She should maybe teach Canon Law, she's so brilliant.
Even those who know Latin.
Barnhardt writes for The Remnant, 1P5, and has a Catholic following bigger than any fake-mystic-locutionist alive. Or so it seems. She claims her essays are translated into Polish and German as well. Guess what - Fr. Z is a friend and likely secret-follower.
I have notes from people asking about something that my friend Ann Barnhardt wrote about the Latin text of the address Benedict XVI gave when he announced that he was going to abdicate. Ann contended that the Latin, as written and pronounced, indicated that Benedict did not truly resign. - ZWhat is especially curious about subjunctive musings such as these is that Fr. Z gets himself tangled in Barnhardt's fish-nets. For one, he agrees with her that "priests not knowing Latin" is a problem:
Yes, friends, this is a problem. I think that Latin Rite priests – in their copious free time – would do well to work on Latin, the language of their Rite. - ZNot that there is anything wrong with that particular agreement. However, his having read Barnhardt's update, does he agree with her that 'Bergolio' is an 'Antipope'? How much does he buy into her insane rants about the Church and the bishops? Some days there does seem to be at least a semblance of agreement. Barnhardt is a fringe conspiracy-monger, is that how the slavish-Latinist wants to be regarded? Why wouldn't he comment on her crazed rants against the pope and bishops, calling them Sodomites? Yet he will correct a grammatical error with great fervor, and praise her for correcting it. Strange allies.
One needs to beware false mystics and locutionists as much as those who sow division and hatred in and through their conspiracy theories and speculations against the Pope and Magisterium.
He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer harm. - Proverbs
