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Cardinal Raymond Burke on Abortion, Extraordinary Form, Communion in the Hand, Pro Multis

Excellent interview. There is, however, an unfortunate error in Cardinal Burke's historical review of the Extraordinary Form. "...the rite going back to practically Pope Gregory the Great." The form of the EF used today does not go back to Pope Gregory the Great. As a matter of fact, it looks very little like the rite celebrated in the time of Gregory I. There have been multiple, and at times …More
Excellent interview. There is, however, an unfortunate error in Cardinal Burke's historical review of the Extraordinary Form. "...the rite going back to practically Pope Gregory the Great." The form of the EF used today does not go back to Pope Gregory the Great. As a matter of fact, it looks very little like the rite celebrated in the time of Gregory I. There have been multiple, and at times inorganic, developments in the form and language of the liturgy from 600AD until 1962. I wish we would be honest and fess up to the fact that the EF of the liturgy in use is not the "ancient rite" - in it's form it is a fairly modern confluence. I might give you 1570, Cardinal Burke, but 600AD? That just isn't even close.

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