Vatican II through Eastern Catholic Eyes with Fr. Dcn. Dragani Father Deacon Anthony Dragani (Eastern Catholic) provides an Eastern Catholic perspective on the Second Vatican Council, including other topics such as the deaconate, the liturgy and communion with Eastern Orthodox.
Read More… For an expanded take on the dogma outside the church there is no salvation and Lumen Gentium, see this lecture by Michael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IEz3uV3zII&t=18s
Read More… Schillebeeckx and Accusations of “Weaponized Ambiguity” at Vatican II with Riverrun Bibliography for Schillebeeckx and Accusations of _Weaponized Ambiguity_ at Vatican II with Riverrun
Read More… Michael asks Dr. Taylor Marshall if he believes Pope Francis is the head of the true church and simultaneously the head of a false church in light of his recent video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTvZbgWeVy0
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Michael Lofton addresses Pope Paul VI’s comments on dissent from Vatican II, discusses the level of assent to be given to Vatican II and explains Pope Pius XII’s comments from Humani Generis on the level of assent owed to papal encyclicals.
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Michael Lofton discusses the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and its response to a question about blessing civil unions. He also addresses whether found here: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/03/15/210315b.html He also addresses whether Vatican II taught anything infallible and raises some interesting quotes from Pope Paul VI and Cardinal Avery Dulles.
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Examining Lumen Gentium on Other Religions with Michael Lofton
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Examining Taylor Marshall’s View on Vatican II with Michael Lofton
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Michael Lofton reviews Dr. Taylor Marshall’s comments on Pope Francis and Vatican II, found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56a5b… He demonstrates Dr. Marshall’s view leads to problematic positions and seem to lack an awareness of the necessity to assent to non-authoritative Magisterial propositions.
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Michael Lofton discusses Eastern Orthodoxy and its relation to women in the liturgy, especially deaconesses. He addresses the schism between Moscow and Constantinople in Eastern Orthodoxy and also shows some similarities between the ambiguities of Vatican II with Nicaea. He then takes live questions on a wide rang of questions.
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Michael Lofton discusses Pope Leo the great and his position of conciliar fundamentalism and shows the irony in it. He also engages Vatican II and whether it taught anything infallibly. He addresses the concept of communion for the Orthodox before Vatican II. Lastly, he takes live questions.
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Did Vatican II teach heresy? Was it overly optimistic about mankind? Are there any problems with Vatican II? These questions, and more, will be answered by Eric Sammons and the R&T crew.
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Michael Lofton has a discussion with Fr. David Sherry (SSPX Superior of Canada) on various topics including the status of the SSPX, partial communion in pre-conciliar teachings, Vatican II, Pachamama, religious liberty and more.
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Michael Lofton, William Albrecht and Erick Ybarra discuss religious liberty with Dr. Thomas Pink. The focus is on whether Dignitatis Humanae is a rupture in Catholic doctrine?
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Michael Lofton and Erick Ybarra interview Dr. Eduardo J. Echeverria on Catholic doctrine and whether it is reversible.
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Michael Lofton interviews John Salza on Sedevacantism. They discuss formal vs. material heresy, manifest vs. occult heresy, who can depose a pope, how it is evident if a cleric has lost office, if Pope Francis is a heretic, the problems with Sedevacantism, the third secred of Fatima and much more.
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Michael and Erick interview Dr. Ed Echeverria on Defending Vatican II.
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Dr. Lee McDonald joins R&T for a discussion about the canon of Scripture.
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Michael, Erick and Timothy discuss the upcoming Amazon Synod to be held in Rome and discuss how it might impact the liturgy and the sacrament of ordination.
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Michael, Erick and William discuss Mortalium Animos and the postconciliar approach towards non-Catholics with Dr. Robert Fastiggi. Peter Dimond from Most Holy Family Monastery calls in and asks Dr. Fastiggi questions from a Sedevacantism perspective.
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Michael, Erick and Tim discuss the aftermath of Vatican II and touch on matters related to the paralyzed magisterium, the tyranny of ambiguity and the maximizing of practice over doctrine, among many other aspects of the post conciliar crisis. Timothy Flanders’ website: https://meaningofcatholic.com/ Erick Ybarra’s website: https://erickybarra.org/
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Michael, Craig and Erick discuss the eucharistic sacrifice from an Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic perspective and focus on protestant objections. The discussion includes interaction with the Book of Hebrews, the nature of sacrifice and the church fathers.
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Are there any solutions to the crisis in the church? Michael Lofton, Erick Ybarra, Craig Truglia, Timothy Flanders and Dustin Quick discuss various methods that may help improve the condition in which the church finds herself. For more information visit: Timothy Flanders: https://meaningofcatholic.com Erick Ybarra: http://erickybarra.org Craig Truglia: https://orthodoxchristiantheology.com Dustin Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU01LxYSzVQ
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A review of Seraphim Hamilton’s video “Why I Cannot in Good Conscience be a Roman Catholic: The Papal Dogmas.”
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Michael Lofton and co-host Erick Ybarra discuss the reception and rebaptism of converts in the Eastern Orthodox Church with guest Fr. John Whiteford.
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Michael Lofton, Craig Truglia and Erick Ybarra discuss the recent condemnation of Pope Francis by a group of theologians and also discuss more on the topic of outside the church there is no salvation.
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In this video, Michael and Craig speak with Subdeacon Daniel Kakish, an Oriental Orthodox Christian, about what is Oriental Orthodoxy and the schism between Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy.
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Michael and Rabbi Asher Meza (Orthodox Jew) discuss Jewish and Christian differences in pursuit of truth.
Read More…In this video, Michael and Craig discuss the textual transmission of the Bible and the Quran and compare the two.
Read More…In this video, Michael reviews Yasir Qadhi on the Islamic vs. the Christian Jesus, W. Godfrey on changes in Roman Catholicism and R. C. Sproul, Ligon Duncan, and John MacArthur on Eastern Orthodoxy.
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