This shameful sham of a council closes with readings by a Catholic, Methodist, and Orthodox, with Paul VI presiding. Rahner and Ratzinger are remembered, and John XXIII is virtually canonized in eulogy. A disgusting...
The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation – Deluxe Version Here By Saint Alphonsus Liguori This is an incredibly useful compilation. It is a very compact yet comprehensive guide to progressing in the spiritual...
Moving on to attacking the family, the Council Fathers specifically thwart Paul VI as he strangely tries to make the document more traditional and orthodox. We find out that the Council Fathers are more...
Moving from “less popular” schemas to hot button issues, Fr. Trauner and Stephen discuss why anti-semitism is one of the “unforgiveable sins” of the modern world. They also recap the Metz Conference, which ensured...
Shorter, lesser-known schemas are the subject of this episode, but particularly relevant was Cardinal Suenens attack on religious: “the distinctive but ridiculous garb of many communities must be changed,” “outdated notions of the inferiority...
More arguments regarding “procedure” ensue as opposed to doctrine. Not just the Coetus Fathers, but both liberals and conservatives are ignored in their written interventions if there appears to be a conflict with the...
What was Black Week? The liberals had, at the hands of Paul VI, ostensibly had setbacks for Lumen Gentium, Dignitatis Humane, Unitatis Redintegratio, and Our Lady’s title as Mother of the Church. But the...
In this episode Fr. Trauner and Stephen discuss the three “meanings” of collegiality that were floating around in the discussions about Lumen Gentium, only one of which was orthodox, and which was not the...
Perhaps the single most controversial document of Vatican II, Dignitatis Humanae had ferocious “defenders” to make sure that the heretical notion of error having “rights” would be enshrined in what would seem to the...
In this episode Fr Trauner and Stephen discuss the expansion of Gaudium et Spes from 45 pages to 122 and the “undue optimism” which everyone attributed to it. Paul VI’s unfortunate attitude towards the...
