Taken out of 12 years of mothballs, the splendor of Pope Benedict’s cope is used for the translation of Pope Francis’ body to St. Peter’s Basilica! Pope Francis, as we can see, did not turn in his coffin!
" at First Things, Protestant (Orthodox Presbyterian Church) Carl Trueman HERE opined candidly:
As a confessional Protestant, there is perhaps one decision Francis made that I should approve: restricting the Latin Mass. The need for vernacular liturgy was a standard part of Reformation Protestant policy. But even here there was a problem. The Protestant Reformers’ liturgical changes were driven by a specific theology of the word and its connection to salvation and sacraments. Catholicism’s theology of the sacraments is different and does not require liturgy in the vernacular. The pope’s move therefore lacked any obvious doctrinal motivation. One can only speculate as to his motives, but it appeared to be a liberal assault on traditional Catholicism. Francis was thus my own worst Protestant nightmare: an authoritarian Roman pope driving a liberal Protestant agenda, a leader who embodied the worst of all possible Christian worlds.
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Father McDonald,
Here is something you may find interesting.
" at First Things, Protestant (Orthodox Presbyterian Church) Carl Trueman HERE opined candidly:
As a confessional Protestant, there is perhaps one decision Francis made that I should approve: restricting the Latin Mass. The need for vernacular liturgy was a standard part of Reformation Protestant policy. But even here there was a problem. The Protestant Reformers’ liturgical changes were driven by a specific theology of the word and its connection to salvation and sacraments. Catholicism’s theology of the sacraments is different and does not require liturgy in the vernacular. The pope’s move therefore lacked any obvious doctrinal motivation. One can only speculate as to his motives, but it appeared to be a liberal assault on traditional Catholicism. Francis was thus my own worst Protestant nightmare: an authoritarian Roman pope driving a liberal Protestant agenda, a leader who embodied the worst of all possible Christian worlds.
Maybe a subliminal message is being sent here!
"Catholicism’s theology of the sacraments is different and does not require liturgy in the vernacular."
Neither does it require liturgy in Latin, or French, or Japanese, or Mandarin, or any other language.
K, as always, you miss the point he was making. And we’ve done so well with a vernacular liturgy - Mass attendence is “booming!”
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