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to defyne, decyde, or determyn any Article or Poynt
of the Christian Fayth and Relligion,
or to chang any Ancient Ceremony of the Church
from the Forme before received and observed
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Transitional forms

I recently scooped up a bunch of missalettes from the 1960s. Perhaps one day I shall subject them to greater scrutiny.

I doubt they contain anything that will shed light on this question, though:

It seems to imply that a thorough recasting of the Roman liturgy had already been decided upon and there was no changing course.

I have yet to discover a satisfactory proposal as to why the old liturgy in the vernacular (essentially the Missal of 1965) was not a practical option.

One similar unexamined topic might be other temporary and transitional liturgical forms, such as this one, from 1964. It already goes way, way beyond 1965, it appears:

There is some discussion of this strange entity here. I know nothing, unfortunately. Nada.

Zeitgeist, anyone?

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