Bishop Schneider on Chastity vs. a Society ‘Becoming Ever More Cruel’

Submitted by LocutusOP on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 23:45
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Roderick Halvorsen , John John II           

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Sunday, September 30, 2018 - 23:45
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Bishop Schneider on Chastity vs. a Society ‘Becoming Ever More Cruel’

 

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Roderick Halvorsen • 8 days ago

Bishop Schneider's statements on the pre-55 liturgy are very interesting.

For those that do not know {yes, believe it or not, even in today's climate...it was allowed!} the FSSP was permitted to use the pre-55 liturgy during the last Holy Week. As usual, I agree with Schneider's assessments! This was a very powerful if subtle change and was greatly appreciated.

I do not have the experience of the pre-Pius X modifications but I consider Bishop Schneider's assessment here to be a vindication of an argument I've put forth in the past about how the Mass was not actually first modified by Paul VI but by Popes PXII and PX! Some have stated that PX's changes were not modifications to the Mass per se, but Schneider makes a pretty clear description of how they did impact the Mass so I'll defer to him. I more than prefer the Gregorian Mass than the Novus Ordo, but have argued that the NO is nevertheless not the first modification made by a Pope since Pius V's Quo Primum. Others have stated this to be incorrect but certainly, whatever one may say about the Breviary, PXII's change to Holy Week was a "change", albeit not anything like the extent of the sweeping changes made in the NO.

At any rate, I think Bishop Schneider's analysis is very interesting. He has been a voice of doctrinal clarity and one never afraid to state his clear position on doctrine and liturgy and I hope no one takes my statement below as too harsh a criticism. I simply disagree with him about tactics, not at all about goals for the Church.

In the end, Bishop Schneider exhibits a love for our Blessed Lord Jesus that brings focus in a time of confusion and chaos, and I am encouraged by everything the man has to say about the doctrines of our faith.

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John John II • 9 days ago

It's impossible to be traditional and Novus Ordo at the same time. Vatican II can never be traditional, never become a 2,000 year tradition, it morphs with everyone who explains it. You are certainly no exception! It even morphed during this interview. God help us all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have no doubt that the intentions of St. Pope Pius X were as close to perfect as can be, but I agree with Bp. Athanasius Schneider that we need to go back to the Roman Breviary as it had existed for more than one millenium before that.

History has taught us emphatically that the slippery slope of liturgical and devotional reform is very real, and that unless we view our Rites as received and acknowledge we have no right to alter them to suit 'modern' needs, we shall never come out of the crisis of faith in which we find ourselves.