Hobbledehoy said: I am inclined to agree with Rev. Father Davis in his assessment of organ playing in a non-Catholic service. The only excusing factors, which would have to exist simultaneously, are:
1) A very grave necessity (in the particular predicament in question, it is of a financial nature I suppose), and
2) The absence of proximate occasion of sins against the faith, either (a) by exposing oneself foolhardily to the heretical teachings when one is not well-established in the profession and practice of the Catholic faith; or (b) by scandalizing fellow Catholics and the non-Catholics that partake in that service (e.g., giving the impression that it is alright for a traditional Catholic to co-operate actively in a non-Catholic religious function, in light of the propagation of the false ecuŠ¼enism of "Vatican II," or giving the impression that the public cult of non-Catholics is to be tolerated and, consequently, their errors are also to be tolerated).
So how does a Catholic organist indicate to the assembled "faithful" at a Protestant service that he is not one of them and that he doesn't approve of their gathering, which he is speeding along with his dazzling Bach riffs? Does he wear a T-shirt of an unmistakably Catholic nature? Or is he supposed to wriggle in his seat uncomfortably during the sermon and roll his eyes, to let everyone know he's against it? It all feels uncomfortably like communicatio in sacris to me.
Sorry for the formatting, it's Matthew's fault, lol. I redid it with the correct tags and everything but it's still like this.
Topic: Working for Protestants (Read 11374 times)