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To: vladimir998
Lay people could simply have stayed Catholic on their own.

How can they stay faithful to something they've never known?

I grew up post-Vatican II. My family never missed Mass at our local parish church (wreckovated to resemble a masonic temple, without statues or other traditional decor, tabernacle off to the side, no recognition of the Real Presence, dancing women on the altar, etc.). It wasn't until I came across a copy of a Leaflet Missal catalogue (thank God) that I had the slightest clue regarding the post-VII abruption.

99 posted on 02/15/2014 12:32:55 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut

“How can they stay faithful to something they’ve never known?”

The same way the Japanese Catholics stayed faithful for 250 years without a single priest or bishop to guide them. http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/st-paul-miki-and-the-rise-of-japans-hidden-christians

“I grew up post-Vatican II. My family never missed Mass at our local parish church (wreckovated to resemble a masonic temple, without statues or other traditional decor, tabernacle off to the side, no recognition of the Real Presence, dancing women on the altar, etc.). It wasn’t until I came across a copy of a Leaflet Missal catalogue (thank God) that I had the slightest clue regarding the post-VII abruption.”

Oh, you mean weren’t dependent on a priest or bishop to teach you the ancient Catholic faith in the information age? Welcome to reality, bud. We all have the responsibility to teach ourselves the faith in adulthood.


103 posted on 02/15/2014 1:08:12 PM PST by vladimir998
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