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The Truth about What Really Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II
Book by Bro. Michael Dimond Bro. Peter Dimond
658 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published February 1, 2007
About the author
Michael Dimond
2 books4 followersHead of the Most Holy Family Monastery a sedevacantist organization.
The organization disputes the validity of present Popes, it has been condemned by the Catholic diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The organization disputes the validity of present Popes, it has been condemned by the Catholic diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska.
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September 18, 2011
Of all the works of the monks, this is the most valueable i could think of. One can never get tired of studying it. The monks show clearly with good arguments and even photos how vatican 2 cannot really be the Catholic Church. Furthermore, it becomes clearer, how the anti popes have corrupted the Faithfull and not the Faith.
May 4, 2014
Absolutely amazing material! This book is a devastating blow to the Vatican 2 sect and its anti-popes. After reading this book anyone who has a shred of honesty can conclude that we are living through the great apostasy predicted in scripture. Our Lady of La Salette warned the faithful, "Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Anti-Christ... the Church will be in eclipse." The heretics have control of Church buildings, but the Catholic Church still exists in a faithful remnant of traditional Catholics. St. Athanasius: "Even if Catholics faithful to tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ.”
May 3, 2014
At 610 pages, 1700 references and 220 color photos, this is like a mini-encyclopedia of the Vatican II Apostasy, aka. the Great Apostasy. A must-read for anyone who wants to save their soul and navigate through the spiritual mine-field of our times.
Read it chapter by chapter on www.vaticancatholic.com
Read it chapter by chapter on www.vaticancatholic.com
June 6, 2024
AN UNFLINCHING REJECTION OF “MAINSTREAM” CATHOLICISM SINCE JOHN XXIII
Michael and Peter Dimond run a sedevacantist ministry in New York called “Most Holy Family Monastery,” and they produce a wide variety of videos and other materials. (They also are the subject of a great deal of controversy, one can easily learn from an Internet search.)
There is a Glossary beginning this 2007 book, which states in one place, “The Church teaches that all non-Catholic religions are false and belong to the Devil. It is a dogma of the Catholic Faith that Outside the Catholic Church There is No Salvation… This has been defined seven times by popes speaking ‘ex cathedra.’” This position is perhaps “key” to understanding their strong rejection of the actions of recent Popes, and trends in the mainstream Catholic Church.
They argue, “We’ve seen that antipopes can exist. We’ve seen that antipopes can reign from Rome. We’ve seen that all of the living cardinals, shortly after the election of Pope urban VI, repudiated him (the true pope) and recognized Antipope Clement VII. This illustrates that it’s not at all incompatible with indefectibility… for ALL THE CARDINALS to recognize an antipope.” (Pg. 27)
Of Vatican II’s assertion that ‘the Jews should not be presented as rejected or cursed by God,’ they assert, “Vatican II denied the divinely revealed truth of Matthew 10:33, which was solemnly defined by the Council of Florence. The teaching of Vatican II is blatantly heretical… There can be absolutely no doubt that Vatican II denies the dogmatic teaching of the Council of Florence. Although there are many blatant heresies in Vatican II… this is the most specific one. Anyone who would deny that Vatican II teaches heresy, in light of these facts, is simply a liar.” (Pg. 41-42)
They state, “If it were true that Muslims worship the same God as Catholics because they worship one, all-powerful God, then anyone who professes to worship one, all-powerful God worships the one true God together with Catholics… That would mean that those who worship Lucifer as the one true… God worship the same God as Catholics!” (Pg. 54)
That point out that since Vatican II, “The world has seen a priest dressed as Dracula; in a football accompanied by cheerleaders… there have been disco Masses… nude Masses, at which scantily clad or nude people take part… The world has seen priests celebrate the New Mass with Dorito Chips, with Mountain Dew… with priests dressed in native pagan costumes, with a Jewish Menorah placed on the altar, with a statue of Buddha on the altar; with nuns making offerings to female goddesses… a New Mass where the people gather round the altar dressed as devils… where the priest sometimes talks to the people instead of saying Mass.” (Pg. 83-91)
They acknowledge, however, “the new rite of marriage is valid, but a traditional Catholic cannot be married according to the new rite. Many of the mixed marriages which are allowed are invalid. The new rite of marriage doesn’t invoke God. The new rite of marriage is used to corrupt Catholic teachings and enforce a false understanding to the married couple… a Catholic should not get married in front of any priest, even validly ordained, who is not 100% Catholic.” (Pg. 125)
Because John XXIII once greeted some Jewish visitors, “I am Joseph, your brother,” they conclude that John XXIII “was actually a Jewish infiltrator entrenched at the very highest position in the hierarchy of the Christians (or so it appeared).” (Pg. 135)
Of John Paul II, they observe, “The only difficulty in discussing the heresies of John Paul II is deciding where to begin. His heresies are so numerous that one is almost overwhelmed with the decision of where to start. A good place to begin is his consistent teaching of universal salvation… in three different encyclicals, John Paul II bluntly asserts that every man is united with Christ FOREVER> This means that all men are saved.” (Pg. 170-171)
Of Cardinal Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI), they state, “He is a deceiver. He will give the appearance of devotion to something (e.g. Fatima), while trying to rip apart its meaning. He will give the appearance of conservatism, while inculcating the most abominable heresies.” (Pg. 245) They add later, “Benedict XVI’s worst heresy? He prays with the leader of the world’s ‘Orthodox’ schismatics and signs a Joint Declaration with him telling him he’s in the Church of Christ.” (Pg. 259) Still later, they assert, “Benedict XVI holds that we shouldn’t even convert heretics and schismatics… [Benedict says] that there are many other ways beside the Christian Faith that lead to salvation. He even criticizes people for asking such a question…” (Pg. 280-281)
They contend, “Below we see Benedict XVI giving ‘El Diablo’ (the Devil) sign. This satanic gesture is popular among Satanists and satanic rock groups… Some point out that the Devil sign is similar to the hand gesture for ‘I love you’ in sign language. That’s true, but that’s probably because the inventor of the deaf signing system, Helen Keller, was herself an occultist and a Theosophist.” (Pg. 290) [Helen Keller did NOT invent Sign Language, by the way; it was taught to her by her teacher, Annie Sullivan.]
About the objection that “the Church cannot exist without a Pope,” they reply, “The Church has existed for years without a pope, and does to every time a pope dies… The longest papal interregnum … was between Pope St. Marcellinus (296-304) and Pope St. Marcellus (308-309). It lasted for more than three and a half years. Further, theologians teach that the Church can exist FOR EVEN DECADES without a pope.” (Pg. 308)
They argue, “The visibility of the Church does not require that the faithful or the hierarchy be seen in every single geographical location around the globe. This has never been the case… These faithful who externally profess the one true religion will always remain the visible Church of Christ, even if their ranks are reduced to just a handful.” (Pg. 331)
Of all the sexual scandals in the Church, they state, “People need to realize that the fact that God allowed this massive scandal to occur, which has undoubtedly discouraged millions… from investigating or seeing the Catholic faith as true, shows us that we are in the time of the Great Apostasy and Great Spiritual Deception.” (Pg. 350-351)
They even claim, “Mother Teresa of Calcutta … wasn’t even Catholic… Mother Teresa loved all religions. Mother Teresa love religions of Satan!.. This is apostasy... Mother Teresa’s charity was false, because it was not founded on the true Faith. It profited her nothing.” (Pg. 407)
Of the EWTN Catholic television network, they state, “EWTN is actually a vehicle for some of the word of the post-Vatican II apostasy… EWTN is a mechanism by which the Devil made post-Vatican II conservative-minded professing Catholics comfortable with the post-Vatican II apostasy.” (Pg. 449-450)
Perhaps surprisingly, they are also quite critical of the Society of St. Pius X, founded by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: “We want to emphasize that the SSPX does many good things; it has been an avenue by which many have been introduced, and come back, to the traditional Catholic Faith. however, in various areas the SSPX’s positions are unfortunately heretical and contrary to the Catholic Faith. First, the SSPX holds and teaches that souls can be saved in non-Catholic religions, which is heretical… while resisting Vatican II apostasy, the SSPX obstinately maintains an allegiance to the manifestly heretical ‘bishops’ of the Novus Ordo/Vatican II Church… By its recognition of the Vatican II ‘popes’ and ‘bishops’ as the Catholic hierarchy, the SSPX is in communion with this ‘counterfeit Church.’” (Pg. 483-484)
They also reject Natural Family Planning [aka “the Rhythm Method”]: “NFP is wrong because it’s birth control; it’s AGAINST conception. It’s a refusal on the part of those who use it to be open to the children that God planned to send them. It’s no different in its purpose from artificial contraception, and therefore it’s a moral evil just like artificial contraception.” (Pg. 497)
They claim that Sister Lucy (of Fatima) is an ‘imposter’: “After 1960 we are undoubtedly dealing with a massive conspiracy and an impostor St. Lucy… the enemies of the message of Fatima starting during the reign of the Freemason, John XXIII, actually implanted an imposter Sr. Lucy who acted as if she were the real St. Lucy. Nothing coming from Sr. Lucy after 1960 is reliable.” (Pg. 542)
Not surprisingly, they conclude, “It’s quite obvious, in our opinion, that the Vatican II sect is the W-ore of Babylon prophesied in Scripture.” (Pg. 574) Also, “Antipope John Paul II was totally possessed with the spirit of Antichrist and that he preached exactly the doctrine of Antichrist. John Paul II exemplified and personified the spirit of Antichrist… Paul VI definitely represented the fulfillment of Antichrist in the Vatican, as prophesied by Our Lady of La Salette.” (Pg. 601)
Obviously, this is not a book that will appeal to “ordinary” Catholics, or to “conservatives,” or even “traditionalists” (e.g., Michael Davies, Taylor Marshall). But the Dimonds provide documentation for most of their positions, and the book is very richly illustrated with photos. Caveat emptor…
Michael and Peter Dimond run a sedevacantist ministry in New York called “Most Holy Family Monastery,” and they produce a wide variety of videos and other materials. (They also are the subject of a great deal of controversy, one can easily learn from an Internet search.)
There is a Glossary beginning this 2007 book, which states in one place, “The Church teaches that all non-Catholic religions are false and belong to the Devil. It is a dogma of the Catholic Faith that Outside the Catholic Church There is No Salvation… This has been defined seven times by popes speaking ‘ex cathedra.’” This position is perhaps “key” to understanding their strong rejection of the actions of recent Popes, and trends in the mainstream Catholic Church.
They argue, “We’ve seen that antipopes can exist. We’ve seen that antipopes can reign from Rome. We’ve seen that all of the living cardinals, shortly after the election of Pope urban VI, repudiated him (the true pope) and recognized Antipope Clement VII. This illustrates that it’s not at all incompatible with indefectibility… for ALL THE CARDINALS to recognize an antipope.” (Pg. 27)
Of Vatican II’s assertion that ‘the Jews should not be presented as rejected or cursed by God,’ they assert, “Vatican II denied the divinely revealed truth of Matthew 10:33, which was solemnly defined by the Council of Florence. The teaching of Vatican II is blatantly heretical… There can be absolutely no doubt that Vatican II denies the dogmatic teaching of the Council of Florence. Although there are many blatant heresies in Vatican II… this is the most specific one. Anyone who would deny that Vatican II teaches heresy, in light of these facts, is simply a liar.” (Pg. 41-42)
They state, “If it were true that Muslims worship the same God as Catholics because they worship one, all-powerful God, then anyone who professes to worship one, all-powerful God worships the one true God together with Catholics… That would mean that those who worship Lucifer as the one true… God worship the same God as Catholics!” (Pg. 54)
That point out that since Vatican II, “The world has seen a priest dressed as Dracula; in a football accompanied by cheerleaders… there have been disco Masses… nude Masses, at which scantily clad or nude people take part… The world has seen priests celebrate the New Mass with Dorito Chips, with Mountain Dew… with priests dressed in native pagan costumes, with a Jewish Menorah placed on the altar, with a statue of Buddha on the altar; with nuns making offerings to female goddesses… a New Mass where the people gather round the altar dressed as devils… where the priest sometimes talks to the people instead of saying Mass.” (Pg. 83-91)
They acknowledge, however, “the new rite of marriage is valid, but a traditional Catholic cannot be married according to the new rite. Many of the mixed marriages which are allowed are invalid. The new rite of marriage doesn’t invoke God. The new rite of marriage is used to corrupt Catholic teachings and enforce a false understanding to the married couple… a Catholic should not get married in front of any priest, even validly ordained, who is not 100% Catholic.” (Pg. 125)
Because John XXIII once greeted some Jewish visitors, “I am Joseph, your brother,” they conclude that John XXIII “was actually a Jewish infiltrator entrenched at the very highest position in the hierarchy of the Christians (or so it appeared).” (Pg. 135)
Of John Paul II, they observe, “The only difficulty in discussing the heresies of John Paul II is deciding where to begin. His heresies are so numerous that one is almost overwhelmed with the decision of where to start. A good place to begin is his consistent teaching of universal salvation… in three different encyclicals, John Paul II bluntly asserts that every man is united with Christ FOREVER> This means that all men are saved.” (Pg. 170-171)
Of Cardinal Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI), they state, “He is a deceiver. He will give the appearance of devotion to something (e.g. Fatima), while trying to rip apart its meaning. He will give the appearance of conservatism, while inculcating the most abominable heresies.” (Pg. 245) They add later, “Benedict XVI’s worst heresy? He prays with the leader of the world’s ‘Orthodox’ schismatics and signs a Joint Declaration with him telling him he’s in the Church of Christ.” (Pg. 259) Still later, they assert, “Benedict XVI holds that we shouldn’t even convert heretics and schismatics… [Benedict says] that there are many other ways beside the Christian Faith that lead to salvation. He even criticizes people for asking such a question…” (Pg. 280-281)
They contend, “Below we see Benedict XVI giving ‘El Diablo’ (the Devil) sign. This satanic gesture is popular among Satanists and satanic rock groups… Some point out that the Devil sign is similar to the hand gesture for ‘I love you’ in sign language. That’s true, but that’s probably because the inventor of the deaf signing system, Helen Keller, was herself an occultist and a Theosophist.” (Pg. 290) [Helen Keller did NOT invent Sign Language, by the way; it was taught to her by her teacher, Annie Sullivan.]
About the objection that “the Church cannot exist without a Pope,” they reply, “The Church has existed for years without a pope, and does to every time a pope dies… The longest papal interregnum … was between Pope St. Marcellinus (296-304) and Pope St. Marcellus (308-309). It lasted for more than three and a half years. Further, theologians teach that the Church can exist FOR EVEN DECADES without a pope.” (Pg. 308)
They argue, “The visibility of the Church does not require that the faithful or the hierarchy be seen in every single geographical location around the globe. This has never been the case… These faithful who externally profess the one true religion will always remain the visible Church of Christ, even if their ranks are reduced to just a handful.” (Pg. 331)
Of all the sexual scandals in the Church, they state, “People need to realize that the fact that God allowed this massive scandal to occur, which has undoubtedly discouraged millions… from investigating or seeing the Catholic faith as true, shows us that we are in the time of the Great Apostasy and Great Spiritual Deception.” (Pg. 350-351)
They even claim, “Mother Teresa of Calcutta … wasn’t even Catholic… Mother Teresa loved all religions. Mother Teresa love religions of Satan!.. This is apostasy... Mother Teresa’s charity was false, because it was not founded on the true Faith. It profited her nothing.” (Pg. 407)
Of the EWTN Catholic television network, they state, “EWTN is actually a vehicle for some of the word of the post-Vatican II apostasy… EWTN is a mechanism by which the Devil made post-Vatican II conservative-minded professing Catholics comfortable with the post-Vatican II apostasy.” (Pg. 449-450)
Perhaps surprisingly, they are also quite critical of the Society of St. Pius X, founded by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: “We want to emphasize that the SSPX does many good things; it has been an avenue by which many have been introduced, and come back, to the traditional Catholic Faith. however, in various areas the SSPX’s positions are unfortunately heretical and contrary to the Catholic Faith. First, the SSPX holds and teaches that souls can be saved in non-Catholic religions, which is heretical… while resisting Vatican II apostasy, the SSPX obstinately maintains an allegiance to the manifestly heretical ‘bishops’ of the Novus Ordo/Vatican II Church… By its recognition of the Vatican II ‘popes’ and ‘bishops’ as the Catholic hierarchy, the SSPX is in communion with this ‘counterfeit Church.’” (Pg. 483-484)
They also reject Natural Family Planning [aka “the Rhythm Method”]: “NFP is wrong because it’s birth control; it’s AGAINST conception. It’s a refusal on the part of those who use it to be open to the children that God planned to send them. It’s no different in its purpose from artificial contraception, and therefore it’s a moral evil just like artificial contraception.” (Pg. 497)
They claim that Sister Lucy (of Fatima) is an ‘imposter’: “After 1960 we are undoubtedly dealing with a massive conspiracy and an impostor St. Lucy… the enemies of the message of Fatima starting during the reign of the Freemason, John XXIII, actually implanted an imposter Sr. Lucy who acted as if she were the real St. Lucy. Nothing coming from Sr. Lucy after 1960 is reliable.” (Pg. 542)
Not surprisingly, they conclude, “It’s quite obvious, in our opinion, that the Vatican II sect is the W-ore of Babylon prophesied in Scripture.” (Pg. 574) Also, “Antipope John Paul II was totally possessed with the spirit of Antichrist and that he preached exactly the doctrine of Antichrist. John Paul II exemplified and personified the spirit of Antichrist… Paul VI definitely represented the fulfillment of Antichrist in the Vatican, as prophesied by Our Lady of La Salette.” (Pg. 601)
Obviously, this is not a book that will appeal to “ordinary” Catholics, or to “conservatives,” or even “traditionalists” (e.g., Michael Davies, Taylor Marshall). But the Dimonds provide documentation for most of their positions, and the book is very richly illustrated with photos. Caveat emptor…
May 17, 2017
This is a must-read book in our day and age.
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