Editing Palmarian Catholic Church (section)

====Reign of Pope Gregory XVII the Very Great====
[[File:Tiara of Pope Pius VII, 1805.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An example of a [[papal tiara]]. [[Clemente Domínguez]] claimed to have been mystically crowned Pope of the Catholic Church by Jesus Christ in an apparition. He took the name Pope Gregory XVII.]]
Pope Paul VI died on 6 August 1978 and according to the Palmarians (who consider him a [[Christian martyr]]), the Pope was supposedly "vilely murdered by the traitors of the Roman Curia" (specifically, they claim he was poisoned to death by [[Vatican Secretary of State]], Cardinal [[Jean-Marie Villot]]).<ref name="clementedocs"/> At the time of his passing, the General of the Order of the Carmelites of the Holy Face and other top Palmarian bishops, were in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], as part of their regular trips across the Atlantic Ocean to see to their followers and attempt to recruit more clergy. While waiting to be deported from Colombia, a few hours after the death of Pope Paul VI, Domínguez reported an apparition, in which a mystical [[papal coronation]] ceremony took place, where he was crowned [[Sovereign Pontiff]] of the [[One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church]] by Jesus Christ himself, with [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] in attendance, as well as the recently deceased Pope Paul VI.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=87}} Although confessing to be but a poor sinner, from now on he would be referred to by Palmarian believers as Pope Gregory XVII and the [[Holy See]] of the Catholic Church would no longer be in Rome, but in El Palmar de Troya. The motto he took was ''[[Gloria Olivae]]'', drawn from the [[Prophecy of the Popes]], a Christian apocalyptic writing.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=88}}

After returning to [[Seville]], Domínguez held a consistory which selected a Palmarian [[College of Cardinals]], with 24 Palmarian bishops raised to rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], including his close friend Corral.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=88}} Having kept details of the "celestial" papal enthronement from the press, the public papal coronation ceremony took place on 15 August 1979, where four Palmarian cardinals (including Corral) placed the [[papal tiara]] on his head.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=88}}{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=89}} Domínguez had claimed since the early 1970s that Pope Paul VI would be succeeded by a true Pope and an [[Antipope]].{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=84}} Thus, when the Vatican declared [[Albino Luciani]] as the new Pope on 26 August 1978, he was portrayed in a Palmarian Papal pronouncement by Pope Gregory XVII as a usurper, "that clown of an Antipope, Cardinal Luciani, called [[John Paul I]]" with his "false smile".<ref name="clementedocs"/> The Vatican for their part decided to [[Papal inauguration|inaugurate]] Luciani, instead of the traditional papal coronation.<ref>Kosloski, Philip. (2022). [https://aleteia.org/2022/09/04/why-john-paul-i-refused-a-papal-coronation-ceremony/ Why John Paul I refused a papal coronation ceremony]. Aleteia</ref> This supposed Vatican "Antipope" was in place for only a month before being replaced by [[Pope John Paul II]]. (In his ''Twenty-Fourth Document'' on 24 October 1978, Domínguez used his claimed authority to "[[excommunicate]] and anathematise the Antipope Cardinal Wojtyla", who is described as a "[[marxist]] spy" who infiltrated the church as a youth, stating in addition, "we hurl excommunication also at all followers of this Antipope").<ref name="clementedocs"/> The reigns of Pope Gregory XVII in El Palmar de Troya and John Paul II in the Vatican were closely synchronised, both lasting from 1978 until 2005.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=89}}<ref>Eduardo del Campo. [http://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2005/493/1111878014.html "Y Clemente ascendió a «sus» cielos"]. ''[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo Crónica]]'', 27 March 2005, Nº 493.</ref> These Roman "Antipopes" were called precursors of the [[Antichrist]] by the Palmarians.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=89}}

{{Blockquote|text=My son: now you can see how rotten and corrupt the official church, the [[Latin Church|Roman Church]] is. Through her fornication, she has become the [[Great Whore]]. It is she who is in pact with the enemies of Christ. It is she who respects all religions. It is she who preaches truths and lies at the same time. This Roman church is now nourished by a beast, the usurper [[John Paul II]]—the [[One true church|true church]] is no longer Roman. The true church is Palmarian, as you have preached yourself, assisted by the [[Holy Ghost]]. It is no longer possible to be Roman, as the [[Holy See]] has been moved by the order of Christ.|author=Message of an alleged apparition of the Virgin Mary to Pope Gregory XVII|source=''[[Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal]], [[Paris]]'', 9 August 1979.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=90}}}}

From 1978 until 1997, Palmarian Church leadership consisted of the following: Pope Gregory XVII at the very top, with the role of [[Secretary of State]] held by Cardinal Isidore (Corral) underneath and the number three position in the hierarchy was held by the Vice-Secretary of State, Cardinal Elias (Carmelo Pacheco Sánchez).{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=94}} All three were Spaniards, which led to some complaints from the membership, but they simply insisted that they were the most suitable men for the jobs as "three [[Spanish Fighting Bull|apocalyptic bulls]] who attack heretics with their mystical horns."{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=91}} The dynamic was that the Pope was the charismatic visionary and seer, while Corral, who he relied on to record everything, was the intellectual ''[[éminence grise]]''. Some of the Palmarian bishops and laymen were unwilling to take the leap of accepting the claims of Domínguez to the Papacy and the Holy See moving to El Palmar de Troya, deciding to leave (some reconciled with Rome, others drifted away from religion). Some examples include Palmarian bishops, Maurice Revaz (who took the religious name Hermenegildo) and [[Alfred Seiwert-Fleige]] (who took the religious name Athanasius). Domínguez and twelve Cardinals in 1979 made an apostolic journey from El Palmar de Troya to the [[Holy Land]], passing through places outside of Spain which had a significant number of Palmarian faithful such as [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[France]], [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=89}}

Between 1978 and 1980, a total of forty-seven pontifical documents were published, before the opening of the First Palmarian Council. These covered the [[canonisation]] of over 1,000 new saints,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chryssides|first=George D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA12nHRtmAwC&pg=PA268|title=Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements|publisher=[[The Scarecrow Press]]|year=2012|isbn=9780810861947|edition=2nd|location=Lanham, Md.|pages=268|language=English|quote=The church has also canonized Francisco Franco, Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albas, Christopher Columbus, and Paul VI.}}</ref> the promulgation of various [[Mariological]] and [[Saint Joseph|Josephine]] dogmas, excommunications of "heretics", anathemas against freemasonry (especially), communism and capitalism, declarations of new [[Doctors of the Church]], declaring as anathema anyone who "dare to condemn the marvelous work of the [[Holy Inquisition]]," calling on all nations to enact the [[death penalty]] for [[abortion]] (a "monstrous crime"), condemnations of the Vatican "Anti-Papacy", declaring the [[New Order of Mass]] anathema and stating that although the [[Holy Ghost]] convoked the [[Second Vatican Council]], he was expelled from it by the majority of apostate bishops who were agents of freemasonry and even though some Catholic truths were present in the documents, due to Pope Paul VI being "drugged" and questions as to the authenticity of his signature on the documents, these aspects alone "invalidates the Council."<ref name="clementedocs"/>

[[File:Aparición de la Virgen a Sor María de Jesús de Agreda.png|thumb|right|240px|[[María de Jesús de Ágreda]], author of the ''Mystical City of God''. The writings of the Spanish mystic from the [[Conceptionists]], influenced the doctrinal works of the First Palmarian Council.]]
Within the Palmarian Catholic Church, the First Palmarian Council (1980–1992) is recognised as the 21st [[ecumenical council]] of the Catholic Church, following on from the [[Council of Trent]] (1545–1563) and the [[First Vatican Council|Vatican Council]] (1869–1870), with the supposed "Second Vatican Council" having been declared as invalid.<ref name="clementedocs"/> At the opening session on 30 March 1980, the ''Palmarian Credo'' was published, which lays out the basic teachings of the Church.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=202}} As part of the council, the ''Latin-Tridentine-Palmarian Rite'' of the Holy Mass was introduced on 9 October 1983. The final doctrinal work resulting from the twelve-year Council was the ''Treatise of the Mass'' (1992).{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=202}} This work takes the form of an allegorical interpretation of [[Latin Vulgate|sacred scripture]] from the context of the [[Holy Sacrifice of the Mass]], including the lives of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, elaborated by the visions of Pope Gregory XVII, as well as integrating the works of Catholic mystics of a Marian apocalyptic bent, such as [[Maria de Jesús Ágreda]] (1602–1665) and [[Anna Katharina Emmerich]] (1774–1824).{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=207}}

A significant incident occurred on 19 May 1982, which furthered the conflict between Palmarians and the outside world. Pope Gregory XVII and a number of Palmarian bishops were visiting the Basilica of the Annunciation of Our Lady of [[Discalced Carmelites]] of [[Alba de Tormes]], near [[Salamanca]], which is the final resting place of St. [[Teresa of Ávila]]. Before the arrival of the Palmarians, there had been rumours spread that they intended to remove the relics of St. Teresa and take them back to El Palmar de Troya.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=224}} While walking through the convent, the allegedly drunk Pope, along with his Palmarian bishops, shouted that John Paul II was an Antipope and told visiting women who were wearing trousers (considered immodest dress by the Palmarians) that they were whores.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=224}} The Palmarian clerics were then set upon by a large number of local people, who attacked some of the bishops and tipped one of their vehicles into the [[River Tormes]]; they took refuge in the convent until the ''[[Guardia Civil]]'' could disperse the mob.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=224}} As a direct response, between 30 and 31 July 1982, Pope Gregory XVII issued a number of decrees which stated that only Palmarians could receive grace and indulgencies from [[holy relics]] and images, but for members of "apostate, heretical and schismatic churches", such powers were now withdrawn, veiled to them and they could derive no supernatural value.{{sfn|Lundberg|2020|p=225}} They also declared that outside of the Palmarian Catholic Church, all powers of bishops, presbyters and deacons were now withdrawn by Pope Gregory XVII, meaning that outside of the Palmarian Church, no other alleged clergyman with [[holy orders]] could validly claim to exercise their power or have the right to legitimately perform any act of priestly ministry, including those pertaining to the [[Sacraments of the Catholic Church|holy sacraments of the Church]].<ref name="pc"/>