The Astounding Heresies in Benedict XVI’s 2010 Book Light of the World

*This is from my continuing study of Benedict XVI’s books. For those who don’t know, Benedict XVI is Joseph Ratzinger.

Light of the World by Benedict XVI (Ignatius Press, 2010)

Since there are so many heresies from Benedict XVI, I have limited myself to including only those heresies that are truly noteworthy.

HERESIES IN LIGHT OF THE WORLD:

BENEDICT XVI REPEATS HIS BELIEF THAT THE “ORTHODOX” ARE PART OF THE CHURCH

BENEDICT XVI RESPECTS THE DIABOLICAL RELIGION OF ISLAM

BENEDICT XVI SAYS PRIESTS WHO LIVE WITH WOMEN CAN MARRY

BENEDICT XVI SAYS HE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED A “HOLOCAUST”-DENIER INTO THE CHURCH

BENEDICT XVI SAYS HE WOULD NEVER ACCEPT A “HOLOCAUST”-DENIER INTO POLITE SOCIETY

BENEDICT XVI HAS RECEIVED “COMMUNION” IN THE HAND

BENEDICT XVI’S VERY FIRST “PAPAL ACT” WAS A LETTER TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ROME; HE SAYS THAT THE JEWS HAVE A “MISSION”

BENEDICT XVI SPEAKS OF THE EVOLUTION HERESY AS IF IT’S A FACT

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THAT HOMOSEXUALITY MIGHT BE INBORN

BENEDICT XVI “UNDERSTANDS” WHY PEOPLE REJECT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

BENEDICT XVI ADMITS THAT V-2 “CATHOLIC” SCHOOLS ARE A JOKE

BENEDICT XVI SAYS VATICAN II CONTAINS NEW DEFINITIONS

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THE CHURCH DOESN’T OFFER A MORAL SYSTEM

BENEDICT XVI SAYS NFP BIRTH REGULATION IS A WAY OF LIFE

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THAT VATICAN II’S [HERETICAL] TEACHING ON PROTESTANTISM AND EASTERN “ORTHODOXY” IS BINDING

BENEDICT XVI DID APPROVE CONDOM USE

BENEDICT XVI REPEATS HIS BELIEF THAT THE “ORTHODOX” ARE PART OF THE CHURCH

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 89: “… what I defended was the heritage of the Second Vatican Council and of the entire history of the Church. The passage [from Dominus Iesus] means that the Eastern Churches [i.e., the “Orthodox”] are genuine particular churches, although they are not in communion with the Pope. In this sense, unity with the Pope is not constitutive for the particular church.”

This is an extremely significant heresy. Benedict XVI boldly states what he and the Vatican II sect have taught many times in many different ways: that the Eastern Schismatics are part of the Church, even though they reject the papal office. He says that the Eastern “Orthodox” churches are true particular churches, i.e., true local churches within the one true Church, even though they reject the primacy of the pope. This heretical teaching denies dozens of magisterial statements, the dogmatic teaching of the Church, the understanding of the papacy since the beginning, the understanding of Church unity since the beginning, and the specific definitions of Vatican I. It’s quite important because it undercuts and destroys any appeal that defenders of Benedict XVI can make to Vatican I or the Papacy. Benedict XVI denies all of Catholic teaching on the Papacy with this heresy – a heresy he has taught numerous times.

Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 15), June 29, 1896: “From this it must be clearly understood that Bishops are deprived of the right and power of ruling, if they deliberately secede from Peter and his successors; because, by this secession, they are separated from the foundation on which the whole edifice must rest. They are therefore outside the edifice itself…”

Pope Pius IX, Amantissimus (# 3), April 8, 1862: “There are other, almost countless, proofs drawn from the most trustworthy witnesses which clearly and openly testify with great faith, exactitude, respect and obedience that all who want to belong to the true and only Church of Christ must honor and obey this Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff.”

Pope Pius IX, Vatican Council I, 1870, Sess. 4, Chap. 3, ex cathedra: "… all the faithful of Christ must believe that the Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff hold primacy over the whole world, and the Pontiff of Rome himself is the successor of the blessed Peter, the chief of the apostles, and is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church... Furthermore We teach and declare that the Roman Church, by the disposition of the Lord, holds the sovereignty of ordinary power over all others… This is the doctrine of Catholic truth from which no one can deviate and keep his faith and salvation." (Denz. 1826-1827)

Pope Pelagius II, epistle (2) Dilectionis vestrae, 585: “Does he who does not hold this unity of the Church believe that he has the faith? Does he who deserts and resists the chair of Peter, on which the Church was founded, have confidence that he is in the Church?”

Pope Pius VI, Charitas (# 32), April 13, 1791: “Finally, in one word, stay close to Us. For no one can be in the Church of Christ without being in unity with its visible head and founded on the See of Peter.”

Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 13), June 29, 1896: “Therefore if a man does not want to be, or to be called, a heretic, let him not strive to please this or that man… but let him hasten before all things to be in communion with the Roman See.”

Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 11), Jan. 6, 1928: “Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors.”

Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi (# 22), June 29, 1943: “As therefore in the true Christian community there is only one Body, one Spirit, one Lord, and one Baptism, so there can only be one faith. And therefore if a man refuse to hear the Church let him be considered – so the Lord commands – as a heathen and publican. It follows that those who are divided in faith or government cannot be living in the unity of such a Body, nor can they be living the life of its one Divine Spirit.”

Pope Pius VII, Diu Satis (# 15), May 15, 1800: “So the sheep of Christ should consider safe and eat cheerfully the food to which Peter’s voice and authority directs them; but despite any beauty and charm, they should shun as harmful and plague-ridden, what this voice forbids them. Those who do not comply are certainly not to be counted among the sheep of Christ.”

Pope St. Leo the Great: “It is necessary that the Church throughout the whole world be united and cleave to the center of ecclesiastical communion, so that whoever dares to depart from the unity of Peter might understand that he no longer shares in the divine mystery.”

Pope Gregory XVI, Commissum divinitus (# 11), May 17, 1835: “Just as he who does not gather with Christ, so he who does not gather with Christ’s vicar on earth, clearly scatters. How can someone who destroys the holy authority of the Vicar of Christ and who infringes on his rights gather with him?”

BENEDICT XVI RESPECTS THE DIABOLICAL RELIGION OF ISLAM

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 98: “During my visit to Turkey, I was able to show that I respect Islam, that I acknowledge it as a great religious reality with which we must be in dialogue.”

This is apostasy.

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Basel, 1434: “… there is hope that very many from the abominable sect of Mahomet will be converted to the Catholic faith.”

Pope Callixtus III: “I vow to… exalt the true Faith, and to extirpate the diabolical sect of the reprobate and faithless Mahomet [Islam] in the East.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS PRIESTS WHO LIVE WITH WOMEN CAN MARRY

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 39: “When a priest lives together with a woman, one must examine whether they could build a good marriage. If that is the case, they must follow that path.”

In other words, the priest’s vow can be removed if he decides he wants to stay with the woman.

BENEDICT XVI SAYS HE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED A “HOLOCAUST”-DENIER INTO THE CHURCH

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 121: “Q. Would you have signed the decree lifting the excommunication [of the SSPX bishops] if you had known that among the four bishops there was a person who denied the existence of the gas chambers? A. No. If I had known, the first step would have been to separate the Williamson case from the others. Unfortunately, though, none of us went on the Internet to find out what sort of person we were dealing with.”

According to Benedict XVI, Jewish beliefs about the existence of gas chambers during World War II are official teachings of the Catholic Church. They are binding under pain of exclusion from the Body. This is outrageous schism and heresy.

BENEDICT XVI SAYS HE WOULD NEVER ACCEPT A “HOLOCAUST”-DENIER INTO POLITE SOCIETY

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 124: “Q. Nevertheless, the General Secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany went so far as to claim that the Pope wanted to introduce a Holocaust-denier into polite society… Doesn’t all of this suggest that, in light of the Williamson affair, the relation to the Jews is still in flux? A. One thing that is evident, at any rate, is that there are still great fears and tensions and that the dialogue can easily be damaged and is fragile. In the worldwide Jewish community as a whole, however, there were many people who immediately vouched for me and said that I would never introduce a Holocaust-denier into polite society. These people know me. In that sense, a breakdown of the dialogue was out of the question.”

Since the Church is the most charitable and polite society of all, this again means that he would not introduce a “Holocaust”-denier into the Church. To him, accepting the Jewish version of history concerning the “Holocaust” and the gas chambers is a dogma. This is schismatic and outrageous, but quite revealing. It shows that Antipope Benedict XVI is just a diabolical tool of non-Catholic and antichrist forces. Also consider that while he declares that he would never accept a “Holocaust”-denier into polite society, he would and does accept Christ-deniers into polite society (e.g., his Jewish friends and Jewish leaders). He has therefore put the Jewish story about World War II above the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is simply a fact.

BENEDICT XVI HAS RECEIVED “COMMUNION” IN THE HAND

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 158: “I am not opposed in principle to communion in the hand; I have both administered and received communion in this way.”

Some false conservatives within the Vatican II sect maintain that Benedict XVI is opposed to “Communion” in the hand. They are wrong, as usual. Benedict XVI not only accepts it; he has given and received it in the hand.

BENEDICT XVI’S VERY FIRST “PAPAL ACT” WAS A LETTER TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ROME; HE SAYS THAT THE JEWS HAVE A “MISSION”

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 81: “… Q. Your very first official act as Successor of Peter was a letter to the Jewish community of Rome. Was this symbolic gesture meant to convey a basic thrust of the pontificate? A. Absolutely. I must say that from the very first day I began to study theology, the intrinsic unity of the Old and New Covenants, of the two parts of Holy Scripture, was somehow immediately clear to me... Then as Germans we were of course shaken by what happened in the Third Reich, which gave us a special reason to look with humility and shame, and with love, upon the People of Israel. As I have just said, it was already during my theological studies that these things came together and began to shape the course of my thinking as a theologian. For this reason it was clear to me – here, too, in the full continuity with Pope John Paul II – that this new, loving, sympathetic interrelation of Israel and the Church, where each respects the being and distinctive mission of the other, had to play an essential part in my proclamation of the Christian faith.”

Benedict XVI confirms the symbolism and meaning behind his decision to make his official first act a letter to the Jews. He explains that this new interrelation with the Jews involves respect for their distinctive “mission.” If he considers them to have a valid “mission,” then he considers Judaism after Christ and without Christ to be a valid religion. This is apostasy. He respects and validates the denial of Jesus Christ and the practice of the Old Law, which became spiritually deadly after the promulgation of the Gospel.

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1441, ex cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, the Mosaic law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and sacraments… after our Lord’s coming… ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began… All, therefore, who after that time (the promulgation of the Gospel) observe circumcision and the Sabbath and the other requirements of the law, the holy Roman Church declares alien to the Christian faith and not in the least fit to participate in eternal salvation.”

Pope Benedict XIV, Ex Quo Primum (# 61), March 1, 1756: “The first consideration is that the ceremonies of the Mosaic Law were abrogated by the coming of Christ and that they can no longer be observed without sin after the promulgation of the Gospel.”

Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi (#’s 29-30), June 29, 1943: “And first of all, by the death of our Redeemer, the New Testament took the place of the Old Law which had been abolished… on the gibbet of His death Jesus made void the Law with its decrees [Eph. 2:15]… establishing the New Testament in His blood shed for the whole human race. ‘To such an extent, then,’ says St. Leo the Great, speaking of the Cross of our Lord, ‘was there effected a transfer from the Law to the Gospel, from the Synagogue to the Church, from many sacrifices to one Victim, that, as our Lord expired, that mystical veil which shut off the innermost part of the temple and its sacred secret was rent violently from top to bottom.’ On the Cross then the Old Law died, soon to be buried and to be a bearer of death…”

BENEDICT XVI SPEAKS OF THE EVOLUTION HERESY AS IF IT’S A FACT

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 151: “We could say, if we wanted to put it like this, that evolution has brought forth sexuality for the purpose of reproducing the species. The same thing is true from a theological point of view as well.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THAT HOMOSEXUALITY MIGHT BE INBORN

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 152: “If someone has deep-seated homosexual inclinations – and it is still an open question whether these inclinations are really innate or whether they arise in early childhood – if, in any case, they have power over him, this is a great trial for him, just as other trials can afflict other people as well.”

Innate means “inborn.” He is saying that some people might be born as homosexuals. This contradicts biblical teaching on the unnatural abomination of homosexuality (see Romans 1).

BENEDICT XVI UNDERSTANDS WHY PEOPLE REJECT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 31: “Q. And nevertheless it is difficult for many people these days to stand by the Church. Can you understand why people respond by leaving in protest? A. I can understand it. I am thinking of course above all about the victims themselves. That it is difficult for them to keep believing that the Church is a source of good, that she communicates the light of Christ, that she helps people in life – I can understand that.”

Obviously Peter Seewald is not asking Benedict XVI if he is intellectually capable of processing why these people have decided to leave the Church. Benedict XVI knows and can process why they left. Rather, Seewald is asking – and Benedict XVI obviously understands the meaning of the question – whether Benedict XVI can look upon their decision to reject the Catholic Church with possible justification. Benedict XVI’s answer is yes.

BENEDICT XVI ADMITS THAT V-2 “CATHOLIC” SCHOOLS ARE A JOKE

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 140: “Q. How is it possible that in many Western countries every child spends years studying the Catholic religion in school, yet on graduation may know more about Buddhism than he does about the basic tenets of Catholicism, which he may not even be able to recognize? All of which happens in a system that is under the responsibility of the dioceses. A. That is a question that I also ask myself. Every child in Germany has nine to thirteen years of religion in school. Why, in spite of that, so very little sticks, if I may put it like that, is incomprehensible.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS VATICAN II CONTAINS NEW DEFINITIONS

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 65: “Above all, the Council took up and carried out its great mission of defining in a new way the Church’s purpose as well as her relation to the modern era, and also the relation of faith to this time with its values.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THE CHURCH DOESN’T OFFER A MORAL SYSTEM

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 176: “The Church is not here to place burdens on the shoulders of mankind, and she does not offer some sort of moral system.”

Romans 3:31- “Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS NFP BIRTH REGULATION IS A WAY OF LIFE

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, p. 147: “Q. But does the Catholic Church in point of fact refuse any regulation of conception whatsoever? A. No. After all, everyone knows that the Church affirms natural regulation of conception, which is not just a method, but also a way of life.”

BENEDICT XVI SAYS THAT VATICAN II’S [HERETICAL] TEACHING ON PROTESTANTISM AND EASTERN “ORTHODOXY” IS BINDING

Benedict XVI, Light of the World, 2010, pp. 94-96: “Q. Is it really true that the Pope does not regard Protestants as a Church, but, unlike the Eastern Church, only as an ecclesial community? This distinction strikes many as demeaning. A. The word ‘ecclesial community’ is a term employed by the Second Vatican Council. The Council applied a very simple rule in these matters. A Church in the proper sense, as we understand it, exists where the episcopal office, as the sacramental expression of apostolic succession, is present –which also implies the existence of the Eucharist as a sacrament that is dispensed by the bishop and the priest. If this is not the case, then we are dealing with the emergence of another model, a new way of understanding what a church is, which at Vatican II we designated by the term ‘ecclesiastical community.’ The word was intended to indicate that such communities embody a different mode of being a church. As they themselves insist, it is precisely not the same mode in which the Churches of the great tradition of antiquity are Churches, but is based on a new understanding, according to which a church consists, not in the institution, but in the dynamism of the Word that gathers people into a congregation… Q. And not even a Pope can offer an alternative definition of a Church? A. No. He has no authority over that. The Second Vatican Council is binding on him.”

We quote this long passage because it’s important. Notice that it’s not even a question to Benedict XVI whether the Eastern Schismatics are part of the Church; he takes for granted that they are. Benedict XVI then explains the Vatican II sect’s distinction between “Churches” and “ecclesiastical communities.” The Protestant sects, he explains, are not “Churches” in the proper sense simply because they don’t have valid bishops. According to him, they are still part of the Church; but they simply embody “a different mode of being a church.” So much for the Catholic dogma that heretics are outside the Church. He doesn’t exclude the Protestant sects from the one true Church; he identifies them as “church (ecclesial) communities” within the Church, even though they lack the distinction of “genuine particular Churches” that is granted to the Eastern Schismatics. All of this is heretical and illustrative of the new religion. Benedict XVI then declares that this heretical teaching on the Church, which he just explained – a completely new teaching on Protestants and schismatics which denies the Papacy, Vatican I and Church unity - is binding. That refutes the false traditionalists. They consider Benedict XVI to be a pope, but ignore his apostasy and much of his new religion. They can’t have their cake and eat it, too. They can’t have their heretical antipope and reject his binding teaching.

BENEDICT XVI DID APPROVE CONDOM USE

Benedict XVI’s book, Light of the World, received headlines all over the world when it was reported that the book justifies condom use. Since the passage in question is somewhat long, and countless people have dishonestly endeavored explain it away, we direct you to the two videos we did on the topic.

Benedict XVI did approve Condom Use - Part 1 (video)

Benedict XVI did approve Condom Use - Part 2 (video)

However, it should be noted that while the world focused on this one passage about condoms – and the false traditionalists made it their “crusade” to explain it away – the book contains many heresies. This serves to illustrate the folly of the defenders of Benedict XVI. They are fighting tooth and nail to prove that Benedict XVI didn’t justify condoms (and they are wrong), while they are oblivious to the fact that in the same book he clearly denies the Papacy (the very assurance behind Catholic teaching against condoms). See the first heresy covered in this article.

In his book, Light of the World, there were other statements that conflict with Catholic teaching; but these should suffice to prove the point that Benedict XVI is not a Catholic.

A HERETIC CANNOT BE A VALID POPE

It is a proven fact that Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) is a non-Catholic heretic. The Catholic Church teaches that a heretic cannot be validly elected pope, since a heretic is not a member of the Catholic Church. Ratzinger, who is now Benedict XVI, is a non-Catholic antipope whose election was utterly null and void.

Pope Paul IV, Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, Feb. 15, 1559: “6. In addition, [by this Our Constitution, which is to remain valid in perpetuity We enact, determine, decree and define:-] that if ever at any time it shall appear that any Bishop, even if he be acting as an Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate; or any Cardinal of the aforesaid Roman Church, or, as has already been mentioned, any legate, or even the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or his elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, has deviated from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy:

(i) the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, shall be null, void and worthless;

(ii) it shall not be possible for it to acquire validity (nor for it to be said that it has thus acquired validity) through the acceptance of the office, of consecration, of subsequent authority, nor through possession of administration, nor through the putative enthronement of a Roman Pontiff, or Veneration, or obedience accorded to such by all, nor through the lapse of any period of time in the foregoing situation;

(iii) it shall not be held as partially legitimate in any way…

(vi) those thus promoted or elevated shall be deprived automatically, and without need for any further declaration, of all dignity, position, honour, title, authority, office and power….

10. No one at all, therefore, may infringe this document of our approbation, re-introduction, sanction, statute and derogation of wills and decrees, or by rash presumption contradict it. If anyone, however, should presume to attempt this, let him know that he is destined to incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul.

Given in Rome at Saint Peter's in the year of the Incarnation of the Lord 1559, 15th February, in the fourth year of our Pontificate.

+ I, Paul, Bishop of the Catholic Church…”

St. Robert Bellarmine: “A pope who is a manifest heretic automatically (per se) ceases to be pope and head, just as he ceases automatically to be a Christian and a member of the Church. Wherefore, he can be judged and punished by the Church. This is the teaching of all the ancient Fathers who teach that manifest heretics immediately lose all jurisdiction.” (De Romano Pontifice, II, 30)

The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Papal Elections,” 1914, Vol. 11, p. 456: "Of course, the election of a heretic, schismatic, or female [as Pope] would be null and void."

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