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LIBERALISM's SHAMEFUL LEGACY: and the Rise of Socialism LIBERALISM’S SHAMEFUL LEGACY and the rise of Socialism T. Stanfill Benns Copyright © 2019 T. Stanfill Benns All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. 2019 First Edition Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, patroness of America, Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and St. Emericus, martyr for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass LIBERALISM’S SHAMEFUL LEGACY and the rise of Socialism PART I: HOW LIBERALISM DESTROYED CATHOLIC EUROPE ....................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 A. GALLICANISM AND DIVINE RIGHT PRECURSORS OF LIBERALISM ............................................................................... 7 Gallican liberties .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Divine right .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 British and French origins of divine right .................................................................................................................. 11 B. LIBERALISM’S ANTI-CHRISTIAN IDEOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 12 Americans taxed to pay for Reformation ................................................................................................................... 14 Four succeeding reformations .................................................................................................................................... 16 Some forgotten Catholic facts about America ........................................................................................................... 17 The French Revolution .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Decline of Great Britain’s monarchy ......................................................................................................................... 20 C. HOW LIBERALISM BECAME WHAT IT IS TODAY ....................................................................................................... 22 The Social Contract ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Rousseauist-Masonic democratism is not true democracy ........................................................................................ 24 Pope Pius XII on democracy ..................................................................................................................................... 27 D. CAPITALISM AND DISTRIBUTISM ............................................................................................................................... 28 The sixth and final reformation ................................................................................................................................. 31 PART II: LIBERALISM’S IMPACT ON NON-CATHOLICS .................................................................................. 33 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 33 A. THE MYSTICAL BODY OF SATAN .............................................................................................................................. 34 St. Thomas Aquinas, Reverend Furfey ...................................................................................................................... 34 Reverend Denis Fahey, Tito Casini ........................................................................................................................... 35 A Lutheran minister speaks ....................................................................................................................................... 36 B. THE RELIGIOUS MELTING POT .................................................................................................................................. 37 Will Herberg .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 Reverend Bruce Vawter ............................................................................................................................................. 39 Demise of Christianity ............................................................................................................................................... 39 C. PROTESTANTS DECEIVED BY MILLENNIALISM .......................................................................................................... 40 British Israel .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 BI limits Daniel’s prophecies to the Old Testament .................................................................................................. 42 Cessation of the Sacrifice .......................................................................................................................................... 43 British Israel and Freemasonry .................................................................................................................................. 44 Anti-Semitsim, spiritual Communism and prophetic events ..................................................................................... 45 Peters’ questionnaire for ministers ............................................................................................................................ 47 D. ECUMENISM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ...................................................................................................................... 47 The Pope appeals to non-Catholics ............................................................................................................................ 48 Bitter fruits of Liberalism .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Proofs from the Scriptures ......................................................................................................................................... 52 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 53 ENDNOTES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Part I: How Liberalism Destroyed Catholic Europe Introduction In light of the recent joint statement signed by “Pope” Francis and the Muslim Imam in the United Arab States, the following work will be far more meaningful to those who are yet able to recognize the truth about what is happening not only in the United States, but worldwide. In this statement, the man all believe to head the Catholic Church tells the world that: “The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God.” This assertion is flatly heretical, and no true pope could ever utter an heretical statement, delivered as truth to the entire world, as the Church Herself has always taught. One theologian of the church in Rome now passing as Catholic has already admitted Francis’ statement is “puzzling and potentially problematic.” 1 Yet this is only one in a series of “official Church documents,” issued over a 60- years-plus time span, that have consistently contradicted Church doctrine and disfigured the face of Christ’s earthly Bride. These developments only reflect the finishing touches applied to the final stages of Liberalism and its ultimate goal, global Socialism, which has gradually evolved over the past 500 years beginning with Luther’s revolt in 1517. This e-book is intended as a complement for and introduction to The Phantom Church in Rome, which treats of the very issues regarding religious freedom addressed in the agreement with the Imam. The Phantom Church in Rome, then, is more essential than ever before in understanding the true scope of the dark night that is about to engulf the world. Liberalism is a much misunderstood and misrepresented topic. The majority of those protesting Liberalism today have no idea of its true origins and are largely ignorant of the important role this movement has played in shaping the course of government, politics, history and even religion itself. For that reason, this e-book will, for the most part, be a long-forgotten history lesson, one that needs to be revisited. For as the saying goes, those ignorant of the tragic errors made throughout history are bound to repeat them. Many may think they know the principles guiding Liberalism, but few indeed understand its complex religious history and even fewer know the forces propelling it. From a Catholic perspective, one of the best-known
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