Contents Romano Amerio Notice To The Reader Iota Unum Chapter I: The Crisis Methodological and linguistic definitions. Denial of the crisis. The error of secondary Christianity. The crisis as failure to adapt. Adapting the Church's contradiction of the world. Further denial of the crisis. The Pope recognizes the loss of direction. Pseudo-positivity of the crisis. False philosophy of religion. Further admissions of a crisis. Positive interpretation of the crisis. False philosophy of religion. Further false philosophy of religion. Chapter II: Historical Sketch: The Crises Of The Church The crises of the Church: Jerusalem (50 A.D.). The Nicene crisis (325 A.D.). The deviations of the Middle Ages. The crisis of the Lutheran secession. The breadth of the Christian ideal. Further breadth of the Christian ideal. Its limits. The denial of the Catholic principle in Lutheran doctrine. Luther's heresy, continued. The bull Exsurge Domine. The principle of independence and abuses in die Church. Why casuistry did not create a crisis in the Church. The revolution in France. The principle of independence. The Auctorem Fidei. The crisis of the Church during the French Revolution. The Syllabus of Pius IX. The spirit of the age. Alexander Manzoni. The modernist crisis. The second Syllabus. The pre-conciliar crisis and the third Syllabus. Humani Generis (1950). CHAPTER III: The Preparation Of The Council The Second Vatican Council. Its preparation. Paradoxical outcome of the Council. Paradoxical outcome of the Council, continued. The Roman Synod. Paradoxical outcome of the Council, continued. Veterum Sapientia. The aims of the First Vatican Council. The aims of Vatican II. Pastorality. Expectations concerning the Council. Cardinal Montini’s forecasts. His minimalism. Catastrophal predictions. Courtesy of the Angelus Press, Kansas City, MO 64109 Only select chapters are presented here. To buy the whole book please click here