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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

In 1899 Pope Leo XIII approved this Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for public use. This litany is actually a synthesis of several other litanies dating back to the 17th century. Father Croiset composed a litany in 1691 from which 17 invocations were used by Venerable Anne Madeleine Remuzat when she composed her litany in 1718 at Marseille. She joined an additional 10 invocations to those of Father Croiset, for a total of 27 invocations. Six more invocations written by Sister Madeleine Joly of Dijon in 1686 were added by the Sacred Congregation for Rites when it was approved for public use in 1899. This makes a total of 33 invocations, one for each year of life of our Lord Jesus Christ. A partial indulgence is attached to this litany.

Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy	Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us	Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.	Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,	have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,	have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all treasures of wisdom and knowledge,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, obedient to death,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and our reconciliation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,	have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	have mercy on us, O Lord.

V. Jesus, meek and humble of heart.	R. Make our hearts like to Thine.

Let us pray:
Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thy most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee forever and ever. Amen.

Friday, June 19, 2026

Miraculous Medal: A shield given to men to fight the Revolution

A shield given to men to fight the Revolution

On one side of the Medal we have Our Lady standing atop the world, which is an affirmation of her Queenship over the entire Earth.

Mediatrix of all graces

Virgin of the Miraculous Medal: Guardian of Our Homeland and Our Homes

Most Holy Virgin of the Miraculous Medal, pure Light born from the Heart of God, Mother who guides, consoles, and protects, receive today the cry of your children scattered across the world, yet united by the same love: love for God, love for the family, and love for our Colombian homeland.

Today, we ask with humility and fervor that you extend your protective mantle over our beloved Colombia. You, Queen of Peace, who know the secrets of the human soul and hear even the unspoken sighs, intercede before your Divine Son so that He may pour upon our land the peace that heals, the reconciliation that restores, and the hope that rises even in the darkest nights.

We especially beg you to protect us from the ideology of communism, which wounds human dignity and obscures the values that sustain our families. Deliver us from violence, from kidnappings, from the oppression that tears homes apart, and from every shadow that seeks to extinguish the light of truth.

Immaculate Mother, be our shield against the corruption of narcotrafficking, against the armed groups that sow fear, against every force that tries to uproot the peace God desires for His children. Grant us the strength to reject evil and the courage to walk always along the paths of goodness.

Mother, protect our youth, treasure of the Nation and hope of tomorrow. Guard them from Marxist ideologies that confuse, from drugs that destroy, from anything that stains their purity. Grant them the grace to love the truth, to guard their hearts, and to form holy families, homes where Christ reigns and where the homeland finds noble, just, and faithful sons and daughters.

To you we entrust all victims of violence and injustice in Colombia. Dry their tears, heal their wounds, and let hope bloom again in their lives.

Virgin of the Miraculous Medal, Mother who never abandons, we entrust our prayers to you, confident in your maternal protection. May your presence illuminate our land, may your love sustain our families, and may your intercession lead us always toward peace, unity, and the blessing of God.

Amen.

NOVENA PRAYER

O Immaculate Virgin Mary Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother penetrated with the most lively confidence in thy all powerful and never failing intercession, manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal, we thy loving and trustful children implore thee to obtain for us the graces and favors we ask during this Novena, if they be beneficial to our immortal souls, and the souls for whom we pray. [May the Mediatrix of all graces cover Colombia with her rays and deliver our homeland from communism. Thou knowest, O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of thy Son who hates iniquity. Obtain for us then a deep hatred of sin and that purity of heart which will attach us to God alone so that our every thought, word and deed may tend to His greater glory. Obtain for us also a spirit of prayer and self-denial that we may recover by penance what we have lost by sin and at length attain to that blessed abode where thou art the Queen of angels and of men. Amen.

Monday, June 15, 2026

Sandra Ramírez, a FARC pimp, supports Iván Cepeda; she recruited rural girls as sex slaves for the FARC's pedophile narco-terrorists

The FARC narco-terrorist pedophiles and their pimp Sandra Ramírez back Iván Cepeda.

The FARC-EP "recruited"—that is, forcibly abducted—at least 18,677 children from rural areas of Colombia to incorporate them into their guerrilla ranks, using force and threats, between 1996 and 2016.

The FARC abducted thousands of underage Colombian rural girls to serve as sex slaves for their commanders.

Rural Colombian girls were forcibly abducted by the FARC to be repeatedly raped and held as sexual slaves for the organization's commanders—Sandra Ramírez "selected girls as bait"; yet, this criminal guerrilla fighter—partner of the late narco-terrorist

"Tirofijo"—was rewarded with a Senate seat instead of facing trial and conviction, due to the pact of impunity known as the "peace agreements" between the FARC and the administration of Juan Manuel Santos—a traitor to God and the Homeland.

Pablo Catatumbo (FARC): The agreement signed yesterday in Havana is not poetry; it is the most important achievement for women and the LGBTI movement in recent times.

FARC Pimp/ Senator Sandra Ramírez campaigning for Iván Cepeda.

THE VICTIMS OF THE FARC PIMP – Griselda Lobo Silva, alias 'Sandra Ramírez'

Yesterday, FARC pedophiles and their pimp Sandra Ramírez; today, Colombian senators

Sandra Ramírez, a FARC pimp and lover of Tirofijo, appointed Second Vice President of the Colombian Senate.

Deisy Guanaro was raped by the FARC narco-terrorist and pedophile Pablo Catatumbo, under the orders of the guerrilla pimp Sandra Ramírez.

Deisy Guanaro, the victim who filed a complaint against Sandra Ramírez and Pablo Catatumbo: “I am living through an ordeal.”

Among the FARC leaders accused of committing sexual abuse against rural girls are: Pablo Catatumbo, Julián Gallo (Lozada), Pastor Alape (Tornillo), Rodrigo Londoño (Timochenko), and FARC pimp Griselda Lobo Silva, alias 'Sandra Ramírez'.

The testimonies of Colombian rural girls who were victims of child sexual abuse and torture—perpetrated following their forced abduction by FARC narco-terrorists—bear a resemblance to Jim Caviezel’s film *Sound of Freedom*. Some of these rural girls were murdered and tortured, subjected to physical and psychological abuse, forced to undergo abortions, and victims of gang rape, among other atrocities.

The FARC narco-terrorists are now senators and members of Congress in Colombia.

The narco-terrorist and pedophile Pablo Catatumbo supports Iván Cepeda and, as a public official, also engages in political campaigning for him.

Sandra Ramírez—currently a senator for the Comunes party and a member of the FARC—took kidnapped rural girls to Manuel Marulanda Vélez, alias "Tirofijo," so that they would be sexually abused by FARC commanders.

She was Marulanda's mistress—he was more than 30 years her senior—but she maintained that it was not a problem for her.

She became the radio operator and secretary for the top FARC leader, Manuel Marulanda.

Sandra Ramírez: FARC pimp and “butcher”

Sandra Ramírez, who acted as a pimp for the FARC, also performed clandestine, forced abortions on kidnapped rural girls—who had been turned into sex slaves for abuse by the organization's commanders and had become pregnant after the intrauterine devices forcibly implanted in them failed—earning her the nickname "the butcher", 'carnicera'.

"Sandra Ramírez" dropped out of school before voluntarily joining the guerrilla movement she admired, without having completed her secondary education.

Some media outlets, in an effort to burnish her image, portray her as a FARC "nurse." However, she worked clandestinely as a "nurse" without the necessary training, given that even working as a nursing assistant in Colombia requires certified training.

Following the "peace agreement," she obtained her high school diploma in May 2017 and—with total impunity and without paying for her crimes against humanity—assumed the office of senator the following year, at the age of 53.

Griselda Lobo aka Sandra Ramírez announced that she would officially change her name from Griselda Lobo to Sandra Lobo, and later announced that she had changed it to Sandra Ramírez— "Sandra" was her alias as a guerrilla fighter; later, in Cuba, she began using the surname Ramírez, which she had chosen at random.

A mockery of the Colombian justice system that rewards perpetrators and leaves their crimes against humanity unpunished.

FARC pedophiles were charged but remain senators without paying for their crimes against humanity.

Former FARC commander Pablo Catatumbo was charged with sexual offenses, massacres, murders, and enforced disappearances.

The JEP sentences ‘Timochenko’, ‘Pablo Catatumbo’, and other former FARC-EP leaders for kidnappings.

The so-called "Special Jurisdiction for Peace" (JEP) in Colombia was used as an instrument to guarantee impunity for crimes committed during the armed conflict. It is necessary to condemn the JEP and declare its decisions null and void, given that its objective was not justice but rather ensuring total impunity for crimes against humanity committed by the very offenders it was—ostensibly—trying; in practice, this left their crimes unpunished, since an offender cannot be tried twice for the same offense. Thus, the body conducted criminal proceedings without actually convicting the perpetrators for their crimes.

Senator JP Hernández reveals Iván Cepeda's family ties to the FARC to the country.

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Manuel Cepeda (a communist and Iván Cepeda's father) was supported by Tirofijo (FARC).

Iván Cepeda is supported by Timochenko (FARC).

Rodrigo Londoño, better known by the alias Timochenko, announced his decision to vote for the Historic Pact candidate, Iván Cepeda, in the presidential runoff election on June 21.

FARC announce their support for Iván Cepeda for the runoff election.

Rodrigo Londoño, Pastor Alape, Mauricio Jaramillo, Joaquín Gómez, Rodrigo Granda, Pablo Catatumbo y Carlos Antonio Lozada.

Photos of Iván Cepeda at an event featuring a giant image of 'Tirofijo'

Radical communist Iván Cepeda, in addition to supporting paganism, gender ideology, and abortion, also backs the legalization of recreational marijuana. He seeks to perpetuate impunity for narco-terrorists under the banner of "total peace".

While these pedophilic narco-terrorists and their criminal FARC accomplices received Senate seats, the forcibly recruited peasant victims have never received any form of compensation and live in destitution.

In 2008, the communists Iván Cepeda and his sister, along with Olga Navia Soto—Manuel Cepeda’s partner—sued Colombia and compelled the State to pay them over one billion pesos for the murder of the communist Manuel Cepeda.

Aida Quilcué—the “poor old lady” who claims to be “excluded,” yet serves as a Senator of Colombia

Preghiera di riparazione alla beata Vergine Maria.

Vergine benedetta, Madre di Dio, volgete benigna lo sguardo dal cielo, ove sedete regina, su questo misero peccatore, vostro servo. Esso, benché consapevole della sua indegnità, a risarcimento delle offese a voi fatte da lingue empie e blasfeme, dall'intimo del suo cuore vi bene dice ed esalta come la più pura, la più bella e la più santa di tutte le creature. Benedice il vostro santo nome, benedice le vostre sublimi pre rogative di vera Madre di Dio, sempre Vergine, concepita senza macchia di peccato, di corredentrice del genere umano. Benedice l'eterno Padre, che vi scelse in modo particolare per Figlia, benedice il Verbo incarnato, che vestendosi dell'umana natura nel vostro purissimo seno vi fece sua Madre; benedice il divino Spirito che vi volle sua Sposa. Benedice, esalta e ringrazia la Trinità augusta che vi prescelse e predilesse tanto da innalzarvi su tutte le creature alla più sublime altezza. O Vergine santa e misericordiosa, impetrate il ravvedimento ai vostri offensori e gradite questo piccolo ossequio dal vostro servo, ottenendo anche a lui, dal vostro divin Figlio, il perdono dei propri peccati. Amen.

Prayer of Reparation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Co-Redemptrix, indulgenced by Saint Pius X in 1914

O Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, look down in mercy from heaven, where thou art enthroned as Queen, upon me, a miserable sinner, thine unworthy servant. Although I know full well my own unworthiness, yet in order to atone for the offenses that are done to thee by impious and blasphemous tongues, from the depths of my heart I praise and extol thee as the purest, the fairest, the holiest creature of all God's handiwork. I bless thy holy name, I praise thine exalted privilege of being truly Mother of God, ever virgin, conceived without stain of sin, co-redemptrix of the human race. I bless the Eternal Father who chose thee in an especial way for His daughter; I bless the Word Incarnate who took upon Himself our nature in thy bosom and so made thee His Mother; I bless the Holy Spirit who took thee as His bride. All honor, praise and thanksgiving to the ever-blessed Trinity, who predestined thee and loved thee so exceedingly from all eternity as to exalt thee above all creatures to the most sublime heights. O Virgin, holy and merciful, obtain for all who offend thee the grace of repentance, and graciously accept this poor act of homage from me thy servant, obtaining likewise for me from thy divine Son the pardon and remission of all my sins. Amen 3 x Hail Mary.... Source: The Raccolta, 1950

Pope Leo XIII

The proper valuing of the things of earth: God has given us this world as a place of exile, and not as our abiding place:
The things of earth cannot be understood or valued aright without taking into consideration the life to come, the life that will know no death. Exclude the idea of futurity, and forthwith the very notion of what is good and right would perish; nay, the whole scheme of the universe would become a dark and unfathomable mystery. The great truth which we learn from nature herself is also the grand Christian dogma on which religion rests as on its foundation – that, when we have given up this present life, then shall we really begin to live. God has not created us for the perishable and transitory things of earth, but for things heavenly and everlasting; He has given us this world as a place of exile, and not as our abiding place. (Leo XIII. Encyclical Rerum novarum, nos. 21. 24, May 15, 1891)

Saint John Chrysostom, in Saint Thomas Aquinas's *Catena Aurea*, explains that tolerating offenses against God constitutes the pinnacle of impiety.
In Scripture, impiety is a serious sin that is closely related to idolatry and contempt for God. It is considered such a serious sin that it is frequently described as an abomination. Impiety (ungodliness) includes idol worship, idolatry, bearing false witness, lying, blasphemy, and immoral conduct. The Sin of Impiety is a sin of Malice. The Sin of Malice is considered a sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Commenting upon Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (1:26-27), Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, explains why the sin of homosexuality is so grave: "Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them to sin against their own nature followed.... I say, therefore, that since they changed into lies [by idolatry] the truth about God, He brought them to ignominious passions, that is, to sins against nature; not that God led them to evil, but only that he abandoned them to evil.... "If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature....

Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum (1891) addresses the social implications of industrialization and the role of women in society. He states that "women are not suited for certain occupations," emphasizing that "a woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family." This reflects the Pope's views on the traditional roles of women in the home and the importance of family responsibilities

The Church's ultimate trial 675 Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.

1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Catena Bible:
Cyprian of Carthage:
Of this same thing in the first book of Kings: "If a man sin by offending against a man, they shall pray the Lord for him; but if a man sin against God, who shall pray for him? "
George Leo Haydock: AD 1849 A sin unto death. Some understand this of final impenitence, or of dying in mortal sin, which is the only sin that never can be remitted; but, it is probable, he may also comprise under this name the sin of apostasy from the faith, and some other such heinous sins as are seldom and hardly remitted: and therefore he gives little encouragement to such as pray for these sinners, to expect what they ask. (Challoner)
heinous ˈhā-nəs ADJECTIVE hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable

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)