I bought the Rev Culleton books about 6 years ago, and the Yves Depont book is also in our Library. With the Church Fathers and the Documents of the Council of Trent.
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I have a lot of books on my shelves -; about 5 bookcases now.......
There was a statement made at some juncture on a Latin Mass website (sorry I can't provide the link to that one) , that there was a possibility that the "Devil's Century" was being fueled through the development of the phenomenon of Electric Power. Live music, TV, The youth/pop culture, Media etc.... During this same discussion, it was indicated that Our Lord could remove the Devil's power, close his century, - simultaneously returning everyone back to the more pious era of the 19th century Christian values by simply pulling the plug on the supply of Electricity.
Around this time, Secularist sources started speaking about "Planet X, aka Nemesis, The second Sun, and Solar Flares... suggesting that what lay ahead could be a type of adverse Solar Activity which could destroy electrical power indefinitely. Equating the effects of electricity on the spiritual life of the world, and realising it might happen, I started collecting books, whilst everyone else was giving them away.
Favourites in the collection are the ancient pre-Christian Aramaic versions of the Old Testament translated into English called "The Targums" These are quite expensive to buy, but it's within those that the pre-incarnate Christ as "The Word" is made familiar ... as during this passage in the Targum version of Genesis 19:24
In the Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Scriptures, The Lord Jesus who St John called "The Word who became Flesh" is mentioned frequently. A Divine Person,"The Word" (or
Memra") is portrayed during those Aramaic versions of Scripture as being God, yet a separate personality from the Father and Holy Spirit:
Genesis 3:20 (Palestinian Targum)
And he (Adam) said, The voice of
Thy Word heard I in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked; and the commandment which Thou didst teach me, I have transgressed; therefore I hid myself from shame."
Targum Jonathan on Gen. 19:24"And the Word [Memra] of the Lord caused to descend upon the peoples of Sodom and Gommorah, brimstone and fire from the Lord in heaven."
In the none Aramaic version of the text (Hebrew / Septuagint) "the Word " can be found written as "Lord" yet still TWO Divine Lords are indicated in the passage.
Gen. 19 [24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven
juchre.org/articles/word.htmThe Orthodox Church still teaches (as did St Augustine) that it was the Holy Trinity that visited Abraham. It's in Chapter 10. of "On the Trinity" Book II.
www.newadvent.org/fathers/130102.htmWisdom 18 retains a clear reference to Our Lord's pre-Incarnate status as "the Word." It foretells His Incarnation
"[14] For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, [15] Thy almighty Word leapt down from Heaven from Thy Royal Throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction."
www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/dClear indications that some Jews of the time of Christ traditionally believed the Lord to be a Trinity can be found in The Zohar (Ancient Jewish Writings)
web.archive.orgwww.layevangelism.com/qreference/chapter10e.htmwww.forananswer.org/Top_Uni/ECF_Jn1_1.htmwww.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-g…If those sites are not Roman Catholic - they're our teachings! Interesting to see Our Lord drawing a rare blend of Latin Rite Catholics, Baptists, Jews for Jesus, Muslims and Evangelicals into full communion with those ancient Traditions of Our Church that foolish Priests no longer Teach. Whilst OUR lawful authorities give in to pagan occultism.