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ISSN 1044-0518
VOL. III... No. 244
IF IT IS NOT ALREADY TO LATE...
THE FIRST MEASURE TO TAKE
TO CLEAN OUT THE STABLE STILL CALLED
THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
THE REMOVAL BY ROME
OF ALL "DALLAS-2002" CARDINALS AND
BISHOPS
BY APPLYING TO THEM THE AVAILABLE
DEGRADATION OF A BISHOP!...
Photostatic copy of page 114 and 115
of the second part of Pope Benedict XIV's March 25, 1752 Pontificale
Romanum, as published on July 5, 1873 by Vatican printer Masison
H. Dessain of Mechelen Belgium, and authenticated by the then Primate
of Belium and Archbishop of Mechelen, Victor Cardinal Dechamps.
- This priceless original, one of the few copies that survived the
book's post - Vatican II destruction, was part of the personal library
of the late moderator of the Catholic Traditionalists Movement, Bishop
Blaise S. Kurz, and is today securely kept in the CTM's archives'
building in Westbury, New York.
I personally made this English translation
from the Latin original, and I vouch for its correctness. Rather than
having them legally protected by international copyright, I prefer
to herewith give unrestricted permission to reprint both the
photostatic reproduction and its translation, provided due credit
is given, address included, to: Catholic Traditionalist Movement,
Inc., 210 Maple Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590.
-Fr. Gommar A. De Pauw, J.C.D.
DEGRATION OF THE BISHOP
If the degradandus (the person to be degraded) is
an archbishop, the degrator (the Pope or a papel substitute) removes
the man's pallium (archiepiscopal stole), saying:
"WE DEPRIVE YOU OF ALL THE PREROGATIVES (RIGHTS
AND PRIVILEGES) OF THE PONTIFICAL DIGNITY, OF WHICH THIS PALLIUM IS
A SYMBOL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ABUSED THEM."
Next, whether the degradandus is archbishop or mere
bishop, the degradator removes the man's miter, saying:
"THE MITER, EMBLEM OF THE PONTIFICAL DIGNITY,
IS HEREBY REMOVED FROM YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE YOUR EVIL ADMINISTRATION
HAS DISGRACED IT."
Next, one of the assistants gives the degradandus
the book of the Gospel, which the degradator pulls from the man's
hands, saying:
"GIVE THE GOSPEL BACK, BECAUSE, DESPISING
GOD'S GRACE, YOU MADE YOURSELF UNWORTHY OF THE PREACHING OFFICE, OF
WHICH YOU ARE HEREWITH PROPERLY DEPRIVED."
Next, the degradator removes the degradandus' ring,
saying:
"IT IS PROPER FOR US TO PULL OFF THIS RING,
THE SIGN OF FAITHFULNESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHAMELESSLY RAPED GOD'S
VERY OWN BRIDE, HIS CHURCH."
Next, one of the assistants gives the degradandus
a crosier, which the degadator takes from the man's hand, saying:
"WE TAKE FROM YOU THE SHEPHERD'S STAFF, TO
INDICATE THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE ANY CLAIM TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE
YOU HAVE MISMANAGED."
Next, the assistants take off the degradandus' gloves,
after which the degradator lightly scrapes the man's thumbs and hands
with a little knife or a piece of glass, saying:
"TO THE FULL EXTENT OF OUR POWERS, WE HEREWITH
DEPRIVE YOU OF THE POWER TO SPIRITUALLY BLESS AND MYSTICALLY ANOINT,
AND HEREBY REMOVE YOU FROM ANY OFFICE TO WHICH THIS POWER IS ATTACHED."
Next, with the same knife or glass, the degradator
lightly scrapes the degradandus' head, saying:
"WE HEREWITH COMPLETELY ERASE THE CONSECRATION,
THE BLESSING AND THE ANOINTING PREVIOUSLY BESTOWED UPON YOU, AND WE
HEREWITH EXPEL YOU FROM THE PONTIFICAL ORDER FOR WHICH YOU PROVED
YOURSELF UNFIT."
Next, the assistants remove the degradandus' shoes.
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