The Catholic Trumpet: The Cartesian Dual and Ritual Killing of Christ’s Mystical Body

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The Cartesian Dual and Ritual Killing of Christ’s Mystical Body

The Catholic Trumpet | January 18, 2025


The Enmity at Work

From the beginning, the enmity between the Woman and the Serpent has been a battle for the Kingship of Christ and the unity of His Mystical Body, the Church. This war, foretold in Genesis, has been waged across centuries, seeking to sever what Christ established: the union of the visible and spiritual dimensions of His Church.

Today, this enmity operates in two ways:

1. Modernism, which attacks from the bottom up, undermining doctrine, sacraments, and the faithful.

2. Cartesian dualism, which attacks from the head down, severing the visible hierarchy from the spiritual essence of the Church.

The Mystical Body now suffers its Passion. Just as Christ appeared disfigured on the Cross, so too does His Church appear weak and humiliated. Yet fidelity to the Mystical Body demands unity, even in its suffering, not rejection. This article examines how Cartesian dualism leads to the ritual killing of the King and how Catholics can resist this fracture by following the example of Archbishop Lefebvre and remaining faithful to Mary, the Mother of the Church.

1. The Cartesian Divide: Body and Soul

“The Church is visible because it is a body; it is spiritual because it is animated by the Holy Spirit.” (Mystici Corporis Christi, Pius XII)

Cartesian dualism fractures reality, separating body from soul as though they were independent and disconnected. René Descartes’ famous phrase, “I think, therefore I am,” elevated the mind above the body, creating a false dichotomy that denies their natural unity.

The Church, as the Mystical Body of Christ, reflects the union of body and soul:

1. Visible and Hierarchical: The pope, bishops, clergy, and sacraments form its structured, tangible body.

2. Spiritual and Divine: Animated by the Holy Spirit, the Church is the instrument of grace and salvation.

To reject the visible hierarchy of the Church (the body) while claiming fidelity to its spiritual essence (the soul) mirrors Cartesian dualism. This mindset also echoes the Kabbalistic concept of tzimtzum, where God’s presence is said to withdraw, leaving a void between the infinite divine and finite creation. Both Cartesian and Kabbalistic frameworks distort reality by introducing divisions where unity was intended.

Can fidelity to Christ’s Mystical Body justify rejecting its visible head, or does such rejection fracture the unity Christ willed for His Church?


2. The Ritual Killing of the King

At Christ’s Passion, the crowd cried out, “We have no king but Caesar!” (John 19:15). This rejection of Christ’s Kingship led to His crucifixion, a betrayal that is mirrored today in the rejection of His Mystical Body.

This belief system reenacts the ritual killing of the King by:

1. Severing Visible Authority: Declaring the pope illegitimate fractures the Mystical Body, denying Christ’s Kingship over His Church.

2. Betraying the Mystical Body: Just as Judas betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver, rejecting the visible Church abandons the hierarchy Christ Himself established.

Typology: Just as Christ’s visible suffering and humiliation on the Cross did not negate His Kingship, the visible corruption of the Church today does not nullify its divine authority. Fidelity demands standing with the Mystical Body at its Cross, not abandoning it.

When the Mystical Body appears disfigured, do we remain with it in faith, like Mary at the foot of the Cross, or do we join the crowd in shouting, “Crucify Him”?


3. The Social Contract of Rejection

In the belief system commonly referred to as sedevacantism, fidelity appears to hinge on a social contract. This contract emphasizes private judgment and public rejection of the visible Church’s authority, reflecting a fragmentation that mirrors the Cartesian tendency to isolate the spiritual from the visible.

1. Private Judgment: Individuals must decide, based on personal reasoning, whether the pope is valid.

2. Public Declaration: Fidelity is demonstrated by ceasing to pray for the pope and vocally rejecting his authority.

3. Group Approval: Membership is validated by alignment with others who share this rejection, fostering division rather than unity.

This mirrors the Kabbalistic concept of sitra achra (the “Other Side”), which thrives on division and imbalance, opposing the harmony of God’s creation. The Cartesian rejection of the visible head of the Church distorts the Mystical Body, fragmenting it into isolated factions disconnected from sacramental grace.

Does rejecting the pope preserve unity in the Mystical Body, or does it deepen the fracture desired by the enmity?


4. Pope Francis and the Counterfeit Churc

• Is Pope Francis preparing the platform for the Antichrist?

• His promotion of synodality, religious indifferentism, and globalism aligns with the construction of a counterfeit church, one that mirrors the secularism and false unity of the world.

• This false church began with Judas’ betrayal, was formalized at Vatican II, and now approaches full manifestation as the synodal church.

• Antipope Concerns: It is valid to question whether Pope Francis acts as an antipope. However, entering into a Cartesian social contract to reject him publicly undermines unity and fosters division, echoing the fragmentation desired by the enmity.


5. +Archbishop Lefebvre’s Path: Resistance Without Fracture

+Archbishop Lefebvre foresaw the crisis of the Church but avoided the extremes of modernism and Cartesian dualism. He chose:

1. Resistance Without Rejection:

• Lefebvre resisted Vatican II’s errors while remaining united to the visible Church.

• He continued to pray for the pope, recognizing his authority even in error.

2. Unity Over Division:

• Lefebvre refused to declare the pope illegitimate, knowing such judgments belong to the Church alone.

• His path preserved sacramental and hierarchical unity while resisting modernist errors.


6. Fidelity Through Mary: The Answer to Enmity

At the Cross, Mary stood as the model of fidelity, trusting in Christ’s Kingship even as He appeared humiliated. Her Immaculate Heart is the refuge for Catholics during the Church’s Passion. She calls us to:

1. Resist Without Division: Reject modernism and Cartesian dualism while remaining united to the Mystical Body.

2. Cling to Tradition: Uphold the perennial teachings of the Faith without abandoning the Church.

3. Trust in Her Triumph: The Immaculate Heart will crush the head of the Serpent and restore the Church in her visible and spiritual unity.


Unity or Fragmentation?

The Mystical Body suffers its Passion, humiliated and disfigured. Fidelity demands standing with it at the Cross, trusting in its Resurrection. +Archbishop Lefebvre’s model of resistance without rejection is the only path to true unity.

Will you cling to the Mystical Body, trusting in its divine promise, or fracture it through rejection? Consecrate yourself to Mary, and remain faithful to Christ the King.

When sedevacantists tell you, “I think, therefore I am,” you must counter with, “I am because God, who is Being itself, creates, sustains, and wills me to exist.”


No compromise. No retreat.

—The ☩ Trumpet