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Rome Has Spoken, Part Three: Rejoice, O Pope, You Are King
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A geopolitical history of the cataclysmic events that shaped the First Vatican Council and the Dogma of Papal Infallibly.
An Ultramontane Church instantly became a cause for the papacy. Pius threw his weight in on the issue, choosing sides where previous popes declined to get involved. Gueranger, doing the bidding of Pius, went for the low hanging fruit first, he attacked the hymns of the French liturgy were written in the 17th and 18th centuries that lacked the weight of tradition behind them, otherwise known as Mozart masses. His reasoning was that Mozart was a mason, Bach was a protestant.
Gueranger’s liturgical crusade thankfully revived one the most timeless and beautiful traditions the Roman Catholics have – Gregorian chant, which at this time nearly extinct. Gueranger literally wrote the teaching manuals for its practice. He also convinced priests in French diocese to write to the Congregation on the Rites, prompting them to clarify questions regarding the Gallican liturgy. One such petition was:
Q. May, however, the priests of this diocese continue with a clear conscience to use this liturgy, which is sanctified by age and custom?
R. Negative.
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