SSPX talks draw near an end. It does not look good

[JReducation]

I agree with your general point, but just so no one misinterprets your statement, Benedict did not declare in Summorum Pontificum and its accompanying letter that the TLM must henceforth be called the Extraordinary Form, and the NO the Ordinary Form. Rather, he used a number of different descriptive terms and phrases like the “ancient usage” or the “new rite.” He was likely very deliberate in describing the two forms in the terms that he did, but he didn’t “trade in” for new names as some might infer from your statement. Others christened these two forms with two of his more frequently used descriptions in those documents.

I understand that he used a number of descriptive modifiers. The point that I’m making is that he used EF and OF very deliberately and some people want to ignore those modifiers in favor of NO and TLM.

It is the NO and the TLM, but it’s also the EF and OF. All of these terms have very specific meanings in law and pastoral practice. I’d rather that we not get into an argument over this, because we’re way off track here.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF