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SkidRowCatholic · « **on:** **Today** at 02:22:10 PM »

Canons and Anathemas of Dignitatis Humanae from the Second Vatican Council

In order that the doctrine set forth above may be held firmly and faithfully, the sacred Council, adhering to the custom of the holy Fathers, now sets forth the following canons, so that all may know what must be believed and what must be rejected.

Canon I.
If anyone shall deny that the human person has a right to religious freedom, understood as immunity from coercion by individuals, social groups, or any human power, so that no one is forced to act contrary to his own beliefs whether privately or publicly, alone or in association with others, within due limits: let him be anathema.

Canon II.
If anyone shall deny that this right to religious freedom has its foundation in the dignity of the human person as known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself, and that it is to be recognized in the constitutional law whereby society is governed: let him be anathema.

Canon III.
If anyone shall say that men are not bound to seek the truth, especially religious truth, or that they are not bound to adhere to the truth once known and to order their lives according to its demands, or that they may be coerced in the discharge of these obligations: let him be anathema.

Canon IV.
If anyone shall deny that man is not to be forced to act contrary to his conscience, nor restrained from acting according to it, especially in matters religious, and that no merely human power can command or prohibit the internal, voluntary, and free acts whereby man directs his life toward God: let him be anathema.

Canon V.
If anyone shall deny that religious communities possess the right to govern themselves according to their own norms, to honor the Supreme Being in public worship, to instruct their members, to promote institutions for ordering their lives according to their religious principles, and to communicate freely with authorities and communities abroad: let him be anathema.

Canon VI.
If anyone shall say that religious communities may rightly be hindered in the selection, training, appointment, or transferral of their ministers, in the erection of buildings for religious purposes, in the acquisition or use of property, or in their public teaching and witness to their faith: let him be anathema.

Canon VII.
If anyone shall deny that parents have the right to determine, in accordance with their own religious beliefs, the kind of religious education their children are to receive, or shall affirm that government may impose instruction contrary to the religious convictions of parents: let him be anathema.

Canon VIII.
If anyone shall say that government may impose upon the people, by force or fear or other means, the profession or repudiation of any religion, or that it may hinder men from joining or leaving a religious community, or that it may bring force to bear in order to destroy or repress religion: let him be anathema.

Canon IX.
If anyone shall deny that the exercise of religious freedom is subject to the moral principle of personal and social responsibility, or that society has the right to defend itself against abuses committed under the pretext of religious freedom, or that government must act according to juridical norms in conformity with the objective moral order: let him be anathema.

Canon X.
If anyone shall say that the Church does not possess a sacred freedom, endowed by the only‑begotten Son, or that to act against this freedom is not to act against the will of God, or that the harmony between the freedom of the Church and the religious freedom recognized as the right of all men and communities is not to be maintained: let him be anathema.

The Errors of Vatican II's Dignitatis Humanae as Condemned by the Popes
*Ranked by Level According to the Theological Note*

The ranked table above shows that several propositions in Dignitatis Humanae fall under theological notes such as error proximate to heresy, formal contradiction, and error / false doctrine, because they directly oppose prior papal teaching on the State’s duty toward the true religion and the rejection of a civil right to profess false religions. Pre‑Vatican II theologians—including Van Noort (De Ecclesia Christi, 1957), Salaverri (Sacrae Theologiae Summa III, 1955), Billot (De Ecclesia, 1909), and Franzelin (De Divina Traditione, 1875)—teach that doctrines repeatedly taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium cannot be contradicted by any later ecclesial act. Therefore, if an ecuмenical council were to affirm propositions previously condemned as grave errors, it would constitute what these theologians call defectio in fide.

According to this same consensus, a pope‑ratified ecuмenical council is infallible in matters of faith and morals, and cannot reverse prior infallible or authoritative doctrine without the Church ceasing to be the divinely protected teacher of truth. Billot states that if the Church taught error universally, “the promises of Christ would fail”; Van Noort says she would “cease to be the trustworthy teacher of the nations”; Salaverri affirms that such a reversal would mean “the Church would defect”; and Franzelin insists the Church “cannot contradict herself in doctrine.” Since the table identifies direct contradictions between Dignitatis Humanae and earlier papal teaching, the pre‑Vatican II manuals conclude that such teaching cannot come from a true general council without implying defection.

MiracleOfTheSun · « **Reply #1 on:** **Today** at 04:11:14 PM »

It seems like something is rotten in the Vatican. What are the implications and solution according to Catholic doctrine?

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