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California bishop responds to lay group (re Tridentine Mass)
Renew America ^ | September 14, 2006 | Matt C. Abbott

Posted on 09/15/2006 8:49:34 AM PDT by NYer

In the ongoing saga in the Diocese of Orange, Calif., Bishop Tod Brown has formally responded to the Catholic lay group Restore the Sacred. The text of the bishop's letter (dated September 6, 2006), which was sent to a member of Restore the Sacred, is as follows:



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To: Petrosius

"It is also because it takes place with other changes that would communicate a lessened belief in the Real Presence: Communion in the hand, illegal use of extraordinary ministers of Communion, removal of altar rails and the distinction between the sanctuary and the nave, removal of the tabernacle from the sanctuary (and even from the body of the church itself), etc."

Communion in the hands, eucharistic ministers and removing the distinction between the nave and the altar are things I can't understand, though I am aware that in the very early Church people reserved the Holy Sacrament themselves and "self-communed" at home during the week. I can't imagine the purpose of the other changes.


41 posted on 09/15/2006 10:38:21 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: FJ290

"Since you are so happy in your generic Christian faith, why don't you go be happy and leave Catholic matters to Catholics to hash out?"

Perhaps you're not aware of the nature of the Free Republic: This is a board for open, public discussion, open to all. If you want this to be a private discussion, do it on a private board.


42 posted on 09/15/2006 10:45:54 AM PDT by vincentjay (I'm convinced that Bill Clinton is most-likely to be revealed as the anti-christ.)
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To: Kolokotronis
We cannot look only to the practices of the early church. Gestures take on meaning within cultural and historical contexts. E.g., while in the West men remove their hats in church as a sign of respect, in traditional Chinese culture this was a sign of great disrespect. Thus in the Chinese rites the priest was given permission to wear his biretta throughout the Mass. Similarly, while standing for Communion was a sign of respect in the early church, after the Reformation it took on a new meaning. As for the purpose of the other changes, there is a consistent pattern that clearly indicates the intention of the liturgical reformers, even if they should deny it and claim other reasons.
43 posted on 09/15/2006 10:47:47 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: vincentjay
Perhaps you're not aware of the nature of the Free Republic: This is a board for open, public discussion, open to all. If you want this to be a private discussion, do it on a private board.

I'm aware of it and my comments still stand.

44 posted on 09/15/2006 10:50:41 AM PDT by FJ290
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

I find it strange that Fr. Tran even used the term "mortal sin" to condemn those who wished to kneel. I wonder how often he has used this term during his priesthood, because it's almost unheard of today.

In my opinion, he did this to intimidate those traditional Catholics at St. Mary's who would know its meaning.


45 posted on 09/15/2006 10:51:08 AM PDT by Deo volente
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To: FJ290

"First, the Roman Catholic Church is not a 'denomination.'"

Even your teaching "authorities" acknowledge that there are non-catholic Christians, thus roman catholicism does not encompass the entire church. As a subset of the church (a very large subset) it is a denomination (a very large denomination). The church as a whole body of believers encompasses more than roman catholicism.


46 posted on 09/15/2006 10:56:02 AM PDT by vincentjay (I'm convinced that Bill Clinton is most-likely to be revealed as the anti-christ.)
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To: FJ290

"It's amusing that you think that 'hair splitting' only goes on in the Catholic Church."

You're using what's known as a straw-man arguement. You're rebutting something which I never wrote.

Yes, many non-romans split hairs, but only the roman catholic denominaton claims to be "one" despite the evidence that they are not "one." Pointing out the hairsplitting highlights the weakness of the rcd claim to being unified.


47 posted on 09/15/2006 11:00:43 AM PDT by vincentjay (I'm convinced that Bill Clinton is most-likely to be revealed as the anti-christ.)
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To: All

I urge everyone who deplores this letter to write to this bishop and blast him, not eschewing terms like "heresy" and "smoke of Satan."

I urge everyone who agrees with this letter to shut the hell up, you heretic morons.


48 posted on 09/15/2006 11:06:44 AM PDT by dsc
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To: Deo volente
I find it strange that Fr. Tran even used the term "mortal sin" to condemn those who wished to kneel. I wonder how often he has used this term during his priesthood, because it's almost unheard of today. In my opinion, he did this to intimidate those traditional Catholics at St. Mary's who would know its meaning. 45 posted on 09/15/2006 1:51:08 PM EDT by Deo volente

That someone that confused in moral theology is wandering around as a priest admonishing people about kneeling, while not surprising, is problematic.

49 posted on 09/15/2006 11:25:58 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: vincentjay
Reading all of these hair-splitting replies amuses me and makes me glad that I escaped the roman catholic denomination many years ago. I find it's much more satisfying to be a generic Christian with only Jesus as my master.

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Welcome to Free Republic. Our purpose is to entertain you. I'm sure I am not to only one here who feels a sense of satisfaction in a job well done.

50 posted on 09/15/2006 11:45:24 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Petrosius
Knelling for Communion in the West developed as a result of greater devotion to the Eucharistic presence of our Lord. During the Reformation the Protestants returned to receiving while standing to show there rejection of the Catholic teaching on transubstantiation and to deny a distinction between the ordained clergy and the laity. It is within this historical context that Catholics react against standing for Communion.

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I'd not heard this before. Interesting.

51 posted on 09/15/2006 11:48:05 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wideawake; ninenot; sittnick; Tax-chick; bornacatholic; Convert from ECUSA

May the Diocese of Orange get an actually Catholic bishop next time and ASAP!


52 posted on 09/15/2006 11:48:12 AM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: vincentjay; trisham
I find it's much more satisfying to be a generic Christian with only Jesus as my master.

Your master is actually your own whim, which you have now trained yourself to believe is Jesus.

Jesus said that He founded a Church, He never said He founded a generic nickname for unserious people.

53 posted on 09/15/2006 11:57:13 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Kolokotronis
I suspect that you are not as familiar with Bishop Tod Brown as many Catholics have regrettably become familiar with him.

Only five years and two months until he must turn in his resignation at 75! But it IS five years and two months! Yeah, but with any luck it could be sooner!!!!

54 posted on 09/15/2006 11:59:22 AM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: vincentjay

As you have previously posted, you are no longer Catholic. Why on earth are the worship practices of those who are Catholic any of your non-Catholic business?????


55 posted on 09/15/2006 12:02:52 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: wideawake
Jesus said that He founded a Church, He never said He founded a generic nickname for unserious people.

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LOL! Agreed.

56 posted on 09/15/2006 12:04:10 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dsc

There is much to admire in the pointed and lean nature of your eloquent post.


57 posted on 09/15/2006 12:08:13 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: vincentjay

How do you know what he wants you to do?

Catholics do a lot of hairsplitting because individuals tend to rationalize,and a pure reliance on scripture (in whatever translation one chooses) leaves a lot of room in which to do it.


58 posted on 09/15/2006 12:18:35 PM PDT by cosine
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To: BlackElk

Amen, ain't that the truth!


59 posted on 09/15/2006 12:29:32 PM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (Mid East Ceasefire = Israel ceases but her enemies fire)
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To: Kolokotronis

When I go to the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church in my town, I stand, because that's the appropriate posture. But not not at the Latin rite parishes.


60 posted on 09/15/2006 12:38:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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