Not just another CITH Thread...

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Louis-Marie Chauvet seem like an interesting fellow. I don’t have time to read this right now but here’s an exerpt and the link. At first glance it seems Dr. Chauvet opposes the pope and St. Thomas Aquinas on the subject of the Eucharist. Take that for what you will.

The Instrumental Causality of the Sacraments
Thomas Aquinas and Louis-Marie Chauvet

by Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP

“One can find a similar trend in sacramental theology. For example, Louis-Marie Chauvent at the Institut Catholique in Paris seems to have attained a certain dominance in French sacramental theology, while the 1995 translation of his major work Symbol and Sacrament, which is heavily marked by Heidegger’s philosophy, has brought attention to this thought in the United States. Some of postmodern theology’s most distinguishing aspects include the insistence on the cultural and linguistic mediation of all thought and doctrine as well as a wide-scale rejection of classical metaphysics. The Church Fathers, scholastics, and contemporary theologians such as Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Ratzinger (in his personal theology) are thus critiqued for haing violated the mystery of God by reducing him to a being or first cause, for having misunderstood being as presence, or for having interpreted the sacraments according to a human model of mechanical production…”

“Furthermore, Chauvet is opposing what is perhaps the best theological expression of a doctrine that appears to be quite central to Catholicism, that is, the belief that the sacraments cause grace. It will become clear that Chauvet’s critique of Aquinas inevitably targets patristic sacramentology as well.”

opwest.org/Archive/2006/200605/blankenhorn_article.pdf
If you think Chauvet opposes either the Pope and/or Aquinas, you have obviously not read him

Have you?

Or is this just another diatribe?
 
I stated “The GIRM US says you can only recieve COTH if it is approved”
  1. If Communion is given only under the species of bread, the priest raises the host slightly and shows it to each, saying, Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). The communicant replies, Amen, and receives the Sacrament either on the tongue or, **where this is allowed **and if the communicant so chooses, in the hand. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes it entirely.
Latin GIRM ubi concessum sit
No kidding. The point is, in the U.S., as approved by the Vatican, both are allowed. No preference indicated.

If you have any doubts, please read the GIRM as the Vatican approved for the U.S.:usccb.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml
 
Vince/digger. You are off-topic. In the OP I listed ‘it’s approved’ as a given and not a subject for discussion. By requesting sources you have proven to be not reading the thread. It seems your only purpose here is to drag the thread down to a monotonous refrain of ‘it’s approved’ while ignoring the arguments and sources of others. Please provide a mature and intelligent argument with sources or find another thread to spend your time on. Thanks.
I have no idea about Digger, but why I am I off topic?

It seems the only purpose you have here is to reject Church teaching.

Care to clarify?

Thankyou.
 
No kidding.
Then why ask for the quote
The point is, in the U.S., as approved by the Vatican, both are allowed.
-Originally I was noting that COTH is an indult after another poster implied it wasn’t
-I quoted the CDWDS and the Pope’s master of ceremonies to back this up
-I also noted that GIRM says you can only recieve COTH if approved
-I further noted that it is allowed in America as the USCCB has an indult
No preference indicated.
Post Vat II Popes have shown their preference for COTT. The GIRM says if allowed. So if there are no preferences, why the clarification for COTH?
If you have any doubts, please read the GIRM as the Vatican approved for the U.S.:usccb.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml
Out of intrest, does the US GIRM say COTH is approved in the US and if so which paragraph?
 
this was the hardest book to get through that semester, probably because it was originally written in French!:p) Fr. Chauvet put into words exactly how I feel about receiving CITH
What course was this book taught in?
;)DISCLAIMER: I am in no way saying “Layman” that you have not been respectful. This debate seems to bring out the worst in some people who think that others who do not share the same POV are somehow “less Catholic”.
Who’s that?
 
It is the norm because it has been the universal rule (but not the only rule) in the Roman rite for 10 centuries.
Source?
The constant referral back to the beginnings of CITH to laity just before the indult was allowed certainly give that implication loud and clear. Poor old Paul 6th just gave way amid all his misgivings - what a weak suck.
You are describing a pope as a ‘weak suck’?
 
Boy, that’s a lot of replies.

So we have a Fr. Chauvet who made a comment alluding to the benefits of CITH. Is that it?

I still don’t get, from all the replies, why a church, parish or diocese, previously practicing COTT, kneeling, should now go for CITH, standing, from a laywoman.

All the rejoinders still centre around “It’s allowed, therefore it’s good”, “It was/is done in other rites or by the Franciscans or special circumstances or long ago in ours”, “internal disposition is what matters”.

The last one may go to explain some of the activities that occur at some Masses today.** If it’s mainly about what you feel, the form doesn’t matter.** It also fits in with the idea of ‘The People’s Mass’; the laity are more to the fore. The use of EMHCs points to this.

It’s a great pity. A chance to humble yourself at the moment of reception of our good King has been dropped. It’s dramatic. Affecting. I can’t think of another area in our modern lives where an adult would do something as submissive as COTT, kneeling.

I don’t know where the O.F. can go, now, in terms of further populism. I suspect people will gradually return to the TLM once liberal dioceses run out of priests, people get wind of this unusual old rite, the pedophilia scandals take out less strict bishops, harsh times puts people on their knees and maybe makes them less tolerant of experiment, the Pope gives further clues, etc.

Might not happen near you, if you live in a major city or near a cathedral. I used to feel sad about dioceses complaining about having few vocations. Then I saw some Masses and heard how they filter applicants.

If Mass is casual, friendly, populist, with CITH and folksy hymns and women bustling about the sanctuary, I believe a man would think twice before giving up marriage and family to become a priest. It just doesn’t look as impressive any more.

I propose that CITH is part of a wider iconoclasm that I suppose was meant to revive the Church. I don’t think it worked.
 
What course was this book taught in?

Who’s that?
Sacramental Theology (at the Master’s Level), along with 3-4 other texts and the VII documents.

My disclaimer was not aimed at any one person in particular, just a general observation.
I just wanted to make sure that Layman did not think I was “attacking” him or his POV.
 
Was Prof Chauvet comparing the two modes of receiving or just describing the Sacrament of Holy Communion on its own merits?
 
Was Prof Chauvet comparing the two modes of receiving or just describing the Sacrament of Holy Communion on its own merits?
The book itself did not go into the manner in which one receives at all.
It was more about the “theology” of the Eucharist through the ages.

This particular quote was from the Introduction, which I had to summarize and present to the class as part of an assignment.
 
Source? There are numerous sources on liturgical history. You are welcome to read them.

You are describing a pope as a ‘weak suck’?
No, I am describing the reactions of those who comment on Paul 6
 
Boy, that’s a lot of replies.

So we have a Fr. Chauvet who made a comment alluding to the benefits of CITH. Is that it?

I still don’t get, from all the replies, why a church, parish or diocese, previously practicing COTT, kneeling, should now go for CITH, standing, from a laywoman.

All the rejoinders still centre around “It’s allowed, therefore it’s good”, “It was/is done in other rites or by the Franciscans or special circumstances or long ago in ours”, “internal disposition is what matters”.

The last one may go to explain some of the activities that occur at some Masses today.** If it’s mainly about what you feel, the form doesn’t matter.** It also fits in with the idea of ‘The People’s Mass’; the laity are more to the fore. The use of EMHCs points to this.

It’s a great pity. A chance to humble yourself at the moment of reception of our good King has been dropped. It’s dramatic. Affecting. I can’t think of another area in our modern lives where an adult would do something as submissive as COTT, kneeling.

I don’t know where the O.F. can go, now, in terms of further populism. I suspect people will gradually return to the TLM once liberal dioceses run out of priests, people get wind of this unusual old rite, the pedophilia scandals take out less strict bishops, harsh times puts people on their knees and maybe makes them less tolerant of experiment, the Pope gives further clues, etc.

Might not happen near you, if you live in a major city or near a cathedral. I used to feel sad about dioceses complaining about having few vocations. Then I saw some Masses and heard how they filter applicants.

If Mass is casual, friendly, populist, with CITH and folksy hymns and women bustling about the sanctuary, I believe a man would think twice before giving up marriage and family to become a priest. It just doesn’t look as impressive any more.

I propose that CITH is part of a wider iconoclasm that I suppose was meant to revive the Church. I don’t think it worked.
:clapping:

Very ironic isn’t it ? A practice introduced without permission from Rome, without the discernment by Rome, and a liturgical abuse from day one. And the only support it gets is from those (the majority anyhow) who have no clue as to how CITH was done in the early Church. Just as those who introduced it illicitly did not take the time to research the conditions and rubrics used in the early Church.

To those who support CITH, and no I don’t condemn you for receiving in that manner, I must ask. Please tell me what you know about the rubrics and conditions that were to be followed for receiving CITH. If you don’t know anything about it, then please answer, do you even care ?

See the first link below if you do V 🙂
 
:clapping:

Very ironic isn’t it ? A practice introduced without permission from Rome, without the discernment by Rome, and a liturgical abuse from day one. And the only support it gets is from those (the majority anyhow) who have no clue as to how CITH was done in the early Church. Just as those who introduced it illicitly did not take the time to research the conditions and rubrics used in the early Church.

To those who support CITH, and no I don’t condemn you for receiving in that manner, I must ask. Please tell me what you know about the rubrics and conditions that were to be followed for receiving CITH. If you don’t know anything about it, then please answer, do you even care ?

See the first link below if you do V 🙂
Do we even need to follow how it was exactly in the first century? There are proper instructions for today on how to receive CITH, why is that not good enough? It has approval from the Holy See.
 
Do we even need to follow how it was exactly in the first century? There are proper instructions for today on how to receive CITH, why is that not good enough? It has approval from the Holy See.
Are you Roman Catholic ?
 
Are you Roman Catholic ?
ok, you didn’t answer the question in my post you quoted, but I’ll answer yours.

I did note I don’t condemn anyone for receiving CITH. How could I ? It is as you say, permitted via indult. And I’m in no position to condemn anyone anyway, but the problem I see with CITH is :
  • it was not introduced by Rome
  • it can be argued it was an abuse before it’s approval
  • the worlds Bishops were asked and the majority didn’t approve of it
It was only approved after it was clear those clergy that continued to give CITH despite approval, thus disobedience, were going to persist.

Ok, fine, it’s allowed now. But one can’t blame those who don’t think it’s a good idea, when Bishops speak against it and our Papa himself requires COTT when he administers The Most Blessed Sacrament.

Dominus est after all 😦
 
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