8.29. Is this the Great Apostasy St. Paul warned about in 2 Thessalonians 2?

Quite possibly. St. Paul warns:

“Let no man deceive you... for unless there come a revolt [apostasia] first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...”

— St. Paul, 2 Thessalonians 2:3

The word apostasia in Greek means falling away from the true faith. This is not just moral decay—it’s doctrinal apostasy on a massive scale. Vatican II introduced:

• False ecumenism

• Religious liberty (condemned before)

• Interfaith worship (condemned as sacrilege)

• A liturgy stripped of Catholic theology

This widespread doctrinal revolution, accepted globally by most bishops and laity, fits the “great falling away.” It is likely we are living in the time of the Great Apostasy—or at least a prelude to it.