[Maximilian]

sigh of relief

Don't sigh with relief if it's because you believe that VII did not give the local bishops authority to adapt the liturgy. It did give them exactly that authority. Try this paragraph from Sacrosanctum Concilium:

39. Within the limits set by the typical editions of the liturgical books, it shall be for the competent territorial ecclesiastical authority mentioned in Art. 22, 2, to specify adaptations, especially in the case of the administration of the sacraments, the sacramentals, processions, liturgical language, sacred music, and the arts, but according to the fundamental norms laid down in this Constitution.

The reality we have seen since Vatican II is these so-called "fundamental norms" have not prevented any and every adaptation that the bishops wanted. After all, they are given carte blanche authority to make whatever adaptations they want in every aspect of the liturgy, and they police themselves as far as deciding whether these adaptations are "according to the fundamental norms."

[kstewskis]

After all, they are given carte blanche authority to make whatever adaptations they want in every aspect of the liturgy, and they police themselves as far as deciding whether these adaptations are "according to the fundamental norms."

I see.

So it can be left to subjective whims then, as long as they follow what is written in the Cathechism.

Which seems to me, wide as the Grand Canyon, no?

[kstewskis]

After all, they are given carte blanche authority to make whatever adaptations they want in every aspect of the liturgy, and they police themselves as far as deciding whether these adaptations are "according to the fundamental norms."

I see.

So it can be left to subjective whims then, as long as they follow what is written in the Cathechism.

Which seems to me, wide as the Grand Canyon, no?