Tag: "Latin language"

A Year Out: A Reflection on the "New" Translation of the Mass
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A Year Out: A Reflection on the “New” Translation of the Mass

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The end of November, 2011 saw the one-year anniversary of the “new” translation of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Liturgy. Like many others, I welcomed the new translation.  When I began hearing some of its texts, I heard a more dignified, elevated language that spoke more directly to the heavenly Mysteries the Liturgy purports […]

Pope Paul VI & Natural Law: Follow-up to Latin and the Memory & Identity of the Catholic Church
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Pope Paul VI & Natural Law: Follow-up to Latin and the Memory & Identity of the Catholic Church

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In the course of the publication of my articles on Latin and the Catholic Church’s memory and identity (part one, part two, part three, part four), commentator “Michael” posed the question, “Can Catholics figure out, by Natural Law alone, the ‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ of some writing?”  He also made the claim that, “…in removing the […]

Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Four
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Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Four

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Part Four, The Church’s Memory and Identity Continued: In the previous installments of this series (part one, part two, part three), I discussed the role of various influential theologians and laymen who effectively acted as “interpreters” of Vatican II.  Their actions, I argued, led to a lot of confusion about what the Council taught and […]

Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Three
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Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Three

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Part Three, Re-orientating Ourselves to Tradition — an Example: In the second article in this series, I discussed how the Church’s memory and identity were under siege after the Second Vatican Council vis-à-vis a “para-Council.”  In this article, I use private revelation as an example to expand upon how Catholics were misled after the Second […]

Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Two
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Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part Two

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Part Two, The Church’s Memory & Identity Under Siege: In my previous article, I talked about the Catholic Church and the Latin language.  I left off with a note on various theologians and laymen substituting their makeshift theology for the Tradition of the Church.  I would like to expand upon that point. Still smarting from […]

Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church's Memory and Identity, Part One
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Reflections on Latin and the Catholic Church’s Memory and Identity, Part One

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Part One, Latin and the Catholic Church: Recently I obtained the Latin text of Cardinal Lambertini’s (Pope Benedict XIV) treatise De Servorum Dei Beatificatione Beatorum et Canonizatione (“De Servorum”).  After going over a couple of passages of interest, I reflected upon the treatise itself.  My thoughts revolved around the place of the treatise in Catholic […]