Category Archives: Church, Pastoral, and Ministry

My Problem with Neopagan Polemics, The Protestant Origins, and Modern Catholicism’s Complicity

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Agostino

Fun fact I learned yesterday: the Romans used the Yin-Yang symbol 700 years before the Chinese. Oh, and this was recorded in the Notitia Dignitatum around 425 AD, meaning the symbol was first used by actual Roman Catholics! Those pagan … Continue reading →

Posted in apologetics, Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history | Tagged apologetics, history, neopaganism, paganism, protestantism, religion | 6 Comments

The Good Things That Came out of Vatican II

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Agostino

My thinking on Vatican II has evolved since 2008. I may even have warmed up to some of its ideas. Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history, liturgy, Theology | Tagged catholicism, church history, liturgy, religion, Theology, vatican ii | Leave a comment

Mr. Bergoglio Finally Did It!

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Agostino

I’ve been asked my opinion about today’s clampdown on the Latin Mass. Here are my initial reactions, which may change after future reflection. Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history, liturgy, Prayer and Devotion | Tagged latin mass, liturgy, mass, novus ordo, pope francis, tlm, traditionis custodes | Leave a comment

New Book in the Free .PDF Section: Occult Lineages within the Traditional Roman Catholic Movement!

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Agostino

Occultist lines of apostolic succession exist within the Traditional Roman Catholic Movement. Download this book and find out more! Continue reading →

Posted in books, Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history | Tagged apostolic succession, gnosticism, liberal catholic church, novus ordo, occultism, scandal, sedevacantism, traditional catholicism | 3 Comments

An Original Solomonic-Catholic Exorcism Ritual: CLM 10085

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Agostino

… we are quite literally witnessing some components of the Grimoire tradition beginning to be baptized into the Catholic Church by way of this Manual. Continue reading →

Posted in Angels, Saints, and Entities, Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, exorcism, history, Rituals and Spells | Tagged clm 10085, conjuration, exorcism, grimoire, magic, medieval, middle ages, solomonic, teilrituale | 4 Comments

Anything and Everything about Holy Water

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Agostino

Everything you wanted to know about holy Water but were afraid to ask. And stuff you didn’t know you could ask! Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history, Prayer and Devotion, Rituals and Spells, Theology | Tagged blessings, catholicism, exorcism, holy water, ritual | 9 Comments

Modern Rome and the Validity of the “We Baptize Thee” Formula

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Agostino

The case of Fr. Matthew Hood and why I think post-Vatican II Rome is wrong. Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, Theology | Tagged baptism, catholicism, church history, liceity, novus ordo, sacramentology, validity, vatican ii | Leave a comment

Can the Independent Sacramental Movement Be Revitalized?

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Agostino

What can an outsider’s perspective bring to the table? Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Pastoral, and Ministry, history, Self Improvement | Tagged Church Planting, history, independent sacramental movement, ism, Ministry, Pastoral, Random Impressions, Revitalization | 1 Comment