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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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To: st.smith
The traditional Mass is the property of the Church. You have no right to it

Well, tortured, illogical reasoning has seen a comeback. What do we do with the traditional Mass? Put it in a box and display it at the Vatican, as an artifact of the past? It certainly does belong to me and to every Catholic in this world. The Church is the people. If you don't understand this, then it is useless to even try to break through your convoluted thinking processes.

As to intrepretations of the Popes' Encyclicals - what is there about "it is forbidden to change the Liturgy of the Mass and if you do you will be considered a heretic" - that requires interpretation?

132 posted on 01/03/2002 12:34:05 PM PST by Orual
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