Newman’s Canonical Farce: Conciliar Sect’s Assault on Catholic Tradition
The conciliar sect’s “Dicastery for Divine Worship” announced the addition of John Henry Newman to its liturgical calendar, scheduling an “optional memorial” for October 9. This decree issued in the name of the antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) constitutes sacrilegious innovation (Canon 2336) violating the immutability of Catholic worship.
Illegitimate Authority Usurping Liturgical Rights
The decree claims authority to modify universal liturgy despite St. Pius V’s Quo Primum (1570) establishing the Tridentine Mass “in perpetuity.” The conciliar sect’s liturgical reforms stem from Paul VI’s Missale Romanum (1969) – an act Pius XII condemned in advance as “temerarious audacity” when warning that “no one may change… the liturgy on his own authority” (Mediator Dei, 58). The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1257) reserves liturgical regulation exclusively to the Apostolic See – a jurisdiction true popes alone possess.
Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the dicastery, said the decision aims to present his figure as an extraordinary example of the constant search for the truth
This statement embodies Modernist heresy condemned by St. Pius X: “Truth is no more immutable than man himself, since it evolved with him, in him, and through him” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 6). The Church teaches that Catholic truth is depositum custodi (1 Tim 6:20) – not a perpetual search but definitive revelation completed at the Apostles’ death (Dei Verbum 4 – rejected as heretical).
Newman: Precursor to Modernist Apostasy
The conciliar sect praises Newman’s “conversion story” while suppressing his doctrinal errors. His Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845) proposed dogmatic evolution – a theory explicitly condemned by Pius X as “the evolution of dogma by which dogma changes… and is never fixed” (Lamentabili Sane, 21, 22, 26). Newman’s private correspondence reveals contempt for papal authority, calling Ultramontanism “a dangerous conspiracy against the Church” (Letter to Ambrose St. John, 1874).
The selected liturgical texts constitute theological sabotage:
- Collect Prayer: References God’s “kindly light” guiding Newman – a naturalistic metaphor denying gratia elevans (elevating grace). True conversion requires actus credendi (act of faith) in revealed truth, not poetic sentiment.
- Gospel (Mt 13:47-52): Twisted to justify Newman’s doctrinal relativism. The Church fathers interpret this passage as distinctio inter vetera et nova (distinction between old and new) – not blending truth with error.
- Apologia Pro Vita Sua Reading: Promotes subjective experience over objective dogma – the essence of Modernism condemned in Pascendi (33).
Canonization Fraud Against Divine Law
The antipope Bergoglio’s 2019 “canonization” violated three divine laws:
- Sanctitas in veritate (Holiness in truth): Newman denied papal infallibility (Letter to J. Walker, 1867) and called the Immaculate Conception “an exaggeration” (Letter to E.B. Pusey, 1865).
- Heroicitas virtutum (Heroic virtue): His lifelong Anglican ministry constituted material heresy (Canon 1325 §2).
- Miracula vera (Genuine miracles): The Vatican admitted Newman’s “second miracle” involved a mother’s spontaneous remission after pregnancy complications – a natural occurrence, not supernatural intervention.
Omissions Exposing Conciliar Agenda
The article suppresses Newman’s theological poison:
- His defense of conscience against Church authority: “I shall drink to the Pope, but to conscience first” (Letter to the Duke of Norfolk, 1875)
- Religious indifferentism: “There is no right and wrong in religion… each may choose his religion” (Oxford University Sermons, 1843)
- Evolutionary dogma: “Christian doctrine admits of formal, legitimate, and true developments” (Development of Doctrine, Chapter 1)
This liturgical innovation continues the conciliar sect’s war against lex orandi, lex credendi. As Pius XI declared: “When men violate the sanctity of liturgy… they simultaneously undermine the purity of faith” (Quas Primas, 21). By inserting Newman into the calendar, modernists advance their ultimate goal: replacing Catholic worship with anthropocentric rituals celebrating man’s endless “search” – denying Christ’s definitive revelation.
Source:
St. John Henry Newman is added to the General Roman Calendar: What does it mean? (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 03.02.2026