Before I comment on the text of this book that was published 5 years ago and, yet, has been so well hidden from public view, I would like to just make some general comments concerning my impressions of the text. In this regard, I find myself extremely troubled and saddened. These two men, who I have spent decades admiring for one aspect or another of their work, have proven, in this exchange of letters, to be both imprudent and compromised in the extreme. From the text, made up of Dr. Wolfgang Smith's letters to Fr. Malachi Martin and the, subsequent responses from Fr. Martin, we are burdened by a terrible thought. That two famous and notable men, so highly prized for their achievements, intellectual acumen, and great personalities, have wandered into the intellectual territory of the enemy. This is a hard saying, but it is clearly true. In this text, and other publications and works that we have mentioned on this blog, Dr. Wolfgang Smith has fully embraced the esotericism of the
Bergoglio saddened? Probably disappointed that he couldn't make it for the reopening. Oh, well.
ReplyDeleteAn attack on Christianity. I doubt there is a shortage of infernal mosques in conquered Constantinople. The West should have reclaimed the city at the fall of the Ottoman Empire. I can't imagine why we did not.
ReplyDeleteNow the frescoes, vandalized with plaster, will never be exposed and restored, and the few that have been restored will surely be covered again despite Turkey's statements to the contrary.
Perhaps we need a Fifth Crusade. But there is no stomach for defending Christianity from Islamist attack among our effeminate churchmen
Furious.
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