Bruce, the word used was option, not opinion.
It was not only the Mass that was changed after Vatican 2. All the sacraments were tampered with. This includes the sacrament of Holy Orders.
See here: http://www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/melchisedech-chp7.htm
and here: http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/vatican2/ordinatio.htm
Hello Nadir. I think I responded too quickly to the thread, as now that I look at it, the thread is about many other things, but I just picked up and responded to this particular point.
I will read those two docuмents you referred me to, cause, most of us really don't understand that the sacraments themselves have been tampered with, and while adjustment is ok, one cannot change the meaning of the sacraments... now have they changed to the point of misrepresenting the intent of the sacrament taught via scripture and tradition. I can't comment on that because I haven't identified the issues yet and how the novus ordo theologian explains these changes...
I am starting a four year undergraduate program in philosophy, so I will have plenty fo time to delve into these issues (allbeit from a philosophical perspective taught in a publically funded university ... as that is the only university I can afford), so I do appreciate the references that you send me.
Take care - by the way have you voted in the survey I sent ... I want to know whether people prefer Bruce or Trickster...and then I will use that handle here on CathInfo....
Take care.
Bruce
Trickster