Catholic "Traditionalism" and its Extremist "Radtrad" Fringe (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

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St. Joseph's Church, Detroit, Michigan: a traditional but not "traditionalist" parish

Disclaimer

I highly urge more mainstream "traditionalists" who read any of the papers listed below, to first read my paper:  Definitions: "Traditionalist" vs. "Radtrad" / Supposed "Neo-Catholics (Chapter One of my book, Mass Movements: The Extreme Wing of “Traditionalism,” the New Mass, and Ecumenism), and also my Introduction to this book. This will preclude needless misunderstandings regarding exactly what I am against, and what I agree with. Thanks!

Also, for a very helpful, thoughtful treatment of the general topic, written by my friend David Palm, the self-described "reluctant traditionalist," see his essay, What is Traditional Catholicism? I don't agree with absolutely everything here, but I think this is a good aid for drawing the necessary distinctions that are so crucial in discussing these matters.

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General

Dialogue: Catholic "Traditionalism": the Dreadful Malady of the Mind and Scourge of an Optimistic Faith in God's Protection of His Church (vs. Mario Derksen)

Am I a "Traditionalist"? (Well, You Decide) [Facebook]

More Pensées on Catholic "Traditionalism"

"Doctrinal Minimalism" and the Critiques of Catholic "Traditionalists"

Is Amazing Grace an "Anti-Catholic" Hymn? [Michael Voris says yes]

Syllabus of 60 "Traditionalist" Errors, Fallacies, and False Principles

Critique of my Syllabus of 60 "Traditionalist" Errors and My Counter-Reply (vs. Mark Cameron)

Dietrich von Hildebrand and Legitimate Catholic Traditionalism

My "Second Catholic Conversion": A Reductio ad Absurdum of So-Called Catholic "Traditionalism"

Is a Catholic at Liberty to Selectively Choose Which Catholic Dogmas He Will Abide By?

Catholic "Traditionalists" Are Conscientiously Monitoring "Angry, Pharisaical" Types in Their Ranks / Clarifications of My Critiques of "Trads"

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Tridentine vs. Pauline Mass

My Traditional Novus Ordo Parish

How to Receive Communion: Tradition, Abuses, Symbolism, and Piety

Liturgical Abuses at Mass: How Much Should We Endure and What Should We Do About It? (Dave Armstrong and David W. Emery)

"Traditionalist" Reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum (Allowing the Tridentine Mass Without Special Permission)

Apologia For the Mass of Pope Paul VI, With Massive Historical Documentation From Catholic Tradition / Summary of Vatican II on Liturgical Reform

Counter-"Traditionalist" Argument From Liturgical Development: Method of Receiving Holy Communion (vs. David Palm) 

Variant Postures for Worship and Reception of Holy Communion: the Biblical Data, and Cultural Factors 

Exchange on Whether I am Wrong to Prohibit "Traditionalists" (or Radtrads) from Bashing the Pauline Mass on My Facebook Page (vs. Three "Traditionalists")

Michael Voris' Denigration of the Ordinary Form of the Mass vs. Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Decrees

Reply to Misrepresentations of My Opinions (Liturgical and Otherwise) by a Radtrad

Vatican II

Pope Benedict XVI (as Cardinal Ratzinger): Vatican II Has the Same Authority as Trent (if one goes, both go)

Vatican II: Is it Orthodox and Binding? / The Infallibility and Sublime Authority of Conciliar and Papal Decrees / Different Levels of Church Authority (vs. several "traditionalists")

The Second Vatican Council: A Needed Interpretation (John F. McCarthy)

Roma Locuta Est -- Causa Finita Est (Brian W. Harrison)

Does Vatican Council II Allow for Errors in Sacred Scripture? (Brian W. Harrison)

Where Have all the Apologists Gone? (Brian W. Harrison)

 

Religious Liberty

The Controversial "Torture" Issue as Related to Catholic Development of Doctrine on the Treatment of Heretics (+ Part Two)

The Catholic Church's Consistent Doctrine on Religious Liberty (William G. Most)
A Response to John Noonan, Jr. Concerning the Development of Catholic Moral Doctrine (Usury, Marriage, Slavery, Religious freedom) (Patrick M. O'Neil)
Torture and Punishment as a Problem in Catholic Moral Theology: Part I. The Witness of Sacred Scripture (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
Torture and Punishment as a Problem in Catholic Moral Theology: Part II. The Witness of Tradition and Magisterium (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
The Center is Holding / The Second Vatican Council and Religious Liberty (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
Pius IX, Vatican II and Religious Liberty (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
Dignitatis Humanae: A Non-Contradictory Doctrinal Development (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
Religious Freedom: Does Vatican Council II Contradict Traditional Catholic Doctrine? A Debate (Brian W. Harrison vs. Arnold T. Guminski; South Bend: St. Augustine Press, 2013)
Religious Liberty: "Rights" vs. "Tolerance" (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
John Courtney Murray: A Reliable Interpreter of Dignitatis Humanae? (+ Part Two)  (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)
Review of Michael Davies’ book, The Second Vatican Council and Religious Liberty (Fr. Brian W. Harrison)

Terminology Issues

The "Traditionalist" Pet Term Neo-Catholic: Where Does it Come From? What Does it Mean?

Objections to the Title, "Neo-Catholic"

Am I a "Neo-Catholic"? / My Belief Concerning the Criticism of Popes is Taken Out of Context and Distorted by "Traditionalists" (in Wikipedia)

The Catholic "Traditionalist" Derisive Term Neo-Conservative (Catholic)

My So-Called "Neo-Catholic" Ways (Ah, the Glories of Internet Inaccuracy, and Certain Types of Sloppy "Traditionalist" Rhetoric)

Popes

Laymen Advising and Rebuking Popes

"Traditionalist" Catholic Attacks on Venerable Pope John Paul II: Accusations of Incompetence, Modernism, Compromise, and Heresy

Is It Dissent Against the Pope and the Church, and Downright Disobedient For a Catholic to Favor the War in Iraq?

Catholic "Traditionalists" Continue to Bash Venerable John Paul II No Matter What the Church Decrees

Are All Catholic Laymen and Non-Theologians Qualified to Freely and Frequently Criticize the Pope's Opinions and Prudential Judgment? (vs. Mario Derksen)

"Why Doesn't Pope John Paul II DO Something About the Modernist Dissenters in the Catholic Church?"

Venerable Pope John Paul II's Teaching Concerning Marital Submission: Consistent Development or Contradictory Innovation?

Robert Sungenis Embraces "RadTradism" and Sadly Edges Closer to Outright Schism in His Blistering Attacks and Slanders on the Church, and Popes John Paul the Great (a Modern-Day Solomon?) and Benedict XVI

Refutation of Robert Sungenis' Charge That Blessed Pope John Paul II Denied the Reality of Hell and/or Taught Universalism

"Catholic Apologist" (???) Robert Sungenis Continues His Scathing, Ridiculous Attacks on Blessed Pope John Paul II

"Catholic Apologist" (???) Robert Sungenis vs. Pope Benedict XVI: Take Your Pick

Robert Sungenis Misrepresents the "St. Peter Being Hypocritical with Jews" Incident in Galatians and Makes a Pathetic Comparison to Pope Benedict XVI

Ecumenism and Salvation "Outside" the Catholic Church

A Response to (and Befuddlement Over) Criticisms of the Second Ecumenical Gathering at Assisi (2002) (Mark P. Shea)

The Catholic Church's View of Non-Catholic Christians (Karl Adam)

On Salvation Outside the Catholic Church (Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.)

Does the Catholic Church Equate Allah and Yahweh?

Dialogue: Vatican II and Other Religions (Nostra Aetate)

Necessity of Baptism for Salvation vs. Baptism of Desire?

Is Amazing Grace an "Anti-Catholic" Hymn? [Michael Voris says yes]

A Defense of the Ecumenical Gathering at Assisi (Ecumenism in St. Thomas Aquinas) (Fr. Alfredo M. Morselli)

 

Dialogue on "Salvation Outside the Church" and Alleged Catholic Magisterial Contradictions (Particularly in the Middle Ages; With Emphasis on St. Thomas Aquinas's Views)

Pathetic "Traditionalist" Feeding Frenzy Over My Defense of Venerable Pope John Paul II Kissing the Koran / "Calumny in the Blogosphere" (Fr. Orsi)

Should a Christian Ever Contribute to a Mosque Building Fund? / Early Christians and Jewish Synagogue and Temple Worship (vs. Grubb)

Errors of Robert Sungenis (Theology of God,  Geocentrism, and Blistering Attacks on Blessed JPII and BXVI )

GEOCENTRISM

My Refusal to Wrangle With Robert Sungenis Over Geocentrism and a Supposedly 10,000-Year-Old, Non-Rotating Earth

Geocentrism: Not at All an Infallible Dogma of the Catholic Church (David Palm and "Jordanes")

Critiques of Geocentrism (Links Page)

Response (in Words and Actions) to the Vehement Criticisms of Geocentrists "johnmartin" and "juscot"

Pope Leo XIII On Literal Interpretation and the Unanimous Consent of the Fathers [and Geocentrism] (by David Palm)

Neo-Geo Double Standards and Exaggerations on Magisterial Documents (by David Palm)

Cardinal Newman on Galileo and the Alleged Dogmatic Status of Geocentrism

Neo-Geo Exaggerations: The Catechism of Trent  (David Palm)

Neo-geocentrism: Excessive Interest in Usury Comes to Naught  (David Palm)

On Credibility, Conspiracies, and Caution (David Palm)

Sungenis and "johnmartin" Studiously Miss the Point (David Palm)


Neo-geos Come Unravelled (Robert Sungenis and John Martin) (David Palm) 

Neo-Geos: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain (David Palm)

"2012: A Sungenis Odd-yssey": Robert Sungenis Pushes a "DVD of the Month" from an Anti-Christian Gnostic Space Case, Claiming that Famed Director Stanley Kubrick Filmed Fake Moon Landings




Robert Sungenis' Lousy "Comedic" Attempts to Rationalize His "Fake Moon Landings Filmed by Kubrick" Viewpoint, Complete with (Twice!) Imaginary Words of Yours Truly




Guess I Hit a Nerve: the Singular "Apologist" (???) Bob Sungenis Goes Nuclear Against Yours Truly in His "Reply" to My Two Rational Critiques / Responses

Robert Sungenis' Responses to Recent Critiques on This Blog Regarding God's Characteristics and Geocentrism (With My Replies)

THEOLOGY OF GOD

Can God Change His Mind?: Dialogue With Bob Sungenis on God's Immutability, Omniscience, Atemporality, Simplicity, and Impassibility (Divine Emotions?)

Robert Sungenis' "Changeable God": More Documentation of His Erroneous Views (God Changing His Mind, Having Emotions, Being Bound to Time)

Does the Church Support Robert Sungenis' Novel Theories? (Jonathan Field)

Jonathan Field vs. Robert Sungenis on the Latter's Errors Regarding the Theology of God, Part II

Robert Sungenis' Responses to Recent Critiques on This Blog Regarding God's Characteristics and Geocentrism (With My Replies)

Four Arguments Against God "Changing His Mind," From Existing Catholic Dogmas, and One Regarding "Divine Emotion"

The Catholic Dogmas of God's Immutability and Transcendence of Time

God's Immutability, Omniscience, Timelessness, and Impassibility / Anthropomorphism / Can God "Change His Mind"? Does God Have "Emotions"?

Church Fathers on the Immutability, Simplicity, Atemporality, and Impassibility of God

Biblical Evidence for Anthropopathism and God Condescending to Human Limitations of Understanding

 ATTACKS ON THE HOLY FATHER AND BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II

Robert Sungenis Embraces "RadTradism" and Sadly Edges Closer to Outright Schism in His Blistering Attacks and Slanders on the Church, and Popes John Paul the Great (a Modern-Day Solomon?) and Benedict XVI

Refutation of Robert Sungenis' Charge That Blessed Pope John Paul II Denied the Reality of Hell and/or Taught Universalism

"Catholic Apologist" (???) Robert Sungenis Continues His Scathing, Ridiculous Attacks on Blessed Pope John Paul II

"Catholic Apologist" (???) Robert Sungenis vs. Pope Benedict XVI: Take Your Pick

Robert Sungenis Misrepresents the "St. Peter Being Hypocritical with Jews" Incident in Galatians and Makes a Pathetic Comparison to Pope Benedict XVI

Extreme Radtrads and Sedevacantism

How Radtrads React When Rebuked [Facebook]

Radtrads Already Vigorously Trashing Pope Francis [Facebook, 3-14-13]

Canon Lawyer Pete Vere on the Pope Francis Foot-Washing Controversy [Facebook, 3-30-13]

Eccentric, Rather Colorful Radtrad Thinks I Wink at Freemasonry [Facebook, 4-30-13]

Dissident Catholics and Catholic Doctrinal Unity: A Contradiction? (+ Matatics, Catholic Answers, Etc.) 

Leo the Lion Roars Against Hapless Non-"Traditionalist" (Me!)

 

Gerry Matatics Has Gone Completely (Theologically) Nuts [Sedevacantism]

Correcting "Traditionalist" Lies About My Supposed Denial of a Literal Adam and Eve, Original Sin, Etc. (vs. Steve "scotju" Dalton)

Clonelike Radtrads Go Bananas After Reading One of My Papers on the Topic and Engage in a Calumnious "Feeding Frenzy" Against Despised So-Called "Novus Ordo Catholics" / "Modernists" / "Neo-Catholics" Etc. Guess I Hit a Nerve, Huh?

More Love and Pearls of Wisdom from Radtrad Catholic Steve ("scotju" / "juscot") Dalton / Documentation of Various of His Irrational Rantings and Ravings


Radtrad Catholic Apologist-Bashing and So-Called "Neo-Catholics" (Mark Shea)

"Traditionalist" Errors of the Seattle Catholic Documented

Critique of The Remnant, with Copious Documentation (vs. John Vennari, Michael J. Matt, etc.)

Dialogue on The Remnant ("Traditionalist" Group) (vs. Mark Cameron)

Catholic Resources for Refuting the Grave Error of Sedevacantism

Intense Exchange With Sedevacantist Anna Anahit Paitian

Jeremiad on Sedevacantism (the Denial that Pope Benedict XVI is Actually the Pope, and Utter Rejection of Ecumenism)

Last updated on 1 May 2013.

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