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Professor Herman NuDix on The Holy Father possibly scotching the Ordinaries agreement



https://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.com/2017/10/ecumenical-agreements.html





ABS, I do agree with you that at one time the idea of having two or more supreme subjects was confined to the City of Man and manifestly popularised by the beautiful and talented three member girl group from Motown, The Supremes, led by Diana Ross, but in their wisdom, during the most recent ecumenical council, the Fathers at that council taught in Lumen Gentium that there are now two subjects which are to be considered as possessing full supreme and universal power - the Pope and the College of Bishops - and so we can be thankful that the church, in her prudential wisdom, has grabbed a cot, as it were, in the battlefield tent hospital pitched on a downtown Mall parking lot in the midst of the City of Man, and has kicked-back, relaxed, and has abandoned the stressful matter of having always to adhere to the principle of non-contradiction (Who says only one subject can be supreme?) and so we can relax not only in that area but now, as we now know, the continuity remains even in the midst of captious controversies and as a Professor of the hermeneutics of continuity I am always constrained to note that even when it appears that the Holy Father has a praxis 180 degrees in opposition to what the previous 265 Popes have done and taught, that is no cause for concern for he is the 266th Pope and America, the home of the super group, the Supremes, has had only 45 Presidents, and they are way more in disagreement with one another than Pope Francis is in disagreement, one imagines, with the 265 Popes who proceeded him; so not to worry, ABS, the continuity resides in the Papacy no matter what his praxis is and even if he be a dream and deal breaker; indeed, especially when he does what no other Pope has ever done is that continuity manifested, maintained, and even, I dare say, mutilated, owing to Mercy.

O, the College of Bishops, who also have full, supreme, and universal power? Well, ABS, this Professor notes The College is on a grade-yourself marking system and it is now on an extended quarterly trimester break. Amen?





ABS, bobbing and treading in the Jury Pool

ABS was recently selected for Jury Duty - even though it is not Lent - and he dutifully and resentfully showed-up on time.

When he arrived at the Court House Parking Garage a young woman was exiting a car near him and she joined him as he approached the elevators;

I am on Jury Duty and I am very nervous; I don't really know what to expect; are you here for Jury Duty?

Yes. Here is the long and short of what will happen today. If you are selected to be brought up to a court room you will be asked some questions to see if you are eligible to hear the case and render judgment as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant.

Don't play too much attention to what the lawyers of each side say, just know that the defendant is guilty or he would't be charged with a crime.

(She stoped walking along side of ABS and he sensed she was confused as to whether or not he was serious.)

ABS was subjected to voir dire (A French phrase meaning, What's that, dear?) to see if he was an apt juror to decide whether a local company was negligent in what was clearly a nuisance Civil Law suit.

As he was being examined, ABS disclosed his bias against nuisance law suits; the women was her own lawyer - which tells you she had no case as So. Flo. has more dirt bag personal injury contingency lawyers than the Clinton have actual crimes.

ABS also claimed he could not be an impartial judge in this matter for other reasons and the Judge thanked him for his honesty and said she would talk to him later.

After a lunch break was announced, ABS was called to the bench where the Judge asked him why he could not be impartial;

You honor, ABS would not be constrained to follow your instructions to the jury because when a jury sits to deliberate it is the law and what you instruct us to what we must do or not do may not be what we chose to decide...

What are you talking about?

Jury Nullification...

As one who has been on the bench a long time, I can assure you there is no such thing...

Excuse, me, your Honor. Jury Nullification is a principle of civil rights * that has been in existence for hundreds of years and it in an inalienable civil right of all American citizens and...

OK, that is enough....

ABS was excused from Jury Duty

http://fija.org/document-library/jury-nullification-faq/


https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/primary-source-documents/virginia-and-kentucky-resolutions/


* Civil rights are for ALL Americans and it is an abuse of common sense and an historical error of great magnitude to speak of them as only applying to negroes or other favored minorities.

2. Relating to any man as a member of a community; as civil power, civil rights, the power or rights which a man enjoys as a citizen.



OK, just what'n'hell is the leg position of the dancers at the end of the song supposed to signify?

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ABS, you do know that you will be called an anti semite because you are opposed to the Messias-Deniers, right?

Yes; and that is owing to common Christian sense for why would ABS not be opposed to those who deny his Creator, Redeemer, Saviour, and Lord?

But you will be called an anti semite and that's like the worst thing possible.

Yeah, well, there ya go. If you ain't labeled an anti semite ya ain't doing your job as a Catholic Trad.

O, and notice that those who try to blacken your name by thrusting that rhetorical lance through your reputation never ever have a word to say about what the Messias-Deniers teach about Jesus and Mary and Catholics?

Yeah, why is that?

Fear of the Jews; ever ancient, ever new.






Do not let the truth of THE HOLOCAUST fade away.