Dialectic of Exaggerated Clericalism

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The devil and his helpers on earth often employ dialectics to get what they want done … to make progress. Dialectics? What does that mean? One dictionary put it like this: a dialectic is the existence of two opposing forces or things. Dialectics is concerned with or acting through opposing forces. So, a dialectician is one skilled at getting two things to oppose each other in order to act through them to bring about the desired progress. He gets them to engage in a struggle of some kind for his own ends. Teenagers sometimes get their parents to oppose each other in order to get their own way. St. Paul used the division between the Pharisees the Sadducees to get out of his trial (cf. Acts 23:6f) and witness to Christ in Rome. Communism seeks to promote class struggle… such as pitting black against white, or closer to home, husband against wife, immigrants against citizens to produce a flattened out future workers paradise. The devil does the same to bring about the ruin of souls and the demise of the Church. The devil is a master dialectician, making it essential for us to understand that this crafty, evil fiend is not on THIS side or THAT side of things as we normally draw the lines. No, he wants everyone to join him below. And so, he will infiltrate the camps on both sides … “appearing as an angel of light…” even saying things that are true… or things that seemingly hurt his own cause… all in order to set up a dialectic that will eventually corrupt the heart and minds of the faithful elect. For example, he expertly takes advantage of righteous anger and imprudent zeal to his benefit. He is very experienced… and has had some amazing successes. In fact, he is most crafty when operating under the aspect of good, in using our own talents, strengths and concerns against us and to hurt the Church. I bring up dialectics because from all that I can determine this is very much part of why we are in this clerical crisis. It is dialectical. For more please visit http://reginaprophetarum.org/#/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest The website https://sensusfidelium.us/ Patreon account to support us monthly - https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium Paypal is https://www.paypal.me/SensusFidelium