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Redleg

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4. I assumed this was a radical wing of the church doing this

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 10:19 AM

Apr 9

I grew up Catholic and attended mass from the mid 1960s until the mid 1980s and never once heard a Latin mass. Some of the short prayers were in Latin or Greek but the rest of the mass was in contemporary English, including the Catholic Bible, which was printed in contemporary English. I saw the use of the contemporary Bible as an important advance of the church.

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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