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Author Topic: Email from Fr. MacDonald  (Read 13997 times)

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Re: Email from Fr. MacDonald
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2022, 04:54:06 PM »
Well where does that leave Quo Primum then, which said the old Mass cannot be changed?

Nobody is talking about changing the TLM, but about the authority of the pope to create new rites.  Or are you suggesting Pius XII was wrong?

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Re: Email from Fr. MacDonald
« Reply #36 on: October 30, 2022, 07:59:58 AM »


Re: Email from Fr. MacDonald
« Reply #37 on: October 30, 2022, 08:17:57 AM »
Greg Taylor responds

In Re: SJ is a Dishonest, Deceitful Buffoon who Needs to Stop Writing Garbage

If you compare the two, M. Johnson's article has the tone and tenor of a serious reflection, while M. Taylor's seems more of an internet rant.

I note M. Johnson's article is primarily theological, while M. Taylor's is mostly historical, and again that M. Taylor spills much ink refuting an argument M. Johnson is not making (i.e., M. Taylor is writing against attending the new Mass; M. Johnson is writing about whether or not grace passes).

I will say that M. Taylor's rant is often self-contradictory.  In one section he wants to refute M. Johnson's claim that Msgr. Lefebvre said one could satisfy their Sunday obligation, but seems to end up acknowledging the point: 

For example, Msgr. Lefebvre "but Catholics unaware of, or disbelieving in, that evil, because of the rite’s official promulgation, may subjectively fulfil their Sunday duty by attending the new Mass.  M. Johnson's claim precisely.

The rambling nature of this piece suggests to me that Abbe Hewko's followers are having difficulty dealing with M. Johnson's argumnts, and are frustrated by them.  

It also seems rather to affirm M. Johnson's contention that Abbe Hewko does not distinguish between sacrament and rite, and M. Taylor defends him for not doing so.  That is a curious defense, since it is patently false.  

M. Taylor's letter hurts his side more than it helps it.  

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Re: Email from Fr. MacDonald
« Reply #38 on: October 30, 2022, 08:26:14 AM »
Stay away from him.  

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Re: Email from Fr. MacDonald
« Reply #39 on: October 30, 2022, 08:39:27 AM »
Thank you for posting this.  Fr. Hewko has been confused a long time...