One thing I appreciate about this piece is that it at least attempts to argue from publicly demonstrable continuity and contradiction rather than mere sentiment or aesthetics.
A lot of people instinctively know something broke after Vatican II, but few try to lay out a structured case for why the rupture can be objectively identified. Even where readers may disagree with some conclusions, the effort to ground the discussion in visible doctrinal continuity rather than emotion is highly worthwhile.
Ratzinger must have been under great pressure, possibly even blackmail, since he credibly, I believe, told a close priest friend, Fr Ingo Dollinger: that the Third Secret of Fatima included the foretelling of "a bad council and a bad mass":
And that of course can only happen under a false pope. Which supports the theory, itself supported by a good amount of evidence, that there was a valid pope in exile while "Saints" John XXIII & especially Paul VI were creating a counterfeit church.
One thing I appreciate about this piece is that it at least attempts to argue from publicly demonstrable continuity and contradiction rather than mere sentiment or aesthetics.
A lot of people instinctively know something broke after Vatican II, but few try to lay out a structured case for why the rupture can be objectively identified. Even where readers may disagree with some conclusions, the effort to ground the discussion in visible doctrinal continuity rather than emotion is highly worthwhile.
It makes me chuckle when Dr K calls anything a ‘definitive rebuttal’. This is a bloke who ‘rethinks’ absolutes like Paris rethinks fashion.
Ratzinger must have been under great pressure, possibly even blackmail, since he credibly, I believe, told a close priest friend, Fr Ingo Dollinger: that the Third Secret of Fatima included the foretelling of "a bad council and a bad mass":
onepeterfive.com/cardinal-ratzinger-not-published-whole-third-secret-fatima
And that of course can only happen under a false pope. Which supports the theory, itself supported by a good amount of evidence, that there was a valid pope in exile while "Saints" John XXIII & especially Paul VI were creating a counterfeit church.
novusordowatch.org/john-xxiii (a few links there with "1958" in them explain how such a thing could happen)