Tag: Hermeneutic of Continuity
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Vernacular liturgy and Pope Francis’ “hermeneutic of continuity”
The Mass at John Lateran in Rome this Sunday is part of Francis’ “hermeneutic of continuity” – with Vatican II, with Pope Paul’s reform of the rites, and with the rest of the Catholic Church.
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The Liturgy in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Clergy of the City of Rome.
Vatican Radio’s report on Pope Benedict’s address to the parish clergy of Rome, in which he reminisced on Vatican II and ruminated on its significance, contains a couple of interesting sets of remarks on the liturgy.
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Changing the conversation: five assertions
Discussion about the new translation of the Roman Missal has become sterile. If we are to learn anything, we need a different conversation. Here are five assertions that might help move toward that.
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In Praise of Rupture
Who could praise rupture?
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Was Vatican II a “rupture” with tradition?
Was the renewal brought about by Vatican II so great as to cause a “rupture” with the tradition of the church? Ironically, there are progressives and traditionalists who would agree that there was in fact a rupture.
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Liturgy under Benedict XVI
Some claim that the pope is undoing the Second Vatican Council and forty-five years of progress in implementing the Council. Others claim that he is working to implement faithfully the vision of the Second Vatican Council, which means undoing the mistakes and misinterpretations of the past forty-five years and going back to what the Council…