Traditional † Catholicism

So our Mass goes back, without essential change, to the age when it first developed out of the oldest liturgy of all. It is still redolent of that liturgy, of the days when Cæsar ruled the world and thought he could stamp out the faith of Christ, when our fathers met together before dawn and sang a hymn to Christ as to a God. The final result of our enquiry is that, in spite of unsolved problems, in spite of later changes, there is not in Christendom another rite so venerable as ours. ~Fortescue

Monday, May 5, 2008

When Prelates looked like PRELATES...

By Prelate, we understand a dignitary of the Catholic Church, who is entitled to wear a special custom, and whose rank deserves special honors, both in everyday life and in liturgical functions. ~Custome of Prelates of the Catholic Church, p. 12.

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