{"id":72334,"date":"2024-11-27T11:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=72334"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:10:54","slug":"vatican-to-institute-false-mysticism-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/vatican-to-institute-false-mysticism-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican To Institute ‘False Mysticism’ Watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Zenit<\/em>: On November 22, 2024, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith presented to the Pope the idea of establishing a working group that would operate under the direction of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. With the Pope\u2019s consent, Monsignor Filippo Iannone formed the group, including members selected by both dicasteries, the Doctrine of the Faith and Legislative Texts.<\/p>\n

The document:<\/p>\n

DICASTERIUM PRO DOCTRINA FIDEI<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>\u201cFOGLIO\u201d FOR THE AUDIENCE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/span>False Mysticism and Spiritual Abuse<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The term \u201cfalse mysticism\u201d appears in the regulations of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF<\/a>) within a very specific context: namely, issues related to spirituality and alleged supernatural phenomena, which now are handled by the Doctrinal Section. This includes \u201cproblems and behavior connected with the discipline of the faith, such as cases of pseudo-mysticism, alleged apparitions, visions, and messages attributed to supernatural origin…\u201d (Art. 10, 2).<\/p>\n

In this context, \u201cfalse mysticism\u201d refers to spiritual approaches that harm the harmony of the Catholic understanding of God and our relationship with the Lord. It is in this sense that the phrase appears in the Magisterium. For example, in the encyclical\u00a0Haurietis Aquas<\/a><\/i>, Pope Pius XII rejects as \u201cfalse mysticism\u201d the conception of God present in Jansenist groups, which did not account for the mystery of the Incarnation in their spirituality:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is wrong, therefore, to assert that the contemplation of the physical Heart of Jesus prevents an approach to a close love of God and holds back the soul on the way to the attainment of the highest virtues. This false mystical doctrine the Church emphatically rejects as, speaking through Our predecessor of happy memory, Innocent XI, she rejected the errors of those who foolishly declared: \u2018(Souls of this interior way) ought not to make acts of love for the Blessed Virgin, the Saints or the humanity of Christ; for love directed towards those is of the senses, since its objects are also of that kind. No creature, neither the Blessed Virgin nor the Saints, ought to have a place in our heart, because God alone wishes to occupy it and possess it.\u2019\u201d (Encyclical Letter\u00a0Haurietis Aquas<\/a><\/i>, 15 May 1956, IV:\u00a0AAS<\/i>\u00a048 [1956], 344).<\/p>\n

There is no delict in Canon Law classified by the name \u201cfalse mysticism,\u201d even though canonists occasionally use the expression in a manner that is closely tied to crimes of abuse.<\/p>\n

However, in the new\u00a0Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0the\u00a0DDF<\/a>\u00a0specified that \u201cthe use of purported supernatural experiences or recognized mystical elements as a means of or a pretext for exerting control over people or carrying out abuses is to be considered of particular moral gravity\u201d (Art. 16). This consideration allows the situation described here to be evaluated as an aggravating circumstance if it occurs together with delicts.<\/p>\n

At the same time, it is possible to classify a delict of \u201cspiritual abuse,\u201d avoiding the overly broad and ambiguous expression of \u201cfalse mysticism.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is proposed to entrust to the\u00a0Dicastery for Legislative Texts<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith<\/a>\u00a0the task of analyzing this possibility and presenting concrete proposals, forming a working group between them, chaired by the Prefect of the\u00a0Dicastery for Legislative Texts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

V\u00edctor Manuel Card. Fern\u00e1ndez
\nPrefect<\/i><\/p>\n

Ex Audientia Die<\/i>\u00a022.11.2024
\nFranciscus<\/p>\n

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts accepted the proposal and is proceeding to establish the planned Working Group, composed of members indicated by both Dicasteries, to fulfill the task entrusted to it as soon as possible.<\/i><\/p>\n

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