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THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS
By Dom Gueranger
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To give a clear illustration of the havoc caused antilitúrgico movement, it seems advantageous to review the steps that these so-called reformers of Christianity have been over the last three centuries and present a summary of his methods and teachings on the "purification" of worship divine. Nothing can better demonstrate the reasons, or to elucidate the causes of the rapid spread of Protestant doctrines in our time. Their methods reveal a wisdom truly evil character, which has become in his hands a highly effective weapon capable of producing enormous consequences.
1 .- The first characteristic antilitúrgico movement is " hatred of all that is traditional in worship formulas." It is undeniable that this feature is present in the works of all heretics from Vigilance to Calvin, and the reason this is simple. Wishing each sectarian tendency to introduce new and innovative doctrines invariably finds itself in direct opposition to the Liturgy which is the most powerful of Tradition, and can not rest satisfied until you have deleted this voice and destroyed the faith repository above.
In reality, how have managed to Lutheranism, Calvinism and Anglicanism to establish and maintain among its followers? They have done this by replacing the old books with new ones, replacing the venerable forms new ones, and all they wanted was accomplished. Not allowed no resistance. The faith of the common people was conquered without a battle. Luther understood this with a wisdom worthy of our own Jansenists, when in the early years of his reforms was forced to maintain some outward forms of worship latino. Promulgated the following rule for the mass 'reformed'
"We approve and we want to keep the Introit on Sundays and feasts of Jesus Christ, Easter, Pentecost and Christmas. "Strongly prefer to use whole psalms of which are taken from the Introits" the old way, but is more satisfactory to comply with this practice. Do not criticize those who would also maintain the Introits of the apostles, the Virgin and other saints INTROIT BECAUSE THESE THREE ARE TAKEN FROM THE PSALMS AND OTHER scriptural texts. "
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Luther had a sacred excessive horror songs written by the Church to publicly express their faith. They felt much of that strength of the tradition that he wanted to uproot. Knew that the Church had the right to mix their voice with the scriptural statements in their religious assemblies. However, accepting this would have exposed him and his innovative doctrine anathema to the millions of voices repeating the traditional liturgy. It is for this reason that the heretic hates everything in the liturgy is not drawn strictly from Scripture.
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2 .- So that brings us the second principle prevalent among those who would oppose the traditional liturgy, namely " formulations replace sanctified by ecclesiastical usage with readings drawn from the Bible . " find in this two advantages: First, the destruction of the voice of Tradition which always hate, and second, a means to sustain and propagate their new learning of both a negative and positive. In a negative way, silencing those scriptural passages that express any opposition to the mistakes they wish to teach, and in a positive way, carefully selecting and taking out of context certain passages of Scripture which, although they speak of an aspect of Truth do not give her a full and complete description.
Everyone knows that the heretics throughout the ages have preferred to quote Scripture rather than accept the definitions church for the simple reason that it allows them to put into the mouth of God all you want, by an appropriate choice of phrases . In addition, we see that this allows, in the manner of the Jansenists (for whom this was very important), maintaining the appearance of which are within the body of the Church when the protesters arrived, we have reduced the liturgy almost complete readings of Scripture, together with sermons that expound the Bible alone following a purely rationalist lines. As for the choice of which of the biblical books are canonical, that ultimately depends on the whim of the reform in question, who finally decides not only the sense or meaning of the word of God, but also determines whether a particular word must be accepted as authentic.
So, Martin Luther, to support its system of pantheism, the doctrine of the uselessness of the work and the adequacy of the faith, ended by declaring that the Epistle of James was false and non-canonical because it emphasized only the necessity of works for salvation. At all times and under many guises, it is always the same, "the rejection of ecclesiastical formulations; Scripture alone is valid, but carefully selected Scripture, and still more carefully interpreted by the person who wants to introduce an innovation. The trap is certainly dangerous for the unwise. It is only much later when one perceives that has fallen, and the word of God, as the double-edged sword that lies the Apostle, has committed serious injuries, because it has been misused by the sons of perdition.
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3 .- The third principle , or perhaps the third problem faced by those involved in reforming the liturgy, after having suppressed ecclesiastical formulas, and after having declared and proclaimed the absolute necessity of resorting to the words of Scripture in divine service, is finding that Scripture does not always fold their purposes as they wish. His third principle, we say, is " purchase and enter many diverse forms their own " , full of treachery, by which people are locked in even more firmly error , and thus strengthens the entire edifice of reform ungodly for all time.
4 .- No one should be surprised at the inherent contradictions that heresy appears in his works when one knows the fourth principle, or rather, the fourth necessity imposed on sectarianism by nature of their rebellion, namely " usual contradiction with its own principles ." And so it should be, because its internal contradictions are revealed in broad daylight sooner or later, when God will expose the emptiness in the eyes of the people who has seduced and also because it is not given to man to be consistent, but only to the truth. So all heretics without exception start looking back to the customs of the early Christians. Of faith want to suppress all the errors and passions of man have mixed with the pure original teachings-all of what they consider false and insulting to God. With this in mind prune, delete, delete-everything that falls under the ax, and while we expect a vision of our religion in its pristine purity, we are surrounded by new formulations, hot off the press, and undeniably human, because those who have invented are still alive. All heretical sects are subject to this requirement. L to have seen with the Monophysite, the Nestorians and found in all branches of Protestantism. In his desire to return to the path of "primitive Christianity" all that has been passed since those early days is destroyed. So the reformers put themselves to those they have seduced and assure them that everything is OK, the arrogant Papists have disappeared and that religion has now returned to its original character and essential. A further feature of these reformers is that their innovation was itching all. Amputating not satisfied with the formulations of the Church, and defame them as being of purely human origin, but even extend their criticisms to those readings and prayers that the Church has taken in Scripture. Change the words and phrases replaced by new ones. They have no desire to pray in unity with the church and separate themselves from it. It's almost as if all those that sting and choose the readings were afraid you got a little waste of orthodoxy.
5 .- The liturgical reform is embraced by his lawyers at the same time as a reform-indeed dogmatic latter is from where the first. It follows that the Protestants, separated from the Church in which they would less believe, will find themselves very willing to " deletion in all the ceremonies of divine worship and all the formulas which express the mysteries ." Confused by their doubts and blinded by his denial of all that would open the door to the supernatural, expunge everything seems to them that is not purely rational. Thus, apart from baptism, the sacraments are described according to Socinianism embraced by their followers. No more sacramental, no more blessings, or icons, or relics of saints. No more processions and pilgrimages. No more altar, but a simple "table." No more sacrifice, as required by any religion, but a "food." No more church but a "house of worship" as the Greeks and Romans. No more religious architecture, because there is nothing mysterious to express. No more painting or sculpture Christians, because there is no longer a living religion and palpable. And finally, no more poetry in a service that is not fertilized by the love and faith.
6 .- The removal of the mystical element in the Protestant liturgy inevitably results in " the total extinction of that spirit of prayer that is the essential cornerstone of Catholicism . " A heart that is in rebellion is a loveless heart and a heart devoid of love corrupts everything-even more tolerable expressions of belief, with a coldness and self-righteous pride, and this is indeed what found in the reformed liturgy. One almost feels that those who recite the Protestant liturgy are pleased to themselves as the collector for not being among those Papists that degrade God with the familiarity of their simple prayers.
7 .- Trying to God with all due respect, the Protestant liturgy feels no need for intermediaries invented. These people consider the invocation of the Blessed Virgin and the saints as an insult to God. " exclude all this idolatry begs Catholic than through an intermediary that one should pray only to God ." calendar rid of all those names of men who have joined the Roman Church as recklessly as close to God. They do not have any employment for those who came after the apostles. Only the apostles, chosen by Christ and the founders of the early Church, had their eyes pure faith, free from superstition and moral error.
8 .- The liturgical reform, having as one of its basic principles for the abolition of all acts and mystical formulations, " insists on the use of modern languages \u200b\u200bfor divine service ". This is one of the most important aspects of the continent heresy of these people. No, they say, nothing secret worship, and people need to understand what they sing. The hatred of the Latin language is inborn to the hearts of all who hate Rome. They see it as a tie that binds Catholics throughout the world, a weapon of orthodoxy against all the wiles of the sectarian spirit, and a powerful weapon of the papacy. The spirit of rebellion that have embraced them forcibly confined to the language of the local people of a particular province or country specific. However, despite this, the fruits of reform are the same as the Orthodox, despite their prayers in Latin (which may not understand), are more meaningful, and fulfill the obligations of worship with greater zeal than Protestants. At all hours of the day marks the divine service in Catholic churches. The faithful attend these prayers, leaving their native languages \u200b\u200bin the doorway of the church, and if other than the sermons they hear only those mysterious phrases that have been held since time immemorial in the most solemn moments "in the Canon of the Mass, with all have no envy the fate of Protestant whose ears are never attacked by words whose meaning is unclear. And while the Reformed churches gather their herds of Christian purists only with great difficulty on Sunday, the Roman churches find their fervent children constantly besieged its innumerable altars. Every day they leave their work to come and hear the mysterious words that nourish their faith and pour balm on their souls. is certainly one of the most accurate shots of the reformers declared holy war on the Latin language, because if they destroy their use, all objectives are met. The liturgy, from the moment it loses its sanctity and is offered to people in a way becomes like a virgin profanizada dishonored. The faithful will find it hardly worthy to leave for a while his work or to leave their pleasures, to come to a Church that speaks the language of the market. Consider the so-called Reformed Church of France with his declamations radicals and their diatribes against alleged venality of the clergy. For how long do you think the faithful will hear screaming these liturgists own style, "The Lord be with you", and how long you will continue to respond "And also with you"? Deal more fully elsewhere on the subject of liturgical language.
9 .- When removed from the liturgy, the mysterious element that keeps the right within their own limits, these reforms have not missed an important consequence, namely " relief of fatigue and requirement that the practice of the liturgy requires the body Papist " . No more fasting and abstinence, and more genuflecting in prayer. For his ministers, any obligation to tell the office, or even say the canonical prayers of the Church. Certainly of the main features of the great Protestant emancipation is " reducing the burden of public and private worship " . The results will quickly follow, for faith and charity, feeding of prayer, are suffocated. While the Orthodox are fed continuously by acts of self-sacrifice to man and to God and are sustained by the same ineffable source from which the prayer-prayer extracts also performed by the clergy, both regular and secular, in conjunction with the community of the faithful.
"Novus Ordo Mass where concelebrates the people and the priests"
10 .- The Reformers have an uncanny ability to discern which of the different religious organizations is more hostile to its principles, so that the cornerstone of the whole Catholic building. With an almost animal instinct, have found that point of dogma which is the most irreconcilable with their innovations, " The power of the papacy ." Luther's banner had inscribed boldly affirmation "I hate Rome and its laws" and in this single sentence summarizes the essence of the reformist position. Under this currency abolish at one stroke all the ceremonies and worship of the "Roman idolatry", the Latin language, the Divine Office, the saints, the breviary, indeed "all the abominations of the great whore of Babylon. " It is in vain that the Roman Pontiff highlighted some dogmas and certain rituals. Thus, it is equally necessary for the reformer claim that these are blasphemies and errors, and seeing them as a tyranny and taxation. Thus the Lutheran Church continues to call until the time "to get rid of the murder, slander, and from the violence and savagery of the Turk and the Pope." Worth remembering here the wonderful comments of Joseph de Maistre in his book "On the Pope," which shows great sagacity that despite the many dissonances that separate the various Protestant denominations, there is one quality upon which they are all agree, that of being 'non-Roman. " Imagine an innovation, an innovation whatsoever, in terms of dogma and discipline and see if you can present it in a way, regardless of how much can one test-that is not essentially "non-Roman" or at most "quasi Roman. " What about consciousness, what kind of Catholic would regard himself as a quasi-Roman?.
11 .- antilitúrgicas heresies should, in principle, if they set themselves in perpetuity, to destroy the priesthood. know that while there is a pope, there an altar and an altar where there will be a sacrifice, and consequently a mysterious ceremony. Having abolished the Supreme Pontiff, will have to remove the bishops from where comes this mystical laying on of hands that perpetuates the sacred hierarchy. Only then will " priestly this vast desert that is the inevitable result of the abolition of the papacy ." priests No more properly speaking, but drivers who are elected without consecration. And how can the act of electing a man to a holy priest? Reforms Luther and Calvin can only talk to ministers of God, only men. Nor are they satisfied with standing here. His ministers, selected and installed by the laity, are in their houses of worship in a robe of teaching bastard, they are only laymen who take sacred functions. All this is, so to speak, in the absence of the liturgy - and how can a lay person in isolation to produce a liturgy?
12 .- And finally, we see the last stage of degradation. The priesthood is no more. The hierarchy has died. The prince or governor is the only possible authority left among the laity that can be proclaimed as the head of religion. How natural it is time for these reformers, once broken the spiritual yoke of Rome, proclaiming to the temporal ruler as its high priest, and consider the power to decide on liturgical matters as one of the " prerogatives of the king." There can be no dogma, no morality, no sacraments, no worship, no Christian truth, unless you agree with the preferences of the king.
Now this is a fundamental axiom of reformers both in writings and practice. This last feature complete description and allows the reader to judge for themselves the nature of this vaunted freedom of the papacy that is carried out with such violence. Ultimately this can only result in destructive domination of the temporal power and worldly about the essence of Christianity. Now it is true that in the beginning antilitúrgicas sects did not rise to flatter those in power. Albigenses, the Waldenses, the Hussites wyclifianos and all they taught that one should resist the request of the princes and judges with great courage when he was that they were sinners. They argue that a prince in sin has lost its right to rule. The reason for this is that these heretical feared the sword of the Catholic princes.
Being without a church bishop, had everything to lose to an authority disagrees with them. But as soon as the princes themselves were associated with them in the rebellion against Rome and wanted to make religion a national issue, and a means to govern his people, liturgy and dogma itself became subject to national interests. And when it came to pass, these reformers could not move fast enough to recognize and support those secular forces wanted to establish and maintain their personal theories. There can be no doubt that giving preference to the temporal power of the spiritual power of religion is an act of apostasy . But unfortunately this is not the only aspect of the problem, above all, the heretic must ensure their own survival. P or this is what Luther, separated as it was the Pope of Rome ("seduced" as was the Pope, he said, for all the "abominations of Babylon") do not hesitate to declare theologically legitimate remarriage of Landgrave of Hesse. This is also why so Abbot Gregory did not scruple to give their support to the death sentence of Louis XVI, while Louis XIV had advocated and Joseph II in his struggle against the Pope.
Such, then, the main tenets of the reformers antilitúrgicos. His writings are easy to consult as widely spread throughout the world. We revealed only what they themselves have enacted repeatedly. We feel, however, it is important to clearly explain these trends, it's always good to understand the error. Unfortunately, it is often easier to teach error contradict the truth.
was aware that, in matters of faith, I was ready to die a thousand times not to go against the lower church ceremony (St. Teresa of Avila)
"You must work carefully and diligently to safeguard the Faith in the midst of this great conspiracy of evil men who seek to maim and destroy." (Vos Mirari Encyclical of His Holiness Gregory XVI)
