Apocalypse! Steve Skojec’s Pontifications vs. Vatican II

Infallibility, Councils, and Levels of Church Authority: Explanation of the Subtleties of Church Teaching and Debate with Several Radical Catholic Reactionaries [7-30-99; terminology updated, and a few minor changes made on 7-31-18]

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Dialogue on Vatican II: Its Relative Worth, Interpretation, and Application (with Patti Sheffield vs. Traditionalist David Palm) [9-15-13]

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Vatican II Defended Against Reactionary (and Some Traditionalist) Charges [4-25-14; expanded and re-edited: 1-23-17]

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Apologia for Vatican II / Misguided Reactionary Criticisms [8-17-15]

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Our man Skojec (the Man of the Hour and Oracle for Our Age) thinks that the Church after Vatican II is “a manifestly different thing” (11-5-19, 12:08 PM), an “almost totally different religion” (11-5-19, 12:09 PM), and a complete “rupture” (7-23-18, 2:53 PM). Catholicism was in essence “the same” throughout her entire history until Vatican II (7-23-18, 3:12 PM): which was a “revolution” and “rebellion against orthodoxy” (7-23-18, 3:13 PM); a “mistake” and “lethal” (10-18-18, 12:41 AM), and in fact represented a “new” Catholicism that couldn’t “mix” with the “old” (7-23-18, 3:15 PM). It’s no longer “truth” but rather, a “lie” (7-23-18, 3:16 PM). It “hijacked, usurped, & replaced” the previous “authentic Catholicism” (10-18-18, 12:43 AM). Even a “pious” man like Cardinal Sarah doesn’t understand genuine Catholic tradition because (horror of horrors!) he “defends Vatican II” (10-18-18, 12:48 AM).

All of these goofy notions, of course, constitute the supposed triumph in the Church of the heretical notion of “evolution of dogma” (roundly condemned by Pope St. Pius X) rather than the perfectly orthodox and legitimate development of doctrine. Alas, we poor Catholics must live with it as “a bizarre self-contradiction” (11-5-19, 12:09 PM). O woe is us! Who will deliver us from such a hideous fate?! Vatican II is “a mess” (2-5-18, 3:46 PM); not just the “interpretation” mind you: but the council itself. What would we have done with Steve to save us?!

Steve has somehow — inextricably — convinced himself that Vatican II is “non-binding” (9-25-29, 3:55 PM). He favorably links (10-9-18, 2:55 PM) to fellow extremist reactionary Peter Kwasniewski’s article, “RIP, Vatican II Catholicism (1962-2018)” [10-9-18]: published, of course, at One Vader Five.: complete with the picture of a ghastly casket. No subtleties here, folks . . . . He also favorably links (2-5-18, 12:46 PM) ) to the similar article, “Time to Let Go of Vatican II” by Brian Williams (2-2-18). Can you imagine some fool writing an article, “Time to Let Go of Vatican I” in the year 1925, or “Time to Let Go of Trent” in the year 1618?

Vatican II was filled with deliberate “exploitable timebombs” (2-5-18, 3:45 PM). The council was subject to “hijacking” and was “not benign” (2-5-18, 3:51 PM). The Church of Vatican II isn’t “worth living — or dying” for (1-18-18, 12:35 AM). But the Church prior to that “was” worth devoting one’s life to because (you see) it didn’t “suck” (1-18-18, 12:39 AM). The “legacy” of Pope St. Paul VI was the “decimation” he brought upon the Church (7-26-18, 1:54 PM). Tradition and received Catholic theology after Vatican II “meant jack squat” and was “sidelined” (7-26-19, 1:55 PM). There was no “continuity” with what came before (7-23-18, 6:48 PM).

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Photo credit: knaeufle_de (9-19-18) [Pixabay / Pixabay License]

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