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Entry: The Broken Compass Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_broken_compass#11745 Post contents: Spartacus sez: “...you do not know me.” <I>Of course we don’t. That’s not the point. We are responding to your statements; not to your personality.</I> Me comment was a tongue-in-cheek, gentle, self-denigrating riposte. Lighten-up, Francis From the Catechism of Pope St. Pius XTH - the great man whose name you and your Satan-serving schism dishonor... 23 Q:<B> In what does the Body of the Church consist?</B> A: The Body of the Church consists in her external and visible aspect, that is, in the association of her members, in her worship, in her teaching-power and in her external rule and government. (Ahem) 31 Q: <B>Are we obliged to believe all the truths the Church teaches us?</B> A: Yes, we are obliged to believe all the truths the Church teaches us, and Jesus Christ declares that he who does not believe is already condemned. (Ahem) 32 Q: <B>Are we also obliged to do all that the Church commands?</B> A: Yes, we are obliged to do all that the Church commands, for Jesus Christ has said to the Pastors of the Church: "He who hears you, hears Me, and he who despises you, despises Me." (Ahem) 33 Q:<B> Can the Church err in what she proposes for our belief?</B> A: No, the Church cannot err in what she proposes for our belief, since according to the promise of Jesus Christ she is unfailingly assisted by the Holy Ghost. (Ahem) . 37 <B>Q: Has a Catholic any other duties towards the Church?<?B> A: Every Catholic ought to have a boundless love for the Church, ought to consider himself infinitely honored and happy in belonging to her, and ought to labor for her glory and advancement by every means in his power. (ahem) 47 Q: <B>Besides her teaching power has the Church any other power?</B> A: Yes, besides her teaching power the Church has in particular the power of administering sacred things, of making laws and of exacting the observance of them. 49 <B>Q: To whom does the exercise of this power belong?</B> A: The exercise of this power belongs solely to the Hierarchy, that is, to the Pope and to the Bishops subordinate to him. (Ahem) 62 Q:<B> How should every Catholic act towards the Pope?</B> A: Every Catholic must acknowledge the Pope as Father, Pastor, and Universal Teacher, and be united with him in mind and heart. (Ahem) 64 Q:<B> Who are the Bishops?</B> A: The Bishops are the pastors of the faithful; placed by the Holy Ghost to rule the Church of God in the Sees entrusted to them, in dependence on the Roman Pontiff (Ahem) 65 Q: <B>What is a Bishop in his own diocese?</B> A: A Bishop in his own diocese is the lawful Pastor, the Father, the Teacher, the Superior of all the faithful, ecclesiastic and lay belonging to his diocese. 66 Q:<B> Why is the Bishop called the lawful Pastor?</B> A: The Bishop is called the lawful Pastor because the jurisdiction, or the power which he has to govern the faithful of his diocese, is conferred upon him according to the laws and regulations of the Church. (Ahem) Well, I could go on but the point is made. I will end with a quote from the great Pope St. Pius XTH Pope St. Pius X: Allocution of May 10, 1909 <B>"Do not allow yourselves to be deceived by the cunning statements of those who persistently claim to wish to be with the Church, to love the Church, to fight so that people do not leave Her...But judge them by their works. If they despise the shepherds of the Church and even the Pope, if they attempt all means of evading their authority in order to elude their directives and judgments..., then about which Church do these men mean to speak? Certainly not about that established on the foundations of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone</B> St Irenaeus ... <B>He shall also judge those who give rise to schisms, who are destitute of the love of God, and who look to their own special advantage rather than to the unity of the Church; and who for trifling reasons, or any kind of reason which occurs to them, cut in pieces and divide the great and glorious body of Christ, and so far as in them lies, [positively] destroy it -- men who prate of peace while they give rise to war, and do in truth strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel. For no reformation of so great importance can be effected by them, as will compensate for the mischief arising from their schism.</B> Sent at: 2008 08 30