tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post4155428248880312623..comments2024-01-20T00:00:10.459-08:00Comments on Mudblood Catholic: Immaculate MaryGabriel Blanchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17607504369762849930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-18868973782260865222014-12-08T15:58:31.649-08:002014-12-08T15:58:31.649-08:00Your explanation in the paragraph under the pictur...Your explanation in the paragraph under the picture of the confessional, by the way, is one of the best I've read in terms of getting to what Catholics believe in this doctrine: "God chose out of His free goodness to apply the effects of Christ's victory to her in advance." Voila!Jay Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799812322083459843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-80702385400874241912014-12-08T15:36:03.251-08:002014-12-08T15:36:03.251-08:00In writing as I did, I meant only to distinguish b...In writing as I did, I meant only to distinguish between solemnities (of which there are many, of course) and the preëminent holy days of Christmas and Easter (and, I should have added, Pentecost). Whether and to what extent solemnities are ranked among themselves in the Roman Rite, I have no idea; I haven't come across that in the Anglican Use or the Novus Ordo, but I don't know the full details of either, and I barely understand the Tridentine calendar system at all.Gabriel Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607504369762849930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-65636522956038675072014-12-08T14:40:15.878-08:002014-12-08T14:40:15.878-08:00I’m an admitted liturgical nerd, so here goes:
No...I’m an admitted liturgical nerd, so here goes:<br /><br />Not to put too fine a point on it, and I'm certainly no liturgical expert, but it looks like both Gabriel and naturgesetz are right...with a few added qualifications, at least for those of us Catholics using the Roman Rite (non-Anglican Use).<br /><br />Though the Table of Liturgical Days included in the Roman Missal pretty much confirms what Gabriel says about the dignity (or rank) of today's solemnity, it does list several other days as indeed having higher rank—namely, Epiphany and Pentecost, and the Sundays (!) of Advent, Lent and Easter. But also (surprisingly): Ash Wednesday, the weekdays of Holy Week, and the days within the Octave of Easter.Jay Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799812322083459843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-8551151321740219022014-12-07T20:08:23.053-08:002014-12-07T20:08:23.053-08:00I'd suggest that Pentecost and Epiphany are of...I'd suggest that Pentecost and Epiphany are of greater magnitude as well as the solemnities you mention. I think they actually rank above the Ascension.<br /><br />Apart from that, though, this is a good post. Nothing controversial here, as you tweeted.naturgesetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268507379933286863noreply@blogger.com