Catholicism Is A Warrior Religion
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Warriors Rise Up
Catholicism has always been a warrior religion.
Actually, the term “Church Militant” refers to all living Catholics in the visible Church on Earth.
And us Church Militant are in war with the devil, the flesh, and the world.
So as St. Paul says:
Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
And as the great Pope Leo XIII once said: “Christians are…born for combat” (Sapientiae Christianae).
Since it is now quite obvious that Catholicism is under attack from the world, we need to prepare for combat.
So how should we handle this attack? Should we just pray?
Well, Angelic Doctor of the Church St. Thomas Aquinas says this:
In cases of necessity where faith is in danger, every one is bound to proclaim his faith to others, either to give good example and encouragement to the rest of the faithful, or to check the attacks of unbelievers
ST II–II, Q. 3, A. 2.
Moreover, to fight the errors that threaten the Church, the First Vatican Council says:
And so in the performance of our supreme pastoral office…we command…all faithful Christians, especially those in authority or who have the duty of teaching, that they contribute their zeal and labour to the warding off and elimination of these errors from the church and to the spreading of the light of the pure faith.
First Vatican Council, Session 3, Canon 4
So, indeed, there is an obligation for all Church Militant to fight for the Faith, when the Faith is in danger.
But how does a Catholic warrior fight?
Henceforth, we will look at the quotes and examples set by the Saints to answer that question.
A Warrior Is Not Lukewarm
A Christian warrior is not lukewarm. Lukewarmness means that there is neither fervor nor antipathy.
God calls us to be full of zeal, as He made it clear when He said:
So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
Our Lord purges Himself from the lukewarm:
But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
Apocalypse (Revelation) 3:16
And the lukewarm are more easily prone to damnation because they are a divided house:
The lukewarm may be farther from a true conversion, inasmuch as they are less sensible of the dangers to which they remain exposed, than such as commit greater sins. Their careless indevotion becomes habitual to them, they live and die with a heart divided betwixt God and the world
Haydock Commentary, Apocalypse 3
The Saints all spoke out against lukewarmness:
Pope St. Pius V says: “All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics.”
Also, St. Teresa of Avila says: “The lukewarm do not embrace the cross; they merely drag it along.”
Moreover, Pope St. Pius X says: “All the strength of Satan’s reign is due to the easygoing weakness of Catholics.”
Great Pope Leo XIII says: “He who dissents even in one point from divinely revealed truth absolutely rejects all Faith” (Satis Cognitum).
So do more than the bare minimum required of Catholics.
Challenge yourself to do more prayer, fasting, and penance than the church requires.
Don’t reject even one Truth that the Church teaches, even if you don’t like it.
Be a true Catholic warrior, and be on fire for the Lord with great zeal and fervor!
A Warrior Is Not A Coward
A Christian warrior is not a coward. Sacred Scripture condemns cowardice:
Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 31:6
The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
Proverbs 28:1
He that feareth man, shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.
Proverbs 29:25
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of sobriety.
2 Timothy 1:7
But the fearful…they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Apocalypse (Revelation) 21:8
And Christ also makes it clear that there will be a just reward for those who are brave:
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
Matthew 5:11-12
The Saints have made it clear that evil only wins because the cowardice of the good men allows it.
St. Augustine says:
What is reprehensible, is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.
The City of God, Book 1
St. John Bosco says: “The power of evil men, lives, on the cowardice of the good!”
Pope St. Pius X says: “The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.”
Therefore, stop being a coward, and bravely stand up to evil by condemning evil, like a true Christian warrior!
A Warrior Is Not Politically Correct
People have criticized me a lot for not being politically correct.
I submit to you that a Christian warrior is not politically correct.
Below are politically incorrect Bible verses and Saint quotes.
Politically Incorrect Bible Verses
Here are some politically incorrect Bible verses that I have used in previous articles on feminism, the GayQ, genderbenderism, and birth control:
Verses Against Feminism
Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
Ephesians 5:22-24
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:3
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.
1 Corinthians 11:5
Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith. But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.
Colossians 3:18
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:5
Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
1 Timothy 2:11-12
In like manner also let wives be subject to their husbands: that if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives.
1 Peter 3:1
Verses Against Sodomy
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination.
Leviticus 18:22
If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.
Leviticus 20:13
And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.
Romans 1:27
Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine…
1 Timothy 1:9-10
As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:7
Verses Against Genderbenderism
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:2
Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female?
Matthew 19:4
A woman shall not be clothed with man’s apparel, neither shall a man use woman’s apparel: for he that doeth these things is abominable before God.
Deuteronomy 22:5
An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 23:1
Politically Incorrect Saints Quotes
And below are some politically incorrect Saints quotes.
Quotes Against Feminism
St. Ignatius of Antioch:
Wives, be ye subject to your husbands in the fear of God; and ye virgins, to Christ in purity, not counting marriage an abomination, but desiring that which is better, not for the reproach of wedlock, but for the sake of meditating on the law.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians, Ch 4
St. Augustine:
Nor can it be doubted, that it is more consonant with the order of nature that men should bear rule over women, than women over men.
On Marriage and Concupiscence, Bk I, Ch 10
St. John Chrysostoms:
As then
Homily 20 on Ephesiansthe Church,that is, both husbands and wives,is subject unto Christ, so also ye wives submit yourselves to your husbands, as unto God.
St. Thomas Aquinas:
For though the wife be her husband’s equal in the marriage act, yet in matters of housekeeping, the head of the woman is the man, as the Apostle says (1 Corinthians 11:3).
ST II-II q. 32, a. 8
For the higher reason which is assigned to contemplation is compared to the lower reason which is assigned to action, and the husband is compared to his wife, who should be ruled by her husband, as Augustine says (De Trin. xii, 3,7,12).
ST II-II q. 128, a. 4
I answer that, Speech may be employed in two ways: in one way privately, to one or a few, in familiar conversation, and in this respect the grace of the word may be becoming to women; in another way, publicly, addressing oneself to the whole church, and this is not permitted to women. First and chiefly, on account of the condition attaching to the female sex, whereby woman should be subject to man, as appears from Genesis 3:16
ST II-II, q. 177, a. 2
Quotes Against Sodomy
Saint John Chrysostom:
The worst of all passions is lust between men…. Therefore, not only are their passions [of the homosexuals] satanic, but their lives are diabolic….. So I say to you that these are even worse than murderers, and that it would be better to die than to live in such dishonor. A murderer only separates the soul from the body, whereas these destroy the soul inside the body….. There is nothing, absolutely nothing more mad or damaging than this perversity.
In Epistulam ad Romanos IV
Saint Gregory the Great:
It was, therefore, just that the sodomites, burning with perverse desires that originated from the foul odor of flesh, should perish at the same time by fire and brimstone so that through this just chastisement they might realize the evil perpetrated under the impulse of a perverse desire.
Commento morale a Giobbe
Saint Peter Damian:
This most pestiferous queen of the Sodomites [which is homosexuality] makes those who obey her tyrannical laws repugnant to men and hateful to God … It humiliates at church, condemns at court, defiles in secret, dishonors in public, gnaws at the person’s conscience like a worm and burns his flesh like fire…
Liber Gomorrhianus
Saint Bernardine of Siena:
No sin has greater power over the soul than the one of cursed sodomy, which was always detested by all those who lived according to God….. Such passion for undue forms borders on madness. This vice disturbs the intellect, breaks an elevated and generous state of soul, drags great thoughts to petty ones, makes [men] pusillanimous and irascible, obstinate and hardened, servilely soft and incapable of anything… Someone who lived practicing the vice of sodomy will suffer more pains in Hell than any one else, because this is the worst sin that there is.
Predica XXXIX
Quotes Against Birth Control
St. John Chrysostom:
Why do you sow where the field is eager to destroy the fruit, where there are medicines of sterility [oral contraceptives], where there is murder before birth? You do not even let a harlot remain only a harlot, but you make her a murderess as well. . . . Indeed, it is something worse than murder, and I do not know what to call it; for she does not kill what is formed but prevents its formation. What then? Do you condemn the gift of God and fight with his [natural] laws? . . . Yet such turpitude . . . the matter still seems indifferent to many men—even to many men having wives. In this indifference of the married men there is greater evil filth; for then poisons are prepared, not against the womb of a prostitute, but against your injured wife. Against her are these innumerable tricks.
Homilies on Romans 24 [A.D. 391]
St. Augustine:
You [Manicheans] make your auditors adulterers of their wives when they take care lest the women with whom they copulate conceive. They take wives according to the laws of matrimony by tablets announcing that the marriage is contracted to procreate children; and then, fearing because of your law [against childbearing] . . . they copulate in a shameful union only to satisfy lust for their wives. They are unwilling to have children, on whose account alone marriages are made. How is it, then, that you are not those prohibiting marriage, as the Apostle predicted of you so long ago [1 Tim. 4:1–4], when you try to take from marriage what marriage is? When this is taken away, husbands are shameful lovers, wives are harlots, bridal chambers are brothels, fathers-in-law are pimps.
Against Faustus 15:7 [A.D. 400]
Political Correctness Is Not Catholic
So again, after presenting all these politically incorrect Bible verses and Saints quotes, my point is clear:
Neither Christianity nor a Christian warrior are politically correct.
So stop pretending that it is our duty is to avoid offending the world.
A Warrior Is Not Milquetoast
A Christian warrior is not a “nice guy.” There is no commandment that states: “Thou shalt be wimpy!”
There is nothing in Christianity that demands we avoid ruffling feathers or being divisive.
In fact, Christ says:
Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
Matthew 10:34
And the Haydock commentary teaches that this passage means:
That is, dissension and war, in order that the false peace of sinners may be destroyed, and that those who follow me, may differ in morals and affections from the followers of this world. The sword, therefore, is the gospel, which separates
Haydock Commentary, Matthew 10
So Christ is teaching us to be assertive with the Gospel, and this will be divisive with the world.
There are many examples of Saints being divisive by proclaiming Christ Jesus to the world.
St. Boniface famously chopped down a tree that German pagans worshipped during their sacrifice!
Also, St. Patrick battled druids to convert Ireland!
Likewise, St. Vincent Ferrer once marched into a synagogue and started preaching to the Jews during their service!
Also, St. John Capistrano gathered small armies of men with him to fight while he preached against the Hussites, Jews and Turks!
Finally, St. Francis of Assisi also took a few of his friars into the Holy Land to convert the Saracen Sultan!
Were these men milquetoast, cowardly, lukewarm or politically correct? Of course not!
They were downright audacious! And the Catholic Church considers these men to be great Saints!
A Christian warrior doesn’t fear the world but fears God:
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28
Warriors Are Willing To Sacrifice Their Lives
At this point, I have made it clear that Christian warriors are zealous, brave, politically incorrect, and divisive.
But the ultimate attribute of the Christian warrior is his willingness to lay down his life for the love of God.
Martyrdom is the peak of Christian virtue. If you are willing to give your all, then you are truly a warrior.
Christ Himself showed us that suffering and dying for those you love is the greatest way to express love.
The martyrs followed His example, and grew the Church out of this sacrificial love.
It was the early Church apologist, Tertullian, who said: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” (Apologeticus, L.13).
Many Christian martyrs died cruel and horrid deaths for professing their Faith.
St. Stephen died by stoning. Diocletian had St. Sebastian shot by arrows and eventually clubbed to death.
Valerian executed St. Lawrence by grilling him to death.
Heretic Queen Elizabeth had St. Margaret Clitherow pressed to death.
Pagans forced his own students to kill St. Cassian. All the apostles, sans St. John, died as martyrs.
There are many examples of Christian martyrdom!
Read about the martyrs, and you will feel humbled in your Faith!
The Divine Office hour, Prime, has a martyrology each day.
Moreover, Butler’s Lives of the Saints will allow you to learn about the Saints and Martyrs on a daily basis!
Warriors – Put On The Armor Of God
In conclusion, put on the armor of God, Christian warriors, and fight with everything you have!
Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace:
In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).
Ephesians 6:11-17