[TradicalRC]

"The Apostolic See has not preserved the Catholic religion unblemished."

There's no other way around it. You cannot throw out the Novus Ordo without throwing out the whole of Apostolic authority within the Catholic Church,

Then why does that rule not apply to the Tridentine? Was it not unblemished? Was the Apostolic authority of every Pope from Pius V to Pius XII faulty?

That is the problem I have with the anti-Traditionalists.

[mike182d]

Then why does that rule not apply to the Tridentine? Was it not unblemished? Was the Apostolic authority of every Pope from Pius V to Pius XII faulty?

It does apply to the Tridentine Rite because the Liturgy is not "bad" or a "blemish on the Church" any more than the older Maronite Rite. It should be allowed in conjuction with the Novus Ordo.

That is the problem I have with the anti-Traditionalists.

Yes, that is a big problem with anti-Traditionalists. Good thing I'm not one of them. ;-)