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To: st.smith
Anytime a sect attempt to seize a charism of the Church for itself it is not long before it becomes distorted. Those who sought to use the Bible as their own and not as a document of the Church distorted its meaning. Just the same in seizing upon the traditional mass which belongs to the Church it will become distorted.

Sorry st., but this makes absolutely no sense to me. I have no idea what you're talking about. What does "seizing the traditional Mass which belongs to the Church" mean, exactly? The Novus Ordo discarded the traditional Mass, they Protestantized it. How can carrying on the traditional Mass which has remained the same for centuries and which several Popes in their Encyclicals forbid making any changes to, become a distortion of it? I think you need to brush up on your Church history.

115 posted on 01/03/2002 11:42:28 AM PST by Orual
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To: Orual
How can carrying on the traditional Mass which has remained the same for centuries and which several Popes in their Encyclicals forbid making any changes to, become a distortion of it? I think you need to brush up on your Church history.

The traditional Mass is the property of the Church. You have no right to it. While I lament the changes to the Mass as well, I recognize that any reform in the Church must come from within. We do not take our disputes outside the family of the Church- to do so is to cease to be a part of the Church.

You are taking encyclicals and interpreting them on your own- when each and every document of the Church can only be interpreted within the Body which gave birth to it. Has the Church ceased to be your mother? Will you deign to tell Her what she is, when She can still answer for herself?

123 posted on 01/03/2002 12:09:19 PM PST by st.smith
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