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The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the givenness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith. … The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.
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Category Archives: Si vis pacem para bellum!
BRILLIANT by Mosebach: RETURN TO FORM – A CALL FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE ROMAN RITE
I have often lauded the important book by Martin Mosebach The Heresy of Formlessness. I warmly recommend it. US HERE – UK HERE As a matter of fact, it was first on my suggestions for Lenten reading. HERE First Things has published a … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Martin Mosebach, Reform of the Reform, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Answers to “Dubia” from the Vatican! About the Traditional Mass and overly restrictive bishops.
If you are a priest who has been hassled by your bishop about saying the traditional Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum, pay attention. Help has arrived. Recently a priest of my acquaintance sent two questions to my old haunts the … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged can. 249, coetus, coetus fidelium, dubia, idoneus, PCED, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
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Disaster always happen to somebody else. Right?
Every once in a while I post about BOBs, “bug out bags”. It’s time again. I received a note: Here in Sacramento, Ca and outlying areas are in danger of life threatening flooding. Nearly 200,000 have been evacuated from Yuba … Continue reading
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“PO SI JIU!” RED GUARDS ARISE! CRUSH THE REACTIONARIES!
The liberal juggernaut … libbernaut? … is well-connected and organized. They work together. Perhaps you saw the NYT’s piece (aka Hell’s Bible) which managed (through fake news) to make an absurd connection between Card. Burke (whom libs hate with the … Continue reading
RELIGION OF PEACE: ISIS video of child “soldiers” shooting people as targets, drill
Today Pres. Trump had a meeting at the Pentagon with the JCs and others about ISIS. He wants plans. Today I saw this at Clarion Project: ISIS Graphic Video: Kids’ Shooting Exercise With Living Targets As if all the other … Continue reading
Have priests of Malta been threatened with suspension if they resist The Maltese Fiasco?
UPDATE 20 Jan: The Catholic Herald says: Maltese bishop denies he will suspend priests who don’t give Communion to the remarried Bishop Mario Grech has denied that he will suspend priests who abide by traditional Church teaching on the Eucharist. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Malta, The Maltese Fiasco
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Ninevah 90 starts 13 February
My friend Fr. Richard Heilman has an initiative which you should all know about. It starts one month from TODAY so this is time sensitive. It is called Ninevah 90. HERE Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Italian Archbishop: “In 10 years we will all be Muslims because of our stupidity.”
Meanwhile, an Italian bishop had something interesting to say. I hope the Maltese read this after the way their bishops went to the zoo. HERE This is an Emeritus Archbishop… so no one can do anything to him, if you … Continue reading
Steamroller
I had a note the other day. It included a frustrated phrase and list: Steamroller. That’s the right image. Exaltation and exaggeration of Amoris, feckless bishops, seminarian repressions renewed, undermining Summorum, synod idolization, devolution danger, homosexuals, deaconesses, intercomnunion hucksters, admiration of Luther, … Continue reading
ADVENTCAzT 20: It is not what you preach, it is what you tolerate.
Here is ADVENTCAzT 20, for Friday of the 3rd Week of Advent. Advice from the military for our leaders in the Church. When we lower standards and tolerate low standards, the low standard become the new standard. A hermeneutic for your reading … Continue reading
ADVENTCAzT 20 It is not what you preach, it is what you tolerate [ 4:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1759)It is as if the Church simply caved in before the world and its Prince.
Around the time of the Second Vatican Council some of our sound practices were simply dropped, as if they were no longer needed. For example, the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass which included the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. … Continue reading
Anthony Esolen is under attack by Providence College
I’ve mentioned Prof. Anthony Esolen quite often in these electronic pages. He is a serious scholar with a great pen. I’m usual struck with a little envy at his writing style. Esolen is under attack by liberals. There is an … Continue reading
IMPORTANT UPDATE – Dean of Rota: Pope could strip Four Cardinals of Cardinalate because of Five Dubia
UPDATE 1 Dec: This we now read at Religion Confidencial: Religión Confidencial publicó el martes una noticia que ponía en boca de monseñor Pio Vito Pinto, decano de la Rota Romana, la afirmación de que los cuatro cardenales que han … Continue reading
