To: Maximilian
It seems to me Gamber is right when he suggests that the entire question of legitimacy to change a rite is open to debate. The liturgy had always evolved organically. Whether the pope or a regional council of "experts" had the authority to change this by fiat needs to be brought into question. The automatic assumption that they did have this right seems mistaken to begin with, no matter what the Council has stated so ambiguously. Ultimately, the issue is the faith itself. What has happened since Vatican II has been the systematic destruction of Catholicism, under the misguided aegis of two liberal papacies. This has already placed the deposit of faith under assault by faithless men in very high places.
To: ultima ratio; maximillian
I again encourage you to read Hull's book "The Banished Heart" which goes into much greater detail than Gamber about the historical destructiveness of top-down "guidance" of the liturgical rites.
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