[Diva]

If the Vatican does not define what is "inadequate for liturgical use" the current abusers of liturgical music will rationlize their way out of it and everything will continue as it was.

One rationale I've heard for not defining specifically is that if you say no guitars the next Sunday a ukelele will appear in its place and so on. I don't know that I buy this explanation but I'm sure there will be some liturgical lunatics who will experiment to see what they can get away with. Unless you have a Bishop willing to knock some heads together there isn't much the Vatican can do except lead by example and try to correct what is wrong in the seminaries.

[mike182d]

One rationale I've heard for not defining specifically is that if you say no guitars the next Sunday a ukelele will appear in its place and so on.

Ugh. Very true.

It would probably be a whole lot easier if the Vatican just said "you can only use gregorian chant, piano, or pipe organ" instead of leaving an open-ended directive for liturgists. The would eliminate any inevitable ukelele wiggle-room.