Questions for ALL Those Opposed to Papa B's Issuing of Sacrosanctum Concilium

Do you really mean what you say when you proclaim opposition to it because having 2 different forms of the liturgy will cause division in the Catholic Church?

If so, does that mean that you believe that the Novus Ordo is the only liturgy the entire Catholic Church should use?

If so then apparently you think that the Church should eliminate all the other Liturgical Rites that currently exist in the Catholic Church because that is the logical conclusion of your arguement.

So, I guess we can say goodbye to the other Western [Mozarabic (Toledo), Ambrosian (Milan), & Anglican use*] & Eastern [Byzantine, Maronite, Coptic, Syrian, Antiochene, Armenian & Chaldean] rites used in the approximately 22 sui iuris Churches that make up the Catholic Church. After all, following your logic, using more than 1 rite is harmful to the unity of the Church.

I hate to break it to you (No I don't!) but the history of the Church has proven you wrong. It seems like almost 2000 yrs of having a variety of liturgies has shown the unity of the Catholic Church, not caused disunity. (Granted, some splits have been along liturgical use lines. But it was the liturgies per se that caused the split.)

I can only conclude that your opposition is for other reasons than unity & unity is a smokescreen for your agenda that is ment to do harm to the orthodox truths proclaimed by the Church. Not that the smokescreen is working as the Vatican as well as many bishops, priests, deacons, religious, as well as laity see through it & want the truths the Church has continually proclaimed for nearly 2000 yrs.

Nor do I see the Tridentine use being allowed as any more of a threat than these other liturgical rites to the unity of the Church.

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* I am not sure if they are still in use but this includes Dominican use, Carthusian use, Carmelite use, Cistercian, Carmelite, Franciscan, Capuchin, Sarum & Gallican also.

PS: Here are a couple of quotes from the Catholic Encyclopedia article (1913 edition) on Rites:

"The Catholic Church has never maintained a principle of uniformity in rite." (Uniformity in the sense of only 1 form.)

"The essential elements of the functions are obviously the same everywhere, and are observed by all Catholic rites in obedience to the command of Christ and the Apostles."

"If any rite did not contain one of the essential notes of the service it would be invalid in that point, if its prayers or ceremonies expressed false doctrine it would he heretical. Such rites would not be tolerated in the Catholic Church.* (Emphasis mine) But, supposing uniformity in essentials and in faith, the authority of the Church has never insisted on uniformity of rite." (*Maybe this is the real reason for the screaming?)