Ethelred:
I have not read the book itself, I was just relaying what Fr. Girouard has said in his
Trinity Sunday video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhBAcf922twWhen you type >> the catechism of the crisis in the church << into Google the first 3 sites reference
the book by that title by ABL, and the 4th site is a link to this YouTube video of
Fr. Girouard's Trinity Sunday sermon.
12:00 Fr. Girouard recommends going back to a time when the SSPX taught a
clear message that was opposed to the errors of Vatican II. He says that there are
a number of books that the Society has made available on this subject, but of them
all, this is the best one:
The Catechism of the Crisis in the Church, written
by Fr. Matthias Gaudron, "a French -- so sometimes they do something good?" So,
for a year or something it was only in French. I have here from Bishop Fellay saying
that he wishes this book to be available in English.
He goes on saying it's in the new Angelus catalog for $16.95. I checked and found
it for $17.95.
He says that each member of every household should read this book. It is no
longer enough to pray the Catholic prayers and go to Mass. We must educate
ourselves about current events, and this book fills that need. He explains how
Pope St. Pius X showed us that one page can be very traditional and the next
page can be the Modernist heresy, so we must learn.
He gives several examples, taking quotes from the book:
Q: Can it be said that the Council was a revolution in the Church?
A: Some of its own defenders themselves proclaim
that the Council was a revolution in the Church. Cardinal Suenens says that
the Council was theFrench Revolution in the Church. Vatican II was 1789 in
the Church. Fr. Yves Congar, compared the Council to the Bolshevik Revolution,
from October, 1917: "The Church has peacefully undergone its October Revolution
Collegiality: 19:55 The principle of episcopal collegiality rises in opposition to
the exercise of authority. The pope and the bishops must no longer use their
power, but they must guide the Church collegially, or collectively. The idea of
equality as propagated by the French Revolution has been imposed. It is based
on the false notion of Rousseaux. Rousseaux is a very bad French philosopher,
who had very bad ideas, and he paved the way to the French Revolution.
Rousseaux, which denied the existence of an authority willed by God. And
attributed all power to the people. This theory is contrary to the teaching of the
Holy Scripture, St. Paul in Romans chapter 13. Quote: Let every soul be subject
to higher powers, for there is no power but from God, and those that are, are
ordained of God.
So now you have that error, that the Pope is no longer the supreme power, and
the bishop in their own diocese is no longer the supreme power, but now they
have to consult with everybody. They have to have their agreement.
...progress in the modern world... 21:53
Gaudium et spes .... according to the opinions of believers and unbelievers alike,
that all things on earth should be related to man as their center and crown. That
is a text of the council... There is no way to interpret that in a traditional manner.
This is clearly against God.
...therefore, Christians are exhorted to work with all men to a building of a more
human world. This is exact Communist theory, to build a pardaise on earth.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger called this docuмent a counter syllabus. What does
that mean? That refers to a docuмent of Pope Pius IX, called the Syllabus, that
means a collection, a Syllabus of Modern Errors, so, Pope Pius collected the
modern errors that were spread in his days, in 1850's, already, and analyzed
them and condemned them. And now, Cardinal Ratzinger says that this docuмent
of Vatican II, Gaudium et spes, is a "counter Syllabus," and that's true, he was
right. This docuмent of Vatican II positively affirms that which Pius IX denied
and condemned. In the catalogue of errors established in 1864.
Second question: Did Cardinal Ratzinger explain why he described Gaudium et
spes as a "counter syllabus?" The Cardinal justified his analogy by explaining that
in the 1960's the Church appropriated, that means made their own, quote, "The
best values of two centuries of liberal culture." Values which he says, "originate
outside the Church." But now they have found a place within. A counter Syllabus.
What has been condemned by Pius IX has been now integrated in the Church.
What about religious liberty? preceding pages who condemned it... popes always
condemned them every time...
Answer: the religious liberty of Vatican II several of these condemnations. In
Quanta Cura ... by our predecessor Gregory XVI an insanity...26:50
...etc...
Fr. Girouard gives no hint that this book contains problematic teaching.
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