text: Well stated, Hooded Claw! Many theologians were laity [consecrated religious were also in this group] as well as priests], people lost positions as teachers---a livelihood----because they defended what had been decided at Vatican II.  Francis is trying to return to what purpose of Vatican II was from the beginning.
  
  Apparently, the Four Cardinals, either did not read or reflect on the words of Pope St. John XXIII stated in the Mass opening Vatican II [October 11, 1962], when he stated:
  
  "The substance of the ancient doctrine of the Deposit of Faith is one thing, an the way in which it is presented is another.....The Church has always opposed errors.  Frequently she has condemned them with the greatest severity.  Nowadays, however, the spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity."
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  Excerpts taken from English Translation of "The Documents of Vatican II" ed. Walter M. Abbott [New York: Crossroads, 1989]. pp. 718-19.