When Archduke Eduard von Habsburg recently described the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) as “the absolute antithesis of today’s world,” he touched upon more than a “preference” in liturgical style.
He touched on the very essence of Catholicism, or then, what is confusingly known as “Traditional” Catholicism. As I have often repeated here, there is not more than one type of Catholicism. Therefore, any adjectives are creating a false idea. What is called progressive or liberal or Novus Ordo Catholicism is not Catholicism at all.
The Archduke identified a conflict of principles. A whole system of belief that is not one system of belief among many, but the only true system and therefor a sign of contradiction against all other false belief systems and religions.
The ancient Roman Mass and the doctrines of this one, true religion is inseparable. The ancient and true Mass does not merely preserve old customs, but presents an entirely different understanding of man, society, authority, worship, and reality itself. One that not only contradicts the satanic secular world system and man’s fallen fleshly desires, but especially the false religion that has entrenched itself in the Vatican and which disingenuously masquerades as Catholicism.
For many decades Catholics have often defended the Traditional Latin Mass by emphasizing continuity, beauty, reverence, or historical legitimacy. While these arguments possess force, they do not reach the deepest level. Traditional Catholicism and the “old” Mass endures because it embodies a worldview fundamentally opposed to the dominant assumptions of liberal modernity.
And until Christ makes all things new and we are with Him ‘face to face’, the TLM will be the only expression of the Catholic Religion.
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