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33 Liturgical Decrees! The Pope Who Started Fiddeling Around with the Liturgy

The Liturgical Movement which led to the Novus Ordo was only an obedient response to Pius X (+1914) who encouraged liturgical changes.

Pius X published thirty-three documents aimed at making liturgical changes. The four most important ones:

• The Motu Proprio Tra le sollecitudini (1903) which abrogated the previous musical tradition and imposed Gregorian chant in the style of Solesmes Abbey.

• The Decree Sacra tridentina (1905) which established “frequent communion,” thus cancelling a usage that was more than a thousand years old.

• The Decree Quam singulare (1910) reducing the age of First Communion for children, thus de facto changing the order of the sacraments.

• The Bull Divino Afflatu (1911) which radically changed the feasts of the calendar and the order of the psalter, destroying the Church’s usage since the 6th century.

Behind the changes was a small, independent commission under Pius X’s direct orders. The only member of this commission with any liturgical qualifications was a certain Monsignore Pietro Piacenza.

Undisputed authorities such as the later Cardinal Giovanni Mercati (+1957), and liturgists such as Abbot Fernand Cabrol (+1937) were only consulted about secondary matters.

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Montfort AJPM
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St. PIUS X : Apostolic Constitution DIVINO AFFLATU on the NEW ARRANGEM…
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Saint PIUS X : MOTU PROPRIO "TRA LE SOLLICITUDE" on SACRED MUSIC (Nov 22, 1903)
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SACRA TRIDENTINA _ Saint PIUS X : DECREE on the FREQUENT and DAILY REC…
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What a ridiculous argument.
Prayhard
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Divino Afflatu was most significant in respect of the changed to the Divine Office, removing the laudate psalms (the last psalms) from the Office and other radical changes. The rebels of the Prayerbook Rebellion, who rose against the Book of Common Prayer imposed by boy Edward IV, demanded an end to frequent lay Communion. While St Pius X tried to do a good thing, most get Communion every Mass even …More
Divino Afflatu was most significant in respect of the changed to the Divine Office, removing the laudate psalms (the last psalms) from the Office and other radical changes. The rebels of the Prayerbook Rebellion, who rose against the Book of Common Prayer imposed by boy Edward IV, demanded an end to frequent lay Communion. While St Pius X tried to do a good thing, most get Communion every Mass even when they haven't gone to Communion in ages.
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*Confession not Communion
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What a ridiculous argument -- to insinuate that the needed decrees of Pope St. Pius X to purify and renew the liturgy opened the door to the destruction of the Mass, and so much else, brought on by Vatican II - and now reaching its intended end under Francis, the Destroyer!
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The Breviary calendar was overloaded by the 1900s, making recital of the Office difficult for a priest with responsibilities, but the changes went beyond that. Montini claimed the Bugnini job served to 'purify and renew.' The part of the liturgy which is an obligation on every priest was changed to a degree not warranted by the problem of too many high ranking feasts. Even Urban VIII did no more …More
The Breviary calendar was overloaded by the 1900s, making recital of the Office difficult for a priest with responsibilities, but the changes went beyond that. Montini claimed the Bugnini job served to 'purify and renew.' The part of the liturgy which is an obligation on every priest was changed to a degree not warranted by the problem of too many high ranking feasts. Even Urban VIII did no more than add some overwrought hymns. While a Pope could add or suppress prayer, none had dared to radically modify the Mass. St Pius X, despite his best intentions, did provide a precedent.
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Pic related... :D
V.R.S.
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"The Liturgical Movement which led to the Novus Ordo was only an obedient response to Pius X (+1914) "
The scope and manner of changes introduced during the Pius X pontificate, of course, may be disputed (especially in the Breviary - cf. e.g. angelusonline.org/index.php?section=articles&subsection=print_articl ).
However, there are material differences between the changes of St. Pius X and the NO …More
"The Liturgical Movement which led to the Novus Ordo was only an obedient response to Pius X (+1914) "

The scope and manner of changes introduced during the Pius X pontificate, of course, may be disputed (especially in the Breviary - cf. e.g. angelusonline.org/index.php?section=articles&subsection=print_articl ).
However, there are material differences between the changes of St. Pius X and the NO changes that should not be ignored:
1. The purpose of "Tra le sollecitudini" is evident when you read the document i..e. the removal of the modern music, in particular, in the 19th century opera style, cf. e.g.:
"Among the different kinds of modern music, that which appears less suitable for accompanying the functions of public worship is the theatrical style, which was in the greatest vogue, especially in Italy, during the last century. This of its very nature is diametrically opposed to Gregorian Chant and classic polyphony, and therefore to the most important law of all good sacred music. Besides the intrinsic structure, the rhythm and what is known as the conventionalism of this style adapt themselves but badly to the requirements of true liturgical music."
The purpose of NO changes was to introduce modern music novelties not to restore the traditional chant.

2. "Sacra Tridentina" referred to the Council of Trent directive: "The Holy Council wishes indeed that at each Mass the faithful who are present should communicate, not only in spiritual desire, but sacramentally, by the actual reception of the Eucharist." The First Communion changes followed.
The purpose of Pius X changes was to exalt the Holy Eucharist not to diminish it as in the NO changes.

3. The Divino Afflatu introduced the recitiation of the whole Psalter every week. Yes, the changes were huge. The purpose of changes in the liturgical calendar was to restore the character of Sundays arising from the liturgical season (the rank of Sundays as "semi duplex" was increased to avoid situations in which Sundays gave way to "duplex" feasts) and to simplify the calendar (because of many new feasts introduced after the reform of St. Pius V).
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Thank you, indeed, VRS. It is confusing and produces more uncertainty to hear that a former pope, whom we've revered, introduced changes that may indeed have been similar to the changes which have been introduced, and continue to be introduced since Vatican II.
Your comments clarify the issue, and make it clear the changes were to solidify the faith and the Church.
Prayhard
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The Novus Ordo was meant to renew Gregorian chant too, as Sacrosanctum Concilium claimed. However, despite the valiant efforts to produce a decent breviary, no kyriale, Mass settings for chant etc., were produced until c. 1974, by which time in places chant had fallen out of use for some years. This has to have been deliberate, as there was also a veto of any genuine renewal, say with restoring …More
The Novus Ordo was meant to renew Gregorian chant too, as Sacrosanctum Concilium claimed. However, despite the valiant efforts to produce a decent breviary, no kyriale, Mass settings for chant etc., were produced until c. 1974, by which time in places chant had fallen out of use for some years. This has to have been deliberate, as there was also a veto of any genuine renewal, say with restoring certain texts to how they had been before Urban VIII. Way more damage was done post V2 (did we still have a priesthood and Mass?), but the Pian breviary reforms were taken as a precedent.
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These changes must be considered the organic growth of the liturgy.
Prayhard
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Not Divino Afflatu - that was radical change. If someone takes Montini-Paul VI as Pope, it becomes harder to criticise him given the radical changes to the breviary. Pius had every right to make those changes, but the last comparable change under Urban VIII just saw new settings and some compositions for the Office, no excisions.
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