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The Prohibition of the Traditional Latin Mass is an Abuse of Ecclesiastical Power

This article is from One Peter Five The prohibition of the traditional Latin Mass is an abuse of ecclesiastical power and noncompliance with its prohibition does not in fact constitute disobedience Bishop Athanasius Schneider   The traditional Roman liturgy of the Mass was the liturgy of our Catholic ancestors. It was the form of the [...]

Papal Authority over Liturgy: A Dialogue

This article is from One Peter Five The following fictional dialogue between hyperpapalist “Rockmeteller” (apologies to P.G. Wodehouse for stealing the name) and papal critic “Traddeus” is based on many real dialogues conducted online. It’s not intended to be systematic but to provoke thought about key issues (pun intended) that will only gain in importance [...]

4th Sunday after Pentecost: Ktisis

This article is from One Peter Five We continue our project of delving, albeit briefly, into the first reading for Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite, the Epistle, this time from the Apostle to the Gentiles’ Letter to the Romans. Reminder: the readings of Mass have their didactic purpose for [...]

A Journey Through the three Kingdoms

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Cliffs of Moher, Lislorkan North, County Clare, Ireland Part 1: Erin’s Green Isle It is amazing how much of the American psyche is bound up with the nations of the British Isles – the traditional “Three Kingdoms” of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with Wales, Cornwall, the Isle [...]

The Brother of All Sinners

This article is from One Peter Five Four centuries ago, on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand, town in south-central France, was born a man who, according to his sister Gilberte, “has always had an admirable clarity of mind for discerning what is false”: Blaise Pascal [† 1662].[1] About this mathematician, inventor, theologian, attentive explorer of [...]

10th Anniversary of a Powerful Film

This article is from One Peter Five Ten years ago, a priest set out on an 8700 mile foot pilgrimage from central Europe to Jerusalem and back. I just recently re-watched the documentary he made about it, titled “Where God Dwells: A Eucharistic Meditation.” A beautiful film, simple yet completely professional, it’s near silence instills [...]

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