Chapter 20. The Mass of All Time. One fact cannot have failed to surprise you. At no time during this

affair has the mass been an issue, although it is at the very heart of the conflict. This enforced silence is the tacit admission that what is called the right of St.

Pius V, remains fully authorized. On this subject, Catholics can be perfectly easy in their

minds. This Mass is not forbidden, and cannot be forbidden.

St. Pius V, who, let us repeat, did not invent it, but re-established the Missal in conformity with the ancient rule and the rights of the Holy Fathers,

gives us every guarantee in the bull quopremum, signed by him on the 14th of July 1570.

It states,

We have decided and declare that the superiors, canons, chaplains, and other priests by whatever title they are known,

or religious, of whatsoever order, may not be obliged

to celebrate Mass otherwise than as enjoyed by us. We likewise order and declare that no one

whosoever, shall ever, at any time, be forced or coerced into altering this missile. And this present

constitution can never be revoked or modified, but shall forever remain valid and have the force

of law. Should anyone venture to make such an alteration, let him understand that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God,

and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.

Now supposing that the Pope could withdraw this perpetual indult,

he would have to do it by an equally solemn act.

The Apostolic Constitution, Misale Romanum, of the 3rd of April, 1969, authorizes the

so-called mass of Paul the 6th, but contains no expressly formulated prohibition of the Tridentine

mass, so much so that Cardinal Ottaviani could say in 1971,

the Tridentine right has not been abolished as far as I know.

Bishop Adam, who claimed at the plenary assembly of the Swiss bishops

that the Constitution, Misale Romanum, had forbidden the celebration

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