Traditional Catholicism9340600

Traditional Catholics are preserving Catholic orthodoxy simply by not accepting a number of the changes introduced because the Second Vatican Council, including changes that many of them have described as revolutionary, novel, and in contradiction for you to previous teaching. They report that the positions right now taken by well known Catholics-even conservative Catholics-would have been considered "modernist" or "liberal" before the Council, and that they themselves maintain positions that were and then considered "conservative" or "traditional".

A lot of traditionalists further believe that blunders have crept into the presentation and understanding of Catholic theories since the time of the Council. They credit the blame for this in order to liberal interpretations with the Conciliar documents, to dangerous post-Conciliar pastoral decisions, to the textual content of the Conciliar documents them selves, or to some combination of these.

Most traditionalists see the Council as a good, but problematic, Ecumenical Authority of the Catholic Church. It is typical for traditionalists in argument with Rome to be able to affirm that the Local authority or council was "pastoral", and hence what has decrees were not absolutely joining on Catholics in the same way since the dogmatic decrees of other Ecumenical Local authorities. Support for this see is sought throughout Pope John XXIII's Opening Address to the Council, Pope Paul VI's closing address, phrases from Pope Benedict XVI, and the not enough formal dogmatic definitions from the Conciliar documents.

The most common and visible argument by traditional Catholicism is the liturgical reform and the creation of the novusordo or “new mass” are harmful to the church and that the traditional Latin mass is more reverent along with pleasing to God. Traditional Catholics acknowledge that the novusordo is valid, but deficient as well as harmful for various practical reasons.

Several traditional Catholic newspapers, magazines, and periodicals were made after or throughout the second Vatican council. The many prominent, objective, and revered traditional catholic newspaper is “The Remnant” available at www.remnantnewspaper.com and writes issues every two weeks.

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