In Wellspring 24, the final paragraph read as follows –
More recent history has much to say about individuals who have claimed divinity or divine ordination. But the most notable example of this may be found, written clear for all to see, in The New York Catholic Catechism, “The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth…by divine right the pope has supreme and full power in faith and morals over each and every pastor and his flock. He is the true Vicar of Christ, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being judged by one, God himself on earth.”
I have been asked to look into this declaration, and have found that there is no such “New York Catechism”, but rather that some author had pieced together phrases from many different Catholic sources and presented it as coming with Catholic Authority. Therefore I am now rejecting it as spurious, and prefer rather to quote from actual Catholic documents. The following are presented for consideration, and do indeed suggest a form of magisterium which fits the definition of Antichrist – in other words, one who claims to come “in the place of Christ,” as presented in my thesis in Wellspring 24. I leave my readers to ponder and decide. [Read more…]