STEPHEN COUGHLIN: Tradition, the Deposit of Faith, and Revelation are center mass of how all future understandings are to be understood. V2 inverts the Church and subordinates it to the New Theology.

Properly understood, this rejects Tradition in favor of Nouvelle Théologie esotericism. Tradition, the Deposit of Faith, and Revelation are center mass of how all future understandings are to be understood. V2 inverts the Church and subordinates it to the New Theology. This is a profound intentional error. As a matter of Church doctrine, it cannot be true and, hence, cannot be Catholic. V2 expressly stated that it promulgated no new doctrines or dogmas. Hence, the last (real) Council was V1. Everything that was licit at V1 is still licit today. Nothing that was illicit then can be licit today. And that's just the way it is. It's that simple. In opaque language, Ratzinger said the same thing. It's not recent development, it's inherent in V2

— Stephen Coughlin (@S_Coughlin_DC) October 6, 2026

from Stephen Coughlin, 

Properly understood, this rejects Tradition in favor of Nouvelle Théologie esotericism. Tradition, the Deposit of Faith, and Revelation are center mass of how all future understandings are to be understood. V2 inverts the Church and subordinates it to the New Theology. This is a profound intentional error. As a matter of Church doctrine, it cannot be true and, hence, cannot be Catholic. V2 expressly stated that it promulgated no new doctrines or dogmas. Hence, the last (real) Council was V1. Everything that was licit at V1 is still licit today. Nothing that was illicit then can be licit today. And that's just the way it is. It's that simple.

In opaque language, Ratzinger said the same thing. It's not recent development, it's inherent in V2

 

BELLA DODD: In the late 1920s and 1930s, I personally put 1100 men into the priesthood in order to weaken the Catholic Church from within.

@ProtecttheFaith A point of penetration (no pun intended?) is Bella Dodd in 1953. And there's no reason this should be considered isolated to just America. But there is a Cambridge 5 nexus, believe it or not. See: https://t.co/35NT5ny3jo https://t.co/dTpkoqMx9s

— Stephen Coughlin (@S_Coughlin_DC) October 6, 2026

from Bella Dodd, 1904-1969, Lecture, Fordham University, 1953. 

In the late 1920s and 1930s, I personally put 1100 men into the priesthood in order to weaken the Catholic Church from within.  The idea was for these men to be ordained and progress to positions of influence and authority as Monsignors and Bishops . . . .  Right now they are in the highest places where they are working to bring about change in order to weaken the church's effectiveness against communism.  These changes will be so drastic that you will not even recognize the Catholic Church.  Of all the world's religions, the Catholic church was the only one feared by the Communists for it was it's only effective opponent.

Who was Bella Dodd?  Her book is School of Darkness, Bella V. Dodd, 1954.  

Briefly, 

Bella Dodd (1904–1969) was a lawyer and labor union activist who was a member of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) during the 1930s and 1940s.

She played a significant role in advocating for Communist ideologies within educational systems.  

CONVERSION & CONFESSION

After being expelled from the CPUSA in 1949, Dodd converted to Catholicism in 1952.

In her later years, she publicly confessed to her involvement in efforts to infiltrate the Church and warned about the dangers of Communist ideology infiltrating American institutions.

Stephen Coughlin gives a decent and readable history, "Forgotten Testimony: Dr. Bella Dodd Warns About Communism," Unconrestrained Analytics, July 30, 2019.  

Dr. Bella Dodd, Communist Leader, Confesses to Infiltrating the Church and USA [2 hours]