Posted on 12/09/2004 7:38:28 AM PST by AnAmericanMother
"What I was thinking of when I used that term, was that prior to Vatican II, the Church seemed to exist in a rarefied atmosphere, and it seemed the Chruch ruled with an iron fist."
If the preconciliar popes ruled with an iron fist, it was because they knew they had to. The Enemy was ready to strike at the first opportunity. But in the meantime, the rarefied atmosphere had won the world's grudging admiration.
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