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Pope Paul VI DESTROYS Liberal Catholics on Vatican II
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…
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Vatican II on Degrees to Catholic Communion
Does Vatican II teach that some are partially united to the Catholic Church? Michael Lofton goes over the question of partial vs. full communion in the Catholic Church.
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Is Vatican II Merely A Pastoral Council?
Michael Lofton covers whether Vatican II being a pastoral council means that it was not doctrinal and authoritative in nature.
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Does Christ Will for Eastern Orthodox to Become Catholic?
Michael Lofton examines documents from the Second Vatican Council and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to determine if Catholicism teaches that Christ wills for Eastern Orthodox to become Catholic.
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Should We Bring Back Excommunications and Anathemas?
Michael considers the opening speech of St. Pope John XXIII on the medicine of mercy, along with the Code of Canon Law, and then asks some probing question in light of Sacred Scripture.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Hermeneutic of Continuity
Michael goes over Pope Benedict XVI’s 2005 Christmas address to the cardinals where he explained the hermeneutic of continuity vs. the hermeneutic of rupture.
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Did Vatican II Change Catholic Ecclesiology?
Michael examines the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document clarifying some aspects of Catholic ecclesiology from the Second Vatican Council.
