Without a VC II, there would be no “spirit of Vatican II”.
There was no evil “spirit of Trent” which followed that council.
“Without a VC II, there would be no spirit of Vatican II.”
The only relation between the two is the name.
“There was no evil spirit of Trent which followed that council.”
Evil? No. Problematic? Well, look at what some Catholics were writing in the late 16th century and you might think otherwise.
If you accept Vat2, you think the RCC is alive,
If you reject Vat2, you know the RCC is dead.
...PS I got saved out of the rcc in ‘86. Ephesians ch2