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Is Luisa Piccarreta's
"Kingdom of the Divine Will"
Catholic?
The purpose of this page is to provide information on the writings of Luisa Picaretta,
with the intention of determining if the Kingdom of the Divine Will movement
poses a threat to Catholics. The following spells out specific portions of
Luisa's writings which appear to contradict Catholic teaching. A mailing list
has been set up for discussion of these issues, and anyone who is interested
in these issues (especially anyone who can address these issues) is encouraged
to join.
- A New Revelation?
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Luisa states that what she has received is a new revelation, never before
communicated to the Church, which is necessary for all the faithful to adhere
to and understand if they hope to attain a new and higher level of beatitude
which God desires for all his children.
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Luisa claims to be the founder of a totally new dispensation, a new way
of holiness, a new way of being united with God.
- According to her writings, this new way of being united with God has only
been lived by three people before it was revealed to Luisa Piccarreta: Adam
and Eve (before the Fall) and Mary.
- A New "Sacrament" of the Divine Will?
- Luisa clearly and repeatedly teaches that when one receives this
new "Sacrament" of
the Divine Will the human will ceases to function as such
and the Divine Will acts in the creature in such a way that the action
is
purely divine.
- What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
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"The Christian economy, therefore, since it is the new and definitive covenant, will never pass away; and no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord, Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim 6:14, 1 Tit. 2:13)." (Vatican
Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum),
para. 4.)
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"Throughout the ages, there have been so-called "private" revelations,
some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church.
They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their
role
to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help
live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the
magisterium
of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome
in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ
or
his saints to the Church."
"Christian faith cannot accept 'revelations' that claim to surpass or correct the Revelation of which Christ is the fulfillment, as is the case in certain non-Christian religions and also in certain recent sects which base
themselves on such 'revelations.'" (The Catechism of the
Catholic Church, # 67.)
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The Council of constantinople III 680-681 (DS 556-59), Ecumenical
VI (against the Monothelites), clearly defines that the man, Jesus
Christ, has two natural wills in Him, a human will and a divine will.
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On July 13th, 1938, "In the Kingdom of the Divine Will" and
two other writings of Luisa Piccarreta were condemned in
the General Reunion of the Supreme Sacred Congregation. On July 14th,
Pope
Pius XI approved the decision of the Most Eminent Cardinals
that had
been submitted
to him, confirmed it, and ordered it published.
The above information was extracted from a critique of the "Kingdom of the
Divine Will" movement written by Father Terrence Staples.
More information about the movement:
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