text: The hypocrisy is even deeper. The Society of St Pius X is technically considered a heretical and schismatic sect in Roman Catholic teaching due to their rejection of Vatican II. 
  
  The fact of the matter is that the charge of heresy is sometimes abused and misused to target even the most Orthodox theologians by legalists with closed minds. St Thomas Aquinas(which might surprise people) was charged with heresy with the Condemnations of 1277 of his works. Meister Eckhart was charged with heresy over his mystical writings. Coming into the modern period Pope John XXIII as I mentioned was considered heretical by ultra traditional groups. People tend to forget that when Vatican II voted on it's documents like Gaudium et spes, Nostra Aetate and others they did not get the votes of all the bishops or clerics present. 
  
  So the accusation of heresy against Francis that is present. When you read history carefully you see this is the same script repeating itself.