Italian text of Paul VI’s 2 July 1969 General Audience. I saw portions of it in (proper) English cited as proof of Paul VI’s quasi-Modernist recklessness, but I think the text is … Continue reading →

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The novelties will continue until morale improves…

Posted on July 18, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

At what point can we officially write off the entire German-speaking Church? Switzerland: “Very constructive dialogue” between bishops and the wives of priests The president of the Swiss Bishops Conference spoke for the first time in years with the wives … Continue reading →

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Good news, everyone, we are still at war with Eastasia…

Posted on July 17, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

A reader just alerted me to the fact that the October 2013 interview with Scalfari has once again been scrubbed from Pope Francis’s Vatican dossier.* What a relief! Now all the erstwhile defenders of its contents can revert back to agreeing … Continue reading →

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I’ve got your continuity right here, baby…

Posted on June 16, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I had posted some of the following earlier in a different venue, but upon reviewing it, and adding some other quotations, I felt my mind literally reeling at how far (down) the Catholic discourse has come in only one and … Continue reading →

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It’s only Wednesday, but this is definitely my favorite post of the week…

Posted on June 11, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Brother ABS has perfectly captured the reign of the hermeneutic of ambiguity in motion. It’s a priceless snapshot of the Second Vatican Conch Shell in action. I invite you to swing over to ABS’s blog and take a gander for yourself; … Continue reading →

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Well, that’s not at all unusual…

Posted on May 30, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Former pope remains in papal attire (with red shoes?) and teaches in Vatican while reigning pope preaches in Vatican.  ‘Natch.  “Peekaboo. Don’t tell anyone I’m here.”  “In conclusion, meine Damen und Herren–what Francis said.” Francis: “You tend to the center, … Continue reading →

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The more things change, the–errrr, what?

Posted on May 26, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

On January 26, 1904, Theodor Herzl had an audience with Pope Pius X in the Vatican to seek his support for the Zionist effort to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. He recorded his account of the meeting in his diary.* … Continue reading →

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What a relief!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“This pope is not a liberal pope. He is a radical pope! … This pope goes back to the gospel. … I told the pope, ‘Holy Father, there will be a controversy [after the consistory]. … The pope laughed and … Continue reading →

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Guess who?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Say what you will about the SSPX–and in light recent comments, let me note that I reject any idea that the Novus Ordo Missae is “evil” or “invalid”–you’ve got to respect the honesty of the following passage: “[T]here is a distinction … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is bliss…

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Someone had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the … Continue reading →

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Protected: Pope Icarus alights…

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

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Beware sustained exposure to ambiguidium…

Posted on February 17, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“Vatican II was a re-reading of the Gospel in light of contemporary culture…. Vatican II produced a renewal movement that simply comes from the same Gospel. Its fruits are enormous. Just recall the liturgy. The work of liturgical reform has … Continue reading →

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Orders are, we don’t need to take this seriously…

Posted on February 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…since it was published by the National Catholic Reporter. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m no fan of the genetic fallacy. Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Feb. 7, 2014 … Francis spoke of his … Continue reading →

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Rosman the Specious Blogs in Truisms…

Posted on January 29, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“31 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy … Continue reading →

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Breathe it in…

Posted on January 14, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[UPDATE: I added an appendix to this post the next day, in red, below.] “21 Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps.  22 Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where … Continue reading →

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