Vatican Library’s Syriac Manuscript: Preserving Artifacts, Abandoning Faith
The EWTN News portal (November 8, 2025) reports on a 13th-century Syriac manuscript, the “Gospel of Qaraqosh,” housed in the Vatican Library since 1937. The article describes the manuscript’s artistic merits, its history of theft and recovery by the faithful of Qaraqosh (Iraq), and its donation to Pius XI, who allegedly entrusted it to the Vatican Library for “preservation and study.” The report frames this artifact as evidence of Christian resilience amid ISIS persecution while ignoring the spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect now controlling the Vatican.
Naturalistic Reduction of Sacred Scripture
The article reduces the Gospels to a cultural artifact, emphasizing its “vivid miniatures” and physical dimensions (44Ă—33.5 cm) while omitting its supernatural purpose: the salvation of souls through the verbum Dei (Word of God). St. Pius X condemned such materialism in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, warning that Modernists treat revelation as “a mere collection of facts” (Encyclical Pascendi, §22). By calling the manuscript a “masterpiece of medieval Christian art and devotion,” EWTN commits the error of equating aesthetic preservation with spiritual fidelity—a fallacy denounced by Pope Leo XIII: “Neither skill nor science… can supply the vital principle” (Encyclical Providentissimus Deus, §17).
Illegitimate Custodianship by Modernist Usurpers
Bishop Georges Dallal’s 1937 donation to Pius XI occurred when the Holy See still upheld Catholic Tradition. Today, the Vatican Library operates under the authority of antipope Leo XIV (Prevost), whose sect has systematically dismantled the Faith through:
- The 1969 Novus Ordo Missae, which demotes the Gospel to a “table of the word” (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §8).
- The 1993 Dominus Iesus suppression, allowing false religions equal dignity with Catholicism (false ecumenism).
- The embrace of pagan art in the 2019 “Amazon Synod,” mirroring the syncretism displayed here.
The manuscript’s current “preservation” serves not Catholic Tradition but the conciliar sect’s agenda of reducing Christianity to a museum exhibit. As Pope Pius XI declared: “Christ will be in agony until the end of the world” (Encyclical Quas Primas, §33); His Gospel demands proclamation, not archival tokenism.
Silence on the Schismatic Status of the Syriac “Church”
EWTN falsely identifies Qaraqosh’s Christians as belonging to the “Syriac Catholic Church”—a body in formal communion with the antipopes since Vatican II. This ignores the Holy Office’s 1720 condemnation of Eastern rites in communion with Rome: “Oriental rites shall not be mixed with Latin ones” (Decree Etsi Pastoralis, §6). The Syriac Church’s acceptance of post-conciliar reforms—including vernacular liturgies and ecumenical joint-prayers—renders its sacraments suspect under Canon 2370 of the 1917 Code (communicatio in sacris with heretics).
Omission of Martyrdom for the Faith
The article mentions ISIS destruction but avoids the essential criterion of martyrdom: death for Catholic truth. Pope Benedict XIV defined martyrdom as enduring death “in defence of the Christian religion… or some Catholic virtue” (De Servorum Dei Beatificatione, III.11.1). Since Qaraqosh’s Christians submit to conciliar apostasies (e.g., religious liberty declared in Dignitatis Humanae), their suffering lacks the formal cause of martyrdom. True martyrs reject ISIS and Vatican II—like the Cristeros whom Bergoglio’s sect still vilifies.
Conclusion: When Archaeology Replaces Evangelization
This report epitomizes the conciliar sect’s betrayal: preserving parchment while abandoning souls. As St. Pius X warned, Modernists “lay up the Gospels… in museums” (Encyclical Pascendi, §39). The true Church wages spiritual warfare with Scripture as her sword (Ephesians 6:17)—not as a relic behind glass. Until the usurpers vacate Peter’s throne, even their most splendid artifacts testify only to their vacant faith.
Source:
The Gospel of Qaraqosh: 13th-century Syriac manuscript preserved in Vatican Library (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 08.11.2025