ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Lutheran Vatican Observer
As the Lutheran Vatican Observer, I will keep readers updated on the Pope Francis scandals. His election as pope was proof of the utter corruption of the College of Cardinals. He had a long history of the worst scandals already, back in South America, so his brethren obviously approved.
Pope Benedict, aka B-16, was most likely forced out of the papacy for taking some mild measures to reduce the abuse. He trimmed McCarrick's feathers, but Francis immediately restored the predatory cardinal.
Pope John Paul II was no angel. Although he stood up to Nazis and Communists in the past, he protected Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Mary, a serial, bi-sexual child rapist.
The anti-Biblical principle involved is this - every priest is a "son of the Church," so the prelates must protect these sons at all costs - and each other. Cardinal Law in Boston had around 200 bad priests, and he was rewarded with a prestige Vatican post. Diocese records are brought to the Vatican, where they are beyond the reach of a search warrant.
