Should Latin mass be brought back?

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It is a sad testament to the poor catechesis these days that this is even a subject of debate. In any case, it is IRRELEVANT to this thread on the Latin Mass.
 
CuriousConvert1 said:
It is a sad testament to the poor catechesis these days that this is even a subject of debate. In any case, it is IRRELEVANT to this thread on the Latin Mass.
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Poor Cathesis? I learned the Baltimore Chatechism. I know the CCC and I’ve read much of Cannon Law.

perhaps @Don_Ruggero can help clarify you the difference between doctrine and private devotion, you clearly don’t understand.
 
Why are you citing Don Ruggero? Is he an official CAF expert?
 
Yes, it does. The Rosary is NOT efficacious to me, or my spirituality.
In fact, in some cases, I find it detrimental to my spirituality.

The Rosary is a private devotion, I must believe nothing about it.
 
I guess if either of you is ever in Church at the liturgy on 7 October you just sort of ignore what is being read…
 
jas84173 said:
What I meant is , is belief in the Rosary a requirement for Catholics?

I am not trying to come off as if I don’t. I do the Rosary every day.

I just didn’t know if belief in it was a Dogma or just a private devotion.
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I actually think belief in the Rosary is a requirement for Catholics. What I mean is you certainly have to believe in the intercession of the Saints. You have to believe in the Creed, the Pater Noster and the Ave Maria. So you can’t think there is something wrong with praying the Rosary.

Also, the devotion has been promoted by the Church. So you couldn’t deny the goodness and usefulness of the Rosary. It isn’t dogma. But we aren’t limited in accepting only dogma.

That said, as an individual Catholic you don’t have to pray it.
 
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Gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
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LOL No. Throwing around Latin isn’t going to help you. I’m not freely asserting anything—although you are dismissing the difference between doctrine and private belief.

Feast days are all well and good but one doesn’t have to observe them. And yes, one is free to NOT observe a feast day.
 
One doesn’t have to observe a feast, but one cannot deny the efficacy of a feast.
 
No, I’m saying Catholics are obliged to believe more than dogmas.
 
Talk about a strawman. :roll_eyes:

I do not, nor have I ever “ignored” what the Church says about the Rosary.
It is a private devotion that has no place in my spirituality at this time.
Maybe someday that will change.
If it doesn’t, I am no less Catholic than you are, so I would ask you to please refrain from telling me what I “might” ignore.
 
A Catholic, for example, cannot argue that Saint Agnes didn’t exist or wasn’t martyred. A Catholic need not pray to Saint Agnes, but a Catholic cannot argue that it is not efficacious to ask for her intercession.
 
Again, no one is obliged to pray the Rosary. But the efficacy of the Rosary cannot be denied.
 
CuriousConvert1 said:
A Catholic, for example, cannot argue that Saint Agnes didn’t exist or wasn’t martyred. A Catholic need not pray to Saint Agnes, but a Catholic cannot argue that it is not efficacious to ask for her intercession.
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Bad example. The intercession of the saints IS doctrine.
 
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