The purpose of this brief review is to
make clear our position - revulsion and rejection - regarding
Ratzinger's latest blasphemies.
DETAILS
Last December we acquired and reviewed Ratzinger's latest book:
Jesus of Nazareth - The Infancy Narratives
(1). Our intent
was to write a comprehensive review of this book. However, because
events are rapidly advancing, we have decided to just quote a few
passages (which, on their own, will allow any reader to judge the rest
of the book).
The stage is set in the book's Foreword. On page xi, Ratzinger
writes:
I
have set out here,.... to interpret what Matthew and Luke say about Jesus'
infancy at the beginning of their Gospels.
and
The second question posed by good
exegesis must be: is what I
read here
true?
He intends to "interpret", that is,
give the reader a new
meaning for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke after sowing the
subliminal seed of:
"
is what I read here true?"
Soon after, on page 16, we read:
I
would add that the late emergence, particularly of the Marian
traditions, can be similarly explained by the discretion of the Lord's
mother and of those around her: the sacred events of her early life
could not be made public while she
was still alive.
A position confirmed on page 53, where we read:
It seems natural
that after Mary's death
could the mystery (the birth of Jesus) be made public and pass into the
shared patrimony of early Christianity.
Death and corruption are the consequences of the Original Sin.
16
And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree
in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, for when
you eat from it you will certainly die."
[Genesis 2 - NIV]
....therefore, Mary never died
as we know death. She went into a deep slumber and was taken up into
Heaven while Her Holy body was being Glorified in this process of
ascension. The Orthodox Church aptly calls this Mary's Dormition; the
Roman Catholic Faith calls this Mary's Assumption.
[In case anyone wonders why did
Jesus die?
The answer is straight forward: He died because
He assumed our sins. However, being the body which had encased
the Spirit of God, it was spared corruption through an
almost immediate Glorification.]
Of course, such demonic pill - the death of Mary - is easier to swallow
after having read on
page 45 that:
He (Joseph) took Mary home as his wife,
but did not "know" her until
she had
given birth to the Son.
Therefore, according to the alleged "Pope" and "Giant Theologian", Mary
was an adulterer since Mary was already the Spouse of the Holy Spirit
of God when She "knew" Joseph. No wonder Ratzinger also claims that She
died!
It is absolutely unthinkable
that after the intimate union between God and Mary, She could give
Herself to a man - any man!
After coming across the above texts it became obvious that our time,
which belongs to God, is too precious to waste in preparing a full
review of the AntiChrist's latest printed blasphemy.
EPILOGUE
Maybe we see it that way because we are "simple believers" as
Ratzinger calls those who "...to this day they join in their caroling
on the Holy
Night
..."
On page 74 of Ratzinger’s book-length blasphemy, one reads:
It is only natural that simple believers
would then hear the shepherds singing too, and to this day they join in
their caroling on the Holy Night...
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(1) Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, London. 2012 - ISBN 978
1 4081 9453 9
