By Peter Swindal
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The Anti-Jesuit
Many modern Jesuits have become so dangerous precisely because they have taken the greatest guide to spiritual discernment ever written - St. Ignatius's Exercises - and perverted it to attack Church teachings. No one exemplifies this better than James Martin.
What Are The Pearls? Examining the SSPX’s Declaration of Faith
Ironically enough, it is manifestly clear that the Society of St. Pius X is aware of the necessity of selectively revealing truths to different audiences according to their disposition. That is why they deliberately omitted from their Declaration of Faith their teachings on the liceity of the Novus Ordo Mass and the status of priests and bishops consecrated by that rite.
Liturgical Suspicion and Thoughtless Words
Defining suspicion as “evil thinking based on slight indications,” St. Thomas states that it is sinful to ascribe malice without cause. Therefore, the inclination towards malicious interpretation of slight indications is a temptation to sin. Thus it is sinful to entertain the suspicion that those who kneel for communion are motivated by self-righteousness.
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