{"id":8518,"date":"2003-01-13T23:52:24","date_gmt":"2003-01-14T04:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2003\/01\/13\/why-jesus-got-the-last-supper-all-wrong\/"},"modified":"2003-01-13T23:52:24","modified_gmt":"2003-01-14T04:52:24","slug":"why-jesus-got-the-last-supper-all-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/01\/why-jesus-got-the-last-supper-all-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jesus got the last supper all wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article, 62 Reasons
\nWhy… In Conscience, We Cannot Attend the New Mass,<\/a> by a priest in the
\narchdiocese in Campos, Brazil I think is pretty unintentionally funny.<\/p>\n

23. Because the changes such as: table instead of altar;
\nfacing people instead of tabernacle; Communion in the hand, etc., emphasize
\nProtestant doctrines…<\/font><\/p>\n

What was Jesus thinking when he instituted the Eucharist? The Apostles were
\ngathered around a table at the last supper and received using their hands. Not
\nonly that but Jesus faced them when he talked to them. Shouldn’t he have know
\nthat he was supposedly going against the Council of Trent?<\/p>\n

28. Because beautiful, familiar Catholic hymns which have
\ninspired people for centuries, have been thrown out and replaced with new hymns
\nstrongly Protestant in sentiment, further deepening the already distinct
\nimpression that one is no longer attending a Catholic function.<\/font><\/p>\n

What do these modern hymns have to do with attending the new Mass? This would
\njust be a function of the parish as to what hymns were sung. I have heard the
\nolder familiar hymns at Mass in some places. This is really a very weak
\nargument.<\/p>\n

32. Because Holy Mother Church canonized numerous English
\nMartyrs who were killed because they refused to participate in a Mass such as
\nthe New Mass!<\/font><\/p>\n

The English Martyrs refused to participate because of the issue of authority
\nand the fact that the English Church went into schism. The martyrs did not
\naccept the King of England as head of the church. The form of Mass did not
\nimmediately change there, but over time changes were made to more and more
\nseparate themselves from the Catholic Church. Because of the changes of the
\nunderstanding of the priesthood they also came to loose apostolic
\nsuccession.<\/p>\n

33. Because Protestants who once converted to Catholicism
\nare scandalized to see that the New Mass is the same as the one they attended as
\nProtestants. One of them, Julien Green, asks: “Why did we convert?”<\/font><\/p>\n

This one is just plain wacky. I am somewhat familiar with forms of Protestant
\nworship services and I don’t think I could ever confuse them between the newer
\nform of Mass. Maybe some high church Lutherans and Anglicans would be somewhat
\nfamiliar with it, but nobody else.<\/p>\n

39. Because many good Catholic theologians, canonists and
\npriests do not accept the New Mass, and affirm that they are unable to celebrate
\nit in good conscience.<\/font><\/p>\n

What is the definition of good “Catholic theologians, canonists and priests?”
\nI guess it is the ones who agree with your viewpoint. I don’t think even radical
\ntraditionalist would want to go by popular opinion when it comes to liturgy. I
\ndon’t believe that St.
\nAthanasius<\/a> would agree with this.<\/p>\n

48. Because the New mass embodies numerous errors
\ncondemned by Pope St. Pius V at the Council of Trent (Mass totally in
\nvernacular, words of Consecration spoken aloud, etc. See Condemnation of
\nJansenist Synod of Pistia), and errors condemned by Pope Pius XII (e.g., altar
\nin form of table. See Mediator Dei).
<\/font><\/p>\n

Mass in the vernacular is bad? What about when Latin was the vernacular
\nlanguage. The Latin translation of the Bible is called the Vulgate because it
\nwas translated into the vulgar (from vulgus, \ufffdthe common people\ufffd) language of
\nthe people. I guess they should have used a dead language to conduct the Mass
\nin. Vatican II nowhere said that Latin was to be eliminated from the Mass.<\/p>\n

60. Because we recognize the Holy Father’s supreme
\nauthority in his universal government of Holy Mother Church, but we know that
\neven this authority cannot impose upon us a practice which is so CLEARLY against
\nthe Faith: a Mass that is equivocal and favoring heresy and therefore
\ndisagreeable to God.<\/font><\/p>\n

Those gates of hell must have slammed down upon the Church despite Jesus’
\nwords. If the Pope in union with the Bishops can give us a heretical Mass, then
\nwe have a lot more to worry about then just the format of the Mass.<\/p>\n

I personally like the Latin Mass, but I also can pray the new Mass also when
\nit is done reverently. I favor the combination Latin\/English Mass that is shown
\non EWTN and I think it is more in keeping with the reforms of Vatican II. But
\nbad music and some bad translations will not keep me away from the highest form
\nof worship on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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