Raphael Yoon

11/13/2025

Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent. At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church must respond to the criticisms of the Protestants and affirm Catholic doctrines. Addressing original sin was one of them due to the Protestant view of total depravity, baptism, and concupiscence.

Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent. At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church must respond to the criticisms of the Protestants...

11/13/2025

St. Benedict warned about the "evil zeal of bitterness."- "zelus amaritudinis." It separates us from God and engages in vices while judging others. It covertly focuses on us and our own problems despite feeling wronged from genuine wrongs. It produces outrage.

11/11/2025

"An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels" by Fr. Gabriele Amorth.

We experience suffering and pain here on Earth. Men and angels are being tested in fidelity to God’s laws i.e. fallen angels failing to be faithful to His laws.

11/11/2025

The manna foreshadowed the Holy Eucharist: sustenance and coming from Heaven. The Israelites sustained with manna for forty years. The Eucharist goes beyond physical sustenance: spiritual sustenance. The consecrated host is the Body of Christ: physical and spiritual.

The manna foreshadowed the Holy Eucharist: sustenance and coming from Heaven. The Israelites sustained with manna for forty years. The Eucharist goes beyond ...

11/11/2025

The Supreme Court failed to take this opportunity to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. The faggotry continues. So**my is unnatural and contrary to divine law. Human positive law on so**my must align with divine law: against so**my. Against gay marriage. Too much faggotry going on.

11/07/2025

One of the many aspects of the proof of the Real Presence of Christ is the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist. Manna was in the Ark of the Old Covenant. Christ was in the Ark of the New Covenant: the Virgin Mary. Christ instituted the Eucharist in the Last Supper.

One of the many aspects of the proof of the Real Presence of Christ is the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist. Manna was in the Ark of the Old Covenant. Christ wa...

11/06/2025

Pope Paul VI condemned direct sterilization. Despite the promulgation of Humanae Vitae, it was unpopular with all the opposition due to his defense of the traditional teachings on Catholic bioethics. Yet, in his papacy, he upheld the traditional teaching on direct sterilization. The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Pro-Prefects- Cardinals Ottaviani and Seper- supported Pope Paul VI on this issue. The culture of death must not prevail. Instead, society needs a culture of life to promote and pursue the common good and human flourishing while orienting towards God.

Pope Paul VI condemned direct sterilization. Despite the promulgation of Humanae Vitae, it was unpopular with all the opposition due to his defense of the tr...

11/06/2025

"And all the talk about two magisteria, one of the hierarchy and the other of theologians, is so much learned stupidity. Let me use a simpler Anglo-Saxon word, it is a lie."- Fr. John Hardon

"Parallel magisterium" can confuse the faithful and weaken our fidelity to the Church.

11/06/2025

Two problems of Islamic theology: rejection of Christ's divinity and anti-trinitarian views.

Arianism was anti-Trinitarian and rejected Christ's divinity.

In Islam, Muslims view Christ as a prophet. In Arianism, Christ is a created being but not divine.

11/05/2025

“The distinction between revealed truths and other truths deduced from revelation is the key to the problem of the evolution of dogma-wherein it is incredibly important to avoid confusing that which the Church condemns infallibly as erroneous with that which she condemns as being heretical. It is only in this latter case that the contradictory proposition is a dogma of faith.”- Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

De fide credenda with divinely revealed truths.

De fide tenenda are truths but not divinely revealed.

Homogenous evolution of doctrine and dogma deepens and clarifies our understanding of the faith while being tied to the deposit of faith with consistency.

11/04/2025

Martin Luther created the 5 Solas. One of which was sola fide. He purposely inserted the German word- “allein”- in his translation of the Bible into German. In Romans 3:28, he added “allein,” but the original Greek did not have the Greek translation for “alone.”

Martin Luther created the 5 Solas. One of which was sola fide. He purposely inserted the German word- “allein”- in his translation of the Bible into German. ...

11/02/2025

Throughout my time on X and real-life, I have seen many Catholics, including the trads, have very individualistic mindsets.

St. Pius X's Pascendi Dominici Gregis warned about reason over faith, religious sentimentalism, excessive individualism i.e. subjevtivism, etc. The issue with some Trads that they act like the guardians of tradition, but their hypocrisy are reflected in their words and deeds.

I like and respect Traditional Catholicism in substance. However, what I fear is that some Trads, especially Rad and Mad Trads, infiltrate with such sentimentalism, using reason over faith, subjectivism, etc. are infiltrating the meaning and value of Traditional Catholicism.

In the 4th session of the Council of Trent and Vatican 2's Dei Verbum, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are co-equal. That comes from St. Augustine of Hippo's "On Christian Doctrine." The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church and interprets them.

A lack of self-awareness is dangerous to one's spiritual life. Sacred Tradition is not cosplay but a deepening, enhancing, enriching our understanding of the faith.

Sacred Tradition is to be respected and preserved, not adulterated with private interpretations, rigorist tendencies, and subjectivism.

Sacred Tradition is not a relic of the past but a living reality that is with us and the history of the Church and serves a great purpose in many ways i.e. evangelization and the defense of our faith.

While St. Pius X is a great Pope, saint, and hero for many Traditionalists, Pascendi Dominici Gregis is not something to accuse only liberals and leftists. It is for all Catholics to know, learn, understand, grow, and mature as Catholics.

Modernism is like a serpent or a snake: subtle, slippery, and dangerous to all. It is not always apparent at first sight, but it can fester and grow like cancer, if left unchecked.