Roberto de Mattei on Vatican II: My word, even the Holy Spirit is judged and criticized
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“For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us [...].” - Acts 15:28 (RSVCE).
Roberto de Mattei:
“The Holy Spirit nonetheless did not raise His voice against Communism. Therefore many historians and theologians are right, from Monsignor Gherardini to Cardinal Brandmüller, when they say the magisterial value and the binding authority of the conciliar texts has still all to be discussed, without excluding the idea that many of those documents might end up one day in the rubbish bin. But what is more important is that the Second Vatican Council is a historical event which cannot be reduced to muddled and ambiguous texts. Its distinctive note is the spirit which moved it: a spirit whereby, the way in which doctrine had to be presented to the faithful was more important than the doctrine itself.” (Source)