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Gnostic Twaddle or Catholic Tradition? Fun with Ferrara


One well-known exponent of what Tradition really is, is Mr. Ferrara, a columnist for, The Remnant, and it is he who popularised the neologism, Gnostic Twaddle, in reference to the idea - solidly within Tradition- of full and partial communion:


The SSPX affair demonstrates how the ambiguous conciliar neologism “full communion” and its flipside, “partial communion,” cause enormous damage to the Church...


One suspects he is not the only low information trad who was never learnt the Baltimore Catechism and he spews some splenetic invective about such matters never even once suspecting he is proving himself as one possessed of low information.

Here is The Baltimore Catechism - it preceded the Council he blames for inventing the gnostic twaddle of full and partial communion:



169b. How does a baptized person separate himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body?


A baptized person separates himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by open and deliberate heresy, apostasy or schism.

169c. How does a baptized person separate himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by heresy?


A baptized person separates himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by heresy when he openly rejects or doubts some doctrine proposed by the Catholic Church as a truth of divine-Catholic faith, though still professing himself a Christian.

169d. When does a baptized person separate himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by apostasy?


A baptized person separates himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by apostasy when he openly rejects the entire Christian faith.

169e. When does a baptized person separate himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by schism?


A baptized person separates himself from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by schism when he openly refuses obedience to the lawful authorities of the Church, particularly to the Pope.

169f. When is a baptized person separated from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by lawful authority?


A baptized person is separated from full incorporation in the Mystical Body by lawful authority when he incurs one of the more severe forms of excommunication.

Ferrara continuously swings and misses at this point and in doing so he reminds one of Ron Herbel's inability to connect. *

* Ron Herbel: ... Herbel, another swingman who had a couple of decent years for the Giants in the 1960s, was a truly awful hitter. In 1964, he went 0-for-47. In 1965, 1-for-49. In 1966, 1-for-38. That's a three-year BA of .015. 


Could Amateur Brain Surgeon have developed a more obscure
referent?

O, ABS was only having sport with Mr. Ferrara. The vast majority of what he writes is not only accurate, it is a blast to read and ABS suspects he'd get a kick out of this response to his claims.