[marshmallow]

Ping!

Thought this might be of some interest.......the author seems to be saying that the present Pope is an admirer of the Eastern approach to liturgy.

[Kolokotronis]

Thanks for this, which I am pinging to the Orthodox list.

"the author seems to be saying that the present Pope is an admirer of the Eastern approach to liturgy.

Not just the approach to liturgy, but, it would seem to ecclesiology generally and the papacy in particular. This is why the MP was so taken with Summorum pontificum.

"It seems to me that Cardinal Ratzinger's concerns are less with Canon Law than with an unwritten law inscribed in the very nature of the Church (the embodiment of authentic tradition), which trumps the law embodied in transient canonical codes and enactments. He is not concerned to join in the scrimmage of canonists as they examine their manuals and gather their precedents in order to discover exactly how a particular decree of Paul VI might or might not be glossed. What he is writing is Theology. His subject is the Spirit-filled life of the Catholic Church.

Yup....

[stfassisi]

“”the author seems to be saying that the present Pope is an admirer of the Eastern approach to liturgy.””

I have his book called Spirit of The Liturgy. I recommend it highly

Here is an excerpt speaking of Orthodox...

“”Unspontaneity is of their essence. In these rites I discover that something is approaching me here that I did not produce myself, that I am entering into something greater than myself, which ultimately derives from divine revelation. This is why the Christian East calls the liturgy the “Divine Liturgy”, expressing thereby the liturgy’s independence from human control.””

And speaking about certain authority..

“”The pope’s authority is bound to the Tradition of faith, and that also applies to the liturgy. It is not “manufactured” by the authorities. Even the pope can only be a humble servant of its lawful development and abiding integrity and identity. . . . The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition. . . . The greatness of the liturgy depends - we shall have to repeat this frequently - on its unspontaneity””