[Canticle_of_Deborah]

There's no vitriol ninenot. I only get annoyed when these threads are reduced to personal attacks and insults. The intelligence level dives exponentially at that point and it becomes like 5 year olds in a playground fight. This is one of the reasons more people don't post in the religion forum. Just like in a real life ghetto, nobody wants to travel here because they'd get shot. If Christ were here He would be aghast.

I would disagree that any Pope has the authority to suppress the Tridentine. That's exactly what Pius V sought to prevent. However, we are not going to agree on this point so there's no need to argue. If there is some canon law or historical precedent which states a new Pope can reinvent the way we worship then I would be open to seeing that. (I'm not talking about minor tweaks to the liturgy, I'm talking about wholesale restructuring and reinvention)

[ninenot]

The Canon Law, (1983) # 2 specifically states that "[f]or the most part, the Code does not determine the rites to be observed in the celcbration of liturgical actions. ....liturgical laws which have been in effect retain their force except...contrary to the Code."

The other pertinent part of the Canon Law (#s 897-933 inclusive,) specify general norms--the altar, those who may not receive Communion, etc.

The balance: rubrics, Rite, etc., are reserved to the Pope as 'the competent legislator.'