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A Wider View of Vatican II: Memories and Analysis of a Council Consultor

by Archimandrite Boniface Luykx, Julie Rogers

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Angelico Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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Written in the 1990s but only recently discovered, this memoir by one of Vatican II's liturgical experts analyzes the downward progression from the hopeful preconciliar Liturgical Movement to the postconciliar decay in Church and society caused primarily by "horizontalizing" the worship of the Triune God. Archimandrite Boniface provides personal accounts of liturgical sabotage after the Council by an aggressive minority in the Consilium who pressured the bishops to approve their erroneous work. In his words: "The problem lies not in the Council itself or its primary documents, but in . . . what the dissenters have prevented it from being."

Archimandrite Boniface summarizes the situation in the Western Church: "We are witnessing, above all, a crisis of grace. We are in dire need of a renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit . . . a renewed return to the gospel, especially to the whole Sermon on the Mount. . . . We need a renewed return to Holy Tradition . . . a return to the Council itself." This book points to signs of hope in the Church, and offers thoughtful suggestions on how to reach the goal of true renewal.

  • Title

    A Wider View of Vatican II: Memories and Analysis of a Council Consultor

  • Author

    Dom Alcuin Reid

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Angelico Press

  • Published

    June 2025

  • Weight

    355g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9798892801195

  • ISBN-10

    8892801198

  • Eden Code

    7310563

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