A Scholium in Defence of Peter In The Wake Of Defiance
A commentary in a patrimonial tongue. Albeit that froward minds of ages past hath cast away the customs of their elders, some by malice and others through slothful neglect, and in many an instance they have forsaken the ancient sapience of the Holy Mass, casting aside those words and gestures which do move the heart to God, there is no cause for creating an alter magisterium that challenges that foundation established by the Lord Christ. Wherefore, some deranged men have brought forth more feeble rites, or rather have debased them, rendering them almost opaque and somewhat trite by their cheap celebration, having turned their backs upon the counsel and example of their ancestors. And yet, the Lord dwelleth therein. Kyrie eleison. Sadly, priests who have forsaken the Spirit's courting within the Mass are base lovers, knowing not Christ. They do treat the Holy Mass as a mere confectionary or a common feast, or as a sport to be trifled with. To declare these grievances is no sign of ...