Monday, February 11, 2008
OPUS ANGELORUM
Rick Salbato at Unity Publishing has written three articles dealing with the history and activities of the ultra-right-wing religious congregation calling itself Opus Angelorum. Based in Detroit, it is spreading devotion to the angels around the United States in retreats. The organization claims to be in conformity with the demands of our Pope when he was head of the CDF Cardinal Ratzinger. Yet the secretiveness has not altered, and the seer whose writings have been forbidden is still credited with being the instrumentality of the founding of the organization on their website.
They openly admit that her writings contain names of angels not part of the body of faith:
Now from the examination of Gabriele’s writings it was determined that they contained the names of individual Angels and a certain body of particularized doctrine on their ministries and rankings which are extraneous to Scripture and Tradition; hence, this portion of her writings could not be used as the basis for the spirituality or practices of any institute of the Catholic Church. At the same time, the Congregation, aside from several clear and particular restrictions, left a large body of Gabriele Bitterlich’s writings untouched.
If these names are not part of the body of doctrine, what was the source of Bitterlich's names? Was the spirit who gave them to her an evil spirit, given that the material dictated is not in conformity with doctrine? There are only two sources of supernatural phenomena--God and fallen angels.
In any case, a carrot has been dangled in front of anyone who embraces this theology. It would be natural to seek out the entire body of work after this temptation has been offered. Who, afterall, would not want to know more about God and heavenly things? Who could resist the temptation to obtain special knowledge that is subtly being offered by the writings in this website?
Rick Salbato's three articles on Opus Angelorum can be read at these links:
"Opus Angelorum - Satanism and Disobedience"
"Opus Angelorum, An Old Satanic Heresy"
"Did Rome Stop Opus Angelorum?"
