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6. The Crowning with Thorns: The Mockery of Doctrine in the Age of the Vatican II Antichurch

The Passion of Christ and the Passion of the Church: Calvary as the key to exile, reparation, and perseverance.

CHAPTER 18 - THE CROWNING WITH THORNS: THE MOCKERY OF DOCTRINE IN THE AGE OF THE VATICAN II ANTICHURCH

During His Passion, Christ was crowned with thorns by soldiers who mocked His divine kingship. They adored Him with their lips while striking His sacred head with a reed. They clothed Him in purple and jeered: "Hail, King of the Jews." (Matt 27:29)

This mystery is not confined to the past.
, Mystical Body of Christ, now suffers the same humiliation.
Her doctrine is mocked, distorted, ridiculed, and despised-often by those who claim to serve her.

St. Augustine teaches: "What was done to Christ in His suffering is done to His in this world."1

The crowning with thorns continues in our time through the contempt shown for truth.

I. The Soldiers of Modernism Mock the Kingship of Christ

The Vatican II antichurch rejects the Kingship of Christ over:

  • governments,
  • societies,
  • education,
  • culture,
  • public life.

It teaches religious liberty, a condemned .
It treats all religions as equal paths.
It kisses false altars.
It blesses error.
It preaches salvation.
It denies the necessity of the Catholic .

These are not minor deviations-they are thorns pressed into the Head of Christ.

St. Pius X declared: "The greatest evils of our time come from the denial of the Kingship of Christ."2

The conciliar has enthroned man in place of God.

II. Doctrine Is Not Merely Ignored-It Is Mocked

In the Passion, the soldiers did not simply deny Christ's kingship;
they mocked it.

So too today:

  • Clergy mock the necessity of baptism.
  • Bishops mock the indissolubility of marriage.
  • The false pope mocks the conversion of non-Catholics.
  • The hierarchy mocks the teaching of Trent.
  • Liturgists mock the Real Presence.
  • The faithful mock modesty and purity.
  • False theologians mock Fathers.

St. Paul foretold this: "They will not endure sound doctrine." (2 Tim 4:3)

Mockery is their weapon.

III. False Traditionalists Also Mock Doctrine Through Silence

The mockery of doctrine is not only active-it is passive.

The FSSP, ICKSP, and SSPX mock doctrine through:

  • silence about the crisis,
  • refusal to condemn the false pope,
  • refusal to acknowledge ,
  • flattery of fathers in ,
  • preaching emotional piety without the truth.

Their silence is a crown of thorns.

A priest who hides the crisis is no different from the soldier who struck Christ with a reed-
he performs the externals while committing violence against the truth.

St. Gregory the Great warns: "Truth is betrayed when it is not defended."3

IV. The Crown of Thorns and the Rise of False Teachers

False teachers today proclaim:

  • that God wills all religions,
  • that doctrine changes,
  • that evolves,
  • that moral law is flexible,
  • that the state need not serve Christ.

This is the prophecy of St. Peter: "There shall be false teachers among you." (2 Pet 2:1)

And St. Jude: "These are murmurers... walking according to their own desires." (Jude 16)

Their teachings are thorns driven into .

V. The Passion of the Church Prefigured in the Scorn of the Martyrs

The early martyrs suffered mockery before they suffered death.
The ridiculed their chastity, their faith, their , their obedience.

Tertullian writes: "The blood of Christians is mocked before it is shed."4

Today the is mocked:

  • for rejecting the Vatican II antichurch,
  • for refusing ,
  • for rejecting false traditionalism,
  • for defending doctrine,
  • for modesty,
  • for purity,
  • for fidelity to .

The mockery proves the identity of the faithful.

VI. The Crown of Thorns and the Suffering of True Priests

As Christ's head was pierced, so too the minds of faithful priests are pierced with suffering:

  • calumny,
  • isolation,
  • loss of human support,
  • material poverty,
  • derision by the Vatican II antichurch,
  • betrayal by false traditionalists.

A true priest today stands beneath the Cross,
not on a stage.

St. John was alone among the Apostles at .
So too the true priesthood is small, hidden, faithful, wounded.

The reed that struck Christ symbolizes false teaching.
It still strikes today.

VII. The Remnant Must Bear the Crown with Christ

The must accept the crown of thorns:

  • persecution from the world,
  • misunderstanding from family,
  • accusation from hirelings,
  • mockery from false Catholics,
  • loneliness in fidelity.

The Father allowed His Son to be subjected to mocking kingship
so that those who follow Him may reign with Him.

St. Augustine says: "Before the crown of glory, there must be the crown of thorns."5

The must bear both.

VIII. Christ Will Remove the Thorn-Crown and Replace It with Gold

The crown of thorns was not permanent.
It was the prelude to the Resurrection,
the preface to the Ascension,
the preparation for the eternal crown of glory.

So too 's present humiliation is temporary.
False doctrine will be crushed.
False popes will fall.
False priests will be exposed.
The Vatican II antichurch will collapse.

Christ will vindicate His Bride.

St. Paul writes: "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him." (2 Tim 2:12)

The thorns will be removed.
The crown will be gold.

FOOTNOTES

  1. St. Augustine, Sermons on the New Testament.
  2. Pope St. Pius X, Quas Primas.
  3. St. Gregory the Great, Pastoral Rule.
  4. Tertullian, Apologeticus.
  5. St. Augustine, Exposition on the Psalms.