CWR: Reflections on authority in liturgy today by Dom Alcuin Reid
Obedience of faith and religious respect for the mystery of the Sacred Liturgy calls us to integrity in all our approaches to the Sacred Liturgy, be we pope, priest, layperson or anywhere in between.
(Colloquium of the Church Music Association of America)
Monday, July 15, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church
Fr. Z: BOOK: In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church
Latin, Language of the Patriarchate of Rome
or
Latin, Language of the Latin Churches
Such corrections are still necessary until Latins get away from their narrow pov.
Latin, Language of the Patriarchate of Rome
or
Latin, Language of the Latin Churches
Such corrections are still necessary until Latins get away from their narrow pov.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Is Elevating the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kiev–Galicia to a Patriarchate Prudent?
Sandro Magister: Backstage. Francis’s Missing “Gift” To the Ukrainians
And is it Rome's problem, if the bishop of Rome does not have universal jurisdiction, and the recognition of primacy (and the giving of the title of patriarch) is dependent upon the synod of bishops?
Is the title of patriarch linked to those sees that have a connection to St. Peter? Or is the importance of those three sees a contingent one, and any primate of a "national" group or synod of bishops should be recognized as the patriarch?
And is it Rome's problem, if the bishop of Rome does not have universal jurisdiction, and the recognition of primacy (and the giving of the title of patriarch) is dependent upon the synod of bishops?
Is the title of patriarch linked to those sees that have a connection to St. Peter? Or is the importance of those three sees a contingent one, and any primate of a "national" group or synod of bishops should be recognized as the patriarch?
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Monday, July 08, 2019
A Review of What is Christianity
C&L: What do you want? What are you looking for? by Renzo Canetta
We publish a review of the late Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete's posthumous "What is Christianity?" recently published by Human Adventure Books.
We publish a review of the late Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete's posthumous "What is Christianity?" recently published by Human Adventure Books.
Sunday, July 07, 2019
Saturday, July 06, 2019
Friday, July 05, 2019
Chiltion Williamson on Joseph de Maistre
CWR Dispatch: Joseph de Maistre, revolution, and tradition by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Thomas Garrett Isham’s defense of the French author and literary critic highlights Maistre’s importance and rebuffs caricatures, but also opens the door to serious questions and reservations.
Thomas Garrett Isham’s defense of the French author and literary critic highlights Maistre’s importance and rebuffs caricatures, but also opens the door to serious questions and reservations.
Thursday, July 04, 2019
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
A Snapshot of the Current State of Things
for Latin traditionalists?
1P5: Enthronement of the Sacred Heart: The Spiritual Anchor of the Domestic Church by Matthew Karmel
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday in 2015, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for meeting …
Also: Should Traditional Catholics ‘Move Past’ the Liturgy Debates? by Peter Kwasniewski
1P5: Enthronement of the Sacred Heart: The Spiritual Anchor of the Domestic Church by Matthew Karmel
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday in 2015, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for meeting …
Also: Should Traditional Catholics ‘Move Past’ the Liturgy Debates? by Peter Kwasniewski
Franciscan Curial Reform
CWR Dispatch: Analysis: New Vatican constitution to centralize power in state secretariat
“The [new constitution’s] preamble says a lot about collegiality and subsidiarity,” one long-serving curial official told CNA, “but this is just the total centralization of power in the office of the Secretary of State.”
Ending the authority of the Roman Curia by recentralizing it in the Pope? How likely is it for Pope Francis to divest himself or repudiate that authority, with respect to the patriarchate? (There should be no authority whatsoever for the Roman Curia with respect to the Church Universal.)
NCReg: Analysis: New Vatican Constitution to Centralize Power in State Secretariat by Ed Condon/CNA
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
“The [new constitution’s] preamble says a lot about collegiality and subsidiarity,” one long-serving curial official told CNA, “but this is just the total centralization of power in the office of the Secretary of State.”
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
The draft text lays down that a curial department “cannot issue laws or general decrees having the force of law, nor can it deviate from the prescriptions of the universal law” except on a case-by-case basis “approved specifically by the Supreme Pontiff.” It further provides that any “important, rare, and extraordinary affairs” cannot be treated by the prefect of the dicastery unless and until he has cleared the matter with the pope and received his approval.
Legally, this means that the pope must personally approve every authoritative decision to emerge from a curial department – an historic recentralization of Roman power into the person of the pope.
Ending the authority of the Roman Curia by recentralizing it in the Pope? How likely is it for Pope Francis to divest himself or repudiate that authority, with respect to the patriarchate? (There should be no authority whatsoever for the Roman Curia with respect to the Church Universal.)
NCReg: Analysis: New Vatican Constitution to Centralize Power in State Secretariat by Ed Condon/CNA
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
Introducing "St. Thomas for Today"
CWR: Why St. Thomas? by Joseph G. Trabbic
Introducing a new CWR column, titled “St. Thomas for Today”, which will offer a Thomistic perspective on topics of current interest, review works by Thomists, interview contemporary Thomists, and offer portraits of great Thomists of the past.
Introducing a new CWR column, titled “St. Thomas for Today”, which will offer a Thomistic perspective on topics of current interest, review works by Thomists, interview contemporary Thomists, and offer portraits of great Thomists of the past.
Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Monday, July 01, 2019
"Doctor Ecclesiae"...
I suppose this honorific won't be retired any time soon, as it is a conceit of the patriarch of Rome.
Is there any example of "development of doctrine" that isn't a form of theological reasoning? Certainly this is the case with the development of moral teaching. If we set aside the 7 ecumenical councils, what will we find if we look for the premises yielding some of the doctrines put forth by various Latin synods (reckoned to be ecumenical by some Latins) of the second millennium?
Is there any example of "development of doctrine" that isn't a form of theological reasoning? Certainly this is the case with the development of moral teaching. If we set aside the 7 ecumenical councils, what will we find if we look for the premises yielding some of the doctrines put forth by various Latin synods (reckoned to be ecumenical by some Latins) of the second millennium?
What role for deacons in the Latin churches?
Forget married priests - what changes would there have to be to make full-time deacons possible?
A Generous Gesture
Considering the size of the community of Constantinople today.
Ecumenical Patriarchate: Pope Francis of Rome gave relics of Saint Peter to the Church of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarchate: Pope Francis of Rome gave relics of Saint Peter to the Church of Constantinople
Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part 3
CWR: Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part III by Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin
The world is falling apart. Gunmen kill civilians in office buildings and schools; babies die in wars and in abortion clinics. People suffer poverty, sexual violence, hunger. Our planet is rife with racism and tyranny [...]
The world is falling apart. Gunmen kill civilians in office buildings and schools; babies die in wars and in abortion clinics. People suffer poverty, sexual violence, hunger. Our planet is rife with racism and tyranny [...]
Why One Must Be Careful with Figurative Language
The Church as the Bride of Christ, and individual Christians as "brides" of Christ -- but if the latter is an appropriate application of the first statement, taken literally, that would mean that the Theotokos is both the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ and His bride. (One of many.) Do you see a problem with that?
(Then there is the Latin title of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit... this will have to be addressed in a separate post.)
(Then there is the Latin title of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit... this will have to be addressed in a separate post.)
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Sister Vassa Interview w Rev. Prof. Andrew Louth: "Fear" of God, "Tradition," Women's Ministries
Hm.... I don't doubt that some will be scrutinizing this.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019
Christopher Altieri on the Amazon Synod Working Document
CWR: Working document for Amazon synod is both a catch-all and a cover by Christopher R. Altieri
It is rather unseemly that a coterie of mostly northern European churchmen are apparently using the pressing issues of a long-suffering local Church in the developing world to advance their pet project in ecclesial sociology.
It is rather unseemly that a coterie of mostly northern European churchmen are apparently using the pressing issues of a long-suffering local Church in the developing world to advance their pet project in ecclesial sociology.
"Compassion" and "Mercy"
Pope Francis' mentions the Sacred Heart devotion but in connection with his own language of "compassion" and "mercy," which may be compatible with sentimentalism but may not be compatible with law or the good. Charity separated from truth.
CNA: ‘The heart of the Church’s mission is prayer,’ Pope Francis says
Catholic Herald: The time is ripe for a revival in devotion to the Sacred Heart by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Can the devotion to the Sacred Heart be separated from Latin soteriology and its concepts of merit, atonement, expiation, and reparation that are logical consequences of it? (It has also been linked to the modern Latin devotion to Christ the King, cf. the reference by Pius XI to Quas Primas in Miserentissimus Redemptor.)
Consecration to the Sacred Heart. Pope Leo XIII - 1899 - Vatican.VA
Miserentissimus Redemptor (May 8, 1928) | PIUS XI
CARITATE CHRISTI COMPULSI Pope Pius XI 3 May 1932 Sacred Heart - EWTN - Vatican.VA
Haurietis Aquas (May 15, 1956) | PIUS XII
CNA: ‘The heart of the Church’s mission is prayer,’ Pope Francis says
Catholic Herald: The time is ripe for a revival in devotion to the Sacred Heart by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Can the devotion to the Sacred Heart be separated from Latin soteriology and its concepts of merit, atonement, expiation, and reparation that are logical consequences of it? (It has also been linked to the modern Latin devotion to Christ the King, cf. the reference by Pius XI to Quas Primas in Miserentissimus Redemptor.)
Consecration to the Sacred Heart. Pope Leo XIII - 1899 - Vatican.VA
Miserentissimus Redemptor (May 8, 1928) | PIUS XI
CARITATE CHRISTI COMPULSI Pope Pius XI 3 May 1932 Sacred Heart - EWTN - Vatican.VA
Haurietis Aquas (May 15, 1956) | PIUS XII
Interview with Professor Pierluigi Guiducci
CWR Dispatch: Symposium attests to Pius XII’s monumental work as Defensor Civitatis by Alberto Carosa
An interview with Professor Pierluigi Guiducci, author of several works on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII during the Second World War.
An interview with Professor Pierluigi Guiducci, author of several works on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII during the Second World War.
Latin Devotions Interconnected
Crisis Magazine: St Joseph, Dispenser of the Treasures of the Sacred Heart by Leonora Butau
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Truly Speculative Theology
The Incarnation Doesn't End with the Resurrection by James P. Ware
However, David Bentley Hart, in a recent article in this journal (“The Spiritual Was More Substantial than the Material for the Ancients”), argues for a very different reading. For Hart finds in 1 Corinthians 15, and throughout much of the rest of the New Testament, a conception of resurrection—both of Christ and of the faithful—involving the replacement of the corruptible body of flesh with a new “spiritual” or “celestial” body composed of the imperishable substance of spirit (the nature possessed by angels and spirit beings). According to Hart, when Paul, John, and other New Testament authors speak of Jesus or the faithful being “raised” to life, this involves “the transformation of the psychical composite into the spiritual simplex—the metamorphosis of the mortal fleshly body that belongs to soul into the immortal fleshless body that belongs to spirit.” It was, Hart claims, in such a “spiritual” body, “purged of every element of flesh and blood and (perhaps) soul,” that Christ rose.
Is the Latin Intellectual Project Over?
NCReg: Why Philosophy is Crucial to Understanding Theology by Father John P. Cush
Philosophy influences people and culture and shines light on the science of theology
If I had to choose between prioritizing philosophy or scripture study for deacons, I'd choose the latter, so that they could then learn theology properly rather than some version of "scriptural theology" that is really just scholastic theology with scripture proof-texts.
Second, political philosophy is important, especially for helping Latins understand the limits of Roman Catholic social teaching and how it has developed over time, but I can't say who should be the recognized authorities on this topic at this time, since most Latin philosophers and theologians tend to save RC social teaching rather than contest it directly.
Philosophy influences people and culture and shines light on the science of theology
If I had to choose between prioritizing philosophy or scripture study for deacons, I'd choose the latter, so that they could then learn theology properly rather than some version of "scriptural theology" that is really just scholastic theology with scripture proof-texts.
Second, political philosophy is important, especially for helping Latins understand the limits of Roman Catholic social teaching and how it has developed over time, but I can't say who should be the recognized authorities on this topic at this time, since most Latin philosophers and theologians tend to save RC social teaching rather than contest it directly.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
The Theotokos Is a Florentine Latin Traditionalist?
Who would have known?
Crisis Magazine: Our Lady of Good Success Speaks To Us Today by Jonathan B. Coe
Now do the original writings say this, or have there been some edits/interpolations made by the editor (who is associated with TFP)? Or is this merely a statement of fact, without implying approval of such? (And one can maintain that the appropriation of the papal states was an unjust act without sanctioning the acquisition or maintenance of dominion over those states in the first place.)
Crisis Magazine: Our Lady of Good Success Speaks To Us Today by Jonathan B. Coe
On December 8, 1634, the archangels, Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael appeared to Mariana with the Queen of Heaven, and Gabriel was carrying a Ciborium filled with hosts. Our Lady then predicted events over two hundred years into the future for the reign of Pius IX:
His pontifical infallibility will be declared a dogma of the Faith by the same Pope chosen to proclaim the dogma of the Mystery of My Immaculate Conception. He will be imprisoned in the Vatican by the unjust usurpation of the Pontifical States through the iniquity, envy and avarice of an earthly monarchy.
Now do the original writings say this, or have there been some edits/interpolations made by the editor (who is associated with TFP)? Or is this merely a statement of fact, without implying approval of such? (And one can maintain that the appropriation of the papal states was an unjust act without sanctioning the acquisition or maintenance of dominion over those states in the first place.)
Monday, June 24, 2019
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Will the Latins Be Interested in Real Solutions?
CWR Dispatch: The Paralyzed Church by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
The decision the Church faces today is a very simple one: to “approach the future as a friend/without a wardrobe of excuses” in W.H. Auden’s memorable words.
The decision the Church faces today is a very simple one: to “approach the future as a friend/without a wardrobe of excuses” in W.H. Auden’s memorable words.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Friday, June 21, 2019
Latin Traditionalists Have a Stronger Argument
than proponents of a dumbed down, sentimentalist reformed Roman liturgy.
Crisis Magazine: First Reactions of Teenage Boys to the Traditional Latin Mass by Stephen Snyder
Fr. Z: Priest apologizes to traditional Catholics: “The future of the Church is in her past.”
Crisis Magazine: First Reactions of Teenage Boys to the Traditional Latin Mass by Stephen Snyder
Fr. Z: Priest apologizes to traditional Catholics: “The future of the Church is in her past.”
Thursday, June 20, 2019
The Power of Truth
CWR: A sorely needed theological justification of the truth of the Catholic faith by Eduardo Echeverria
Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s book The Power of Truth addresses the challenges to Catholic doctrines and morals today—not only by the culture at large, but also by elements within the Church.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s book The Power of Truth addresses the challenges to Catholic doctrines and morals today—not only by the culture at large, but also by elements within the Church.
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