A fascinating window into the ecclesiastical landscape of nearly forty years ago. It is striking that when the establishment spokesman’s claims about ad orientem are refuted by Michael Davies Fr Champlin puts up no resistance. He knew his claims were misleading and once exposed he sees no need to resist. The denial of any causal connection between the post-conciliar apostasy and the direction taken by the council seems bizarre from the vantage point afforded by time.
August 30, 2017 at 8:31 pm
Well found! Isn’t Michael Davies spot on! I suppose the good thing is that the justification for heteropraxis hasn’t managed to get any further in the last 40 years!
August 30, 2017 at 9:05 pm
Thanks for posting this – brilliant insight into the times. Things haven’t changed much, have they? Still the same old modernist BS being used to justify the same old same old.