[sinkspur]

In other words, any tradition, sanctioned by Rome, that is not per se irreformable.

Anything that is not irreformable, is reformable.

[traditionalist]

Anything that is not irreformable, is reformable.

Of course. We agree on this. The point is that before Vatican 2, the Church treated even reformable traditions, provided they were old and sanctioned, with reverence and changed them only rarely and incrimentally. The magnitude and scope of the changes to such traditions during and since Vatican 2 are unprecidented.