A CRITIC OF VATICAN II DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY
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SSPX founder Archbishop Lefebvre held that the Declaration on Religious Liberty undermined Catholic doctrine that the Church must come first in society and that there is no right to change from Catholicism to something else.
This page argues that Vatican II never changed the
position of the Church on religious liberty though the Archbishop said it did
and contradicted tradition and eventually made his Society of St Pius X break
with Rome. The tradition of the Church which is infallible for it has always
being taught says that the true Church should be professed by each country. Each
country should have the Catholic Church as the state religion.
The Church says the state needs God and must worship God as a state. The Church
still rejects the doctrine that every person has the right to believe in
whatever religion his reason tells him is true for nobody has the right to be
wrong. True nobody has the right to be wrong but nothing can be done about this
for everybody has the right to follow reason as they see it as long as they are
doing their best. The doctrine of the Church is that error should be suppressed
for the common good of the people. For example, if censoring Protestantism would
lead to civil war you have to tolerate their error. If Protestants are taking
members from the state Church and can be peaceably stopped it is a different
story. The Catholic doctrine of religious liberty is that nobody can be forced
to believe – that is all.
www.catholicism.org/pages/summary.htm#inv
Doctrinal Summary by Br Thomas Mary MICM. This page informs us that Catholic
teaching is that if you hear of the Catholic Church and don’t join it or study
it your damnation is guaranteed. It affirms that babies that die without baptism
will be banned from Heaven forever.
Can Non-Catholics be Saved?
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/debate9.htm