{"id":30601,"date":"2015-07-05T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=30601"},"modified":"2015-07-05T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T17:06:04","slug":"pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-on-sacred-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/05\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-on-sacred-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Sacred Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI recently offered some intriguing reflections on sacred music, including on his own experiences. \u00a0Post-Vatican II developments come in for some predictable critiques. \u00a0But some of Benedict’s reflections also strike me as quite beautiful (such as his thoughts on music being born out three key experiences: the experience of love, of suffering and dying, and of an encounter with the Divine — all three seem to me to be deeply interrelated, in fact). Troubling for me is the uniqueness — bordering on superiority — Benedict accords traditional Western music in its Christian canon of masterpieces. \u00a0I have no problems with Benedict’s personal preferences, but to ground these in theological claims seems problematic to me.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief English summary of the remarks (which, however, lacks some of the more interesting parts of Benedict’s address):\u00a0http:\/\/en.radiovaticana.va\/news\/2015\/07\/04\/pope-emeritus_benedict_xvi_receives_honorary_doctorates\/115596.<\/p>\n

And here is a link to the\u00a0complete remarks, currently available only in German as far as I can tell: http:\/\/de.radiovaticana.va\/news\/2015\/07\/04\/die_ansprache_von_benedikt_xvi_-_volltext\/1156064<\/a><\/p>\n

I note in passing that the German version also includes a photo of the event that led to Benedict’s remarks, namely a couple of (additional) honorary doctorates for him — the photo invites a fun game which one might call “where is woman?” (I spot two, on a first quick look).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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