"Furthermore, by these presents [this law], in virtue of Our Apostolic authority, We grant and concede in perpetuity that, for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whatsoever, this Missal is hereafter to be followed absolutely, without any scruple of conscience or fear of incurring any penalty, judgment, or censure, and may freely and lawfully be used. Nor are superiors, administrators, canons, chaplains, and other secular priests, or religious, of whatever title designated, obliged to celebrate the Mass otherwise than as enjoined by Us. We likewise declare and ordain that no one whosoever is forced or coerced to alter this Missal, and that this present document cannot be revoked or modified, but remain always valid and retain its full force - notwithstanding the previous constitutions and decrees of the Holy See, as well as any general or special constitutions or edicts of provincial or synodal councils, and notwithstanding the practice and custom of the aforesaid churches, established by long and immemorial prescription - except, however, if more than two hundred years' standing."
"Accordingly, since it would be difficult for this present pronouncement to be sent to all parts of the Christian world and simultaneously come to light everywhere, We direct that it be, as usual, posted and published at the doors of the Basilica of the Prince of the Apostles, also at the Apostolic Chancery, and on the street at Campo Flora; furthermore, We direct that printed copies of this same edict signed by a notary public and made official by an ecclesiastical dignitary possess the same indubitable validity everywhere and in every nation, as if Our manuscript were shown there. Therefore, no one whosoever is permitted to alter this notice of Our permission, statute, ordinance, command, precept, grant, indult, declaration, will, decree, and prohibition. Should know that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul."
Given at St. Peter's in the year of the Lord's Incarnation, 1570, on the 14th of July of the Fifth year of Our Pontificate.
See, no way to misinterpret this.
It is a claim of tradition built from the time that Christ named Peter as the first head of His Church: St. Peter, the first Pope.Really? What part of the tradition you’ve referred to was passed from Christ to Peter? The de fide prohibition against guitars? Perhaps you think Christ wrote the entire Tridentine? Silly.
The Church is the people.Now you sound not just like a Protestant but a liberal one. The Church is not a mass of people gathering in community, it is the Bride of Christ.
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?First, your quote is horribly wrong. Can you point out where one of the Pope’s Encyclicals said this? Of course not.
Second, if changes to the “Liturgy of the Mass” made one a heretic, the majority of Popes after Pope St. Pius V were heretics. Is this your contention?
See, no way to misinterpret this.But you have done so, it seems. Again, do you contend that any changes to the Mass makes one a heretic? If so do you claim that all the Popes that so changed it were heretics?
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