Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Alexander Tschugguel: You Can't Separate Faith And Politics!

 

"A forerunner of the Antichrist, with his troops drawn from many nations, will wage war against the true Christ, sole Savior of the world; he will shed much blood and will seek to annihilate the cult of God so as to be regarded as a god." Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)

Menander Was A Samaritan Likewise, And A Disciple Of Simon Magus


2. Menander was a Samaritan likewise, and a disciple of Simon Magus ; he made his appearance in the year of our Lord 73. He announced himself a messenger from the " Unknown Power," for the salvation of mankind. No one, according to him, could be saved, unless he was baptized in his name, and his baptism, he said, was the true resurrection, so that his disciples would enjoy immortality even in this life (6). Cardinal Orsi adds, that Menander was the first who invented the doctrine of "Eons," and that he taught that Jesus Christ exercised human functions in appearance alone.

(6) Fleury, loc. cit. n. 42 ; N. Alex.

The History of Heresies and Their Refutation by Alphonsus M Liguori.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Simon Magus The First Heretic Who Disturbed The Church

GOZZOLI, Benozzo
Fall of Simon Magus
1461-62

CHAPTER I.

HERESIES OF THE FIRST CENTURY.

1. Simon Magus (1), the first heretic who disturbed the Church, was born in a part of Samaria called Githon or Gitthis. He was called Magus, or the Magician, because he made use of  spells to deceive the multitude ; and hence he acquired among his countrymen the extraordinary name of "The Great Power of God" (Acts, viii, 1 0). "This man is the power of God which is called great." Seeing that those on whom the Apostles Peter and John laid hands received the Holy Ghost, he offered them money to give to him the power of communicating the Holy Ghost in like manner; and on that account the detestable crime of selling holy things is called Simony. He went to Rome, and there was a statue erected to him in that city, a fact which St. Justin, in his first Apology, flings in the face of the Romans: "In your royal city," he says, " he (Simon) was esteemed a God, and a statue was erected to him in the Island of the Tiber, between the two bridges, bearing this Latin inscription "SIMONI, DEO SANCTO." (To Simon the Holy God).  Samuel Basnage, Petavius, Valesius, and many others, deny this fact; but Tillemont, Grotius, Fleury, and Cardinal Orsi defend it, and adduce in favour of it the authority of Tertullian, St. Irenaus, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Augustin, Eusebius, and Theodoret, who even says the statue was a bronze one. 

Simon broached many errors, which Noel Alexander enumerates and refutes (2). The principal ones were that the world was created by angels; that when the soul leaves the body it enters into another body, which, if true, says St. Irenaeus (3), it would recollect all that happened when it inhabited the former body, for memory, being a spiritual quality, it could not be separated from the soul. Another of his errors was one which has been brought to light by the heretics of our own days, that man had no free will, and, consequently, that good works are not necessary for salvation. Baronius and Fleury relate (4), that, by force of magic spells, he one day caused the devil to elevate him in the air ; but St. Peter and St. Paul being present, and invoking the name of Jesus Christ, he fell down and broke both his legs. He was carried away by his friends; but his corporeal and mental sufferings preyed so much on him, that, in despair, he cast himself out of a high window; and thus perished the first heretic who ever disturbed the Church of Christ (5). Basnage, who endeavours to prove that St. Peter never was in Rome, and never filled the pontifical chair of that city, says that this is all a fabrication; but we have the testimony of St. Ambrose, St. Isidore of Pelusium, St. Augustin, St. Maximus, St. Philastrius, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Severus Sulpicius, Theodoret, and many others, in our favour. We have, besides, a passage in Seutonius, which corroborates their testimony, for he says (lib. VI., cap. xii), that, while Nero assisted at the public sports, a man endeavoured to fly, but, after elevating himself for a while, he fell down, and the Emperor's pavilion was sprinkled with his blood.

(1) Baron. Annal, 35, d. 23; N. Alex. Hist. Ecclesias. t. 5, c. 11, n.-l; Hermant. His. Con. 56, 1, c. 7; Van Ranst, His* Her. n. 1.

(2) Nat. Alex. t. 5, in fin. Dis. 24. (5) Baron, n. 17 ; Nat. Alex. t. 5, c.

(3) St. Irenaeus, de Heresi. 2, c. 58. 11 ; Orsi, Istor. Eccl. 1, n. 20,

(4) Baron. Ann. 35, n. 14, ad. 17; and f. 2, n. 19; Berti. Brev. Histor.

(5) Fleury, His. Eccl. t. 1, 2, n. 23; t. 1, c. 3. St. Augus. ; St. Joan. Chris.

The History of Heresies and Their Refutation by Alphonsus M Liguori.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

REPOST: Satan Has Offspring. You Bet He Does: Is Gary Voris A Offspring Of The Devil? Gary Born Of An Incubus?

"Satan Has Offspring. You Bet He Does" Gary Voris

This post was originally published 17 OCT 2015 when I thought Gary Voris was the best candidate to be the Forerunner to the Antichrist spoken of by Our Lady at La Salette:

“A forerunner of the Antichrist, with his troops gathered from several nations, will fight against the true Christ, the only Saviour of the world. He will shed much blood and will want to annihilate the worship of God to make himself be looked upon as a God. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) 

Six years since I published and  a lot has happened. No longer do I consider Gary to be a candidate for the Forerunner to the Antichrist. No. But I do believe that Gary is in the camp of the Forerunner to the Antichrist.

The best candidate for the Forerunner to the Antichrist is Baron Alexander von Tschugguel - the Pachamama slayer.  So just substitute Gary for Alexander and everything still remains the same and only the name is changed.


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One thing to notice is that the Devil is always first. It is a tool of Satan to be the first in order to fool the unwary - for instance if a wicked soul accuses some innocent soul of some crime you can be sure that the wicked soul is the one that committed the crime - its call projection. It happens more than you think - women are very good at this wicked game.

Enter Voris or Gary the forerunner to the Antichrist as I like to call him.

He publishes a book about his life so that everyone can soak up his lies, he will claim to be a saint in youth but turns into a great sinner in his later life and converts back to the faith by the prayers of his mother, and now Voris is the Great Saint sent from on high to save the Church and the World.

Voris, in case none of you are catching on, is claiming that he is the Great Monarch to save us all!

So any criticism leveled at the Great man will be considered in bad taste.

However...there is one small problem with Gary projecting himself as the Great Monarch.....Gary defends the wicked actions of Pope Francis.

There is no other proof needed than the fact that Gary defends Heretical Pope Francis - this is evidence enough that Gary is not the Great Monarch.

On the contrary Gary is the forerunner to the Antichrist spoken of by Our Lady at La Salette & Fatima.

List of reasons that Gary is the best candidate to be Forerunner to the Antichrist:

1. Defends wicked actions & heretical doctrine of Pope Francis
2. Claims that the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary has been done.
3. Claims that JPII is the Fatima Pope who is murdered in the Secret of Fatima.
4. Goes by his middle name Michael to sound more Catholic
5. Refuses to go by Gary......
6. Attacks the SSPX
7. Hair like a woman (Apoc. reference)

Will add to the list....

Question: Is Gary born of a Incubus? Sound ridiculous? Yea..I know you would rather believe that Voris might be the Great Monarch born in exile.....whatever..

Did you know that the Arch Heretic Martin Luther was born of Incubus?

Here:

There are, that write Luther to have been born of an Incubus (that is of a filthy spirit abusing women in place of man) which oppressed his mother, when she was a servant in a common bath in Germany: but I know not of what credit it is: the credit dependeth of that matron of lypsta, which reported it, and knew well his mother. Prateolus

Are Incubus real? Yes of course. St Augustine said that to deny such is heresy.

It is said that the Antichrist will be born by an incubus - Our Lady said that the Antichrist will be born of a false Virgin. Meaning that a Incubus will impregnate the false virgin

Succubus gets the sperm from a man and the Incubus plants the seed into the woman.

One question can be asked from what man was the seed taken from in order to impregnate Luther's mother?

Think about this for a moment - who is wicked enough to be the father of Martin Luther? I'm sure the seed was not just ordinary seed from some farmer. No, the seed that the devil implanted into Luther's mother had to come from a wicked man, a very wicked man.

I do know that the seed of man breaks down over time and the Incubus does not have much time in planting the seed into some women. At least that's what the opinion was back in the day.

But today we have a way of preserving sperm:


Yea those sperm banks have it all covered: 

"Sperm can be frozen indefinitely. There have been normal pregnancies from sperm stored frozen for 12 years. The efficacy of the freezing is questionable when it has been frozen for more than 12 years. Each individual's sperm reacts differently to the freezing process. Jul 9, 2014

So if modern man can preserve sperm for 12 years or indefinitely, then I would think that Evil Spirits can preserve sperm for a longer period. Meaning the the seed that gave birth to Martin Luther was probably seed from Judas himself! That's 1,450 year old sperm!

Same goes for the Antichrist - the seed that gives birth to the Antichrist will probably be from Judas as well.

Same goes for the Forerunner to the Antichrist Gary. If Gary is the forerunner to the Antichrist then Gary is the offspring of Judas!

Yea I know you don't want to believe such things.....but again you will believe that Gary is the long awaited Great Monarch...LOL!


Sunday, August 8, 2021

FSSP DOOM! Sweaty & Drunk Tucker Carlson With Forerunner To Antichrist & Two Blondes! Where's Tschugguel's Wife?


"A forerunner of the Antichrist, with his troops drawn from many nations, will wage war against the true Christ, sole Savior of the world; he will shed much blood and will seek to annihilate the cult of God so as to be regarded as a god." Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)


Antichrist's left arm in Luca Signorelli's painting of the Antichrist gives the impression that the left arm belongs to the Antichrist but really the left arm belongs to Satan.

The left arm in the Tweet above belongs to the Forerunner to the Antichrist Baron Alexander von Tschugguel but it looks like the left arm belongs to overreaching Tucker......

Creepy..


Church Fathers say that the Antichrist will:

1. Be born of the Tribe of Dan
2. Raised Jewish
3. Convert to the Catholic Faith (my understanding)
4. Gain a (Catholic) kingdom by fraud and deceit
5. Revert back to Judaism once he has gained his (Catholic) kingdom by fraud and deceit   
6. etc....

The forerunner to the Antichrist will ape the actual Antichrist as much as possible.

This means that in order for the forerunner to gain a kingdom he must do it with fraud and deceit. This is the reason that the forerunner to the Antichrist will be a convert to the Catholic Faith - so that he can gain a kingdom by fraud and deceit.

What kind of kingdom?

Elected Monarchy.  

FSSP Ann Barnhardt is trying to influence the FSSP to embrace the idea of Elected Monarchy.  

This is the game plan of the FSSP and its adherdants like Ann Barnhardt - to restore the idea of a Venetian Republic:

The Great Awakening
If you’re really serious about dumping the heresy of Americanism and having adult thoughts and discourse about the path forward governmentally, let me recommend looking at one of the most stable republics in human history, overthrown only by Freemasons relatively recently: the Venetian Republic. It lasted from ARSH 697 until ARSH 1797. ELEVEN HUNDRED YEARS. Think about that. I recommend reading Norwich’s “A History of Venice”. They had what, to my mind, seems to be the best system of governance: an ELECTED MONARCHY. The Venetian monarch was called “the Doge”, or Duke in modern English. No hereditary nonsense. No imbeciles or degenerate perverts inheriting power just because they happened to be the firstborn son. It’s the perfect combination of meritocracy with the stability of a monarch. And, let us not forget, the Vicariate of Christ was instituted by Our Lord Himself as … an elected absolute monarchy. Quite an endorsement, no? It’s been staring us in the face all along. Source

I do believe that Baron Alexander von Tschugguel is the forerunner to the Antichrist...

And he will one day be elected by a majority as their King.

Baron Alexander von Tschugguel 

The Forerunner to the Antichrist will follow the Actual Antichrist in these four doctrines of the Antichrist as set down by St Robert Bellarmine:  

FOUR HEADS OF ANTICHRIST DOCTRINE 

1. The Antichrist shall deny that Jesus is Christ, and for that cause shall impugn all the ordinances of Our Savior, as Baptism, Confirmation, & c. and shall teach that Circumcision is not yet ceases , nor the Sabbath, and the other ceremonies of the Law. I.Joan.2. Who is a liar, but he that denieth Jesus to be Christ? And this is Antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son? 

2. Afterward when he hath persuaded that Our Saviour is not the true Christ, then he will affirm, that he himself is the true Christ, promised in the Law, and the Prophets. Joan.5. If any come in his own name, him you will receive. viz. for the Messias. 

3. He will affirm that he is God, and will be worshiped for God.2. Thess.2. so that he sit in the Temple of God, showing himself as though he were God. 

4. He will not only say that he is God, but also that he is the only God, and he will impugn all other Gods, that is, as well the true God, as also the false Gods, and all Idols, 2 Thess.2. Who extolleth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped as God. And Dan.11. And he will not repute the God of his Fathers, nor care for any o the Gods. because he will rise against all. St Robert Bellarmine

The Forerunner to the Antichrist Baron Alexander von Tschugguel has already started with point #4. Impugning all other Gods by destroying the Pachamama Idol. The Forerunner to the Antichrist  should continue to do the same to other idols until he dies.

Recently he impugned the Sacrament of Confirmation with Tweeting a mockery of the Bishops slap during Confirmation with a photo of Macron being slapped.

Granted it may seem like all fun and no harm at all. But if Baron Alexander von Tschugguel is the Forerunner to the Antichrist (and I believe he is) then this "little fun" is an affront to God.

So far the Forerunner to the Antichrist Baron Alexander von Tschugguel has committed two of Bellarmine's four heads of Antichrist Doctrine:

#4. Impugning all other Gods: Destroying the Pachamama Pagan Idol 

#1. Impugning the Ordinances of Our Savior, as Confirmation: Mocking the Bishop's Slap during Confirmation.

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Our Lady Of La Salette On The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) Going Into Schism By Building Churches To Serve Evil Spirits

 


“Evil books will be abundant on earth and the spirits of darkness will spread everywhere a universal slackening of all that concerns the service of God. They will have great power over Nature: there will be churches built to serve these spirits. People will be transported from one place to another by these evil spirits, even priests, for they will not have been guided by the good spirit of the Gospel which is a spirit of humility, charity and zeal for the glory of God. On occasions, the dead and the righteous will be brought back to life. (That is to say that these dead will take on the form of righteous souls which had lived on earth, in order to lead men further astray; these so-called resurrected dead, who will be nothing but the devil in this form, will preach another Gospel contrary to that of the true Christ Jesus, denying the existence of Heaven; that is also to say, the souls of the damned. All these souls will appear as if fixed to their bodies).  Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) 

I said before the appearance of Pope Francis' motu proprio “Traditionis custodes” that the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) are the ones spoken of by Our Lady of La Salette in her message  who will build churches to serve evils spirits. I just didn't know how this would come about. I figured that the FSSP would separate themselves from the Catholic Church but I didn't know the trigger. 

I knew Pope Francis would one day shut down the FSSP but I didn't know how or why.

Now I know - motu proprio “Traditionis custodes”.

Many who attend the FSSP Latin Mass will NEVER attend the SSPX Mass. There is nowhere else for them to go if the Roman Latin Mass is shuttered by the Pope. They don't care, most FSSP would rather attend the new mass then to step foot in a SSPX Latin Mass chapel.  That's how much they hate the SSPX (just watch FSSP Michael Voris and FSSP Christine Niles to get a feel of their hatred for the SSPX).

So where will these FSSP Latin Mass goers go? Where will FSSP Priests go?

The New Mass?

No.

These FSSP Priests and the FSSP laity will form their own churches.

This is why I believe it is the FSSP that Our Lady refers to in her words "there will be churches built to serve these spirits'"

But these spirits are evil spirits they are demons. So why would the FSSP honor these devils by building churches to serve them?

I don't know. Other  than to note that most FSSP have a seething hatred for the SSPX.  (again watch FSSP Voris & FSSP Niles). Maybe this is the "demonic" aspect of this new church? Having a demonic hatred for the SSPX.

The worshiping or serving of these evil spirits, I would imagine, will be hidden from most of the FSSP laity. But there will be signs to help identify what is happening.  Watch the engaged FSSP Rad Trad Influencers on their podcasts youtube videos and what they say against the SSPX. It should get worse by year end. 

Watch to watch for?

Bishops closing down the FSSP parishes in their dioceses. There should be several FSSP parishes closed down by the end of the year.

There will be violent attacks made against priests  as Our Lady of La Salette has said. It will be the FSSP laity who will carrying out these violent attacks on Priests. The FSSP laity will do this in revenge for having their FSSP Parishes shut down. (just think what will happen when these FSSP have to sit there in the pew at the new mass and watch the irreverent and impious  things that take place before during and after the New Mass. Don't you think that these FSSP laity will be a little enraged at what they have to sit through at the New Mass? I'm sure a few FSSP laity will take matters into their own hands and will  throttle the new mass saying priests) 

So what will help bishops to make the decision to immediately close down the FSSP Parishes?

Violence on the part of the FSSP laity or maybe a FSSP Priest or two. We should see some violent act soon committed by the FSSP.  So I would watch for the violent acts to occur in the US. 

Again. Remember these FSSP Laity REFUSE to attend the SSPX. The FSSP laity has a great hatred for the SSPX. So its possible that the SSPX will be targeted by the FSSP laity.

The other possibility is that there will be another LOCKDOWN in the US. Maybe a Nation wide shut down ordered by the President. This LOCKDOWN will  be followed by ALL the Bishops and ALL Catholic Churches will be shut down. This time however there will be NO parking lot masses. And massive arrests (like we have seen in Australia UK Ireland Canada etc.)  will be made for any Catholic violating the LOCKDOWN. This means that the FSSP will be shut down. The LOCKDOWN should start in Advent and last until Summer of 2022. So no Latin Mass for Advent Christmas Lent and Easter. The FSSP will not be able to attend Mass. Once the LOCKDOWN is lifted in the Summer of 2022 it will be the FSSP that will disappear completely. All FSSP parishes will be shut during the LOCKDOWN and will not reopen.

The FSSP will then have to form their own churches outside the Catholic Church.

Either way I do believe that the FSSP Laity and their Priests will commit  acts of violence in revenge.

Remember just because you attend the Latin Mass or say the Latin Mass doesn't mean that you are free from rebellion murder and revenge. Please.  Just study Catholic Church history to see all the wicked acts committed by those laity who attended Latin Mass and the wicked priests who said Latin Mass. So if you're offended with what I posted about the FSSP then you will be part of the problem that is the FSSP Schism.

Something will happen I just don't know what it is yet.

Will keep you posted



Tuesday, July 20, 2021

New Shepard Oliver Daemen, 18, Forerunner To The Antichrist Travels To Habitat Of Demons Of The Darksome Atmosphere..... (Daemen-Damien-Demon)

DAMIEN

“In the year 1864, Lucifer together with a large number of demons will be unloosed from hell Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)

“The demons of the air together with the Antichrist will perform great wonders on earth and in the atmosphere Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)

Our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against Principalities and Powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places." Ephesians 6:12 

OK this is strange...

There will be a forerunner to the Antichrist and he will raise an army of Nationalists and he will declare war on the Catholic Church.

“A forerunner of the Antichrist, with his troops gathered from several nations, will fight against the true Christ, the only Saviour of the world. He will shed much blood and will want to annihilate the worship of God to make himself be looked upon as a God. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)

DAEMEN

Who is this forerunner to the Antichrist?

I do believe that the forerunner to the Antichrist is Baron Alexander von Tschugguel - the Pachamama salyer.

But I could be wrong.

So I post this as a possibility.

Daemen traveled on the New Shepard and made it to the habitat of Demons of the Darksome Atmosphere 

So we have 

  • Daemen-Damien-Demon
  • We have New Shepard (as opposed to the TRUE SHEPHERD JESUS CHRIST)
  • We have Demons of the Darksome Atmosphere
  • And finally from the book of Daniel we have BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW SHEPARD IS DANIEL'S FIRST BEAST LIONESS WITH WINGS OF AN EAGLE:


The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her. Dan.7:4

The First Beast is Lioness with Wings of an Eagle

FIRST BEAST LIONESS WITH WINGS OF AN EAGLE = THE AIRLINE AND SPACE INDUSTRIES (Boeing + SpaceX + Blue Origin + Airbus + United Launch Alliance  etc...)

Her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth......

Jeff Bezos, world's richest man, carries out inaugural space voyage

VAN HORN, Texas, July 20 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of private commercial space tourism. The spacecraft ignited its BE-3 engines for a liftoff from Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility about 20 miles (32 km) outside the rural town of Van Horn, flying about 66.5 miles (107 km) above the planet's surface. There were generally clear skies with a few patchy clouds on a cool morning for the launch. The 57-year-old American billionaire flew on a voyage lasting about 10 minutes and 20 seconds to the edge of space, nine days after Briton Richard Branson was aboard his competing space tourism company Virgin Galactic's successful inaugural suborbital flight from New Mexico.   New Shepard was designed to hurtle at speeds upwards of 2,200 miles (3,540 km) per hour to an altitude beyond the so-called Kármán line - 62 miles (100 km) - set by an international aeronautics body as defining the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space. Source


Her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth......

If that is not an apt description of Blue Origin's New Shepard...I don't know what is....

Here is my take on the Four Beasts:

The Four beasts of Daniel are:

FIRST BEAST LIONESS WITH WINGS OF AN EAGLE = THE AIRLINE AND SPACE INDUSTRIES

1. The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her

SECOND BEAST BEAR = SOCIAL MEDIA (facebook twitter etc...)

2. And behold another beast like a bear stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh.

THIRD BEAST LEOPARD = NATIONALISM OF THE FORERUNNER TO THE ANTICHRIST (HE WHO MURDERS THE FATIMA POPE WITH AN ARMY MADE UP OF MANY NATIONS)

3. After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, and it had upon it four wings as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and power was given to it.

FOURTH BEAST = THE ANTICHRIST (THIS IS CHURCH DOCTRINE AS ALL FATHERS TESTIFY)

4. After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns.

All four beast are different from one another - the third and fourth beasts are political in nature but different - the third being man-made nationalistic political authority and the fourth being man-made universal political authority.

I think this is in line with what the Church Fathers would say.

If you are a Churchman, Theologian or Vatican Official and you find fault in this let me know.

Her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth......


Maybe it's nothing....

Or maybe this is a distraction......

Here read on where Demons reside by St. Thomas Aquinas:

Article 4. Whether our atmosphere is the demons' place of punishment?

Objection 1. It would seem that this atmosphere is not the demons' place of punishment. For a demon is a spiritual nature. But a spiritual nature is not affected by place. Therefore there is no place of punishment for demons.

Objection 2. Further, man's sin is not graver than the demons'. But man's place of punishment is hell. Much more, therefore, is it the demons' place of punishment; and consequently not the darksome atmosphere.

Objection 3. Further, the demons are punished with the pain of fire. But there is no fire in the darksome atmosphere. Therefore the darksome atmosphere is not the place of punishment for the demons.

On the contrary, Augustine says (Gen. ad lit. iii, 10), that "the darksome atmosphere is as a prison to the demons until the judgment day."

I answer that, The angels in their own nature stand midway between God and men. Now the order of Divine providence so disposes, that it procures the welfare of the inferior orders through the superior. But man's welfare is disposed by Divine providence in two ways: first of all, directly, when a man is brought unto good and withheld from evil; and this is fittingly done through the good angels. In another way, indirectly, as when anyone assailed is exercised by fighting against opposition. It was fitting for this procuring of man's welfare to be brought about through the wicked spirits, lest they should cease to be of service in the natural order. Consequently a twofold place of punishment is due to the demons: one, by reason of their sin, and this is hell; and another, in order that they may tempt men, and thus the darksome atmosphere is their due place of punishment.

Now the procuring of men's salvation is prolonged even to the judgment day: consequently, the ministry of the angels and wrestling with demons endure until then. Hence until then the good angels are sent to us here; and the demons are in this dark atmosphere for our trial: although some of them are even now in hell, to torment those whom they have led astray; just as some of the good angels are with the holy souls in heaven. But after the judgment day all the wicked, both men and angels, will be in hell, and the good in heaven.

Reply to Objection 1. A place is not penal to angel or soul as if affecting the nature by changing it, but as affecting the will by saddening it: because the angel or the soul apprehends that it is in a place not agreeable to its will.

Reply to Objection 2. One soul is not set over another in the order of nature, as the demons are over men in the order of nature; consequently there is no parallel.

Reply to Objection 3. Some have maintained that the pain of sense for demons and souls is postponed until the judgment day: and that the beatitude of the saints is likewise postponed until the judgment day. But this is erroneous, and contrary to the teaching of the Apostle (2 Corinthians 5:1): "If our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, we have a house in heaven." Others, again, while not admitting the same of souls, admit it as to demons. But it is better to say that the same judgment is passed upon wicked souls and wicked angels, even as on good souls and good angels.

Consequently, it must be said that, although a heavenly place belongs to the glory of the angels, yet their glory is not lessened by their coming to us, for they consider that place to be their own; in the same way as we say that the bishop's honor is not lessened while he is not actually sitting on his throne. In like manner it must be said, that although the demons are not actually bound within the fire of hell while they are in this dark atmosphere, nevertheless their punishment is none the less; because they know that such confinement is their due. Hence it is said in a gloss upon James 3:6: "They carry fire of hell with them wherever they go." Nor is this contrary to what is said (Luke 8:31), "They besought the Lord not to cast them into the abyss"; for they asked for this, deeming it to be a punishment for them to be cast out of a place where they could injure men. Hence it is stated, "They [Vulg. 'He'] besought Him that He would not expel them [Vulg. 'him'] out of the country" (Mark 5:10).

MARIA OF THE CROSS, 
Victim of Jesus nee MELANIE CALVAT, 
Shepherdess of La Salette

"I protest highly against a different text, which people may dare publish after my death. I protest once more against the very false statements of all those who dare say and write First that I embroidered the Secret; second, against those who state that the Queen Mother did not say to transmit the Secret to all her people." Mélanie