[Graves]

Well said, "The loss of the sacred and the enshrinement of mediocrity are the consequences of inventing how we think the early Christians practiced their faith."

I understand the major player was this Bugnini guy.

Many centuries earlier, the West went through all of this and that was back in the 8-9th century. The Bugnini type then was Protodeacon Alcuin of York and he had the backing, not of the Pope of Rome, but of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne. Alcuin reformed the liturgical use at the cathedral at Aachen and Charlemagne saw to it that all the clergy in his empire saluted Aachen

And thus the Tridentine Rite began to take shape.

Amazing isn't it?

Now wouldn't you rather go back to the liturgy that the holy fathers have told us was the original and not to what this or that person thinks was or should have been the original? Why is it that the West is always trying to remake the wheel all the time? Why this constant instability? Why is it the West is so constantly in a state of flux?

[ninenot]

Because we accept the possibility of GOOD being developed.

It doesn't always work that way--as is clear.

Remember that a good deal of the Orthodox liturgy is also "developed" from the Apostolic practice.