“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types -- the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution.”
Sure, the Annulment Reform means the process will become the abattoir of marriage but we also know it will not be ditched by the next Pope.
As Mr. Kenneth Jones noted, In 1968 there were 338 annulments, in 2002 there were 50,000.
As Mr. Kenneth Jones noted, In 1968 there were 338 annulments, in 2002 there were 50,000.
Get used to it, Trads, these reforms will be defended by the ultramontanes and the conservatives in the Hierarchy will not cast out these execrable reforms for that would be too radical.
Just think about how these events happen - revolutionaries destroy the Roman Rite and impose an anthropocentric happy meal for women and children upon us and then a Pope is elected who could have - he had the power - simply restored the Real Mass and suppressed the Lil' Licit Liturgy - but he didn't.
If you can't hear the revolutionaries celebrating the permanency of their victory, then you are spiritually deaf.
The Synod will do something that will, in practice, undermine the permanent doctrines of the One True Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church and those reforms will become permanent.
Look, what G.K. Chesterton had to say about the political world is also applicable to The Church for it has become anthropocentric and not only open to change but it is populated by progressive prelates sedulously soliciting change.
For a more sober, sensible, responsible, professional and factual analysis of annulments, go here - if that is the sort of thing you are into
http://www.canonlaw.info/a_annulments.htm