In the Catholic world today, you either accept Vatican II or you reject Vatican II. If you reject Vatican II then you are a sedevacantist, you know, those crazy people. All other positions accept Vatican II in one way or another. Those faithfully attending a Traditional Latin Mass but who still accept Bergoglio or any of the other five claimers of the title of pope since 1958, they also accept Vatican II.
Ann Barnhardt, I am looking at you.
Barnhardt accepts Ratzinger as pope, which means that she must also accept Vatican II as Ratzinger was a pope under Vatican II. Stands to reason. Why then is Barnhardt upset at Bergoglio saying that all religions lead to the One True God? For Bergoglio is merely stating publicly what Vatican II itself declares as truth. Don’t believe me?
Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
Lumen Gentium Chapter 2. The people of God
16. “But the plan of salvation also embraces those who acknowledge the Creator, and among these the Muslims are first; they profess to hold the faith of Abraham and along with us they worship the one merciful God who will judge mankind on the last day.”
3. “The Church also looks upon Muslims with respect. They worship the one God living and subsistent, merciful and mighty, creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to humanity and to whose decrees, even the hidden ones, they seek to submit themselves whole-heartedly, just as Abraham, to whom the Islamic faith readily relates itself, submitted to God…Hence they have regard for the moral life and worship God in prayer, almsgiving and fasting.”
These passages from Vatican II essentially state that rejection of Christ is not a rejection of the One True God. It implies that the Church of Christ exists outside the Catholic Church. Which is a heresy. And if you submit to it then you are a public heretic. But wait, there’s more.
Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration of religious freedom)
2. “This Vatican synod declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom. Such freedom consists in this, that all should have such immunity from coercion by individuals, or by groups, or by any human power, that no one should be force to act against his conscience in religious matters, nor prevented from acting according to his conscience, whether in private or in public, within due limits.”
2. “Therefore this right to non-interference persists even in those who do not carry out their obligations of seeking the truth and standing by it; and the exercise of this right should not be curtailed, as long as due public order is preserved.”
Yes, Vatican II explicitly states that man has a right to worship who or what he wants, and that man has a right to be wrong. Which is a contradiction. Which is not possible under the Catechism of the Catholic Church. But there it is. I mean, how many of you nominal Catholics who hold so strongly to Vatican II popes have actually read the documents of Vatican II?
Bergoglio is just reading from the textbook of Vatican II. He isn’t saying anything new that hasn’t been taught or assumed for the last sixty or so years. This is what all of the Vatican II popes have lived under and promoted. Why do you think John Paul II met and celebrated leaders of false religions, as did Ratzinger. Paul VI regularly praised other religions.
Paul VI, Address, Sept. 18, 1969: “…Moslems… along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind.” (L’Osservatore Romano, Oct. 2, 1969, p. 2.)
Why get your knickers in a knot about Bergoglio? This has been going on for decades.
The Bible has this to say about Christ’s Church:
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it [Matthew 16:18]
Vatican II teaches and propagates heresy. Either it is not of the Catholic Church or Christ was wrong. If it is not of the Catholic Church then anti-popes have been reigning for sixty years and the buildings and public positions of the Catholic Church have been taken over by heretics. But the Catholic Church does still exist because a small group of priests and bishops refused and still refuse to toe the line to public heresy.
Bergoglio is not an outlier. He is a prime product of Vatican II. He is Vatican II. If you accept Vatican II then you must accept Bergoglio and accept everything that he says as truth, because he is simply reiterating what Vatican II expressly states. So stop acting all shocked and surprised.
Originally published at Pushing Rubber Downhill. You can purchase Adam’s books here.