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The Last Word…

Rules for Radicals:

A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Modernists

By Father Celatus

Prior to eight years ago few of us had ever heard of the name Saul Alinsky or of his book, Rules for Radicals. But with the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama and the failed presidential bid of Hillary Rodham Clinton—both extreme radicals who embraced the Rules for Radicals as their personal playbook for collapsing and changing our Country—many credible non-mainstream media sources have exposed the dependency of these two political revolutionaries upon Alinsky and his radical principles. By the way it is reported that Obama has now trained tens of thousands of radicals at Alinsky camps to sabotage President Trump. Out of office less than two months, Obama and Company have already trained more than 30,000 Alinsky radicals and plan to add 20,000 more within weeks. And you thought that the 60’s were radical!

Many of the rules for social radicals are similar and even identical to those for modernists. This should not surprise us; after all, modernists are ecclesiastical radicals with the same general goal of collapsing and changing the status quo.

The social radicals have their playbook and so too do the modernists. Let’s title it, Methods for Modernists, published by V2 Press. Here is a sampling of the modernist methods:

Modernists must remain within the visible structure of the Church lest they be labeled as formal heretics or schismatics, in which case they are less effective attacking the Church from without. Heresies and schisms outside the Church typically occasion a strengthening of the true Church.

Modernists must convince the average Catholic that evolutionary change is an indisputable fact that permeates all aspects of reality. Begin with biological evolution, allying yourself with the scientific community. Next apply evolution to truth itself, whether divine or natural revelation.

Divine Inspiration and the inerrancy of Sacred Scripture are abhorrent to modernists and must be abandoned to be replaced by principles of radical historical critical methodology and rationalism. No references can be made to Church Fathers or any Catholic biblical interpretation prior to 1960.

Infiltrate the Catholic Church with homosexuals among the clergy and religious. Homosexuals must be in positions of power and influence within the Church to include seminaries, universities, chanceries, congregations and the Vatican itself.

Remember, homosexuals promote homosexuals.

Clerical and religious sexual predator behavior toward children and adolescents must not be associated with homosexuality. Tactics to protect predators include intimidation of victims, empty promises, changes of predator assignments and public assurances of "child protection."

The intentional use of ambiguity and ambivalence is highly encouraged and to be employed whenever possible to include the written word in Church councils, synods, encyclicals and exhortations as well as the spoken word in homilies, public addresses and private conversations.

Villainize your principal opponents, namely, traditional Catholics. Isolate them from mainstream Catholics and from pseudo-conservatives by portraying them as radical and unreasonable. Divide them as a group by selectively applied canonical penalties, concessions and arbitrary restrictions.

Those assuming higher offices within the hierarchy must present themselves as particularly holy and humble, so as to preclude any criticism of their words and deeds. This can be accomplished easily through empty gestures and measures that are lacking in substance but visible to the public.

When intending to advance a controversial cause use an indirect approach, such as releasing it within the context of a private conversation that will soon after be repeated and widely reported. Never admit to the controversial content of your private conversations but never deny it either.

Every so often the modernist must change tactics and make a statement which is regarded as pious, thereby providing evidence that he cannot be a modernist. In particular, it is quite effective to invoke or praise the Blessed Mother or to condemn and rant against the devil-but not too often.

Modernists in high places should occasionally show themselves to be above the law, whether this regards liturgical rubrics, canon law or ecclesiastical discipline. Do not allow this to be perceived as disobedience but rather as something noble and generous, so that others will follow your lead.

It is imperative to eliminate belief in the Real Presence and piety towards the Blessed Sacrament. Shun sacrificial language related to the Mass, move tabernacles out of sight, demand Communion in the hand while standing and always refer to the Sacred Species as ordinary bread and wine.

Make frequent use of indults so as to grant exceptions to otherwise universally binding laws and practices. Over time exceptions will become more widespread and the exceptions will become the norm. This is particularly effective for liturgical rubrics and norms regarding the Sacraments.

While affirming privately the fundamental goodness of Christ and the Church in purely Catholic settings be sure to likewise affirm publically the fundamental goodness and salvific potency of false denominations and religions. Insist that the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus is untenable.

Discredit the cult of saints among traditional Catholics by canonizing revolutionaries from the modernist era via a streamlined process with little or no heavenly confirmation. This will have the effect of affirming modernist figures and ideologies in the pious minds of mainstream Catholics.

The Mass and the Sacraments must be changed radically such that they are severed from their traditional forms and accommodate the preferences of heretics, apostates and the secular world. Thereafter revisions and alterations must be implemented repeatedly to destabilize the faithful.

Catholic institutions to include schools, charities and hospitals must be thoroughly compromised and closed or at least secularized. This can be accomplished by putting Catholic institutions under the authority and direction of heterodox boards and by staffing them heavily with anti Catholics.

A massive exodus of priests and religious should be encouraged and orchestrated by some pseudo crisis in the Church over a doctrinal dispute.

Once convents and seminaries are emptied insure that only modernist mainstream communities and candidates are allowed ecclesiastical approval.

Emphasize the subjective over the objective whenever possible.

Convince Catholics that their true happiness lies in fulfilling their own personal desires, not in conforming themselves to impersonal objective standards of behavior and belief.

Create a homocentric view rather than Theocentric.

Catholicism must be stripped of its supernatural content and ideals, to be replaced by Humanism. This can be accomplished by allying the Church with purely humanistic movements and causes.

There are many more methods for modernists, multiplying daily under the reign of Pope Francis Alinsky. ■