Michael Lofton reviews the comments of St. Pope Paul VI on the authority of the Second Vatican Councils with an emphasis on correcting those who attempt to use the council to break with the past. He also notes Paul VI on the importance of reading Vatican II consistently with the past, along with whether the council “liberated” Catholics from an outdated church of the past. He addresses whether the council taught some things infallibly and whether the council’s pastoral nature means it wasn’t doctrinally authoritative. Michael also addresses the council’s teaching on the episcopate and whether it is guilty of the heresy of conciliarism.
