Francis’ Traditionis Custodes (TC) is “a declaration of war,”, “like a betrayal” and a slap in the face to previous popes, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts, Netherlands, analyses on …More
Francis’ Traditionis Custodes (TC) is “a declaration of war,”, “like a betrayal” and a slap in the face to previous popes, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts, Netherlands, analyses on FortesInFide.nl (July 23). The Church has never abolished liturgies, not even Trent did, Mutsaerts writes, “Francis completely breaks with this tradition.” Mutsaerts finds many "factual inaccuracies” in Francis accompanying letter, e.g. Francis' "claim that what Paul VI did after Vatican II would be the same as what Pius V did after Trent. This is totally far from the truth.” Trent (1545-1562) and Pius V (+1572) were not concerned with rewriting the liturgy. Therefore, the missal published by Pius V harks back to the missal of 1474 and so on, back continuously, to the 4th century. Even Vatican II’s document on the liturgy is "conservative," Mutsaerts observes, as Latin and Gregorian chants were maintained, “However, the developments that followed Vatican II are far removed from the council …More
