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I call everyone's attention to this non-denial.

I also call attention to the fact that if he weren't Xavier Nishant, he would have responded something along the lines of "... you have no proof that I am THIS Xavier".  Or, "I have no idea who this Xavier is."  He simply says "... I am Xavier" (as if he's familiar with Xavier).

Indeed, I have no proof, and it is my opinion / suspicion.  But just because I have no proof, that doesn't mean it isn't true.

Are you the poster who's been here before under one or another similar names: Nishant, Xavier, Xavier Nishant, Xavier Sem, etc. ?

Hmmm.  Xavier Nishant disappears now rather than answer the direct question.

They were led to the wrong places by V2.  Around the 2000, 40 years after V2, converts started using these stepping stones to come back to Truth.  Don't mix up the first 40 years with the last 20 years.

Prior to V2, the "Digital Missionaries" were Catholic clergy, Archbishop Sheen, Fr. Payton, Fr. Coughlin to name a few off the top of my head. These are Commissioned to preach and teach, lay people are not, which is why lay people are not allowed to, except in the NO - where there is only the slightest of differences between priests and lay people, at some point in the NO there will be no difference at all, which only means there will be no priests at all.

The Catholic Church commissions the "Digital Missionaries" above to bring souls into the true Church, precisely in order to avoid any "stepping stones" because there is a danger there, a mortal danger, one that most succuмb to and one way or another, end up not seeking the truth - thanks to "stepping stones". 

While I agree that the only graces one might correspond to in the NO church is the graces to leave it for the True Church, most of the time, as reality proves, that is not what happens.
  

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The thing is that lay people were never permitted to preach or author theological writings or books - until V2.

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Prior to V2, the "Digital Missionaries" were Catholic clergy, Archbishop Sheen, Fr. Payton, Fr. Coughlin to name a few off the top of my head. These are Commissioned to preach and teach, lay people are not, which is why lay people are not allowed to, except in the NO ...

I offer this just as a point of information.  I was born in 1951 and have very distinct memories of life pre VII, albeit mostly has a child.  Lay people were involved with evangelization "back in the day", and their role was supported by the Church.  My parents were involved with the Legion of Mary https://legionofmary.ie, founded in 1921 by a layman Frank Duff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Duff.  The Knights of Columbus would have booths at public events such a county fairs and distribute pamphlets about the Catholic faith.  A classic pre VII work is "Theology for Beginners" by the layman Frank Sheed (of the Sheed and Ward publishing house).  It was first published in 1957 and is available as a pdf from the SSPX Ireland website: https://fsspx.ie/en/theology-beginners-frank-sheed-35407 .  St. Thomas More, a layman, frequently wrote on theological topics.  Children not in parochial schools would attend catechism classes.  If professed women/men religious, or priests, were not available to teach these, they were taught by lay people, often using the Baltimore Catechism.  If I had more time I could come up with many more examples.

Organizations such as the Legion of Mary and Knights of Columbus were moderated by priests, lay catechists were ideally trained by priests, and published works were required to have the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur.  Still, prior to VII the laity were very much involved in evangelization.