Liturgical Revolution Volume II: Pope John's Council [Hardcover]

Michael Davies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1977

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Liturgical Revolution: Vol. II
by Michael Davies

Your long wait is over. Finally, Volume Two of the Liturgical Revolution series, Pope John's Council, has returned. For those who have read it, it is already a classic. Few books can rival its clarity and objectivity. An incredible pattern emerges: a pastoral Council hijacked by a clique of theological liberals who consign to the trash the documents of the Council Preparatory Committee (of which Archbishop Lefebvre was a member), shut off the microphones of those who attempt to defend the Faith (suffering this indignity was no less than the illustrious Cardinal Ottaviani), and co-opting the media so that their spin became "reality"?

Michael Davies spent the last year of his life updating this book. Indispensable to understanding Vatican Council II.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Arlington House (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870003968
• ISBN-13: 978-0870003967
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,308,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Description in Detail: The Revolution in the Church, November 17, 1997

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This review is from: Pope John's Council (Paperback)

This is an outstanding account of the events that revolutionized Catholicism. The fruits of the revolution abound around us. Millions of Catholics lost their religion, and the larger society has changed irreversilby since the Council of the mid 1960's. How did this happen? Why did the traditions of nearly 2000 years get jettisoned in an apparently mindless quest for "relevance". This book details what may be the most significant event of the twentieth century. It is certainly the most underappreciated event. It is written from an unabashedly traditionalist viewpoint and describes the revolution within the Church and how it was executed. Pope John's Council is the second book in Davies' trilogy and is the most accessible of the three. Anyone curious about what has happened to either Roman Catholicism or Western Civilization over the past 30 years needs to read this book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading for every fair minded Catholic!, July 14, 1999

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This review is from: Pope John's Council (Hardcover)

Pope John's Council is an unbiased examination of the procedure, work, documents, and friuts of the Second Vatican Council by the President of the International Una Voce Federation. Its fair, even-handed approach is to use large quotations from Popes, bishops, theologians, and Protestant observers who participated in the council.

Mr. Davies cogently argues that it is the ambiguity in the conciliar documents themselves, not the "Spirit of Vatican II" alone, that has lead to so much confusion. Pope John's Council goes a long way towards explaining causes of the devastation in the Catholic Church that Cardinal Ratziger has commented on extensively the last few years.