The Pope, the Council, and the MassThe Pope, the Council, and the Mass, the definitive response to ?Traditionalist? Catholics when first published in 1981, has been updated to include the developments from the time of the first publication up to, and including, the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. In addressing the concerns raised by the followers of the late Archbishop Lefebvre and other ?Traditionalists?, the authors give a truly Catholic understanding of Tradition, the Second Vatican Council and its implementation, and the nature of true liturgical reform. This book not only provides the reader with a sound perspective on the past, it also offers insight into the present state of the Church and the outlook for the future. History, canon law, ecclesiastical and papal documents, and Scripture are mined in this solid apologetic for a faith that is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. |
Contents
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Did Pope Paul VI have the authority to revise the Roman Missal | 43 |
Didnt Pope Saint Pius V in his Apostolic Constitution | 53 |
Even if we admit that Pope Paul VI had the authority to revise | 63 |
Doesnt the replacement of the Tridentine Mass involve | 71 |
Isnt there abundant proof that the New Order of the Mass | 83 |
Hasnt it been demonstrated that some of the Vatican officials | 163 |
Quite apart from the motives of those who produced the Novus | 169 |
Why cannot the Pope allow the Latin Tridentine Mass for those | 183 |
Why has there been such tolerance in the Church for modernist | 191 |
Everything you have said would be more plausible if it | 217 |
Why didnt Vatican Council II condemn communism? | 235 |
Didnt a Pope as well as a General Council once condemn | 243 |
Our Faith is clearly under attack today Must we not fight | 251 |
Is the New Order of the Mass thus obligatory for Catholics of | 95 |
A Further Note on Latin and Vernacular Masses | 101 |
Apart from the translation question isnt it true that | 113 |
Doesnt the removal of the words mysterium fidei from | 125 |
How can the Novus Ordo be held to offer a true sacrifice when | 131 |
Regardless of particular words formulas or parts in the text | 137 |
Didnt Cardinal Ottaviani former head of the Holy Office | 143 |
If as the Church has always believed lex orandi lex credendi | 151 |
What then can we do in the middle of this crisis in | 269 |
Hasnt the postconciliar experience with the reform of | 277 |
Afterword | 293 |
Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum of Pope Paul VI | 327 |
Two General Audiences of Pope Paul VI on the Mass | 333 |
Letter Quattuor Abhinc Annos from the Congregation for Divine | 357 |
About the Authors | 373 |
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