For many traditional Catholics, the true Church has not existed since the advent of Vatican II and its false, even irreligious teachings. There are many fine, exacting critiques of Vatican II heresies (as well as many poor ones), and this article is not meant to be exhaustive. However, it will serve as a brief introduction to the kinds of un-Catholic thinking and theology that have changed the Church from the inside out, making pious and proper believers into outcasts much of the time. Believers who resist the encroaching darkness, and reject Vatican II, can always take comfort in the fellowship they share with others like themselves, as well as with the Lord, Who certainly must be thoroughly heartbroken over the apostasy of some of His flock. Problems with Vatican II surface even with terms and identifiers. For example, calling the parishioners "People of God" is falsely ecumenical. It seems to support the notion that Protestantism and Mormonism and Hinduism are merely other forms of the Christian religion. Furthering the confusion over salvation, the Vatican II's "Unitatis Redintegratio," states that "…the Holy Spirit does not refuse to make use of other religions as a means of salvation." The same heretical teaching echoes throughout other Vatican II documents, including John Paul II's "Catechesi Tradendae." Other ecumenical errors Vatican II propounds a very different notion of other religions and their standing. Catholic moral instruction and law clearly condemned the sort of ecumenism that Vatican II teaches, which allows sacraments of the Eucharist, penance and Extreme Unction to be performed by non-Catholics (Vatican II Canon 844 N.C). Further, the aberrant teachings encourage "ecumenical hospitality" by way of authorizing Catholic priests to offer the Eucharist, a most holy sacrament, to unbelievers. Vatican II and democracy The Vatican II document, "Lumen Gentium," is put into practice by the new Canon 336. This states that the college of Bishops enjoys supreme power in equal measure with the Vatican II pope, who some call anti-pope. By stating, "This College of Bishops, in which the apostolic body abides in an unbroken manner, is, in union with its head and never without this head, also the subject of supreme and full power over the universal Church," the doctrine contradicts both the practice and the teaching of the (true) Catholic Church. It has been clear since the First Vatican Council (DZ. 3055), as well as Pope Leo XIII's "Satis Cognitum" encyclical, that the Pope (the true Pope) alone has the supreme power thus defined. Vatican II and natural rights In its declaration entitled "Dignitatis Humanae," Vatican II affirms a fraudulent natural right "in matters of religion" that is directly contrary to historic papal teachings. Pius IX, in his Encyclical "Quanta Cura," and Leo XIII, in "Libertas Praestantissimum" and "Immortale Dei," state that there is no basis in either revelation or reason for this belief. Pius XII concurred in "Le Riesce," which he addressed to Italian Catholic judges and lawyers. The doctrine of human rights in religion is predicated on a false notion of human dignity, derived from the anti-clerical, materialist thinkers of the horrific French Revolution, condemned by St. Pius X in "Our Apostolic Mandate." Another Vatican II document, "Gaudium et Spes," also communicated a false principle when it avers as how human and Christian dignity are a consequence of the Incarnation. The same error, that the Incarnation restored dignity for all mankind, is repeated in John Paul II's "Redemptor Hominis." The Vatican II Mass The Sacrifice of the Mass is the central act of the Church, and the concepts defined by John Paul II area meant to wreak major changes in it. Now the definition of the Mass, according to Vatican II, is that it is a "service and a collegial, ecumenical communion." This actually is a fairly accurate definition of the new mass, but that certainly prevents it from being traditional, or true. Like the new Vatican II Church itself, this "collegial, ecumenical" get-together is a dramatic departure from the actual Catholic Tradition and Magisterium. It is far closer to being a Protestant belief or doctrine than a Catholic one. As opposed to the teaching propounded at the Council of Trent (22nd Session), the faithful have had their role in the Mass greatly expanded, and that of the priest much diminished. This also stands in contradiction to Pius XII's Encyclical, "Mediator Dei." In addition, the liturgy of the word has been grossly exaggerated even as the Sacrifice has been ratcheted down in significance. In addition, the communion meal is now exalted and formally laicized, reducing respect for the real presence in the transubstantiation. Popes St. Pius V and Clement VIII always made it clear that it was crucial to avoid changes, errors and mutations by constantly adhering to the true Roman rite that has been consecrated by Tradition. True Catholics must stand against the Vatican II tide, at all costs, without ceasing. There is much more you can study about Vatican II, and you should undertake to understand it as the heretical movement it is.
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