I’m not misunderstanding anything. You are. Your head is in the sand. Modernism existed prior to Vatican II and was rubber stamped by the hierarchy at the Vatican II Council...in the new liturgy as well as in doctrine. The fact that you don’t see that is not my issue. It’s yours. In fact it’s ours. Because as long as Catholics like yourself continue to defend this, the longer this crisis continues.
“Because as long as Catholics like yourself continue to defend this, the longer this crisis continues.”
I’ve never defended “this”. I defend the Church. People become Modernists. The Church doesn’t. The Church can’t. The Church is indefectible. To believe otherwise is to separate yourself from the Church - which is what a Modernist would do.