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I Am with You Always: The Divine Constitution and Indefectibility of the Catholic Church
Beautifully explains beyond question the doctrine of the Church's indefectibility especially in regards to the rite of Mass found in the 1970 Roman Missal. The author explains the sometimes difficult meaning of Christ's words 'He that heareth you heareth Me' as it pertains to His Church, The Catholic, that is, the universal Church.
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101 pages, Unknown Binding
First published June 1, 1996
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Michael Treharne Davies
47 books54 followersMichael Treharne Davies (1936-2004) was a convert from Anglicanism to the Catholic Church in the 1950s, and was a Catholic writer who authored various works following the Second Vatican Council, in addition to unifying Una Voce America, a conservative group. He went on to compose such works as The Liturgical Revolution, The Order of Melchisedech, Partisans of Error, For Altar and Throne,, and The Wisdom of Adrian Fortescue. Upon Davies' death in 2004, Pope Benedict XVI called him a man of deep faith who was ready to embrace suffering
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September 20, 2024
THE TRADITIONALIST AUTHOR DEFENDS THE IDEA THAT "THE CHURCH CANNOT FAIL"
Michael Treharne Davies (1936- 2004) was a British traditionalist Catholic writer, who from 1992 to 2004 was the President of the international Traditionalist organisation Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce. He wrote other books/booklets such as 'Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre: (Volume One), 'Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre (Volume Two),' 'Archbishop Lefebvre & Religious Liberty,' 'Pope Paul's New Mass,' 'Liturgical Shipwreck: 28 Years of the New Mass,' etc.
He wrote in the Introduction to this 1986 book, "in the present crisis there is a factor which was not present at the time of the Protestant Reformation. Just as was the case during the Arian ascendancy, Rome itself has appeared to be speaking with an uncertain voice. Orthodoxy has been upheld by recent popes frequently ... but effective action has rarely seemed to follow orthodox pronouncements." (Pg. 12)
He adds, "The theological weakness of sedavacantism is an inadequate concept of the nature of the Church... sedevacantists believe in a Church which can fail---and such a Church is not the Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church that He founded cannot fail, for it is indefectible. It will continue to exist until the Second Coming as a visible, hierarchically governed body..." (Pg. 13-14)
He states, "Indefectibility applies only to matters of faith and morals. Therefore the accounts of the lives of the saints in the breviary are not guaranteed to be historically accurate, all that is guaranteed is that these accounts contain nothing contrary to faith or morals." (Pg. 29)
He observes, "It is of interest to note that the teaching of the Second Vatican Council contained no infallible definitions, and any teaching in its documents that is binding ... possesses this status in virtue of some previous infallible pronouncement, and not because it is included in a Vatican II document." (Pg. 31)
He argues, "any objective assessment of the conciliar pontificates must conclude that while orthodox teaching may have been upheld in theory, virtually nothing has been done to uphold it in practice. Cases such as the disciplining of Hans Küng and Charles Curran are not only few and far between, but too little and too late." (Pg. 53)
He notes that Archbishop Lefebvre's criticisms of practices of the New Mass illustrate ones which "are certainly harmful, and would appear to undermine the doctrine of the Church's indefectibility, but they do not as indefectibility applies only to what is mandated or authorized for universal use, and cannot, therefore, be applied to any vernacular celebration. This book is concerned with indefectibility, and it is only the Latin Missal as a universal disciplinary law to which the doctrine of indefectibility can be applied." (Pg. 58)
He laments, "I had entered a Catholic church to say a prayer before the tabernacle... The altar itself had been replaced by a table. A children's choir was practising ... accompanied by guitars. A lady who walked out as I entered remarked that one could not even pray in this church any longer. One could hardly disagree... the choir practice was terminated. The children leapt from their seats and charged out of the church... Not one child so much as glanced at the tabernacle... Could one, I wondered, really claim that these children (from a Catholic school) had the faith?" (Pg. 57)
He suggests, "It would indeed be preferable to have a Church reduced to a fraction of its present size, but composed of true Catholics, rather than a Church composed of hundreds of millions of Catholics, a large proportion of whom have no right to the name." (Pg. 75)
He clarifies, "Does what I have written in this book mean that I have changed my position from that of a critic to a defender of the New Mass? By no means... to claim, as has been done, that by refusing to endorse allegations that cannot be substantiated I have become an apologist for the reform is ridiculous." (Pg. 70) He adds, "The Mass of Pope Paul VI is indubitably a Catholic rite and assisting at it indubitably fulfills the Sunday obligation." (Pg. 78)
Davies' books will be of great, and ongoing, interest to any traditionalist or conservative Catholics.
Michael Treharne Davies (1936- 2004) was a British traditionalist Catholic writer, who from 1992 to 2004 was the President of the international Traditionalist organisation Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce. He wrote other books/booklets such as 'Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre: (Volume One), 'Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre (Volume Two),' 'Archbishop Lefebvre & Religious Liberty,' 'Pope Paul's New Mass,' 'Liturgical Shipwreck: 28 Years of the New Mass,' etc.
He wrote in the Introduction to this 1986 book, "in the present crisis there is a factor which was not present at the time of the Protestant Reformation. Just as was the case during the Arian ascendancy, Rome itself has appeared to be speaking with an uncertain voice. Orthodoxy has been upheld by recent popes frequently ... but effective action has rarely seemed to follow orthodox pronouncements." (Pg. 12)
He adds, "The theological weakness of sedavacantism is an inadequate concept of the nature of the Church... sedevacantists believe in a Church which can fail---and such a Church is not the Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church that He founded cannot fail, for it is indefectible. It will continue to exist until the Second Coming as a visible, hierarchically governed body..." (Pg. 13-14)
He states, "Indefectibility applies only to matters of faith and morals. Therefore the accounts of the lives of the saints in the breviary are not guaranteed to be historically accurate, all that is guaranteed is that these accounts contain nothing contrary to faith or morals." (Pg. 29)
He observes, "It is of interest to note that the teaching of the Second Vatican Council contained no infallible definitions, and any teaching in its documents that is binding ... possesses this status in virtue of some previous infallible pronouncement, and not because it is included in a Vatican II document." (Pg. 31)
He argues, "any objective assessment of the conciliar pontificates must conclude that while orthodox teaching may have been upheld in theory, virtually nothing has been done to uphold it in practice. Cases such as the disciplining of Hans Küng and Charles Curran are not only few and far between, but too little and too late." (Pg. 53)
He notes that Archbishop Lefebvre's criticisms of practices of the New Mass illustrate ones which "are certainly harmful, and would appear to undermine the doctrine of the Church's indefectibility, but they do not as indefectibility applies only to what is mandated or authorized for universal use, and cannot, therefore, be applied to any vernacular celebration. This book is concerned with indefectibility, and it is only the Latin Missal as a universal disciplinary law to which the doctrine of indefectibility can be applied." (Pg. 58)
He laments, "I had entered a Catholic church to say a prayer before the tabernacle... The altar itself had been replaced by a table. A children's choir was practising ... accompanied by guitars. A lady who walked out as I entered remarked that one could not even pray in this church any longer. One could hardly disagree... the choir practice was terminated. The children leapt from their seats and charged out of the church... Not one child so much as glanced at the tabernacle... Could one, I wondered, really claim that these children (from a Catholic school) had the faith?" (Pg. 57)
He suggests, "It would indeed be preferable to have a Church reduced to a fraction of its present size, but composed of true Catholics, rather than a Church composed of hundreds of millions of Catholics, a large proportion of whom have no right to the name." (Pg. 75)
He clarifies, "Does what I have written in this book mean that I have changed my position from that of a critic to a defender of the New Mass? By no means... to claim, as has been done, that by refusing to endorse allegations that cannot be substantiated I have become an apologist for the reform is ridiculous." (Pg. 70) He adds, "The Mass of Pope Paul VI is indubitably a Catholic rite and assisting at it indubitably fulfills the Sunday obligation." (Pg. 78)
Davies' books will be of great, and ongoing, interest to any traditionalist or conservative Catholics.
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