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Will the Church restore the Catholic Athanasian Creed

source Fr. Peter Carota Traditional Catholic Athanasian Creed; Quicumque Vult The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed are the most well known Catholic Creeds. But just as important is the Athanasian …More
source Fr. Peter Carota
Traditional Catholic Athanasian Creed; Quicumque Vult
The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed are the most well known Catholic Creeds. But just as important is the Athanasian Creed, also known as Quicumque Vult (from the first words it starts out with in Latin). It was recited every Sunday morning in the Breviary at the Office of Prime until the liturgical reform in 1960. Now, in the 1962 Breviary it is only recited on Trinity Sunday Prime.
The Athanasian Creed was written some where in the 4th to 5th century. It is one of the greatest patrimony of the Catholic Church. But it was suddenly dropped from all Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II (except the in Rite of Exorcism). But in the new Rite of Exorcism (January 1999) it was taken out too.
As you can see, it has what are called ‘anathemas’ or condemnations of those who disagree with what is contained in the creed. The Apostles and Nicene Creeds do not have these.
It is no wonder that the devil wanted to get …More
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Beautiful Creed indeed.
Prof. Leonard Wessell
I thrill to read these words. I know something about the history. In the light of the Creed theological reflections about Mary as the Mother of God (not just a human part next to a divine part) began. A beautiful example of what Cardinal Newman called a development of doctrine, such as the "new" preserved the "old" (i.e., the Creed) and went into new areas.
Reading the quotations from Cardinal …More
I thrill to read these words. I know something about the history. In the light of the Creed theological reflections about Mary as the Mother of God (not just a human part next to a divine part) began. A beautiful example of what Cardinal Newman called a development of doctrine, such as the "new" preserved the "old" (i.e., the Creed) and went into new areas.

Reading the quotations from Cardinal Kaspers and what I take to be Bp. Zollitsch's rejection of Jesus' death as one for our sins ("Sühnetod" in German), I doubt seriously (but not with 100% certainty) that said Cardinals and other prelates do not hold literally to the Creed. For Zollitsch Christ is someone who accompanies us from life to death (seen in his life and death) more a therapist who encourgages us.

Beautiful Creed, unites Catholics with the Orthodox, and, well, seems to be, at least implicitly, waning.