Bergoglio Distorts Lord’s Prayer

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Bergoglio Distorts Lord’s Prayer

Bergoglio contradicts Jesus Christ

The heresiarch Bergoglio adulterates the deposit of the Faith by changing the meaning of the Lord's Prayer as Jesus Christ taught us and as the Tradition of the Church has always transmitted it. Even the heretic Luther did not dare go that far.

OUR FATHER IN NEW ITALIAN MISSAL NOT BASED ON TEXT OR TRADITION

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Italian missals will now include ~~Pope~~ Francis' mistranslation of the Lord's Prayer, which, according to top biblical scholars, is without precedent in manuscript readings, theology or Tradition.

Cdl. Bassetti (right) presents ~~Pope~~ Francis with the new missal

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, head of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), on Friday presented the pontiff with the first copy of the newly revised missal.

The new CEI missal, which includes the revised version of the Our Father and the Gloria has been authorized for liturgical use in parishes with immediate effect but will be mandatory from Easter Sunday 2021.

Biblical scholars and theologians are excoriating the pontiff's controversial redaction of the sixth petition of the Lord's Prayer from the Italian "e non ci indurre in tentazione" ("lead us not into temptation") into "non abbandonarci alla tentazione" ("do not abandon us to temptation") as an act of "Protestant iconoclasm."

The word "anche" ("also") has been inserted into the fifth petition of the Padre Nostro. The new version reads: "forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors."

Pope Voiced Displeasure

~~Pope~~ Francis had criticized the rendering of the sixth petition when interviewed on TV2000 in 2017 as "not good" and needing to be changed.

The pontiff said he didn't like the traditional wording — an accurate translation of Jesus' words in both Matthew and Luke's gospels — because "it's not [God] who throws me into temptation, in order to then see how I've fallen."

To alter the petition to 'abandon' uproots the context of sin that is presupposed and challenges the nature of God himself as father in relation to reforming us.Tweet

"No, a father doesn't do this ... The one who leads us into temptation is Satan. That's Satan's task," Francis argued — failing to acknowledge that the Greek word for "temptation" (πειρασμός) can be also translated as "testing" and that the Old Testament produces copious examples of God "testing/tempting" his people.

Greek Interpretation

In comments to Church Militant, distinguished New Testament scholar Steve Walton noted that "the first of the changes to the Lord's Prayer is sensible."

"The Greek does say 'as we also forgive our debtors' — this rightly strengthens the connection between receiving God's forgiveness and our forgiving others, as in the parable of the two debtors (Matthew 18:23–35)," said Walton, former professor in New Testament at St. Mary's Catholic University, London.

But "the second change is mistaken: the Greek does say 'lead us not into temptation,' and we have no manuscripts which have a different verb," Professor Walton maintained.

"Scholars have long debated the sense of this phrase, which does sound odd: Does God really lead us into temptation? Nevertheless, the Greek verb certainly doesn't mean 'abandon,' but 'take' or 'lead.' There is no precedent in Christian theology or tradition for the sense 'abandon,'" he insisted.

Walton, who is currently writing a two-volume, major critical commentary on Acts for the Word Biblical Commentary series, clarified:

The verb 'take' or 'lead' is used in a physical sense when the paralyzed man's friends bring him to Jesus (Luke 5:18–19 NRSV). And we need to remember that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength, but promises us a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13) —we can pray the Lord's Prayer in this confidence.

Eminent New Testament scholar Steve Walton

There is even more basis for the prayer's wording elsewhere in Scripture.

'Testing' in the Old Testament

Old Testament scholar Dr. Gavin Fernandes explained to Church Militant that "testing in the Old Testament is depicted, broadly speaking, for four purposes that relate to four kinds of believers, from the exemplary down to the nasty."

Fernandes, a Hebrew expert, elaborated:

The first purpose is to reveal the faithful believer as a model to follow (e.g. Abraham in Genesis 22). A second purpose is to fortify purity and endurance of weak believers (Psalm 26:2). A third purpose is to bring reform to the sinful. Finally, the un-repentant "believers" are tempted to their own destruction because they repeatedly transgress the commands of God (e.g., Ahab in 1 Kings 22:20).

"Clearly, only the third kind of test is presupposed in the Lord's Prayer, designed to bring 'good' to any who are sinning precariously but who desire reform (Deuteronomy 8:2; 8:16). God never tests us to entice us to sin. That is what St. James means when he says: 'God does not tempt anyone.'"

Do they know better than Jesus? Does this not stink of neo-Marcionite heresy — an attempt to erase Semitic underpinnings behind Jesus' theology?Tweet

"So, when a person prays, 'lead us not into temptation,' it presupposes the possibility of sin and the precarious state of our own souls under mortal sin. To alter the petition to 'abandon' uproots the context of sin that is presupposed and even challenges the nature of God himself as father in relation to reforming us," Fernandes said.

Seeds of Change: More Mistranslation

Italian linguist and academic Elisabetta Sala told Church Militant that the seed for liturgical innovations were sown after Vatican II and particularly in the 2008 translation of the Italian Bible under the direction of biblical scholar Cdl. Gianfranco Ravasi. "The great mistake was the new rite [Mass] of 1969," she said.

Cdl. Gianfranco Ravasi greeting Pope Francis

La Bibbia (2008) mistranslates Matthew 6:13 as "and do not abandon us to temptation." It also distorts the Lukan version of the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:4) with the same misrendering of the original Greek.

A sidebar in the Italian Bible accepts that "lead us not into temptation" is "a more literal translation of the Greek."

Nevertheless, it justifies the new translation, arguing: "The expression, of strong Semitic imprint, wants to safeguard God's dominion over evil, so as to avoid any dualism, but also wants to evoke the temptation test: The meaning, therefore, is that of entreaty to God so that he does not expose us to the temptation of evil and to the test of faith and, in any case, always sustain us in them."

"Do they know better than Jesus? Does this not stink of neo-Marcionite heresy — an attempt to erase Semitic underpinnings behind Jesus' theology? Was Jesus not a Jew, and wouldn't he think and speak like one?" asked Sala. "Ironically, such dualism is Greek, not Hebrew!"

"How is this different from what Protestant Martin Luther did when he added the word 'allein' (only) to his German translation of the Bible in Romans 3:28 so that it supported his innovative doctrine of justification by faith alone?" the academic questioned.

How is this different from what Martin Luther did when he added the word 'allein' (only) to his German translation of the Bible?Tweet

Ravasi, no friend of the Traditional Latin Mass, eschews what he calls 'rigidity' in the liturgy, and argues that "active participation" is not guaranteed by an 'essentialist' liturgy that is reduced to 'obedience to all the rubrics,'" Vatican correspondent Ed Pentin writes in his recent book The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates.

For 'Many' or for 'All'?

The new missal's eucharistic prayer will continue to say Jesus' blood was poured out "per tutti" ("for all") and not "per molti" ("for many").

This is despite Pope Benedict XVI's desire to revert to "for many" since Pope Francis prefers the current version "for all" because of its universalistic connotations.

Monsignor Nicola Bux, liturgist and former consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) blasted the Italian bishops for "capitulating to feel-good conception of God widespread among Catholics today."

The German Bishops' Conference did not introduce this innovation because the German Protestants did not agree with this novelty, he said. "The [Eastern] Orthodox in Italy have preserved 'and do not lead us into temptation.'"

"The craving for change is an expression of the 'paradigm shift' or 'cultural revolution' that is to be made in today's Church" where the "Church is not considered as the Bride of Christ, to be preserved and passed on to the new generations, but as something to be manipulated at will," Bux lamented.

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Prayer to St. Michael

Please protect us, St. Michael the Archangel, against violence, murder, and robbery. In your goodness preserve us today from all the malice of sinful and wicked persons. In your sleepless vigilance watch over the safety and welfare of our homes, and keep guard over our possessions. Ever hold in your special care, most triumphant St. Michael, the forces of public order against the crimes of evil people, and defend all honest citizens in time of peril. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Novena Prayer to St. Michael

(Pray for nine consecutive days)
Saint Michael the Archangel, loyal champion of God and His Catholic people, I turn to thee with confidence and seek thy powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who hast made thee so glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear my prayer.
Thou knowest the value of my soul in the eyes of God. May no stain of evil ever disfigure its beauty. Help me to conquer the evil spirit who tempts me. I desire to imitate thy loyalty to God and Holy Mother Church and thy great love for God and men. And since thou art God’s messenger for the care of His people, I entrust to thee this special request: (here mention your request).
Saint Michael, since thou art, by the will of the Creator, the powerful intercessor of Christians, I have great confidence in thy prayers. I earnestly trust that if it is God’s holy will, my petition will be granted.
Pray for me, Saint Michael, and also for those I love. Protect us in all dangers of body and soul. Help us in our daily needs. Through thy powerful intercession, may we live a holy life, die a happy death and reach Heaven where we may praise and love God with thee forever. Amen.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
St. Michael, Guardian of souls, Vanquisher of rebel spirits, Pray for us.

St John Chrysostom

Our Lord having reproached the Jews with blindness, they might have said, We are not blind, but we avoid you as a deceiver. Our Lord therefore gives the marks which distinguish a robber and deceiver from a true shepherd. First come those of the deceiver and robber: Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. There is an allusion here to Antichrist, and to certain false Christs who had been, and were to be. The Scriptures He calls the door. They admit us to the knowledge of God, they protect the sheep, they shut out the wolves, they bar the entrance to heretics. He that uses not the Scriptures, but climbs up some other way, i.e. some self-chosen, some unlawful way, is a thief. Climbs up, He says, not, enters, as if it were a thief getting over a wall, and running all risks. Some other way, may refer too to the commandments and traditions of men which the Scribes taught, to the neglect of the Law. When our Lord further on calls Himself the Door, we need not be surprised. According to the office which He bears, He is in one place the Shepherd, in another the Sheep. In that He introduces us to the Father, He is the Door, in that He takes care of us, He is the Shepherd. (Catena Aurea)

LIBERTAS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN LIBERTY
35. And as to tolerance, it is surprising how far removed from the equity and prudence of the Church are those who profess what is called liberalism. For, in allowing that boundless license of which We have spoken, they exceed all limits, and end at last by making no apparent distinction between truth and error, honesty and dishonesty. And because the Church, the pillar and ground of truth, and the unerring teacher of morals, is forced utterly to reprobate and condemn tolerance of such an abandoned and criminal character, they calumniate her as being wanting in patience and gentleness, and thus fail to see that, in so doing, they impute to her as a fault what is in reality a matter for commendation. But, in spite of all this show of tolerance, it very often happens that, while they profess themselves ready to lavish liberty on all in the greatest profusion, they are utterly intolerant toward the Catholic Church, by refusing to allow her the liberty of being herself free.

“If you want to be certain of being in the number of the Elect, strive to be one of the few, not one of the many. And if you would be quite sure of your salvation, strive to be among the fewest of the few; that is to say, do not follow the great majority of mankind, but follow those who enter upon the narrow way, who renounce the world, who give themselves to prayer, and who never relax their efforts by day or night, so that they may attain everlasting blessedness.” -Saint Anselm, Father and Doctor of the Church

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH, THE PROTECTOR OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES Great Saint Joseph, who wast chosen of God to be the head of the holiest and most august of families, deign to cast thy eyes upon us, and take us this day under thy special protection. Holy Patriarch, model of the holiest faith, and of the most perfect virtues, obtain for all the members of this family grace to withstand the dangers and seductions of the world, and to remain stedfastly attached to the LORD. Obtain for us that, always united by the bonds of the most tender charity, and encouraging one another mutually in good works, we may taste under thy auspices the sweetness of that peace which JESUS has promised to His true disciples. But above all, when our last hour shall come, obtain for us that we may find grace before the Sovereign Judge, so that, reunited in heaven at the foot of Thy Throne, we may celebrate everlastingly the glory of GOD and thy praise. Amen.

St. Vincent Ferrer -- Sermon on the Last Judgment: In the same way, in the time of Antichrist, the Sun of justice will be obscured by the interposition of temporal goods and the wealth which Antichrist will bestow on the world, inasmuch as the brightness of faith in Jesus Christ and the glow of good lives will no longer shine among Christians. For, lest they should lose their dominion, temporal rulers, kings and princes will range themselves on the side of Antichrist. In like manner, prelates for fear of losing their dignities, and religious and priests to gain honors and riches, will forsake the Faith of Christ and adhere to Antichrist.

Neither living nor lifeless faith remains in a heretic who disbelieves one article of faith. The reason of this is that the species of every habit depends on the formal aspect of the object, without which the species of the habit cannot remain. Now the formal object of faith is the First Truth, as manifested in Holy Writ and the teaching of the Church, which proceeds from the First Truth. Consequently whoever does not adhere, as to an infallible and Divine rule, to the teaching of the Church, which proceeds from the First Truth manifested in Holy Writ, has not the habit of faith, but holds that which is of faith otherwise than by faith. Even so, it is evident that a man whose mind holds a conclusion without knowing how it is proved, has not scientific knowledge, but merely an opinion about it. Now it is manifest that he who adheres to the teaching of the Church, as to an infallible rule, assents to whatever the Church teaches; otherwise, if, of the things taught by the Church, he holds what he chooses to hold, and rejects what he chooses to reject, he no longer adheres to the teaching of the Church as to an infallible rule, but to his own will. Hence it is evident that a heretic who obstinately disbelieves one article of faith, is not prepared to follow the teaching of the Church in all things; but if he is not obstinate, he is no longer in heresy but only in error. Therefore it is clear that such a heretic with regard to one article has no faith in the other articles, but only a kind of opinion in accordance with his own will. (Saint Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 5, a. 3)

Thursday, September 3, 2020