From England I am happy to state that this disreputable and farcical site does not speak with the voice of majority for Catholic tradition as far as I am aware and I find it reprehensible that www surfers might think it does. It categorically does not! I had never heard of it prior to being advised that I was under personal attack on the site and most people in the Tradition will be in the same blissful ignorance.
Most responsible blogs carry this kind of note if traffic and topics warrant. “While critical comment on stories & issues is welcomed, postings that descend to personal attacks on or impugn the integrity of other commentators will be blocked.”
This Blog does not in practice adhere to any such standards, frankly I could not bear to trawl through such a suppurating mess of egos, to see if I could find any hidden noble gems – it was so awful, I had to stop. These folk are really unhinged, most members seem unbalanced and incapable of rational dialogue although occasionally a little reason appears from one or two sane members..
This Blog page certainly upholds Mr Chesterton’s remarks, plastered all over the site, “If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing badly” This Blog, when all else fails, falls back on the old chestnut “there must be Jewish blood there” If a topic under discussion upsets them. This was done in my case.
Their Topics disguise scurrility and true intent. Rather than put anti-dinoscopus as a topic they put ‘scandal’ but by page two the knives are out for Dorothy banks. I am accused of using “we” instead of “I”, well to ease your troubled minds read “ I”. I am taking full responsibility for my words.
They condemn me for anonymity (2008) which was for a specific purpose while they bully the world from behind their pseudonyms. They are the moral cowards and corrupted by their sense of unrestrained power.
Much has been made of” anti-dinoscopus”, too much, do you know what the word means? Then you got in a hoo ha over ante-dinoscopus.. really ! do you understand anything about how blog pages work? Clearly you have the conspiracy bug on this site!
While debating my existence one of the charming members wrote as follows
Let's hope not. I think it is noticeable that Fr. Morgan has chosen to use the most lenient option available to him for the time being. The foolishness of Miss Banks, and the public calumnies of one or two others within the District, could be dealt with using a greater measure of severity should it become necessary.
Looks like she is now using Google sponsored links to promote her blog. Do a Google search for "dinoscopus" and her blog appears as a sponsored link [click the link and it will charge her account].
Repeat 50 times!!! Can her account balance take the strain???
I wonder who is running SSPX in this country – this makes it sound like ignis ardens are! Self appointed internet police, a blot on the name of catholic, the worst sort of Church Hall gossip.
Dorothy Banks
I have followed Anti-Dinoscopus for some time, and have endured the cowardly and detestable behavior on Ignis Ardens as well. I am glad of this opportunity to show my support for you, Miss Banks, and to encourage you to continue on with the good work you are doing with Anti-Dinoscopus. Why you were singled out for vilification by Fr. Morgan in his newsletter is incomprehensible...or would be if I were not already well aware of the troubles and troublemakers spouting off in the UK. You have my very best wishes as well as my respect and gratitude.
ReplyDeleteSorry to post this non-sequitur on your blog, I hope your readers will not find this objectionable. My name is Andrew McNabb. I am an American writer and the great grand nephew of the great Dominican priest, Fr. Vincent McNabb (d. 1942: prolific writer, lead speaker for the Catholic Evidence Guild at Hyde Park, Distributist and close friend of Chesterton and Belloc.) I am the author of a short story collection, The Body of This, that many are considering "Catholic" literature. Joseph Pearce, in his cover blurb, describes the book as “as radically transforming as viniculture, transforming the water of everyday experience into the wine of life.” In Standpoint Magazine (July/August,) Piers Paul Read referred to the book as “exquisite.”
ReplyDeleteThe book is noteworthy because, as can be seen in the variety of outlets where it has been reviewed, it has found a home with both a Catholic and a secular audience. There is not much writing these days that can make that claim. Sadly, Catholic or Christian writing has largely been reduced to the syrupy, the sentimental. More about me and the book (with links to reviews—including the review in the current issue of New Blackfriars Review) can be found at http://www.andrew-mcnabb.com/ and, importantly, can be purchased here.
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Many blessings!
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Dear Miss Banks,
ReplyDeleteI just found your site here, and wanted to say that I agree with your assessment of the Ignis Ardens forum. That forum is more about revisionism than Catholicism. Which is something that I don't quite understand, since the late Archbishop Lefebvre didn't seem to place an emphasis on the 'Jewish problem.'
You can take solace in knowing that since this site has vilified you, then you must be doing something right.
American so-called traditional Catholic forums are also tainted with revisionism, though not to the extent of Ignis Ardens.
I'l also a follower of your Anti-Dinoscopus blog, and I always look forward to seeing your lastest stories and quotes of Archbishop Lefebvre.
God Bless!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Marcy Ray
Dear Miss Banks,
ReplyDeleteI am actually slandered by Ignis Ardens as well, thus I know what you´re writing about. I thank you for giving witness that the horrible views of these extremists and their paranoia are in no way representative for the faithful who are loyal to the catholic tradition.
Would be a pleasure if you would send me an email.
Yours sincerely,
God bless!
Maximilian Krah
Ignis Ardens actually grew out of the TotalCatholic blog [BCEW Universe] which had attracted a strong Traditional following, which was not appreciated and preferred the anodyne BCEW line. Interestingly, the similar Australian blog, closed virtually closed down in order to stymie the Traditionalists.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Ignis Ardens has lost its way and any dissenting view, as to the sainthood of +Williamson and now the quisling nature of +Fellay, is attacked on a personal basis.
Charity is completely missing. Msgr. Lefebvre was a great cleric and his ethos is being denied by that element within SSPX who are +Williamson sycophants.
get words out of your chest for posterity.you make the world a better place when you blog than when you allow the status quo to prevail.take heart,blog on i am following you and thirst for more sermons of yester-years.wonderful job.remember even Jesus was not accepted during his lifetime but in death remains a saviour even after 2000years!
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