[ 0 → 4] TrapCast Express [ 4 → 15] TrapCast Express, it's Thursday, April 4th, 2024. [ 16 → 19] Happy Easter to all Catholics. [ 19 → 25] Yes, all Catholics believe that Jesus Christ truly rose from the dead. [ 25 → 32] And that would not include, for example, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, [ 32 → 39] who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Destruction of the Faith from 2012 to 2017. [ 40 → 49] For years, Muller has been presented by the Novus Ordo press as some kind of lion of conservatism and orthodoxy, [ 49 → 54] simply because he opposes some of Pope Francis' more obvious ideas, [ 55 → 57] his deviations from Roman Catholicism. [ 58 → 64] You know, especially with regard to issues pertaining to the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Commandments. [ 64 → 73] But disagreeing with divorce and remarriage, sodomy and abortion is not enough to make a man a Catholic. [ 73 → 80] To be a Catholic, it is necessary to oppose these evils, but certainly not sufficient. [ 80 → 83] As Pope Benedict XV said, [ 83 → 84] Such is the nature... [ 85 → 89] ...of Catholicism, that it does not admit of more or less, [ 90 → 94] but must be held as a whole, or as a whole, rejected. [ 94 → 96] And that's from the encyclical letter, [ 96 → 103] Published November 1st, 1914, paragraph 24. [ 103 → 109] Now, of course, Cardinal Muller does profess belief in the resurrection of Christ, [ 110 → 114] but when you take a close look at what he teaches about it, [ 114 → 115] you find... [ 115 → 122] ...that his understanding of the resurrection of Christ is not what was taught by the Roman Catholic Church [ 122 → 126] until the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. [ 127 → 135] Donald Atwater's Catholic Dictionary, 3rd edition, 1958, defines the resurrection of Christ as, [ 135 → 135] quote, [ 135 → 144] "...the reanimation of the body in the tomb by the soul of Christ on the morning of the third day after his death, [ 145 → 148] unquote, and then elaborates, quote, [ 148 → 153] "...Christ's body, though it has entered a glorified existence, [ 154 → 158] forever remains a true, material, physical human body, [ 159 → 163] numerically identical with the body crucified on Calvary." [ 164 → 164] Unquote. [ 165 → 168] That is the Catholic belief. [ 169 → 174] Now, it's clear that since that is what Christ's resurrection means, [ 174 → 178] if video cameras had been around back then, [ 178 → 183] then obviously the resurrected Christ could have been recorded on video. [ 183 → 186] Not so for Cardinal Muller. [ 186 → 189] Listen to what he writes, quote, [ 189 → 195] "...a running camera would not have been able to make an audiovisual recording [ 195 → 200] of either the Easter manifestations of Jesus in front of his disciples, [ 200 → 204] nor of the resurrection event which, at its core, [ 204 → 209] is the consummation of the personal relation of the Father [ 209 → 213] to the incarnate Son in the Holy Ghost." [ 213 → 216] In contrast to human reason, [ 216 → 222] animals and technical devices are not capable of a transcendental experience, [ 222 → 227] and thus also lack the ability to be addressed by the Word of God [ 227 → 231] through perceptible phenomena and signs. [ 231 → 234] Only human reason in its inner unity, [ 234 → 239] of categoricality and transcendentality, [ 239 → 242] is determinable by the Spirit of God [ 242 → 246] to enable it to perceive in the sensory-cognitive image [ 246 → 249] triggered by the manifestation event [ 249 → 252] the person-reality of Jesus [ 252 → 257] as the cause of this sensory-mental-cognitive image. [ 258 → 258] Unquote. [ 260 → 263] That's my translation from his book [ 263 → 264] Katholische Dogmatik, [ 264 → 264] and I hope you enjoyed it. [ 264 → 264] Thank you for watching. [ 264 → 264] I'll see you next time. [ 264 → 269] Catholic Dogmatics, 2010 edition, page 300. [ 270 → 274] The latest edition is from 2016, to my knowledge, [ 274 → 277] but I'm quoting from the 2010 edition [ 277 → 279] because that's the one I have. [ 279 → 282] And I'm using my own translation here [ 282 → 284] because most of the book has not yet been [ 284 → 286] officially released in English, [ 287 → 288] including this portion, [ 288 → 290] and that's not surprising [ 290 → 293] because translating Muller is a nightmare, [ 293 → 294] as you probably know, [ 294 → 296] given what I just read to you. [ 297 → 301] Muller just writes heaps of gobbledygook [ 301 → 304] that sound extremely erudite and deep, [ 305 → 307] but will ultimately leave the reader [ 307 → 310] only perplexed and bewildered [ 310 → 313] and certainly not enlightened or edified. [ 314 → 317] Or would you say that what you just heard [ 317 → 320] increases either your understanding of [ 320 → 323] or your devotion to the resurrected Christ? [ 323 → 325] I didn't think so. [ 326 → 329] I'm including a link in the show notes [ 329 → 331] to a Novels Ordo Watch blog post [ 331 → 333] from, I believe, 2016 [ 333 → 336] that contains all the documentation for this, [ 337 → 339] including a scan of the original German [ 339 → 341] straight from the book, [ 341 → 344] so you can verify all this for yourself. [ 344 → 346] But wait, there's more. [ 347 → 350] On page 301, Muller says this, [ 350 → 351] quote, [ 351 → 354] the realization of the reality [ 354 → 356] of the transcendental event [ 356 → 360] is triggered by the Easter manifestations. [ 361 → 362] The belief of the disciples [ 362 → 366] is the historically verifiable sign [ 366 → 368] that points to the Easter event [ 368 → 371] and through which the Easter event [ 371 → 373] becomes accessible, unquote. [ 374 → 375] Now, note well, [ 377 → 378] Muller here claims that [ 378 → 380] what is historically verifiable [ 380 → 381] verifiable fact [ 381 → 383] is not the resurrection [ 383 → 385] or the appearance [ 385 → 387] of the risen Christ per se, [ 387 → 390] testified to by the disciples, [ 390 → 393] but merely the disciples' belief [ 393 → 394] in the resurrection [ 394 → 396] and appearance of the risen Christ. [ 397 → 399] It is not their historical testimony [ 399 → 402] regarding historical fact [ 402 → 403] that makes the truth [ 403 → 405] of the resurrection accessible to us, [ 405 → 407] but merely their belief [ 407 → 410] in a transcendental event [ 410 → 410] that makes the truth of the resurrection [ 410 → 411] that a running camera [ 411 → 413] would not have been able to capture. [ 415 → 416] Over 100 years ago, [ 417 → 419] Pope St. Pius X warned us [ 419 → 421] against this modernist distortion [ 421 → 423] of tradition, saying, [ 424 → 424] quote, [ 424 → 427] tradition as understood by the modernists [ 427 → 430] is a communication with others [ 430 → 432] of an original experience [ 432 → 433] through preaching [ 433 → 436] by means of the intellectual formula, [ 437 → 437] unquote. [ 437 → 439] That's from the encyclical [ 439 → 439] Paschendi, [ 439 → 441] Dominici Gregis, [ 441 → 442] number 15. [ 443 → 444] Now look, [ 444 → 445] for 1900 years, [ 446 → 448] Catholics did not find it [ 448 → 450] terribly difficult to understand [ 450 → 452] what was meant by the bodily [ 452 → 453] resurrection of Christ. [ 454 → 455] Our blessed Lord's soul [ 455 → 458] was reunited to his body, [ 458 → 459] the very same body [ 459 → 461] that had hung upon the cross [ 461 → 464] and was afterwards lying in the tomb. [ 464 → 465] Being resurrected, [ 466 → 468] this body is now immortal [ 468 → 469] and glorified, [ 469 → 471] no longer subject to pain, [ 471 → 473] although he did choose to retain [ 473 → 475] the five principal wounds [ 475 → 477] in his hands, feet, and side [ 477 → 479] in proof of his identity. [ 480 → 482] It was precisely to demonstrate [ 482 → 484] the reality of his resurrection [ 484 → 487] that Christ did not simply appear, [ 487 → 489] but ate real food [ 489 → 490] with his apostles [ 490 → 493] and allowed, even encouraged them [ 493 → 494] to touch him, [ 495 → 496] especially St. Thomas, [ 496 → 497] the doubting apostle. [ 497 → 501] But what happens to all that [ 501 → 502] in Cardinal Muller's theology? [ 503 → 505] It just dissolves. [ 506 → 507] Something about [ 507 → 508] blah-blah inner unity, [ 509 → 511] blah-blah transcendental experience, [ 512 → 514] blah-blah sensory cognitive image. [ 514 → 515] My eye! [ 516 → 519] For a refreshingly clear [ 519 → 521] and doctrinally sound antidote [ 521 → 522] to Muller's gobbledygook, [ 523 → 525] let's listen to an explanation [ 525 → 527] of the conditions of the risen Christ [ 527 → 530] given by Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton [ 530 → 532] in 1940. [ 532 → 533] Quote, [ 533 → 536] One essential feature of the story [ 536 → 537] witnessed by the apostles [ 537 → 540] is to be found in the characteristics [ 540 → 541] of the risen Jesus. [ 542 → 543] We must not forget [ 543 → 546] that the disciples recognized their master [ 546 → 547] just as truly [ 547 → 550] as any men have ever recognized [ 550 → 551] one of their fellows. [ 552 → 553] At the same time, [ 553 → 555] they saw that his body [ 555 → 557] was radically in a different condition, [ 557 → 559] from that which had hitherto [ 559 → 560] characterized it. [ 561 → 562] Previously, [ 562 → 563] the body of Jesus [ 563 → 565] had been amenable to suffering. [ 566 → 567] Now the apostle Thomas [ 567 → 568] could put his finger [ 568 → 569] into the frightful wounds [ 569 → 570] of the hands [ 570 → 572] and could bring his hand [ 572 → 574] into the open side [ 574 → 575] without causing pain [ 575 → 577] or distress to the master. [ 578 → 579] Now Jesus appeared [ 579 → 581] and disappeared as he would. [ 582 → 584] The locked door of the upper room [ 584 → 585] remained as it was. [ 586 → 587] The apostles gathered [ 587 → 588] without Jesus [ 588 → 590] and while the door stayed locked, [ 591 → 592] he came into them. [ 592 → 594] When he had completed [ 594 → 595] the instructions he wished [ 595 → 597] to give the disciples at Emmaus, [ 597 → 599] he vanished from their sight. [ 599 → 600] In other words, [ 600 → 602] Jesus of Nazareth, [ 602 → 603] risen from the grave, [ 604 → 606] manifested a complete mastery [ 606 → 608] over the laws which govern [ 608 → 609] the created universe. [ 610 → 612] Those whom Jesus had raised [ 612 → 613] from the dead previous [ 613 → 614] to his own resurrection [ 614 → 616] did not manifest [ 616 → 617] these qualities at all. [ 618 → 620] Quadratus could very well assert [ 620 → 622] that people whom Jesus [ 622 → 623] had brought back to life [ 623 → 625] had lived in his own time, [ 625 → 627] but the implication is, of course, [ 628 → 629] that finally they died. [ 630 → 631] Jesus was the first [ 631 → 633] to return to life [ 633 → 635] glorious and immortal. [ 636 → 636] His return [ 636 → 638] and the qualities he manifested [ 638 → 640] both constitute [ 640 → 642] overwhelmingly ample evidence [ 642 → 644] that the doctrine [ 644 → 645] which he offered to the world [ 645 → 647] as divine revelation [ 647 → 648] actually was [ 648 → 650] what he claimed it to be. [ 651 → 652] Unquote. [ 652 → 655] That was Father Joseph Clifford Fenton [ 655 → 656] from his book [ 656 → 657] We Stand With Christ, [ 658 → 662] pages 352 to 353. [ 662 → 664] It's been republished since, [ 665 → 666] but under a different title. [ 666 → 667] It is now called [ 667 → 669] Laying the Foundation, [ 670 → 672] and there it's found [ 672 → 675] on pages 379 and 380. [ 675 → 676] And you can find a link, [ 677 → 678] to this book, [ 678 → 679] in the show notes. [ 680 → 681] So yes, [ 681 → 682] the entire credibility [ 682 → 684] of the Christian religion [ 684 → 686] rests on the truth [ 686 → 688] of the resurrection of Christ, [ 688 → 690] as St. Paul himself tells us. [ 691 → 691] Quote, [ 691 → 694] And if Christ be not risen again, [ 694 → 697] then is our preaching vain, [ 697 → 699] and your faith is also vain. [ 700 → 701] Unquote. [ 701 → 702] That's from his first letter [ 702 → 703] to the Corinthians, [ 704 → 706] chapter 15, verse 14. [ 707 → 709] So, given how Muller undermines [ 709 → 711] the resurrection of our Lord, [ 711 → 714] how credible is the Catholic religion [ 714 → 716] if we go by his theology? [ 717 → 719] It's not based on the historical fact [ 719 → 720] of the resurrection. [ 720 → 722] It's based on a belief [ 722 → 724] based on an experience. [ 725 → 725] But wait, [ 725 → 727] I have still more. [ 728 → 730] On page 303, [ 731 → 732] Muller tops it off [ 732 → 733] with this. [ 734 → 734] Quote, [ 734 → 736] Whether the women's visit [ 736 → 737] to the tomb [ 737 → 739] in the early Easter morning [ 739 → 740] and the discovery [ 740 → 741] that the body of Jesus [ 741 → 743] is no longer there [ 743 → 745] was a historical occurrence [ 745 → 746] in the manner portrayed [ 746 → 750] does not need to be decided here. [ 750 → 751] It's possible [ 751 → 753] that this narrative [ 753 → 755] reflected a veneration [ 755 → 756] of the tomb [ 756 → 758] by the community [ 758 → 759] of Jerusalem. [ 760 → 760] Unquote. [ 761 → 763] Man, when these neo-modernists [ 763 → 765] are done with their theology, [ 765 → 766] there is nothing [ 766 → 769] left of the Catholic faith. [ 770 → 771] By the way, [ 771 → 772] do you know how Muller [ 772 → 773] got the job of [ 773 → 776] chief guardian of orthodoxy [ 776 → 777] in the Vatican in the first place? [ 778 → 780] He was appointed to it [ 780 → 781] by Benedict XVI [ 781 → 783] in 2012. [ 783 → 785] And when his first five-year term [ 785 → 787] as prefect of the Congregation [ 787 → 789] for the Doctrine of the Faith [ 789 → 790] was over in 2017, [ 791 → 793] Francis did not renew it [ 793 → 796] and instead appointed someone else. [ 796 → 798] Because for Francis, [ 799 → 801] Muller was way too orthodox. [ 803 → 804] Tradcast Express [ 804 → 805] is a production of [ 805 → 806] Novos Ordo Watch. 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