The Great Sacrilege (Paperback)

~ James F. Wathen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers (June 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895550148
• ISBN-13: 978-0895550149
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,431,890 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trying to be objective, June 23, 2001

By	Andrew E Jagusiak (Illinois, United States) - See all my reviews

My copy of this book was copyrighted in 1971, when the changes and impact of the New Mass were fresh in most minds.

Reading this book now does allow one to take a little step back to see what the thinking was just after the New Mass was released and in fact challenges the reader to take that "step back and let's take a look at things as the fruits of that New Mass today." To many it may seem like an "I told you so, you are so phony" but I didnt't see it that way.

The New Mass was thrown at all Catholics in the most brutal of of ways. But most bishops thought it was a no-brainer (though misguided) idea that most dissenters could easily be suppressed and that a New Mass, which was not called for by Vatican II, now would take on a take-this and live-with approach and most would go along with the changes because obedience was rated and accepted as more important than the first Commandment of God at the time. "Obey the New Mass or get out" was the basis of the late 60's message to priests. Hardly consistent with the "love everyone" Vatican II message but that's another book.

I'm sure most bishops would like to go back and do some damage control created by the New Mass, even though they cannot swallow their pride in denouncing the New Mass completely. So far Cardinal Ratzinger, the Pope's right hand man, has taken positive steps in the right direction on liturgy. I don't know though, whether he would completely agree with all the points made by Fr/Mr Wathen. But the book is definitely an interesting read, whether you agree or disagree. It certainly does not bore one to death with modernistic, rock-n'roll, and Love Boat philosophies, which you would expect to find at any cheap religious bookstore these days.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Mass?, November 20, 1998

By A Customer

This book proves:

1. The "New Mass does not involve Papal Infallibility.

2. The Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum of Pope Paul VI is null and void.

3. The Apostolic Constitution Quo Primum of Pope St. Pius V is still in effect.

4. The "Tridentine Mass" is the only Mass of the Latin Rite.

5. The "New Mass" is new.

6. The "New Mass" is illegal.

7. The "New Mass" is not Catholic.

8. The "New Mass" -- if we can believet he Council of Trent and official documents of the Church -- is no Mass at all.

9. The "New Mass" is THE GREAT SACRILEGE.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Father Wathen Proven to be Right Again and Again, December 7, 2001

By A Customer

I can't state it better than a traditional Roman Catholic priest, who will remain anonymous, refuting Brother Alexis Bugnolo:

Fr. Wathen's seminal work has been proven time and again since its publication in 1971. There is no need to get into an endless point-counterpoint. You have to stop at some point and say "this is what I believe."

All anybody has to do is objectively look at the denial of the Catholic Faith that the Novus Ordo worship service has produced in thirty years, and no further proof is needed about the practical consequences, as they are plain to see. "Tolle Missam, tolle Ecclesiam," was Luther's cry. Now that the Mass is destroyed in the New Order Church, the Church, that is, the Catholic Faith, has been effectively destroyed there. It remains only with those Catholics who stand fast by the Catholic and Apostolic tradition.

People like Bugnolo love to nit-pick at unimportant points and miss the big picture: the Novus Ordo is not Catholic and never will be.