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Beware the Trojan Horse in the Synodal Church, by John Horvat II – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Beware the Trojan Horse in the Synodal Church, by John Horvat II

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December 9, 2025
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"Enoch". By William Blake British. 1806–1807. [Blake’s only lithograph celebrates artistic creativity as springing from closeness to the divine. The composition centers on Enoch, a mysterious Old Testament figure described in Genesis 5:22-29 as having "walked with God."]. Public Domain, Met Museum.

By John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 9, 2025

John Horvat II is vice president of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and the author of Return to Order.

The “Synodal Church” attempts to eradicate the hierarchical structure of the Church as instituted by Christ, replacing it with a democratic model.

A small work is now circulating in the Catholic world that is shrouded in mystery. Published this fall by Catholics for Catholics, it is titled: The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church—Synod of Synodality: The Attempt to Invert the Bride of Christ’s Hierarchy and Moral Order.

What makes the book so mysterious and controversial is that no one knows from whence it came. The author is listed as just Fr. Enoch. Nothing is known about this priest save that he fears retribution and therefore writes under an assumed name.

His choice of the name of the Old Testament prophet is also enigmatic. Enoch did not die and will return to fight the Antichrist. The use of his name contributes to the apocalyptic tone of this important book, lending it a sense of prophetic urgency. …

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