Cardinal Müller vs. the SSPX: Did Vatican II Break with Tradition?

Cardinal Müller vs. the SSPX: Did Vatican II Break with Tradition? This case study explores Cardinal Müller’s defense of the Council, the SSPX’s objections, and the explosive question at the center of it all: did Vatican II change the Church’s teaching on salvation?In his recent interview with Communio, Cardinal Gerhard Müller criticized the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) for, among other things, its questioning of certain documents from Vatican II. The thrust of Cardinal Müller’s argument was based on the hermeneutic of continuity, according to which the Council’s documents are perfectly orthodox when “read in the context of the...