The Suicide of Altering the Faith in the Liturgy

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The Sui cide of
Alt ering the Faith
in the Litu rgy
By
Fat her Paul L. Kramer

“I am worr ied by the Blessed Vir gin’s mess ages to Lucy of
Fatima. This pers is tence of Mary about the dang ers which mena ce
the Church is a div ine warni ng against the suic ide of al ter ing the
Faith in her lit urgy...”
...Pius XII Devant L’Histoire
“If any one says that the rec eived and app roved rites of the Catho -
lic Church cust om arily used in the sole mn adm ini st rat ion of the sac-
ram ents may be des pised, or may be freely omitt ed by the mini st ers
witho ut sin, or may be changed into other new rites by any church
pas tor whoms o ever, let him be anathe ma.”
…Coun cil of Trent, Sess. VII, Can. XIII
Pope Paul III, 3 March 1547 (D.S. 1613)
“... ‘re call ing it (the lit urgy) to greater sim plic ity of rites, by ex -
press ing it in the vern acu l ar lang uage or by ut teri ng it in a loud voice’
as if the prese nt ord er of the lit urgy re ceived and app roved by the
Church, had em an ated in some part from the for getf uln ess of the
princ ip les by which it should be regu l ated ... (is) rash, of fens ive to
pio us ears, ins ulti ng to the Church, fa vour able to the charges of here -
tics”.
...Auctorem Fidei [33]
Pope Pius VI, 28 Aug ust 1794 (D.S. 2633)

The Sui cide of
Alt ering the Faith
in the Lit urgy
Fr. Paul L. Kramer
B.Ph., S.T.B., M.Div., S.T.L. (Cand)
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“Sup pose, dear friend, that Comm un ism [one of “the err ors of
Rus sia” ment ioned in the Mes sage of Fatima] was only the most vis-
ib le of the ins trum ents of sub vers ion to be used against the Church
and the tra di tions of Di vine Rev e la tion …
“I am worr ied by the Blessed Vir gin’s mess ages to Lucy of
Fatima. This per sis tence of Mary about the dan gers which men -
ace the Church is a di vine warni ng against the suic ide of alt eri ng
the Faith, in her litu rgy, her the olo gy and her soul. …
“I hear all around me inn ov at ors who wish to dis mant le the Sa-
cred Chap el, des troy the univ ers al flame of the Church, rej ect her or-
na ments and make her feel re morse for her his tor ic al past.
“A day will come when the civ il ized world will deny its God,
when the Church will doubt as Pe ter doubted. She will be tempted to
bel ieve that man has bec ome God. In our churches, Chris tians will
search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them, like Mary
Mag dal ene weepi ng bef ore the empty tomb, they will ask, ‘Where
have they taken Him?’” (emp ha sis added)
. . . Pope Pius XII
Quoted in the book
Pius XII Devant L’Histoire, pp. 52-53
(by Msgr. Geor ges Roche)
Ab bre vi a tions:
CBCP = Catho l ic Bishops Conf ere nce of the Phil ipp ines
CIC = Cod ex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law)
DS = Denzinger-Schönmetzer, En chi rid ion Symbolorum
Definitionum et Declarationum, 36th edit ion, Herder, 1976.
Dz. = Denzinger
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Ta ble of Con tents
Fore word....................................................................................vii
Pref ace.........................................................................................ix
BOOK I
A Theo log i cal Vin di ca tion
of Ro man Cath o lic Tra di tion al ism
In tro duc tion: The Lit urgy Changes.................................................3
Ch. I: A Ques tion of Rites.......................................................9
The Im me mo rial Ro man Rite.........................................9
A “Brand New Rite”.....................................................12
Ch. II: An Exa mi n at ion of the Litu rgy
and the Sac ram ents.................................................23
The Novus Ordo: A Protestant Con struct.......................23
The Right of the Faithf ul
to Tra di tional Sac ra ments.......................................29
Ch. III: The Post-Conciliar Church
in Light of the New Litu rgy..................................35
A Cri sis of Au thor ity.....................................................35
Sa cred Tra di tion...........................................................38
An Er ro ne ous Def i ni tion of the Church.........................41
The Magisterium..........................................................45
Ch. IV: Doc trinal Nove lties of the
Post-Conciliar Church.........................................51
Re li gious Lib erty..........................................................51
Ecu me nism...................................................................56
The Err or of “Liv ing Trad it ion”....................................65
Ch. V: The Post-Conciliar Church:
A Quest ion of Schism............................................67
The Stat us of Vati c an II Docu ments..............................67
Ro man Prot es tants........................................................70
Pa pal In fal li bil ity..........................................................71
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