Editing Palmarian Catholic Church (section)

==Social and cultural issues==
===''The Norms of Christian Decency''===
{{Main|Catholic moral theology}}

{{See also|Occasion of sin|Mortification of the flesh|Penance}}
[[File:The Spanish lady (1878), by John Bagnold Burgess.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A 19th century painting of a Spanish lady wearing a ''[[mantilla]]''. Palmarian women are required to wear a similar garment in the Church.]]
In the Palmarian Catholic Church, for members to remain in [[Full communion|good standing]] with the Holy See they are required to adhere to and uphold compulsory moral norms, ranging from standards of dress to media consumption and matters of social interaction, which are laid out in what is called "''The Norms of Palmarian Christian Decency''" (abbreviated as "''The Norms''").<ref name="popedressnorms">Pope Peter III. (2021). [https://www.palmarianchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/22-Apostolic-Letter-PP-Peter-III-English.pdf Twenty-Second Apostolic Letter: Why Does the Palmarian Church Insist So Much on the Dress Code?]. PalmarianChurch.org</ref> Violations of the Norms were initially treated as a [[mortal sin]], but by the early 2000s became an [[Excommunication|excommunicable]] offense, cutting the offender off from the community and depending on severity, required either their confessor or the Pope to lift it. The Norms were first published in 1985 by Pope Gregory XVII, but has expanded over time.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=116}} In their documents, including during the reign of [[Joseph Odermatt|Pope Peter III]], the Palmarians argue that in upholding these Norms, they are only doing what the Catholic Church has always done, with the Supreme Pontiff having the authority in Catholic moral theology of "[[binding and loosing]]" (to pass judgement on matters of Church discipline relating to faith and morals).<ref name="popedressnorms"/> They point to the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' (Index of Forbidden Books), which was enforced from 1560 to 1966 and claim that modern society is far more corrupt and depraved today, thus requiring even stricter rules to guard morality.<ref name="popedressnorms"/>

In matters of dress, the Palmarians are required to dress [[modestly]], to avoid [[occasions of sin]].<ref name="popedressnorms"/> The standards are laid out in a publicly available document, which even non-Palmarian visitors to the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar are required to comply with.<ref name="dressnorms">Holy See at El Palmar de Troya. (2022). [https://www.palmarianchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Normas-Palmarianas-del-Vestir-para-el-Hombre-y-la-Mujer-English-08.2022.pdf The Norms of Christian Decency: Palmarian Dress Norms]. PalmarianChurch.org</ref> Men must wear long [[trousers]] (shorts are not permitted, only boys under 14 years old are permitted to wear short trousers below the knee), shirts must be long-sleeved and completely buttoned up, no designs or lettering are allowed and none of these items may be too close fitting.<ref name="dressnorms"/> [[Denim]] cloth was once completely banned, but is now just banned in Church buildings (the same applies to sports shoes). Women are required to wear dresses or skirts at all times (trousers are categorised as men's clothing and to wear them is considered [[transvestitism]]).{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=147}} Dresses have to be long-sleeved down to the wrist and at least up to the base of the neck (no low necklines are allowed and when seated nothing of the knees must be shown, these cannot be close fitting). The same applies to skirts and blouses. Women must wear stockings up to the knee, girls under 14 may wear socks. To enter Church, women must wear a veil (this is commonly in the [[mantilla]]-style).<ref name="dressnorms"/> This dress code must be adhered to regardless of place or temperature.

Among other things, Palmarians may not frequent places categorised as indecent, such as public swimming baths, beaches, discos and night clubs. Voting in elections is banned. Palmarians may not attend any non-Palmarian religious services, including any social functions connected to them.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=147}} Palmarians are discouraged from social interaction with those not dressed according to the Norms and while at work, with non-Palmarians, are encouraged to only discuss matters relating to the job at hand (since 2016, this has been relaxed as social contact by phone or letter with non-Palmarians is permitted).{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=147}}{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=175}} The only reading material allowed is religious books approved by the Holy See in El Palmar de Troya (in recent times Pope Peter III has permitted a small number of adventure books for light entertainment).<ref name="popedressnorms"/> Apostates from the Palmarian Church may not be contacted at all, all photos of Ex-Palmarian clergymen must be destroyed. It is not permitted to contact persons living in [[adulterous]] relationships (including [[cohabiting]] relationships). [[Sex education]] is not permitted, contraception is banned (including [[natural family planning]]), courtship and marriage must be with another Palmarian only. Men and women must sit separately in Church. During the reign of Pope Peter II, Palmarians were instructed to destroy their TV sets, videos, mobile phones and internet to protect themselves from the "repugnant moral leprosy rampant in the world."{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=146}} In more recent times{{when|date=October 2025}}, in a limited fashion, mobile phones and internet are permitted. Having an organ transplant or leaving organs to be transplanted is banned. Birthday candles on cakes, Christmas trees and lights are banned, whereas [[Nativity scene]]s are encouraged. Parents may instead give their children presents on [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] (also known as [[Little Christmas]]), on 6 January instead, but they cannot say they are from "[[Santa Claus]]".{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=147}}
{{Blockquote|text=Holy Palmarian Norms are practically the same as that ''Index of Forbidden Books'', but as at present faith and good morals are attacked by way of cinema, television, fashions, internet, books, schools, and so on, the Pope, and heads of families, are compelled to forbid more than before, so as thus to safeguard their children’s souls from filth. Let parents remember that their duty to bring their children up well is very grave before God. They cannot allow their souls to be poisoned by instruments of depravity which attack God, sound Doctrine, Catholic Morals – all propagated by international freemasonry.|author=Pope Peter III|source=''Twenty-Second Apostolic Letter'', 8 December 2021.<ref name="popedressnorms"/>}}

===Pronouncements on political philosophies===
{{Main|Christian state|Papal ban of Freemasonry|Judeo-Masonic conspiracy}}

{{Integralism}}
The Palmarian Church has made public statements in Papal documents on various political philosophies and where relevant, has condemned what it holds as contradicting the Catholic faith and an [[integralist]] Christian social order.<ref>{{cite journal|date=1992|periodical=Christopher J van der Krogt|title=Catholic Fundamentalism or Catholic Integralism|url=https://www.academia.edu/2180817}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Above all, the great ''bête noire'' in Palmarian pronouncements on modern society and politics is [[Freemasonry]].<ref name="clementedocs"/> The term is used beyond the narrow scope of literal freemasons in [[Masonic Lodges]] and extends to all philosophical and political expressions of [[liberalism]].<ref name="clementedocs"/> Freemasonry, which is portrayed as Satanic in nature, is accused of being the origin of both [[capitalism]] and [[communism]], which, in their own ways, undermine God, the Christian conception of society and erect in its place a secularised and materialist world. Within this scheme, Protestants and others "heretical sects," are supposedly allied with unconverted Jews against the [[Mystical Body of Christ]].<ref name="clementedocs"/>

[[Pope Leo XIII]], declared "the Great", has been canonised and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by the Palmarian Church and they champion his [[Catholic social teaching]] based on ''[[Rerum Novarum]]''.<ref name="clementedocs"/> Pope Gregory XVII anathematised and excommunicated the "errors of capitalism."<ref name="clementedocs"/> He declared that these errors had "brought corruption", that many capitalists belonged to masonry, that many capitalists invest money in support of pornography and anti-Christian propaganda.<ref name="clementedocs"/> The Palmarian Church teaches that capitalists can be denied communion of the [[Blessed Sacrament]] if it is publicly known that they defraud their workers of a fair wage (as one of the [[sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance]]). The Palmarian Church condemned [[Marxism]] and declared that they "excommunicate all the members of the Church affiliated with Marxism or Communism, and as well all sympathisers with the perverse doctrine; also whoever engage in dialogue with those who declare themselves to be militant atheists," hundreds of Catholics persecuted by communists have been canonised by them, including Cardinal [[József Mindszenty]] and Pope Gregory XVII [[Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary|consecrated Russia]] to the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] on 22 August 1978.<ref name="clementedocs"/> The Palmarians also condemned the "evil [[national socialism]] of Hitler" and its "anti-Christian character" (for its "[[racism|racial idolatry]] and [[Statolatry|omnipotence of the state]]") and it has canonised Catholics persecuted by them such as [[Rupert Mayer]], [[Titus Brandsma]], [[Maximilian Kolbe]] and [[Teresa Benedicta of the Cross]].<ref name="clementedocs"/>
{{Blockquote|text=We declare that capitalism is brother of marxism. Both fight against God. Both corrupt the world. Both poison mankind. Capitalism and marxism are the two extremes which meet at the apex: both are works of masonry, and masonry is the work of Satan. As we know, Satan is the ape of God. As he is an ape, he apes the things of God for his own benefit. God has founded the Church, One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic, which forms the Mystical Body of Christ. Satan has founded masonry, in which are incorporated marxists, capitalists, protestants and other heretical sects. All this apparatus forms one Mystical Satanic Body called Sionism, to which pertain the perfidious Jews, the deicide race, accursed.|author=Pope Gregory XVII|source=24 October 1978.<ref name="clementedocs"/>}}

===Teachings on non-Palmarian religions===
[[File:The Moorish King of Seville, Al-Jataf, surrendering the keys of the city to Ferdinand III, King of Castille and Leon.png|thumb|right|220px|The reconquest of [[Seville]] by St. [[Ferdinand III of Castile|Ferdinand III]] (Pope Gregory XVII claimed to be a lineal descendant and took his priestly name from him). The documents of the Palmarian Church teach that it is opposed to God to permit the "adoration of false gods or the practice of false religions."]]
In stark contrast to post-Vatican II Rome, the Palmarian Church is strongly opposed to [[religious liberty]], [[ecumenism]] and [[interreligious dialogue]] (all of which are portrayed as a [[Masonic conspiracy]], launched by [[Satan]] himself). Within the ''Twenty-Eighth Document'' of Pope Gregory XVII, it explicitly states that "Popes should launch holy Crusades against the heretics, until either they are converted or disappear persecuted to the ends of the earth. He who permits the adoration of false gods or the practice of false religion stands opposed to God."<ref name="clementedocs"/> A long list of "false" positions generally and religious views are systematically condemned in the Papal documents of the Palmarian Church. The Palmarians state that there has been excessive abuse of the phrase "[[separated brethren]]" to describe sects which broke away from the "true" Catholic Church, leading to confusion, thus these groups should be referred to instead as [[heretics]] (i. e. — [[Protestants]]) and [[schism]]atics. It admits, that, of all sects outside of the Catholic Church, the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] are doctrinally the closest, but contain errors, that they need to accept the ''[[filioque]]'' and that they should be called the "Heterodox Church" until they change this and unite themselves under the universal jurisdiction of Supreme Pontiff at El Palmar de Troya.<ref name="clementedocs"/> A particularly strong scorn for ex-Palmarians and "Apostate Rome" is present throughout their teachings (both portrayed as villainous traitors).

{{Blockquote|text=In the Second Vatican Council, of unhappy memory for the Church, was promulgated the cursed law of religious liberty in open opposition to Holy Scripture, in flagrant contradiction to the common teaching of the great and holy Doctors, in brazen contempt of the Infallible Magisterium of the Church. This cursed and monstrous law of religious liberty is opposed to the definitions of innumerable predecessors of Ours. Speaking of contumacious heretics, Saint [[John the Evangelist]] says: "With heretics, do not break bread." These words of God suffice to invalidate and anathematize the law of religious liberty promulgated by the Second Vatican Council.|author=Pope Gregory XVII|source=''Thirty-Seventh Document''.<ref name="clementedocs"/>}}
Non-Christian worldviews and religious teachings such as [[atheism]], [[paganism]], "[[Mohammedanism]]" (though Palmarian Popes have stated that Catholics should match their fanatical dedication to religion) and [[Rabbinic Judaism]] are also condemned. The ''Fourth'' and ''Thirty-Eighth Documents'' of Pope Gregory XVII proclaim that "unconverted Jews" are explicitly the "[[deicide people]]" and "[[Good Friday prayer for the Jews|perfidious]]" until they become Catholic.<ref name="clementedocs"/> Despite this strong criticism, Pope Gregory XVII admitted to some Jewish admixture in the Spanish nation (and likely in his own distant ancestry) and did not see this as problematic.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=91}} Leading only to further justification for a fervent endorsement of [[Spanish nationalism]]; for Domínguez, Spain could legitimately claim a connection to the [[Old Covenant]] [[Israelites]] through the [[Sephardim]] and now that had been superseded by the [[New Covenant]] of Jesus Christ, the Spanish nation remained loyal to God as the zealous bulwark of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church through the [[Reconquista]], into the [[Counter-Reformation]], fending off Protestantism and Freemasonry, and now had been gifted the Papacy at El Palmar de Troya, after the apostasy of Rome itself.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=91}}

The Palmarian Church claims that the Pope has supreme spiritual power and [[Temporal power of the Holy See|temporal power]], all the world being subject to him, that the Pope can distribute lands, [[papal deposing power|depose kings]] and appoint kings. Citing as a clear historical example of this, it points to [[Pope Pius V]]'s ''[[Regnans in Excelsis]]'' in which he excommunicated and deposed [[Elizabeth Tudor]] ("pretended Queen of England"). As part of their [[eschatological]] beliefs, the Palmarian prophecies, linking in with the concept of the [[Great Catholic Monarch]], foretells of the literal establishment of a great Hispanic-Palmarian Empire, over which the Palmarian Pope will reign as Emperor and fight the Antichrist.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=90}} A specific Palmarian exercise of the power to depose and appoint kings, is denoted in the ''Twenty-Eighth Document'', in which Pope Gregory XVII admits that [[Pope Hadrian IV]] had granted [[Ireland]] to [[England]] as an evangelising power, but the moment the [[English Crown]] fell into heresy, it forever lost sovereignty over her and now "since Ireland has no Catholic King, the Pope holds direct power over her until he provides a Catholic king."<ref name="clementedocs"/>