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Sources of renewal: the implementation of the second vatican..
In order to understand Bl. John Paul II, whom many already argue should be acclaimed as “the Great”, one must understand the Second Vatican Council. The reverse is equally true—in order to understand the Second Vatican Council, one must first understand Bl. John Paul “the Great”. It is simply not possible to understand either without reference to the other.
In the late 1960s the Council itself was complete, though the work of implementing the great Council had scarcely begun in earnest. Yet already there were many who insisted on dressing up their own visions of “reform” of the Church by claiming the “spirit of Vatican II” as their authority, claiming that everything had changed.
Into this breach—and it was not possible for any to see, at that time, just how much damage would be caused by then nascent efforts to remake the Church—stepped then-Cardinal Wojtyla, Council Father and pastor of a strong diocese in the bosom..
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