Posted on 06/21/2005 8:32:21 AM PDT by el_chupacabra
How nice for them.
In nomine patri et filii et spiritu sanctu
Let me start by saying that I'm not Catholic. I have many friends who are and on rare occasions I am priviledged to attend mass with one of them. Last Easter was such an occasion. Totally in English. Even I felt disappointed and somehow unfulfilled by the experience.
I know God understands every language ever thought of by mankind but the lack of using Latin in a Catholic mass is like wearing your street clothes to church. It is acceptable but not very respectful. Church should be regarded as different, out of the ordinary (in a positive way). I think it is a good move.
Not yet, anyway. Anyone who longs for ritual and respects tradition belongs with us. Come on in. The water's fine.
I know many of you long for Latin mass and I don't care about it one way or another. But you can't claim tradition when the original practice was the opposite of what you want.
Have fun in your revelry and whatever victory you think you have achieved by this pronouncement.
Interesting choice, Phoenix.
Ping
**I know many of you long for Latin mass and I don't care about it one way or another. But you can't claim tradition when the original practice was the opposite of what you want. **
Excellent!
Take your attitude somewhere else, pal. I'm actually an Novus Ordo Catholic myself. But I can see the Traditionalists have been treated like dirt for the last 30 plus years and I can be happy for them.
You sure don't sound like someone who doesn't care one way or the other. Why not admit it? I freely admit I prefer the Mass said in English. Also, it's not so simple to define tradition as what we believe was originally done by the apostles. Particularly since the Council of Trent defined the Latin Mass as the Mass for all time.
Thanx. I can't compete with many of the scholars who post here, but God's intention in the new testament seems pretty clear and straight forward.
You can't be a traditionalist and ignore the original practice. Call yourself what you want, but know the truth.
Thanx for the invitation to leave in your generous charitable christian spirit.
I didn't ask you to leave. Just your attitude.
My attitude was to speak the truth. Sorry you're disturbed by that. By the way, I like the line "mass for all tme." I guess they just ignored our/their origins and how the church got out of Judea in the first place. Good stuff!
This news really, really bugs you, huh?
What really, really bugs me besides your mischaracterization of my position, is people claiming the older ground when there was a practice previous to theirs. If you're not bugged by the ignoring of history, then have fun in your delusions.
You just seem angry. I mean, for someone who doesn't care either way.
Dear bigsigh,
For the Catholic Church, neither "Tradition" or "tradition" always mean "most original practice."
Neither "Tradition" nor "tradition" should be equated with "antiquarianism."
In fact, I believe there is a name given to that particular error, although it escapes me right now.
I've pinged a couple of folks more capable than I am of elucidating these points.
sitetest
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