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This is exactly what most traditionalists would say. Quo Primum was not ex cathedra. However one Pope would never abrogate another Pope’s decree except under serious circumstances. A Pope can make changes in discipline to fit the times in which he rules. Pope Paul planned on making drastic, sudden changes to the mass codified by Pius V. That is why he left the OLD RITE untouched and created a NEW RITE of Mass the New Order of the Mass.=jmcrae;3647711]That was not an “ex cathedra” statement. No Pope can take authority away from subsequent Popes. The authority to set the form of the Mass belongs to the present, living Pope, and comes to him from Christ through Peter. This authority cannot be taken away from him by any of his predecessors.
Correct. Pope Benedict would never abrogate the Mass of Paul VI. He would, as we shall see, make organic changes over time and it would remain the Mass of Paul VI. If he wanted to make a sudden, drastic change to the current Mass he would have to make a NEW RITE and call it the Mass of Benedict XVI but in that case he would leave the Mass of Paul V untouched.Subsequent Popes can do the exact same thing that he did, and with the exact same Papal authority that he had - they can change the Mass around to suit the needs of their own generation, just as he changed the Mass around to suit the needs of his generation.