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EYESORE 9001

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1. Nothing says 'devotion' like religious ceremonies

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:38 AM

Apr 9

where you (likely) can’t understand the words. It’s no accident that the magician’s catchphrase ‘hocus pocus’ is corrupted, faux Latin from the Roman Catholic mass.

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How the Latin Mass Split the Catholic Church [View all] douglas9 Apr 9 OP

Nothing says 'devotion' like religious ceremonies EYESORE 9001 Apr 9 #1

According to Wikipedia, that is one of the possible explanations. Wonder Why Apr 9 #3

It happens to be my personal favorite EYESORE 9001 Apr 9 #7

They stopped Latin Mass snowybirdie Apr 9 #2

Yup! Some people can never change. Even though I took 3 years of Latin in High School Wonder Why Apr 9 #5

Me too snowybirdie Apr 9 #6

I assumed this was a radical wing of the church doing this Redleg Apr 9 #4

It's the very traditionalist wing of Catholicism T_i_B Apr 18 #8

Ah, the new converts like J.D. Fucking Vance Redleg Apr 21 #9

I've been in and around churches that shifted. Igel Apr 23 #10