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Vatican II has certainly
Vatican II has certainly worked out badly, although the documents are much more limited than what they led to. What happened was natural. An ecumenical council is an extreme measure, so if there’s no fundamental dispute to resolve, why have one?
The wisdom of an assembly is always hard-won. So if a council is called with no practically pressing issues to consider, the discussions will relate to abstract propositions that a collection of 2000 bishops from all over the world won’t be able to deal with effectively. Anything they resolve will be so vague in its effect that it will be possible to make it mean anything whatever once the council is over. Which is what has happened.
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