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Post by hibernicus on Feb 18, 2023 20:42:26 GMT
This is a reminder, if one were needed, that the Salazar dictatorship was not the Catholic paradise it was widely seen as being at the time. Tom Gallagher's generally favourable Salazar biography mentions the coverup of a 1960s scandal involving senior military officers and underage girls. Salazar wasn't involved in the abuse but he presided over the coverup.
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Feb 19, 2023 13:49:35 GMT
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Feb 19, 2023 13:54:56 GMT
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Post by hibernicus on Mar 8, 2023 21:55:58 GMT
OnePeterFive has its own axes to grind, but this discussion of post-Vatican II changes to German hymnody seems quite plausible: onepeterfive.com/german-hymnal-synodal-way/onepeterfive.com/germanys-synodal-way-hymnal-trojan-horse-hymns/ Two points about the discussion of changes to an individual hymn in the second article - (a) There are obvious historical reasons why a German hymnodist in the 1960s and 1970s might be wary of military metaphors. (b) To judge from the summary, the original version of the hymn might be suspected of implying that the Church here on earth is as perfect as the Church in Heaven.
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Post by Askel McThurkill on Mar 10, 2023 17:51:12 GMT
OnePeterFive has its own axes to grind, but this discussion of post-Vatican II changes to German hymnody seems quite plausible: onepeterfive.com/german-hymnal-synodal-way/onepeterfive.com/germanys-synodal-way-hymnal-trojan-horse-hymns/ Two points about the discussion of changes to an individual hymn in the second article - (a) There are obvious historical reasons why a German hymnodist in the 1960s and 1970s might be wary of military metaphors. (b) To judge from the summary, the original version of the hymn might be suspected of implying that the Church here on earth is as perfect as the Church in Heaven. Sometimes I get suspicious of articles citing the author's academic qualifications though the subject under discussion is outside their specialisation. This is one of these. I do accept there is a problem with the Gotteslob. But let's first define what it is, as the author does so in such a cack-handed manner. It is the official hymnal for the dioceses of Germany, Austria, the German-speaking dioceses of Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Diocese of Bozen Brixen (Bolzano Bressanone - South Tyrol) and the German-speaking parishes in the diocese of Liege (Belgium). That alone is quite an achievement. I am not sure of the status of the Gotteslob in places like Kazakhstan where there are concentrations of German-speaking Catholics, but I suspect they use them. I am a bit surprised someone working in Heiligenkreuz has no access to a prayerbook with the St Michael Archangel prayer. It is true that the Gotteslob has watered down a lot of the older hymns, but the writer doesn't mention it still contains a lot of Latin hymns and the text of the Ordinary Form Mass in Latin. Also, the sort of hymn she is deriding may be included, but the more popular hymns in church are usually the more traditional ones, including a lot more Marian hymns than we can manage. You are right - One Peter Five has axes to grind.
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Post by hibernicus on Mar 13, 2023 2:16:01 GMT
Thanks Askel - it's good to have a comment on the article by someone who knows the subject.
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Mar 15, 2023 12:28:29 GMT
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Mar 15, 2023 12:48:06 GMT
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Mar 15, 2023 12:52:59 GMT
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Post by Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha on Mar 15, 2023 18:19:01 GMT
Looking at the vote on homosexual blessings, virtually all the lay, religious and clerical representatives voted yes. Among the bishops, there was one auxiliary in Berlin, most of the Cologne bishops and also the bishops in the southern Bavarian dioceses of Augsburg, Eichstätt, Regensburg and Passau who either voted against or abstained (most of these dioceses have auxiliaries in addition to the ordinary). It galls me to think the Archbishop of Hamburg, Böde, voting without qualification. However, the Bishop of Augsburg, who voted no, is one of three German bishops who will be representing the German Church in Rome. I don't know if that's a way of saying there's balm in Gilead.
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Mar 21, 2023 14:18:25 GMT
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Mar 22, 2023 12:28:28 GMT
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Post by hibernicus on Apr 15, 2023 20:35:33 GMT
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Post by Askel McThurkill on Apr 28, 2023 15:09:33 GMT
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Post by Beinidict Ó Niaidh on Apr 30, 2023 22:47:08 GMT
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