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Date Posted: 07:00:47 04/19/02 Fri A little-known drama that unfolded during the reign of Pope Pius XI demonstrated that the underground current of Modernist thought was alive and well in the immediate post-Pius X period. Father Raymond Dulac relates that at the secret consistory of May 23, 1923, Pope Pius XI questioned the thrity Cardinals of the Curia on the timeliness of summoning an ecumenical council. In attendance were such illustrious prelates as Cardinals Merry del Val, De Lai, Gasparri, Boggiani and Billot. The Cardinals advised against it. Cardinal Billot warned, "The existence of profound differences in the midst of the episcopacy itself cannot be concealed... [They] run the risk of giving place to discussions that will be prolonged indefinitely." Boggiani recalled the Modernist theories from which, he said, a part of the clergy and of the bishops were not exempt. "This mentality can incline certain Fathers to present motions, to introduce methods incompatible with Catholic traditions." Billor was even more precise. He expressed his fear of seeing the council "maneuvered" by "the worse enemies of the Church, the Modernists, who are already getting ready, as certain indications show, to bring forth the revolution of the Church, a new 1789." In discouraging the idea of a council for such reasons, these Cardinals showed themselves, more apt at recognizing the "signs of the times" than all the post-Vatican II theologians combined. Yet their caution may have been rooted in something deeper. They may also have been haunted by the writings of the infamous illumine, the excommunicated Canon Roca (1830-1893), who preached revolution and Church "reforms" and who predicted a subversion of the Church that would be brought about by a council. HAS THE CHURCH BEEN SUBVERTED ? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.caughey [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |