The Principal Heresies of
by
Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B.
This document exposes the
heresies found in the following documents of Vatican II:
This document exposes the
principal heresies of Vatican II in their complete contexts, which leaves those
who would presume to defend Vatican II with no excuse. Many of the heresies exposed in this document
have not, to our knowledge, been exposed in any other piece written on Vatican
II. Most of this document corresponds to
what is contained in our new video
Heresies by Document
1. Unitatis Redintegratio – the Decree on Ecumenism.
Unitatis
Redintegratio # 1:
“Yet almost all, though in different ways, long
for the one visible
At the very beginning of its
decree on ecumenism, Vatican II teaches that almost everyone longs for a truly
universal Church whose mission is to convert the world to the Gospel. What is the truly universal Church whose
mission is to convert the world to the Gospel?
It is the Catholic Church, of course, which alone is the one true
Antipope
John Paul II, Homily, Dec. 5, 1996, speaking
of prayer with non-Catholics: “When
we pray together, we do so with the longing ‘that there may be one visible
Church of God, a Church truly universal and sent forth to the whole
world that the world may be converted to the Gospel and so be saved, to the
glory of God’ (Unitatis Redintegratio,
1.).”(2)
Here we see that John Paul II himself confirms that
the longing for the one, visible
Unitatis redintegratio (# 4):
“Nevertheless, the divisions among Christians prevent
the Church from realizing in practice the fullness of Catholicity proper to her,
in those of her sons and daughters who, though attached to her by baptism, are
yet separated from full communion with her.
Furthermore, the Church herself finds it more difficult to express in
actual life her full Catholicity in all its bearings.”(3)
Here, in
#4 of the same decree on ecumenism, Vatican II denies that the
“Cardinal”
Ratzinger, Dominus Iesus #17,
approved by Antipope John Paul II, Aug. 6, 2000: "Therefore, the Church of Christ is present and
operative also in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the
Catholic Church since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of the
Primacy, which, according to the will of God, the Bishop of Rome objectively
has and exercises over the entire Church."(4)
Therefore, if Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism denies that the Catholic
Church is the universal Church of Christ (which it does) by longing for such a Church to exist, it follows logically that Vatican II would
also teach that ”the Church” (i.e., the universal Catholic Church) is not able
to fully realize its Catholicity/ Universality,” due to “divisions among
Christians.” In other words, according to the clear teaching of Vatican II,
divisions among the countless Protestant sects, Eastern Schismatic sects and
the Roman Catholic Church prevent the
universal Church (of which we are all
members according to
All of
this is definite confirmation that Vatican II taught that heretical and
schismatic sects make up the
Pope Clement VI, Super quibusdam, Sept. 20, 1351:
“We ask: In the first
place, whether you and the Church of the Armenians which is obedient to you,
believe that all those who in baptism have received the same Catholic faith,
and afterwards have withdrawn and will withdraw in the future from the
communion of THIS SAME ROMAN CHURCH,
WHICH ONE ALONE IS CATHOLIC, are schismatic and heretical, if they remain
obstinately separated from the faith of this Roman Church.”(5)
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum
(# 9), June 29, 1896:
“The practice of the Church has always been the same, as is shown by the
unanimous teaching of the Fathers, who
were wont to hold as outside Catholic communion, AND ALIEN TO THE CHURCH,
WHOEVER WOULD RECEDE IN THE LEAST DEGREE FROM ANY POINT OF DOCTRINE PROPOSED BY
HER AUTHORITATIVE MAGISTERIUM.”(6)
Moving along, we
come to # 3 of Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism. It affirmed that all the baptized professing
“Christians” are in communion with the Church and have a right to the name
Christian, while not mentioning anything about the necessity for them to
convert to the Catholic faith for salvation.
Unitatis Redintegratio #3: “For
men who believe in Christ and have been truly baptized are in communion with
the Catholic Church
even though this communion is imperfect.
The differences that exist in varying degrees between them and the Catholic
Church-whether in doctrine and sometimes in discipline, or concerning the
structure of the Church-do indeed create many obstacles, sometimes serious
ones, to full ecclesiastical communion. The ecumenical movement is striving to
overcome these obstacles. But even in
spite of them it remains true that all who have been justified by faith in
Baptism are incorporated into Christ, and have a right to be called Christian, and so are correctly accepted as brothers by the children of the
Catholic Church.”
Notice that Vatican II teaches that these Protestant and schismatic sect
members are in communion with the Catholic Church (albeit impartial), and
brothers of the same Church, with a right to the name Christian. The Catholic Church, on the other hand,
teaches that they are outside the communion of the Church and alien to its faithful. This
directly contradicts the teaching of Vatican II:
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (# 9), June 29, 1896:
“The practice of the Church has always been the same, as is shown by the
unanimous teaching of the Fathers, who
were wont to hold as outside Catholic
communion, and alien to the
Church, whoever would recede in the least degree from any point of doctrine
proposed by her authoritative Magisterium.”
Vatican
II, Unitatis Redintegratio #3: “The
children who are born into these Communities and who grow up believing in
Christ cannot be accused of the sin involved in the separation, and the
Catholic Church embraces them as brothers, with respect and affection.” (http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html)
One must carefully consider this statement
to get the full impact of its malice. (We’ve just added it to our article on the
heresies of Vatican II.) Without any
clarification or qualification given,
Unitatis redintegratio # 3:
“Moreover some, and even
most, of the significant elements and endowments which together go to build up
and give life to the Church itself, can exist outside the visible boundaries
of the Catholic Church: the written word of God; the life of grace;
faith, hope and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, and
visible elements too.”(7)
Here we
discover more blatant heresy in # 3 of the Decree of ecumenism. It bluntly asserts that the life of grace
exists outside the visible boundaries of the Catholic Church. This is directly contrary to the solemn
teaching of Pope Boniface VIII in the ex
cathedra Bull Unam Sanctam.
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, Nov. 18, 1302:
“With Faith urging us we
are forced to believe and to hold the one, holy, Catholic Church and that,
apostolic, and we firmly believe and simply confess this Church outside of
which there is no salvation nor remission of sin, the Spouse in the
Canticle proclaiming: ‘One is my dove,
my perfect one.”(8)
Vatican
II has rejected the dogma that there is no remission of sin outside the
Catholic Church, by asserting that one can possess the life of grace (which
includes the remission of sins) outside the Catholic Church. And there is even more in the same section of
the decree on ecumenism. It asserts that
these non-Catholic sects and communities we’ve been discussing are means of
salvation.
Unitatis redintegratio (# 3):
“It follows that these
separated churches and communities as such, though we believe them to be
deficient in some respects, have by no means been deprived of significance and
importance in the mystery of salvation. For
the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation
whose efficacy comes from that fullness of grace and truth which has been
entrusted to the Catholic Church.”(9)
This is one of
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (#
9), June 29, 1896: “The Church alone
offers to the human race that religion – that state of absolute perfection –
which He wished, as it were, to be incorporated in it. And it alone supplies those means of salvation which accord with the ordinary
counsels of
Pope Pius X, Editae saepe (#
29), May 26, 1910: “The Church alone
possesses together with her magisterium the power of governing and sanctifying
human society. Through her ministers and
servants (each in his own station and office), she confers on mankind suitable and necessary means of salvation.”(11)
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
Florence, “Cantate Domino,” 1441, ex cathedra:
“The Holy Roman Church
firmly believes, professes and preaches that all those who are outside the
Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will
go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels,
unless they are joined to the Church before the end of their lives …”(12)
Vatican
II also teaches in its decree on ecumenism that non-Catholics bear witness to
Christ by shedding their blood.
Unitatis redintegratio # 4:
“On the other hand,
Catholics must gladly acknowledge and esteem the truly Christian endowments
which derive from our common heritage and which are to be found among our
separated brothers and sisters. It
is right and salutary to recognize the riches of Christ and the virtuous deeds
in the lives of others who bear witness to Christ, even at times to the shedding
of their blood.”(13)
This
paragraph clearly means that there are saints and martyrs for Christ in
non-Catholic Churches, a heresy of Vatican II that Antipope John Paul II has
repeated and expanded upon countless times.
Antipope John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 1), May 25, 1995:
“The
courageous witness of so many martyrs of our century, including members of
Churches and Ecclesial Communities not in full communion with the Catholic
Church, gives new vigor to the Council’s call and reminds us of our duty to
listen to and put into practice its exhortation.”(14)
Antipope John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 84), May 25, 1995:
“Albeit in an invisible way, the communion between
our Communities, even if still incomplete, is truly and solidly grounded in the
full communion of the saints - those who, at end of a life faithful to grace,
are in communion with Christ in glory. These saints
come from all the Churches and Ecclesial Communities which gave them entrance
into the communion of salvation.”(15)
The Catholic
Church teaches dogmatically that outside the Church there are no Christian
martyrs.
Pope Pelagius II,
epistle (2) Dilectionis vestrae, 585:
“Those who were not willing to be at agreement in the Church of God,
cannot remain with God; although given over to flames and fires, they burn, or
thrown to wild beasts, they lay down their lives, there will not be for them
that crown of faith, but the punishment of faithlessness, not a glorious result
(of religious virtue), but the ruin of despair.
Such a one can be slain, he cannot be crowned.”(16)
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
“… no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood
for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained within the bosom
and unity of the Catholic Church.”(17)
Vatican
II also teaches in its decree on ecumenism that Eastern heretics and
schismatics help the Church to grow.
Unitatis redintegratio (#’s 13-15):
“We now turn our
attention to the two chief types of division as they affect the seamless robe
of Christ. The first division
occurred in the east, when the dogmatic formulas of the councils of
The
Catholic Church teaches that heretics are the gates of Hell.
Pope Vigilius, Second Council of
“These matters having
been treated with thorough-going exactness, we bear in mind what was promised
about the holy Church and Him who said the gates of hell will not prevail against
it (by these we understand the
death-dealing tongues of heretics)… and so we count along with the devil, the
father of lies, the uncontrolled tongues of heretics and their heretical
writings, together with the heretics themselves who have persisted in their
heresy even to death.”(19)
Pope St. Leo IX, In terra pax hominibus, Sept. 2, 1053,
to the “Father” of the Eastern Orthodox, Michael Cerularius, Chap. 7:“The holy
Church built upon a rock, that is Christ, and upon Peter or Cephas, the son of John who first was called Simon,
because by the gates of Hell, that is,
by the disputations of heretics which lead the vain to destruction, it
would never be overcome.”(20)
Another
heresy which holds a prominent place in Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism is the
constant expression of respect for non-Catholic religions.
Unitatis redintegratio # 3:
“But is subsequent centuries
much more extensive dissensions made their appearance and large communities
came to be separated from the full communion of the Catholic Church – for
which, often enough, both sides were to blame.
Those who are now born into these communities and who are brought
up in the faith of Christ cannot be accused of the sin involved in the
separation, and the Catholic Church looks upon them as sisters and
brothers, with respect and love.”(21)
The
Catholic Church does not look upon members of non-Catholic religions with
respect. The Church does not respect the
workings of the devil. Rather, the
Catholic Church anathematizes all heresies and calls all non-Catholics in charity
to convert to the true faith.
First Council of Constantinople, 381,
“Every heresy is to be anathematized
and in particular that of the Eunomians or Anomoeans, that of the Arians or
Eudoxians, that of the Semi-Arians or Pneumatomachi, that of the Sabellians
that of the Marcellians, that of the Photinians and that of the
Apollinarians.”(22)
Pope
Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council,
1215, Constitution 3, On Heretics:
“We excommunicate and anathematize every
heresy raising itself up against this holy, orthodox and Catholic faith
which we have expounded above. We condemn all heretics, whatever names
they may go under. They have different faces indeed but their
tails are tied together in as much as they are alike in their pride.”(23)
Pope Pelagius II,
epistle (1) Quod ad dilectionem, 585:
“If anyone, however, either suggests or believes or presumes to teach
contrary to this faith, let him know that he is condemned and also
anathematized according to the opinion of the same Fathers.”(24)
Vatican
II’s decree on ecumenism also implicitly denies the dogma that Popes possess
supreme power in the universal Church by divine right. It teaches that in the past the Popes have
acted by common consent as
moderators.
Unitatis redintegratio # 14:
“For many centuries the
Churches of the east and the west followed their separate ways though linked in
a union of faith and sacramental life; the Roman See by common consent acted
as guide when disagreements arose between them over matters of faith and
discipline.”(25)
These
words clearly imply that the Popes did not hold supreme authority over all the
churches in the East with whom they were united in faith. It implies that the Holy See merely acted as
a moderator when agreed upon by common consent, not by divine institution. And this heretical and schismatical idea,
that a Pope’s jurisdiction comes from the consent of the Faithful, is condemned
by the Magisterium. In fact, notice how
the words of Pope Pius XI, in condemning this very heresy, apply exactly to the
above paragraph in Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism.
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 7), Jan. 6, 1928,
speaking of heretics:
“Among them there indeed are some, though few, who grant to the Roman
Pontiff a primacy of honor or even a certain jurisdiction or power, but this,
however, they consider not to arise from the divine law but from the consent of
the faithful.”(26)
Vatican
II’s decree on ecumenism also teaches that in theological matters we must treat
with non-Catholics on an equal footing.
Unitatis redintegratio # 9:
“We must get to know the
outlook of our separated fellow Christians… Most valuable for this purpose are
meetings of the two sides – especially for discussion of theological problems –
where each side can treat with the other on an equal footing, provided
that those who take part in them under the guidance of their authorities are
truly competent.”(27)
This
heretical paragraph is a clear assertion that Vatican II does not hold that the
Catholic Church’s teachings are true and that heretical teachings are
false. Vatican II holds, rather, that
both the Catholic teaching and the non-Catholic heresies are true – otherwise
it would never recommend that they be “treated” on an equal footing. In fact, notice in the following quotation
how specifically the wording of Vatican II is condemned by Pope Pius XI! Vatican II recommends that we “treat” with
heretics on an equal footing while Pope Pius XI describes the heretics as
willing to “treat” with the Church of Rome, but only as “equals with an
equal”! When one reads the incredible
specificity with which Vatican II contradicted the past teaching of the
Magisterium, one can only ask: was Satan himself writing the documents of
Vatican II?
Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 7), Jan. 6, 1928,
speaking of heretics:
“Meanwhile they affirm
that they would willingly treat with
the Church of Rome, but on equal
terms, that is as equals with an equal...”(28)
There
are a number of other heresies in Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism, but we feel
that the above heresies are sufficient to prove our point and that we should
move on to the next document.
2.
Orientalium ecclesiarum – Decree on Eastern Catholic
Churches
The Vatican II
decree Orientalium ecclesiarum deals
with eastern Catholic churches. It also
deals with the Eastern Schismatic sects, the so-called “Orthodox” non-Catholic
churches. In dealing with the so-called
Orthodox in # 27 of this decree, Vatican
II provides us with one of its most significant heresies.
Orientalium
Ecclesiarum # 27:
“Given the above-mentioned principles, the
sacraments of Penance, Holy Eucharist, and the anointing of sick may be
conferred on eastern Christians who in good faith are separated from the
Catholic Church, if they make the request of their own accord and are
properly disposed.”(29)
For 20 centuries the Catholic
Church has consistently taught that heretics cannot receive the sacraments of
Penance, Holy Eucharist and Extreme Unction.
This teaching is founded on the dogma that outside the Catholic Church
there is no remission of sins, defined by Pope Boniface VIII.
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, Nov. 18, 1302:
“With Faith urging us we
are forced to believe and to hold the one, holy, Catholic Church and that,
apostolic, and we firmly believe and simply confess this Church outside of
which there is no salvation nor remission of sin, the Spouse in the
Canticle proclaiming: ‘One is my dove,
my perfect one.”(30)
Pope Eugene IV, Council of
Florence, “Cantate Domino,” 1441, ex
cathedra:“The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches
that all those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also
Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will go into
the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless
they are joined to the Church before the end of their lives; that the unity of this ecclesiastical
body is of such importance that only those who abide in it do the Church’s
sacraments contribute to salvation and do fasts, almsgiving and other
works of piety and practices of the Christian militia productive of eternal
rewards; and that nobody can be saved, no matter how much he has given away in
alms and even if he has shed blood in the name of Christ, unless he has
persevered in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.”(31)
Only for those who abide in
the Roman Catholic Church do the Church’s sacraments contribute to
salvation. This is a dogma! And this dogma is clearly repudiated by
Vatican II’s outrageous teaching that it is lawful to give the sacraments of
Penance, Holy Eucharist and Extreme Unction to those who do not abide in the
Catholic Church. In fact, Popes
throughout the ages have proclaimed that non-Catholics who receive the Holy
Eucharist outside the Catholic Church receive it to their own damnation.
Pope Pius VIII, Traditi Humilitati (# 4), May 24, 1829:
“Jerome used to say it
this way: he who eats the Lamb outside
this house will perish as did those during the flood who were not with Noah in
the ark.”(32)
Pope Gregory XVI, Commissum divinitus (# 11), May 17, 1835:
“… whoever dares to depart from the unity of Peter
might understand that he no longer shares in the divine mystery…‘Whoever eats the Lamb outside of this house
is unholy.’”(33)
Pope Pius IX, Amantissimus
(# 3), April 8, 1862:
“… whoever eats of the Lamb and is not a member of the Church, has
profaned.”(34)
Antipope John Paul II has
repeated and expanded upon this heresy of Vatican II countless times. He teaches it clearly in his new code of
canon law (Canon 844.3-4), in his Directory
for the Application of the Principles and Norms of Ecumenism (#’s 122-125)
and in his new catechism (#1401). He
also makes many references to this heresy in many of his speeches.
Antipope
John Paul II, General Audience, Aug.
9, 1995:
“Concerning aspects of
intercommunion, the recent Ecumenical Directory confirms and
states precisely all that the Council said: that is, a certain intercommunion is possible, since the Eastern Churches
possess true sacraments, especially the priesthood and the Eucharist.
“On this sensitive point, specific
instructions have been issued, stating that, whenever it is impossible for a
Catholic to have recourse to a Catholic priest, he may receive the sacraments
of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick from the minister of an
Eastern Church (Directory, n. 123).
Reciprocally, Catholic ministers
may licitly administer the sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the
Anointing of the Sick to Eastern Christians who ask for them.”(35)
Antipope
John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (# 48),
May 25, 1995:
“Pastoral
experience shows that with respect to our Eastern brethren there should be and
can be taken into consideration various circumstances affecting individuals,
wherein the unity of the Church is not jeopardized nor are intolerable risks
involved, but in which salvation itself
and the spiritual profit of souls are urgently at issue. Hence, in view of special circumstances of
time, place and personage, the Catholic Church has often adopted and now adopts
a milder policy, offering to all the means of salvation and an example of
charity among Christians through
participation in the sacraments and in other sacred functions and objects… There must never be a loss of
appreciation for the ecclesiological implication of sharing in the sacraments,
especially the Holy Eucharist.”(36)
Three things are striking in this paragraph:
1) John Paul II calls for sharing in the sacraments, especially the Holy
Eucharist; 2) he attempts to justify this by invoking “the spiritual profit of
souls,” which means that he is directly denying the definition of Eugene IV on
how reception of the sacraments outside the Church does not profit one unto
salvation; 3) John Paul II reminds us
never to forget the “ecclesiological implication” of sharing in the sacraments
– which implication is that these heretics and schismatics with whom they are
sharing the sacraments are also in the same Church of Christ! Does the reader see what this heresy
means? It means that the Vatican II
Church, now headed by Antipope John Paul II, considers itself in the same
Besides its horrible teaching
on giving the sacraments to non-Catholics, in its decree Orientalium ecclesiarum, Vatican II spreads more of the heresy of
indifferentism – the idea that God approves of all heretical sects.
Orientalium
Ecclesiarum # 30:
“They should also pray that the fullness of the
strength and solace of the holy Spirit, the paraclete, may flow out upon
those many Christians of any Church whatsoever who, fearlessly confessing
Christ, are undergoing suffering and distress.”(37)
Contrary to the heresy of
Vatican II, the Holy Spirit does not flow out upon members of any sect
whatsoever.
Pope Leo
XII, Ubi Primum (# 14), May 5, 1824:
“It is
impossible for the most true God, who is Truth itself, the best, the wisest
Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to
approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent
with one another and contradictory, and
to confer eternal salvation on their members… by divine faith we hold one
Lord, one faith, one baptism… This is
why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.”(38)
Pope St.
Celestine I, Council of
“…
remember that the followers of every heresy extract from inspired scripture the
occasion of their error, and that all
heretics corrupt the true expressions of the holy Spirit with their own
evil minds and they draw down on their heads an inextinguishable flame.”(39)
Other Popes could be quoted
to condemn Vatican II’s indifferentism, but Pope Leo XII and Pope St. Celestine
should suffice. Finally, operating on the principle that all
heretical sects are as good as the Catholic Church – and that the Holy Ghost
approves of all heretical sects –
Orientalium ecclesiarum calls for Catholics to share their churches with
heretics and schismatics.
Orientalium
Ecclesiarum # 28:
“With the same principles in mind, sharing in
sacred functions and things and places is allowed among Catholics and their
separated eastern brothers and sisters...”(40)
Lumen
Gentium, Vatican II’s constitution on the Church, became famous (or rather,
notorious) for its heretical teaching of collegiality. This is the idea that the bishops, taken as a
whole, also are the supreme head of the Catholic Church.
Lumen Gentium # 22:
“However, the order of Bishops, which
succeeds the college of apostles in teaching authority and pastoral government,
and indeed in which the apostolic body continues to exist without interruption,
is also the subject of supreme and full power over the universal Church,
provided it remains united with its head …”(41)
We see that Lumen Gentium explicitly teaches that
the
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, Nov. 18, 1302:
“… Of the one and only Church there is one body, one head, not two heads as a monster…”
The Pope alone possesses the
supreme authority in the Church. The
Bishops do not.
Pope Leo XIII, Satis
Cognitum (# 14), June 29, 1896:
“For He who made Peter the foundation of the Church
also ‘chose, twelve, whom He called apostles’ (Luke 6:13); and just as it is
necessary that the authority of Peter should be perpetuated in the Roman
Pontiff, by the fact that the bishops
succeed the Apostles, they inherit their ordinary power, and thus the
episcopal order necessarily belongs to the essential constitution of the
Church. Although they do not receive plenary, or universal, or supreme authority,
they are not to be looked as vicars of the Roman Pontiffs; because they
exercise a power really their own, and are most truly called ordinary pastors
of the peoples over whom they rule.”(42)
Pope Leo XIII, Satis
Cognitum (# 15):
“But
the power of the Roman Pontiff is supreme, universal, and definitely
peculiar to itself; but that of the bishops is circumscribed by
definite limits, and definitely peculiar to themselves.”(43)
Besides the heresy of
collegiality, there are others in Lumen
Gentium that cannot be overlooked.
The most striking is found in Lumen
Gentium 16.
Lumen Gentium # 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.”
This is
an amazing blasphemy! Catholics are
worshippers of Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Trinity; the Muslims are
not! A child can understand that we don’t have the same God.
Pope Gregory XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio (# 6), May 27,
1832:
“Therefore, they must
instruct them in the true worship of
God, which is unique to the Catholic religion.”(44)
Pope St. Gregory the
Great:
“The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship
God truly except in Her ...”(45)
It is a
clearly a denial of the Most Blessed Trinity to say that Muslims worship the
true God without worshipping the Trinity.
Secondly, and even worse when considered carefully, is the astounding
statement that Muslims worship the One Merciful Who will judge mankind on the last day! This is an incredible heresy. As stated already, Muslims don’t worship
Jesus Christ – mankind’s supreme Judge on the last day. Therefore, they do not worship God who will
judge mankind on the last day! This is
quite simple. To say that Muslims do
worship God who will judge mankind on the
last day, as Vatican II does in Lumen
Gentium 16, is to totally deny
that Jesus Christ will judge mankind on the last day.
Pope St. Damasus I, Council of
“If anyone does not say
that HE (JESUS CHRIST) …WILL COME TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD,
HE IS A HERETIC.”(46)
In addition to what is stated above, in Lumen Gentium 16 we find another prominent
heresy.
Lumen Gentium # 16:
“Nor does divine
providence deny the helps that are necessary for salvation to those who,
through no fault of their own, have not yet attained to the express recognition
of God yet who strive, not without divine grace, to lead an upright
life.”(47)
Vatican
II is teaching here in Lumen Gentium
that there are some people who, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, have not yet
attained to the express recognition of God.
In other words, there are some atheists who are atheists through no
fault of their own. This is pure
heresy.
It is
infallibly taught in Sacred Scripture that everyone above the age of reason can
know with certainty that there is a God.
They know this by the things that are made: the trees, the grass, the
sun, the moon, the stars, etc.
Therefore, anyone who is an atheist – who believes that there is no God
– is without excuse. The natural law
convicts him. Read the teaching of
Sacred Scripture.
Romans 1:19-21:
“Because that which is
known of God is manifest in them. For
God hath manifested it unto them. For
the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made; His eternal power also, and
divinity: SO THAT THEY ARE
INEXCUSABLE.”
Pope Pius IX, First Vatican Council, Session 3, On
Revelation,
“If anyone shall have
said that the one true God, our Creator and Lord, cannot be known with certitude by those things which have been made, by
the natural light of human reason: let him be anathema.”(48)
Vatican
II, in the above passage in Lumen Gentium
16, falls directly under this anathema.
Moving right along, in Lumen
Gentium 15, Vatican II also teaches that the Church is united with those who
don’t accept the Papacy.
Lumen Gentium # 15:
“For several reasons
the Church recognizes that it is joined to those who, though baptized and
so honoured with the Christian name, do not profess the faith in its entirety
or do not preserve communion under the successor of St. Peter.”(49)
It is a
dogma that those who reject the Papacy are not joined to the Catholic Church.
Pope Pius IX, Amantissimus (# 3), April 8, 1862:
“There are other, almost countless, proofs drawn from the most
trustworthy witnesses which clearly and openly testify with great faith,
exactitude, respect and obedience that all
who want to belong to the true and only Church of Christ must honor and obey
this Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff.”(50)
Pope Pius VI, Charitas (# 32), April 13, 1791:
“Finally, in one word,
stay close to Us. For no one can be in the
Pope Leo XIII, Satis
Cognitum (# 13), June 29, 1896:
“Therefore if a man does not want to be, or to be
called, a heretic, let him not strive to please this or that man… but let him
hasten before all things to be in communion with the Roman See.”(52)
Vatican
II also teaches that heretics honor Holy Scripture with a true religious
zeal.
Lumen Gentium # 15, speaking of non-Catholics:
“For there are many
who hold the sacred scripture in honour as the norm for believing and living,
displaying a sincere religious zeal… They are marked baptism… and indeed there
are other sacraments that they recognize and accept in their own Churches or
ecclesiastical communities.”(53)
The
Catholic Church teaches that heretics repudiate the traditional Word of God.
Pope Gregory XVI, Inter Praecipuas (# 2), May 8, 1844:
“Indeed, you are aware
that from the first ages called Christian, it has been the peculiar artifice of heretics that, repudiating the
traditional Word of God, and rejecting the authority of the Catholic
Church, they either falsify the Scriptures at hand, or alter the explanation of
the meaning.”(54)
4. Dignitatis
Humanae – Declaration on Religious liberty
Vatican
II’s declaration on religious liberty was without question the most notorious
of all the documents of Vatican II. This
is because its teaching on religious liberty was so heretical, so contrary to
the teaching of the Catholic Magisterium, that even the most liberal heretics
had trouble rationalizing it.
Dignitatis humanae # 2:
“This
Dignitatis humanae # 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.”(56)
It is a
dogma of the Catholic Church that states have a right, and indeed a duty, to
prevent false religions from publicly propagating and practicing their false
faiths. States must do this to protect
the common good – the good of souls, which is harmed by the public
dissemination of evil. This is why the
Catholic Church has always taught that Catholicism should be the only religion
of the state; and that the State should exclude and forbid the public profession and propagation of any
other.
Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, Dec. 8, 1864, # 77:
“In this age of ours it is no longer expedient that the Catholic
religion should be the only religion of the state, to the exclusion of all
other cults whatsoever.” – Condemned.(57)
Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, # 78:
“Hence in certain
regions of Catholic name, it has been laudably sanctioned by law that men immigrating there be allowed to have
public exercises of any form of worship of their own.” – Condemned.(58)
Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, Dec. 8, 1864, # 55:
“The Church is to be separated from the state, and the state from the
Church.” – Condemned.
Thus, it
is abundantly clear that the teaching of Vatican II is direct heresy against the infallible teaching of Pope Pius
IX and a host of other Popes we could quote.
The teaching of Vatican II on religious liberty could literally have
been added to the errors of the Syllabus condemned by Pope Pius IX.
Dignitatis humanae # 3:
“So the state,
whose proper purpose it is to provide for the temporal common good, should
certainly recognize and promote the religious life of its citizens. With equal certainty it exceeds the limits
of its authority, if it takes upon itself to direct or to prevent religious
activity.”(59)
Here
Vatican II says that the State exceeds its authority if it dares to direct or
prevent religious activity. In other
words, the state exceeds its authority if it is not godless. This is why, after Vatican II, a number of
formerly Catholic nations changed their Catholic Constitutions in favor of
secular ones! They went from Catholic
nations to godless nations all because of Vatican II. But justice, reason and Catholic dogma forbid
the State to be godless.
Pope Leo XIII, Libertas (# 21), June 20, 1888:
“Justice therefore forbids, and reason itself forbids, the State to
be godless; or to adopt a line
of action which would end in godlessness – namely, to treat the various
religions (as they call them) alike, and to bestow upon them promiscuously
equal rights and privileges. Since,
then, the profession of one religion is necessary in the State, that religion must be professed which
alone is true, and which can be recognized without difficulty, especially
in the Catholic States, because the marks of truth are, as it were, engraven
upon it.”(60)
Pope St. Pius X, Vehementer Nos, Feb. 11, 1906:
“We, in accord with the supreme authority which We hold from God,
disprove and condemn the established law which separates the French state from
the Church, for those reasons which We have set forth: because it inflicts the greatest injury
upon God whom it solemnly rejects, declaring in the beginning that the state is
devoid of any religious worship…”(61)
Pope Gregory XVI, Inter Praecipuas (# 14), May 8, 1844:
“Experience shows that there is no more direct way
of alienating the populace from fidelity and obedience to their leaders than
through that indifference to religion
propagated by the sect members under the name of religious liberty.”(62)
In line
with its heretical teaching on religious liberty, Vatican II naturally teaches
the heresy that all religions have liberty of speech and liberty of the press.
Dignitatis Humanae # 4:
“In addition,
religious communities are entitled to teach and give witness to their faith
publicly in speech and writing
without hindrance.”(63)
The idea
that everyone has the right to liberty of speech and the press has been
condemned by countless Popes. We will
only quote Gregory XVI and Leo XIII.
Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos (# 15), Aug. 15, 1832:
“Here We must include that harmful and never sufficiently
denounced freedom to publish any writings whatever and disseminate them to
the people, which some dare to demand and promote with so great a clamor. We are
horrified to see what monstrous
doctrines and prodigious errors are disseminated far and wide in countless
books, pamphlets, and other writings which, though small in weight, are very
great in malice.”(64)
Pope Leo
XIII, Libertas (# 42), June 20, 1888:
“From
what has been said it follows that it
is quite unlawful to demand, to defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, of speech, or writing, or of
worship, as if these were so
many rights given by nature to man.”(65)
Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei (# 34), Nov. 1, 1885:
“Thus, Gregory XVI in his encyclical letter Mirari Vos, dated August 15, 1832, inveighed with weighty words against the sophisms which even at his time were being publicly inculcated – na