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The Great Facade: Vatican II and the Regime of Novelty in the Roman Catholic Church Paperback – June 15, 2002

by Christopher A. Ferrara (Author), Thomas E. Woods Jr. (Author)

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Empty seminaries, shuttered parishes, crisis-level priest shortages, altar girls, trendy "liturgies" -- not to mention worldwide homosexual clergy scandals, loss of faith, and the exodus of Catholics from the Church. What has happened to the Catholic Church since 1965? Why did the Church suddenly seem to lose her very identity after the Second Vatican Council? Where is the much-vaunted conciliar "springtime"?

In this book, Christopher A. Ferrara, Esq., and Dr. Thomas Woods cut through the confusion and the doubletalk and get to the heart of the matter: it was not nameless, faceless "liberals" but the Council itself and decisions by the Vatican and the conciliar Popes that brought on the current unparalleled ecclesial crisis. While the Church still stands, her teachings are still there and her traditional Latin Mass is still alive, Catholics are now forced to look hard in order to find these things. They must look behind a great facade of novelty and failed experimentation imposed upon the Church in the name of Vatican II -- a facade that separates Catholics from their own God-given patrimony: 2000 years of traditional teaching, liturgy, and spirituality.

In order to restore the Church to vigor, millions of so-called "traditional" Catholics are abandoning the feeble neo-Catholicism that has arisen over the past forty years and seeking a return to the virile Catholicism of the perennial Church.

This book also refutes, with devastating logic and precision, all the common "neo-Catholic" objections to the traditionalist position, while confounding all the usual "neo-Catholic" excuses for the ruinous mistakes of judgment by Church authorities that have reduced the Church to her current condition.

The great facade is already crumbling and beginning to fall. This book exposes its flimsy footings and gives it a powerful shove.

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422 pages
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English
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The Remnant Press
Publication date

June 15, 2002
ISBN-10

1890740101
ISBN-13

978-1890740108
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"Must reading. Will be used as a tool in the decades ahead." -- Thomas A. Droleskey, Ph.D., author, _Christ in the Voting Booth_

"Superb--best analysis of the present, parlous state of the Church I've read.... Utterly persuasive." -- Jeffrey Rubin, editor, Conservative Book Club

The analyses, warnings, and proffered solutions are as important to non-Catholic conservatives, even non-believers, as to Catholics. -- Jimmy Cantrell, _The Texas Mercury_

About the Author

Christopher A. Ferrara earned his Baccalaureate and Juris Doctor degrees from Fordham University. He is President and Chief Counsel of the American Catholic Lawyers Association, Inc., a nonprofit religious organization dedicated to defending the religious liberties of Catholics in state and federal litigation, public discourse and debate. He has achieved major appellate victories in pro-life cases. Mr. Ferrara has written extensively on Catholic issues, including the postconciliar crisis in the Catholic Church. His writing has appeared frequently in The Latin Mass, The Remnant, Christian Order, Catholic Family News, and other publications.

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the author of Ever Ancient, Ever New: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era (Columbia University Press, 2004, forthcoming), and editor of The Political Writings of Rufus Choate (Regnery, 2002). His writing has appeared in Investor's Business Daily, the Christian Science Monitor, Modern Age, and dozens of other periodicals, and his work has been translated into six languages. He is also a contributor to five encyclopedias, and serves as editor of The Latin Mass magazine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Remnant Press (June 15, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 422 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1890740101
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1890740108
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds

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Debbie H

Necessary to Understand Where the Church Is Today

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016

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One of the best introductory works regarding the current problems in the Church since the Second Vatican Council. This, and Iota Unum, are the two I recommend for anyone wondering what has changed in the Catholic Church recently and what we can do to help restore the One True Church.

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A masterpiece and simple reading describing how the Catholic Church ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018

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A masterpiece and simple reading describing how the Catholic Church has been and is being destroyed from within. If you never read anything
on why the Catholic Church changed.....this is the most important and only book you will ever need to understand it all. Written in everyday language.

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017

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Mr. Ferrara tells the way it is. It's quite disturbing to find out all that has been lost due to the Novus ordo translation of the Mass. Encourage all to read this book

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A seeker of Truth

Not for those afraid of truth (i.e., whimps)

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2016

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There is no substitute for the Truth. On a scale of one to five stars, I give it SIX.

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Victoria Beach Cook

Can't argue with facts

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2010

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The folks in the traditionalist movement like Chris Ferarra,Michael Davies,the Remnant,etc.simply make a better case for their position than the people who disagree with them.Period.As time goes on the stereotype of the wacko traditionalist keeps fading more and more.You can debate all you want about how to "interpret Vatican II in light of tradition."The fact of the matter is that the reforms of the Church have been a disaster.Even our current pope who was a liberal back in the 1960s seems to have become much more traditional minded in recent years.In fact lately he seems to have more in common with Archbishop Lefebvre than people would like to admit.This book is a good read.It's not perfect.The Wanderer,EWTN,and a lot of the other "neo-Catholics" are better Catholics than the author likes to give them credit for.But the basic message of the book is sound.Overall I do reccomend it.

Frank Cook Feeding Hills MA

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Kathleen D. Miller

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016

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Very informative

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017

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he proved that Vatican 2 is false

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012

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well researched, documented and written. A great learning experience for anyone new to traditional catholicism. Can be a bit repetitive at times, and the facetiousness might be toned down a bit. Bit tedious at times for those reasons. But overall a very good book with excellent content.

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Sal Lianhum

This has got to the best book available explaining the Traditional Catholic position and why ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2015

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This has got to the best book available explaining the Traditional Catholic position and why the Neo-Catholic (those who propose a form of orthodoxy, but in effect only since VII) position will never work in the long term renewal of the Church. It is written in 'lay man' terms so it easy to appreciate the beauty and complexities of Traditionalism and I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone new to Catholic Traditionalism.

The book pulls no punches in critiquing the papacy of Pope John Paul II etc, so if you are one of those Neo-Catholics who defends the Papacy at all costs, your in for a shock.

This book is also especially important in view of the recent farce Synod 2015, which is really just following the trajectory of the disastrous Vatican II Council.

I hope this book is reprinted and available for purchase again, it certainly deserves a wide readership!

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