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In Defense of Latin in the Mass: The Case for the Church's Timeless Liturgical Language
Product Code: 9781505128031
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Latin in the liturgy has been under attack for centuries. In these pages, Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) makes a compelling case for Latin as the normative liturgical language in the Roman Catholic Church's Mass. Although the Protestant schism was the primary source of the attacks on the use of Latin during Pope Benedict XIV's time, the objections today are very similar. Using tradition and Church history, the Holy Father seeks to bring clarity to this most important topic with charity and reason. Pope Benedict XIV, an accomplished canonist and scholar, was perhaps the most prolific author of any Roman pontiff. This brief work, which also includes an Essay on the Use of Latin in the Mass by Hierotheus Confluentinus, the provincial of the German Capuchins (1682-1766), contains a hidden treasure that calls the soul to defend our sacred patrimony with even greater zeal: the use of Latin in the liturgy.
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