How false ecumenism destroys a proper understanding of redemption - LifeSite

(LifeSiteNews) –– One of the most devastating casualties in the period after Vatican II has been the practical elimination of the distinction between objective redemption and subjective redemption. This has contributed to various evils, ranging from mass apostasy to the Vatican’s persecution of those Catholics who believe what the Church has always taught. Indeed, in one way or another, almost every aspect of the ongoing crisis in the Church relates to the effective elimination of the concept of subjective redemption. To understand this tragic phenomenon, we can look both at the direct attempts to reshape theology as well as the indirect practical assaults on the understanding of subjective redemption. As a starting point to the analysis, though, it is worthwhile to consider the proper understanding of the distinction between objective redemption and subjective redemption. In his Since our present discussion on the Church’s teaching involves a distinction of capital importance which, …