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The Last Mass of Paul VI
An Autumn Night's Dream
Taschenbuch von Tito Casini
Sprache: Englisch

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One of the most eminent poets and essayists of the last century in Italy, Tito Casini (1897-1987) devoted the last years of his life to a passionate protest against the desecration of the centuries-old Roman liturgy, the spiritual home of millions and a cultural treasure that could never be rivaled, let alone replaced. His defense of tradition was unique in mode, combining lampoon, lamentation, and lyricism in a philosophic poetry that transcends mere polemic. Perhaps the most unique of his works, The Last Mass of Paul VI (1970) imagines, in a striking combination of unrestrained fantasy and sober commentary, just how horrible things might get under a modernizing bishop of Rome, driven this way and that by the winds of fashion-and how that dire departure from ecclesial sanity could be reversed in a moment by the pope's resolute repentance as he humbly takes up the discarded yoke of wisdom. What Casini could never have imagined is that his nightmare scenario of a pope collaborating with Chinese Communists, rehabilitating Luther and the "Reformers," accepting divorce, secularizing religious rites, suppressing age-old tradition, ignoring or castigating the devout faithful, would someday come to full reality in one of Paul VI's successors. That makes this strange and alluring work even more terrifying and satisfying: it is fiction that has morphed into reality-all but the blissful dream of a pope who decisively reverses the damage he has caused. The Last Mass of Paul VI offers a key to interpreting what is happening in the Church right now and a plea for future restoration.
One of the most eminent poets and essayists of the last century in Italy, Tito Casini (1897-1987) devoted the last years of his life to a passionate protest against the desecration of the centuries-old Roman liturgy, the spiritual home of millions and a cultural treasure that could never be rivaled, let alone replaced. His defense of tradition was unique in mode, combining lampoon, lamentation, and lyricism in a philosophic poetry that transcends mere polemic. Perhaps the most unique of his works, The Last Mass of Paul VI (1970) imagines, in a striking combination of unrestrained fantasy and sober commentary, just how horrible things might get under a modernizing bishop of Rome, driven this way and that by the winds of fashion-and how that dire departure from ecclesial sanity could be reversed in a moment by the pope's resolute repentance as he humbly takes up the discarded yoke of wisdom. What Casini could never have imagined is that his nightmare scenario of a pope collaborating with Chinese Communists, rehabilitating Luther and the "Reformers," accepting divorce, secularizing religious rites, suppressing age-old tradition, ignoring or castigating the devout faithful, would someday come to full reality in one of Paul VI's successors. That makes this strange and alluring work even more terrifying and satisfying: it is fiction that has morphed into reality-all but the blissful dream of a pope who decisively reverses the damage he has caused. The Last Mass of Paul VI offers a key to interpreting what is happening in the Church right now and a plea for future restoration.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9798886770964
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Casini, Tito
Hersteller: Angelico Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 148 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Tito Casini
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,251 kg
Artikel-ID: 130328854
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9798886770964
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Casini, Tito
Hersteller: Angelico Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 148 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Tito Casini
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,251 kg
Artikel-ID: 130328854
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