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101 Heresies of Benedict XVI

By Patrick J. Pollock

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Benedict XVI at synagogue in Cologne

Codes for the Sources can be found at the end of this page.

	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
1.	Church is yet to be an united brotherhood. TOC: 115	The Church is truly now an unified brotherhood. Pius XI, MA: 7
2.	The dogma of unbaptized infants going to Hell is unenlightened. GAW: 401	Whosoever criticizes the dogma that infants dying without baptism are not saved, such a person is anathema. Martin V, T. 422.
3.	Muslims worship the One True God. LR: 8/24/05, p. 9	Modernists hold that Muslims truly worship the One True God. St. Pius X, D. 2082
4.	The Eastern schismatic sect has apostolic succession. CN: 17	Only Catholic bishops in union with the Pope possess true apostolic succession. Leo XIII, SC: 14-15
5.	Heretical sects exist as means of salvation. DI: 17	Only the Catholic Church exists as means of salvation. Leo XIII, SC: 9
6.	Multireligious prayer stirs the heart of God. TT:107	Multireligious prayer is never approved by God. Pius XI, MA: 10
7.	Pius IX’s Religious Liberty decisions need correction. NMT: III	No condemnation by the Roman Church can be revised without incurring anathema. S. Simplicius I, D. 160
8.	Heretics are Christians. SOE: 242	No heretic is a Christian. Ven. Pius IX, EM: 25
9.	Christological dogma has developed. JTE: 90	It is condemned as Modernism to say the dogma of Christ’s Divinity was developed. S. Pius X, D. 2094
10.	Faith is a mere sensory experience that transcends man. PCT: 345	The Modernists teach that faith is a mere sense felt without any intellectual assent. S. Pius X, PDG: 7
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
11.	The Church ought to reconcile herself with liberalism & progress. PCT: 381	It is heretical to say the Head of the Church ought to reconcile the Church with liberalism & progress. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1780
12.	The Church ought not exclude those who hold contrary views. PCT: 229	The Church excludes all those who hold contrary views to Her teachings. Eugene IV, D. 705
13.	Jews are not accursed. MRC: 42	The Jews reject Jesus Christ’s Divinity, thus they are anathema. S. Vigilius, D. 222
14.	Catholics ought not try to dissolve Protestant sects. PCT: 202	Catholics must try to dissolve Protestant sects. S. Pius X, ED: 21-22
15.	The Church is joined to heretics and schismatics. CTC: 17	Heretics are not joined to the Church. Pius XII, D. 2286
16.	A Catholic cannot uphold the Councils of Trent and Vatican I. RR: 28	All Catholics are bound to uphold the orthodoxy of the Councils of Trent and Vatican I. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1000
17.	The Catholic Faith has developed over the ages. GAW: 262	Nothing can added to or taken away from the Catholic Faith, all Christians must be content with tradition. Benedict XV, ABA: 24-25
18.	The Church ought to seek for unity of religions. SOE: 238	The Church must condemn and disband all false religions. Pius XI, MA: 2-8
19.	The god Krishna is a symbol of Christ and reality. PCT: 326	No composition is possible between Christ and Belial. S. Pius X, CR: 30
20.	There can be no return to Pius IX’s Syllabus over Vatican II. PCT: 391	There can be no appeal to a Council over past infallible magisterial decisions. Pius II, D. 717.
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
21.	The Pope ought to promote ecumenism. GC: 5	The Apostolic See can never promote the motley of false-ecumenism. Pius XI, MA: 7-10
22.	There is blame on part of the Church for the Waldensian schism. PFF: 203	The Waldensians richly deserved anathema from the Holy See. Gregory XVI, MV:19
23.	Apostate Jews are not excluded from salvation. GAW: 151	All Jews being outside the Catholic Church cannot be saved without entering and obeying Her. Eugene IV, D. 712-714
24.	Heretical sects are united to the Church. DI: 17	Sects are not united to the Church. Pius XI, MA:10-11
25.	Many people are saved outside the Catholic Faith. SOE: 24	No one can be saved outside the true Catholic Faith. Pius IV, D. 1000
26.	The resurrection of the flesh is not of physical bodies. ITC: 357	The resurrection of the flesh is of the same body one possessed in their earthly life. Bl. Gregory X, D. 464
27.	Vatican I’s definition of Papal Primacy is not binding on all Christians. PCT: 198	All Christians must believe the definition of Pius IX on Papal Primacy. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1826
28.	One can be saved without being a visible member of the Church. RR: 196	Only those who can be saved are those who are real members of the Church. Pius XII, D. 2286
29.	Protestant sects ought to be strengthened. PCT: 202	All heretical sects are to be exterminated. Innocent III, T. 234-235
30.	There is sanctification in sects. DI: 16	There is no sanctification in sects. Pius XII, D. 2286
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
31.	Catholics ought to give communion to schismatics. PFF: 232	A schismatic is in mortal sin and cannot lawfully be given communion. Paul III, D. 893
32.	There is no hope for real unity by converting heretics. PCT:197	The hope to promote Christian unity can only be promoted by converting heretics. Pius XI, MA: 10
33.	The Church is guilty of sins. PFF: 275	Holy Mother Church is immaculate and impeccable. Pius XII, MCC: 66
34.	Catholics share with Protestants a hope for heaven. GAW: 130	It is heretical to say there is hope for the eternal salvation of Protestants who are no wise in the Church. Pius IX, D. 1717-1718
35.	The Catholic Church ought not convert schismatic churches. EVT: 68	The Catholic Church must convert schismatic groups into her bosom. Pius XI, MA:12
36.	Pius IX erred in his Syllabus. PCT: 381	No pope can err when solemnly condemning errors on faith or morals. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1798
37.	Protestants who believe in the Eucharist share in the True Presence. PCT: 236	Abjuration, confession, and absolution are needed before a heretic could communicate. Paul III, D. 893
38.	Unity of Christians needs to process to become reality. GAW: 453	The unity of Christians is already a reality in the Catholic Church. Pius XI, MA:7-10
39.	Theologians can develop Church doctrine. EVT: 33	No divine doctrine can be developed. Pius XII, D. 2314
40.	There are essential and non-essential elements of Faith. GAW: 453	All articles of faith are fundamental. Pius XI, MA: 9
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
41.	Rome must not require the Greek schismatics to abjure their errors on the Papal Primacy. PCT: 199	Greeks must repudiate all errors and hold all dogmas taught from the Apostolic Chair of Peter. S. Pius X, PTC: 743-746
42.	The Idea of the ‘the Body of Christ’ was developed. ECV: 18	The doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ was taught by the Redeemer Himself. Pius XII, MCC: 1
43.	There is hope for infants who die without baptism. GAW: 402	There is no hope for the salvation of anyone outside the Catholic Church. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1719
44.	The doctrinal understanding of Papal Infallibility has developed. DCF: 11	The doctrinal understanding of Papal Infallibility is that no new dogma may be developed. Ven. Pius IX, D.1836
45.	There are invisble members of the Church who are saved. DI: 20	The Church is visible and so are Her elected members. Pius XII, D. 2286
46.	Eastern schismatics are united to Catholic Church. CTC: 17	Eastern schismatics are not united to the Catholic Church. Pius XI, MA: 10-11
47.	The Church needs renewal and reform to become Church. ECV:18	It is absurd to say the Church needs reform as if it is a human institution. Gregory XVI, MV: 10
48.	Many false religions fall within the plan of salvation. DI: 14	Only the Catholic Religion falls within the plan of salvation. Leo XII, UP: 14
49.	Non-Catholic religions possess truth. DI: 2	Only the Catholic Religion possesses truth. Gregory XVI, D. 1617
50.	Non-Christians can be saved as such. DI: 21	No non-Christians can be saved as such. Eugene IV, T. 551
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
51.	Christianity failed to make itself heard. ITC: 11	Christianity cannot fail at anything. Leo XIII, SC: 3
52.	The Doctrine of Papal Primacy was developed. GAW: 379	The Doctrine of Papal Primacy defined as such was already a constant belief of every age. Leo XIII, SC: 15
53.	All non-Christians are not destined for hell. GAW: 68	All existing outside the Catholic Church are on the road to hell unless they enter the Church. Eugene IV, D. 714
54.	The term “Original Sin” is imprecise and mistakable. ITB: 71	The term “Original Sin” is precisely understandable and true as the Church always understood. Paul III, D. 791
55.	Thank God for the loss of the Papal States. GAW: 382	The Usurpation of the Papal States is a criminal act condemned by God. Ven. Pius IX, RS: 12
56.	The Tridentine texts on Holy Orders are merely polemics against Luther. PCT: 249	The purpose of the Tridentine texts on Holy Orders is to teach the Rule of Faith to the faithful. Paul III, D. 960
57.	The Church is yet to be united. PCT: 302	The Church has full unity. Leo XIII, SC: 4-5
58.	The Church is sinful. ITC: 339	The Church can never be contaminated, She is incorrupt. Pius XI, MA: 10
59.	Catholics ought to receive communion from schismatics. PFF: 232	No Catholic may hold communion with schismatics in divine worship. Pius VI, CH: 32
60.	Heretical sects are true particular churches. DI: 17	Only churches united to the Apostolic See are true churches. Ven. Pius IX, PTC: 416
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
61.	The Church is in constant renewal. CTC: 133	It is absurd to say the Church needs renewal as if it is a mere human institution. Gregory XVI, MV: 10
62.	Doctrine of Predestination has developed. GAW: 58	A divine doctrine can never develop for it is an immutable truth of God. S. Pius X, D. 2145
63.	The Liturgy ought to be in the vernacular. GAW: 417	The introduction of popular language into the Mass is condemned. Pius VI, D. 1566
64.	The Bible is readily comprehensible to all. GAW: 155	It is heretical to say the Scriptures are for all in every age and circumstance unto understanding. Leo XII, D.1604-1606
65.	The Pope has no absolute powers. GAW: 453	The Pope has the supreme powers to rule and teach the universal Church. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1827-1831
66.	Neither Christ or the Apostles ever defined a body of dogmas. ITC: 96	It is heretical to teach Christ never defined a body of dogmas. S. Pius X, D. 2059
67.	God’s Church is built up when schismatics receive the Eucharist. CN: 17	Schismatics that eat the Eucharist commit sacrilege. Gregory XVI, CD: 11
68.	The Eastern schismatics have communion with the Roman Church. CN: 17	The Eastern schismatics have no communion with the Catholic Church. Leo XIII, SC:4-5, 13
69.	The Latin Liturgy ought not to be the normal Roman Rite. SOE: 177	The introduction of popular language into the Mass is condemned. Pius VI, D. 1566
70.	The Church has contributed to the crisis of tradition afflicting man. PCT: 100	Modernists seek to falsify and weaken the force of Sacred Tradition. S. Pius X, PDG: 42
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
71.	The Creed offers no teaching of Jesus. ITC: 203	The Creed is full of Jesus’ teachings. S. Leo I, T. 86-87
72.	Christ’s followers lack visible unity. GC: 5	All Christ’s followers are united in His One True Church. Pius XI, MA: 7-12
73.	Heretics are in communion with the Church. ECV: 17	No heretic is in communion with the Catholic Church. Leo XIII, SC:4-5, 13
74.	The Church always needs reform. RR: 50	It is absurd to say the Church needs reform as if it is a human institution. Gregory XVI, MV: 10
75.	The necessity of infant baptism is questionable. ITB: 401-402	Infants must be baptized immediately and without question. Eugene IV, D. 712
76.	The Church in the First Millenium did not hold the Supremacy of the Pope. PCT: 199	The Church always held the Supremacy of Peter and His Successors. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1824
77.	There are non-irreformable magisterial teachings. EVT: 28	All magisterial teachings are infallible and irreformable. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1839
78.	The validity of the Liturgy depends not on form, but on community. PCT: 377	The form operated by the minister is essential to confect the sacrament, not the community. Pius XII. D. 2300
79.	Tridentine doctrine of grace has developed. SOE: 263	The doctrines on grace and justification defined at the Council of Trent have been always taught. Paul III, D. 792a
80.	The Church rejects nothing holy and true in false religions PFF: 214	Outside the Church the Truth cannot be found. Gregory XVI, D.1617
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
81.	The Bishops exercise supreme and full power over all the Church. DCF: 4	Only the Roman Pontiff exercises supreme and full power over all the Church. Leo XIII, SC: 14-15
82.	Praying with false religions can bring peace. TT:106	Praying with false religions for peace is condemned! Pius XI, MA:1-17
83.	Charismatic sects like Taize ought to be formed elsewhere as well. PCT: 304	All heretical sects are to be exterminated. Innocent III, T. 234-235
84.	The Tradition of the Church is growing through human experience. PCT: 88	The Modernists teach that Tradition develops through human experiences. S. Pius X, PDG: 15, 28
85.	The Church has sinned. ITC: 341	The Church can never be contaminated, She is incorrupt. Pius XI, MA: 10
86.	Non-christians can practice the virtue of charity out of the Church. CTC: 145	There is no charity for those in the state of grievous sin. Pius XII, MCC: 23
88.	The Church needs purification. PFF: 277	The Church needs no purification for She is Most Pure. Pius XI, DIM: 101
89.	The Vatican II Council was right in vernacularizing the Liturgy. MM: 148	The introduction of popular language into the Mass is condemned. Pius VI, D. 1566
90.	The practice of early infant baptism is questionable. GAW: 402	Infants must be baptized immediately and without question. Eugene IV, D. 712
	Heresies of Benedict XVI	Truth of Divine and Catholic Faith
91.	The Church of Rome is not the Mother of all churches. PFF: 238	The Holy Roman Church is the Mother of all churches. Leo X, EXD: 2
92.	The Immaculate Conception is a doctrinal development. GAW: 304	The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception always existed in the Church and has never changed. Ven. Pius IX, ID:16
93.	Man evolved out of the earth. GAW: 76	God produced all things (spiritual and material) existing in the world out of nothing (ex nihil). Ven. Pius IX, D. 1805
94.	The Church continually develops the doctrine on Papal Primacy. PSP:2	The Church can only guard the divine teaching of Papal Primacy. Ven. Pius IX, D. 1836
95.	The Vatican II Council was right in revising the Order of Mass. MM: 148	It is heretical to say the rite of Mass can be changed lawfully. Paul III, D. 856
96.	We need to essentialize what are essential elements of faith. GAW: 453	All matters of faith are fundamentally revealed by God and cannot be non-essentialized. Pius XI, MA: 9
97.	Sects are in communion with the Catholic Church. CN: 17	No sect is in communion with the Catholic Church. Leo XIII, SC:4-5, 13
98.	Pius X’s Anti-Modernist decisions need correction. NMT: III	Anyone trying to destroy the force and efficacy of Pius X’s Anti-Modernist Decrees is anathema. S. Pius X, D. 2114
99.	A Jew or anyone does not need to believe in Christ as the Son of God to be saved. Z: 2	Whoever wishes to be saved must hold the Catholic Faith, which includes the Trinity and the Incarnation. Eugene IV, T. 551-3
100.	Bread and wine does not physically change to be Christ. GAW: 408	Bread and wine does physically change to be Christ which is termed Transubstantiation. Paul III. D. 854
101.	There are magisterial decisions which are not the final word. NMT: III	Rome has spoken the cause is finished. Pius XI, AS: 17

Table of Sources – Abbreviations

Abb.	Source: Name, Author, Publisher, Date, etc.
ABA	Benedict XV, Pope. Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, 1 November 1914.
AS	Pius XI, Pope. Ad Salutem, 30 April, 1930.
CD	Gregory XVI, Pope. Commissum Divinitus, 17 May 1835.
CH	Pius VI, Pope. Charitas, 13 April 1791.
CN	Ratzinger, Joseph (Benedict XVI). Letter To The Bishops Of The Catholic Church On Some Aspects Of The Church Understood As Communion, 28 May 1992.
CR	Pius X, Pope St., Communium Rerum, 21 April 1909.
CTC	Ratzinger. Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1996).
D.	Denzinger, Rev. Henry (ed.), Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum, (Barcelona: Editorial Herder, 27th ed., 1951).
DCF	Ratzinger. Doctrinal Commentary on the Concluding Formula of the Professio Fidei, L’Osservatore Romano, English edition, 15 July 1998, pp. 3-4.
DI	Ratzinger. Declaration Dominus Iesus on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church, 6 August 2000.
DIM	Pius XI, Pope. Divini illius magistri, 31 December 1929.
ECV	Ratzinger. The Ecclesiology of Vatican II, 15 September 2001, L’Osservatore Romano, English edition, 23 January 2002, p. 5.
EM	Pius IX, Pope Ven., Etsi Multa, 21 November 1873.
ES	Pius X, Editae Saepe, 26 May 1910.
EVT	Ratzinger. Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian, 24 May 1990.
EXD	Leo X, Pope. Exsurge Domine, 15 June 1520.
GAW	Ratzinger. God and the World: Believing and Living in Our Time: A Conversation with Peter Seewald (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2002).
GC	Ratzinger. Sermo Gratia Copiosa, 5 April 2005.
ID	Pius IX. Ineffabilis Deus, 8 December 1854.
ITB	Ratzinger. In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Erdmans Publishing Co., 1995).
ITC	Ratzinger. Introduction To Christianity (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004).
JTE	Ratzinger. Journey Towards Easter (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1987).
LR	L’Osservatore Romano
MA	Pius XI, Pope. Mortalium Animos, 6 January 1928.
MCC	Pius XII, Pope. Mystici Corporis Christi, 29 June 1943.
MRC	Ratzinger. Many Religions – One Covenant: Israel, the Church, and the World (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000).
MM	Ratzinger. Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977 (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1998).
MV	Gregory XVI, Pope. Mirari Vos, 15 August 1832.
NMT	Ratzinger. The Nature and Mission of Theology: Its Role in the Light of Present Controversy (San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 1995).
PCT	Ratzinger. Principles of Catholic Theology (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1987).
PDG	Pius X, Pope St. Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 8 September 1907.
PFF	Ratzinger. Pilgrim Fellowship of Faith (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005).
PSP	Ratzinger. The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church, L’Osservatore Romano, English edition, 18 November, 1998, pp. 5-6.
PTC	Papal Teachings: The Church, ed. by the Benedictine Monks of Solesmes (Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1962).
RR	Ratzinger and Messori, Vittorio. The Ratzinger Report (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1985).
RS	Pius IX, Respicientes, 1 November 1870.
SC	Leo XIII, Pope. Satis Cognitum, 29 June 1896.
SOE	Ratzinger and Seewald, Peter. Salt of the Earth (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997).
T.	Tanner, Norman P. (ed.), Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, (London: Sheed & Ward, 1990), Volume 1.
TOC	Ratzinger. The Open Circle: The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1966).
TT	Ratzinger. Truth and Tolerance (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004).
UP	Leo XII, Pope. Ubi Primum, 5 May 1824.
Z	Zenit News Agency, “Are Believers of Other Religions Saved?”, Published 5 September, 2000. <http://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0009/ZE000905.html#item3>