"We are in an anti-Christian world. We must not make false definitions to please the non-Christians."
The Church is not a secular organization doing good in a social way: "We must not justify the Church in the eyes of the non-believers," he said.
The Cardinal called it "an error within the Church" to present the Church's teaching as a theological theory and in opposition to pastoral efforts.
He went on to warn that "a pope, the bishops or priests want to be loved by the mass media". But: It is more acceptable to lie than to tell the truth, because the latter demands a change of life, Müller explained: "A man who suffers from alcoholism: if you bring him more bottles of wine and beer, then you will be more his friend than if you admonish him."
The same is true in our sexualized world: "If you say that sexuality is only legitimate within legitimate marriage and that all other forms of sexual pleasure outside of marriage are sinful, then you will have many enemies."
The discussions during the ex-synod came, Cardinal Müller said, "from a certain wing with a wrong approach" that is only sociological and psychological, but not based on the faith: "Their deepest desire was to have power over the others and to have a higher prestige in society."
Cardinal Müller's example is that the final document of the ex-synod claims that the open question of women deacons is open: "This is wrong and not dogmatic."
The Pope or an ecumenical council "are dependent on revelation" and "cannot change revelation".
Another example: "The Church cannot declare that marriage can also consist of two men or two women in a homosexual relation and that we have to change some morals."
And, "We cannot establish new doctrines against the authority of the Word of God in Jesus Christ," Müller concluded.
Picture: Gerhard Ludwig Müller © Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews.com, #newsKvhtpsymzj
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