Vatican I, Ecumenism and the End of the 30 Years War in Europe

By

Anthony J. Fejfar, B.A., J.D., Esq., Coif

©Copyright 2010 by Anthony J. Fejfar

The 30 years religious war in Europe, which supposedly pitted Protestant Lutherans

against Catholics, involves issues which are not readily apparent. You see, the

Scandanavian Lutherans, were, for the most part a Canonically valid, schismatic,

Lutheran Church, since, most of the Scandanavian Bishops became Lutheran, and thus

satisfied the Canon Law requirement that if 3 or more bishops leave the Roman Catholic

Church, then the newly formed church has valid Holy Orders and Sacraments.

Additionally, it is not widely known that the French Catholic Church, with the Avignon

Pope, sided with the Lutheran Protestant Sweden against the Hapsburgh, Roman Catholic

countries of Austria, Spain, and the Italians, all members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Given the end of the war, with the general agreement that each country would decide its

own established religion, it is apparent that what really happened to end the 30 years war,

is that all the countries, including the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, agreed that

every Christian religion, including the Roman Catholic religion, was a separate and

indepdendent Christian demonination. Thus, the Lutheran Churches of Scandanavia, the

French Catholic Church of Avignon, and the Roman Catholic Church, were respectively

and together, after that point, each legitimate Christian religious denominations, such that

Rome could no longer claim to be the one true church. Thus, each person had the

Religious Liberty, following Natural Law and Grotius to change Christian religious

denominations without being accused of apostacy or heresy. Moreover, the French

Catholic Church of Avignon, apparently stayed in existence in Avignon until its

destruction by Nazi Germany during World War II. Additionally, the Diary of Isaac

Hecker, who participated in the Vatican I Church Council, specifically states that the

Vatican I Council was held in Avingnon, France, not in Rome, Italy, as has been claimed

by Rome. Any historical assertions that Vatican I was held in Rome, are most probably,

disinformation documents planted by the Nazi’s during the Nazi occupation of Rome,

during World War II. Accordingly, from the point of view of Roman Catholic Canon

Law, it is clear that any Roman Catholic can change Christian denominations at any time

without penalty, ecclesial or otherwise. Also, to the extent that Papal Infallibility ever

existed, if was claimed by the French Catholic Church, subject to the Natural Law

requirements of reason, and the Natural Law requirement of Religious Liberty.