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and workmanship on which civilization thrives

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Lumen Christi confronts these uncomfortable truths

Illusions of Reform Type:Hardcover and workmanship on which civilizationBetween September and November 2022, Church Life Journal published a series of articles on liturgical reform, coauthored by Drs. John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy. With its rosy view of the Liturgical Movement, its caricature of the Catholic faithful prior to Vatican II, its forensically questionable affirmation of Sacrosanctum Conciliums paternity of the Novus Ordo (not to mention its solemn chrismation of both by the Holy Spirit), and