Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation
should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and
princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include
our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of
the spirit of God a divide."
Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
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known by the good and not to
be known by the wicked, made Him to be foretold in this manner. If the
manner of the Messiah had been clearly foretold, there would have been no
obscurity, even for the wicked. If the time had been obscurely foretold,
there would have been obscurity, even for the good. For their goodness of
heart would not have made them understand, for instance, that the closed mem
signifies six hundred years. But that time has been clearly foretold, and
the manner in types.
By this means, the wicked, taking the promised blessings for material
blessings, have fallen into error, in spite of the clear prediction of the
time; and the good have not fallen in error. For the understanding of the
promised blessings depends on the heart, which calls good that which it
loves; but the understanding of the promised time does not depend on the
heart. And thus the clear prediction of the time, and the obscure prediction
of the blessings, deceive the wicked alone.
759. Either the Jews or the Christians must be wicked.
760. The Jews reject Him, but not all. The saints receive Him, and not the
carnal-minded. And so far is this from being against His glory, that it is
the last touch which crowns it. For their argument, the only one found in
all their writings, in the Talmud and in the Rabbinical writings, amounts
only to this, that Jesus Christ has not subdued the nations with sword in
hand, gladium tuum, potentissime.[153] (Is this all they have to say? Jesus
Christ has been slain, say they. He has failed. He has not subdued the
heathen with His might. He has not bestowed upon us their spoil. He does not
give riches. Is this all they have to sa