Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi: "I don't like the word that Melchor Cano (16th century Spanish Scholastic theologian) gave to them - Private revelations.
It's a bad word. And even Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger agrees. There's a thesis that was published by the Gregorian Pontifical University, prefaced by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger when he was prefect at the time of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
in which he states that the concepts public and private do not do justice to the nature of proposed biblical prophetic revelations.
Because when you use the word private, it means that only for you, it's okay, but I don't need it. If God gives a word, it's good for everybody. Don't you think?
So that's why this Spanish Dominican theologian, Melchor Cano, was criticized by Cardinal Ratziger in his use of these expressions, private and public.
Well, the Church takes time to come around to these things and appreciate the importance of prophetic revelation. It does not do that today, I would say well over 90... I would venture to say almost 95% of the clergy do not give any importance to prophetic revelation. Post biblical. They don't.
And this is sad, because to God it matters. He's frustrated, oftentimes with importance not being given to these messages that come after the revelation of Christ.
Take, for example, Fatima. Our Lady asked the three shepherd children to have the Pope consecrate Russia. They did not do it...because the Church doesn't give importance to these things.
And you know what happened when the church did not give importance to this? Millions of souls died. Our Lady said, if you consecrate Russia according to my desires, there will be no Second World War.
But because the church did not heed her request, millions of souls died in the Second World World War. Imagine that... because the church did not listen to God's private prophetic revelations through Mary. That's how important they are."
Armor of God: Spiritual Warfare
Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi: "I don't like the word that Melchor Cano (16th century Spanish Scholastic theologian) gave to them - Private revelations.
It's a bad word. And even Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger agrees. There's a thesis that was published by the Gregorian Pontifical University, prefaced by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger when he was prefect at the time of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
in which he states that the concepts public and private do not do justice to the nature of proposed biblical prophetic revelations.
Because when you use the word private, it means that only for you, it's okay, but I don't need it. If God gives a word, it's good for everybody. Don't you think?
So that's why this Spanish Dominican theologian, Melchor Cano, was criticized by Cardinal Ratziger in his use of these expressions, private and public.
Well, the Church takes time to come around to these things and appreciate the importance of prophetic revelation. It does not do that today, I would say well over 90... I would venture to say almost 95% of the clergy do not give any importance to prophetic revelation. Post biblical. They don't.
And this is sad, because to God it matters. He's frustrated, oftentimes with importance not being given to these messages that come after the revelation of Christ.
Take, for example, Fatima. Our Lady asked the three shepherd children to have the Pope consecrate Russia. They did not do it...because the Church doesn't give importance to these things.
And you know what happened when the church did not give importance to this? Millions of souls died. Our Lady said, if you consecrate Russia according to my desires, there will be no Second World War.
But because the church did not heed her request, millions of souls died in the Second World World War. Imagine that... because the church did not listen to God's private prophetic revelations through Mary. That's how important they are."
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