Sicut erat in principio On May The XXI century Catholic Church strikes again, and this is how today expect a new and imminent symptom of the systematic destruction of the progressive legacies of the Second Vatican Council. The ultra-conservative and traditionalist twist is the self experiencing Pedro Church is dragged from the beginning of the pontificate of Karol Wojtyla, and its current successor, Joseph Ratzinger, is emerging as an increasingly nineteenth-century figure. murmuring coming from this long ago, but on Saturday 7 July 2007 that Pope Benedict XVI came to confirm and give date: the return of the Tridentine Mass , or liturgy in Latin.
allow me a brief review of the matter. The Tridentine Mass takes its name from the Council of Trent (1545-1563), and was structured by the then Pope Pius V as a way to sort and mix the Catholic liturgy, which to date was given in many languages \u200b\u200bas there was in Western regions . From the seventh century and quite upset Latin had given way to several local languages, and a couple of centuries had already passed the sad and dusty catalog of dead languages. However, the Latin Mass is held in many places, partly because it was redactada principalmente en tal glosa. Pío V, en su bula Quo primum tempore estipuló que la misa debía mantenerse absolutamente inalterable, y prohibió que se agregaran nuevas liturgias a la ya existente. Es por eso que la misa "unificada" en latín, en rigor, es un hecho de la edad moderna, y se extendió en tal fecha por el mundo católico, suprimiendo en sus templos los ritos tradicionales en arameo, hebreo, griego o en los más accesibles lenguajes locales. Aquellos pueblos de raigambre indígena, como el "Reyno de Chile", nunca conocieron el latín vivo. El feligrés criollo y común entendía poco y nada de lo que el sacerdote balbuceaba en el púlpito; en parte by the acoustics of the magnificent House of God, and essentially because only children of wealthy families and meager always landowners had access to the teaching of Latin lingua . This situation is repeated all over the globe.
What happened at Vatican II (1962-1965) was revolutionary in a broad sense. With the deletion of the Latin Mass and the homily translated into the language that every nation know from the cradle, the faithful could understand the meaning of the rite, and bring the message to their lives in consciousness, just as he could have done to preach Jesus Mount in Aramaic or maybe in Greek (not Hebrew language in the first century was restricted to the Jewish liturgy.) This innovative step, with clear borders of social change and that was certainly well received in most American Catholics, was soon rejected by the ultra factions of the Church, encouraging even a schism in 1988 with the division of Lefebvre father's supporters, who rejected the church squarely in another language other than that of Virgil. In the XXI century, there are no classes in Latin except in rare cases, and only a handful of men who wear red like the devil, they say, the Cardinals can understand the language fluently.
intention to reverse this action had been brewing for some time, just as was done for almost thirty years with almost everything that Vatican II did. This is how in today signed a pontifex motu proprio, published last Saturday, which authorizes the release of the Tridentine Mass for the restriction of the liturgical reform council post in 1969. Through that apostolic letter establishing the return to the use of the Missal of St. Pius V (revised in 1962) to count from 14 September this year. John Paul II was already showing signs that foretold its return through a document promulgated in 1984, which authorized the celebration of the Latin Mass if this was requested by the faithful of the diocese bishop.
More signs of the same doctrinaire fashion: it is expected that these days is issued a second document confirming the controversial declaration Dominus Iesus 2000. It stated that only the Catholic Church is the Church of Christ. " For Pope B-16, as sure as their predecessors from Pius IX stipulate that it is true that various Christian churches to consider holding the same degree of truth. Caused burning in the orthodox churches, Anglican and Protestant of that year, and will do now. Meanwhile, the priest returns to give the back to the congregation during the homily, and the poor who is a believer of this, the only true church, you can not understand what his pastor says during the Eucharist. For the most critical, already considered fairly vacuous masses, we now look more arcane and less sense to have your assistance.
could stay calm in an attitude of mere observer in front of the Vatican decision. In the final analysis, the issues of management and internal policies are a matter that concerns them only to them, and (perhaps) to the faithful devotees, while those who are not believers should stand aside to say whether they decide celebrate mass in Coptic or Syriac. So why should I care? This measure church, like many others already taken and many more to come, are consistent with the retro wave who commented at the beginning, in which the empire strikes back (We should understand, religion) seeking to recover its traditional image, and the control it once had on society in all areas. After Communion in Latin, the apostles of pelucones will leave their temples to interfere in the private sphere to prevent the issue of condoms on the beach, or contraceptives at clinics, as we have seen. Some notorious of these same characters move their fundamentalism into politics as if they had not realized that church and state as separate entities. Well, I say to them: exaudite beati, Iesus quod ipse dixit, quae sunt Caesaris Caesari redde, et quae sunt Dei Deo!