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Offline Matthew

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Re: Eastern Rites
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2019, 01:59:32 PM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on March 12, 2019, 01:55:31 PM
Would a Catholic have been permitted to stay home from Sunday Mass in the 1950s if the priest at his church happened to be a Modernist (many, many were in the 1950s)?
Yes, because Modernism is dangerous to the Faith, just like it is today.
HOWEVER, that situation would almost never occur, because in that milieu (before Vatican II) there were a lot more than 1 Tridentine Mass option in each city! You had 1 Catholic church per neighborhood or per area, not per city or per state like today. So you would have to go to a different parish church, not stay home on Sunday.
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Offline ByzCat3000

Re: Eastern Rites
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2019, 02:31:56 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on March 12, 2019, 01:43:58 PM
I'll admit, I think regular, white, English-speaking Americans joining an Eastern Rite (like Fr. Doran recently did) is kind of silly.

For context, just wondering, were you born Catholic?  'cause if you were born latin rite Catholic I can see how a post like this would make sense. For my own part I was raised Protestant, and want to convert.
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Eastern Rites
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2019, 02:39:10 PM »
Quote from: ByzCat3000 on March 12, 2019, 02:31:56 PM
For context, just wondering, were you born Catholic?  'cause if you were born latin rite Catholic I can see how a post like this would make sense. For my own part I was raised Protestant, and want to convert.
Yes I was born Catholic, and Trad Catholic at that. Grew up going to an independent chapel. And that is somewhat unusual, since I was born in the mid-70's.

By the way, I know you're new here, but there's a large post linked at the top of the site, "Read an Interview with Matthew..." that's me. In that post I mention that part of my background. It takes a while to read all of it -- but one of these days, when you have time, you might want to peruse it if you're bored.
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Offline forlorn

Re: Eastern Rites
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2019, 02:58:47 PM »
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with switching Rites or deciding to go to Eastern Rite masses when you convert, but I'd heed what Matthew and Ladislaus said and be sure to not just pick it for the sake of it being exotic or having more interesting "smells and bells". If you feel like the Eastern Rite is preferable for you, then go ahead. But don't pick it because you think it looks prettier. 
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Offline Pax Vobis

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Re: Eastern Rites
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2019, 02:59:49 PM »
Fr Hesse made the point that one should stick with the rite of Church that one grew up in.  Obviously, times are so that fulfillment of one's sunday obligation makes attending Eastern rites necessary but his/Matthew's points are similar in that a Western-born mindset would be attuned to the Latin rite, while a person born in the East would gravitate towards the Eastern rites, all things being equal.  I would think that some minor things in the West would be scandalous (at first) to an Eastern rite Catholic and vice versa.
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