With a biretta tip to Peter K for the link… o{]:¬)
At the liturgical review Adoremus, this…
The Voice of Tradition: Prosper Guéranger’s “Anti-Liturgical Heresy”
Never mind that an odd character appears every once in a while. Odd characters always appear once in a while (this time, some й for é).
What’s this about?
Guéranger summarized the errors which he and many future proponents of the Liturgical Movement sought to correct in popular approaches to the liturgy through what he called the “anti-liturgical heresy.
The development of the liturgy can be measured according to Guéranger’s description of this heresy as he found it in the early Church, the Protestant Revolution, and through the errors of the Jansenists and Gallicans of Guéranger’s own time, as well as the varied threads of this heresy which were woven into the Liturgical Movement in the 20th century. Guéranger divided the anti-liturgical heresy into 12 distinct criteria: (1) hatred of Tradition; (2) substitution of ecclesiastical formulae for readings exclusively from Scripture; (3) fabrication of innovative formulae; (4) antiquarianism; (5) demystification of the liturgy; (6) “pharisaical coldness”4 in liturgical prayer; (7) removal of all intermediaries (Marian devotion, communion of saints, etc.); (8) replacement of sacred languages with the vernacular; (9) simplification of rites and easing of religious duties; (10) rejection of papal authority; (11) laicization, denying the sacramental nature of the ministerial priesthood; and (12) confusion of the roles of priests and laity in liturgical reform.
Pow!
The article spins these out. I recommend it.
As we move along in it…
From Guéranger’s negative criteria of the anti-liturgical heresy, Dom Alcuin Reid deduced positive principles which clarify and affirm liturgical tradition: “[corresponding to criteria 1 and 2] [to] protect the place of non-scriptural texts in the organic whole of the Liturgy; [3] innovate rarely and only where necessary; [4] reject antiquarianism out of respect for the living, developed Liturgy; [5] protect all that speaks of the supernatural and of mystery in the Liturgy; [6] similarly, protect the nature of Liturgy as prayer and worship lest it be reduced to a didactic exercise; [7] treasure the role of the Blessed Virgin and of the saints in the Liturgy; [8] reject vernacularism; [9] resist the temptation to sacrifice the Liturgy for the sake of speed; [10] rejoice in liturgical unity with the Church of Rome; and, [11 and 12] to respect the particular liturgical roles and authority of the ordained.”
We are our rites.
Regarding your post after this one, Father, thank the Lord for those “God moments” such as the two you describe. I knew also, that it was the 13th and particularly gave the day to Mother Mary, begging for help. (Didn’t remember the anniversary of Akita, etc.)
In the recent days there were pictures of the extraordinary sights and colors extending way south into the U.S. because of the sun’s activity. I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a connection with the 13th of the month and Fatima, and these amazing sights in the skies. God bless you!
Tagging along with Sandy, in reference to your Rome post for yesterday and today, it is incredibly edifying to read of your marvels. I am thrilled you are there. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.
When I read ” confusion of the roles of priests and laity in liturgical reform…” I thought of “extraordinary ministers.” We were told the lie that it would take a priest or two so long to give Communion to everyone, that we needed lay ministers. But it takes a couple of minutes for the priest to give Communion to the lay ministers. And receiving Communion standing up, in the hand, takes much longer per person than a priest giving Our Lord to the recipient on the tongue, kneeling.
We were sold a bunch of nonsense.
Fr. Z. Saw this and thought of you. Hope you are doing well. Chess news…
https://imperialtwilight.substack.com/p/a-chess-renaissance
Will their be a Council to combat Brogolioism in the future?
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Innocent Smith OPs work on the development of Liturgy by Congar and Vagaggini provides a more balanced perspective:
https://www.academia.edu/19137045/_Vagaggini_and_Congar_on_the_Liturgy_and_Theology_Questions_Liturgiques_96_2015_191_221
Surely the Jansenists aren’t in league with the Benedictines too? jk