A complete critique of the crisis, covering the conduct and documents of Vatican II, the priesthood, catechetics, religious orders, feminism, ecumenism, faith, morality, Catholic culture, liturgy, and more from the time of John XXIII to 1985. Romano Amerio (†1997) was professor at the Academy of Lugano, consultant to the Preparatory Commission of Vatican II, and a peritus at the Council —a scholar and an insider!
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian
Original Language: Italian
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The author: Romano Amerio (1905-1997) was a professor, teaching philosophy, Greek and Latin at the Academy of Lugano. He was appointed by his bishop as consultant to the Central Preparatory Commission to Vatican II and was a peritus for the Bishop of Lugano during the Council.
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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the Finest Books on the Vatican II Crisis,
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This review is from: Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
The author, Professor Romano Amerio, was a "peritus" (a theological expert) at Vatican II. He is therefore in a unique position to comment on the Council. But Amerio does far more than comment. Here we have a fine Thomistic mind dispassionately explaining how Vatican II inaugerated a "new theology" based on modern notions that had been consistently condemned by the Church since the time of the French Revolution. From the very first paragraph of the book, the reader realizes that he is in the hands of a master. Whether it is ecueminsm, the new Mass, the new buzzword of "dialogue", Amerio dissects the issue and shows the non-Catholic thinking and principles that are part and parcel of the "Spirit of Vatican II." He exposes the sophisms of the modern apologists of the Council, while vigorously defending the traditional teachings of Catholicism. This book is A MUST for Catholics who love their faith but are disillusioned by the modern, liberal trends in the Church. Superb!
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Thorough analysis of change in the Catholic Church,
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This review is from: Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
In this exhaustive analysis of the changes in the Catholic Church this century--which he demonstrates to be in the direction of a change of essence (i.e., not just a cultural modification)--Amerio brings out the underlying issues of world-views in conflict. He shows that the Second Vatican Council, in committing the Church to "embrace the world", was operating according to a this-worldly philosophy which ultimately betrays the Church's whole nature and purpose. What of the future? Amerio's outlook is bleak. No easy comfort here. The prospect is one of continued fragmentation of the Church but, bearing in mind Christ's promise (that the Gates of Hell will not prevail against his Church), the Church will survive in integrity, even if in the form of a "remnant".
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I give 5 stars to the book, but 1 star to Amazon. The Amazon edition is a paperback at $44.95. Note that at Angelus Press http://www.angeluspress.org/iota_unum.htm the "hardback" is $44.95, and the "paperback" is $29.95.
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