Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: walsh@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Rosary Message-ID: Date: 4 Sep 90 07:19:23 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 36 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , emory!dragon!cms@gatech.edu writes: > I have posted several articles on the Rosary, however, few people > have responded to them. Does anyone really pray the Rosary anymore? You know, i'd have to say no, at least compared to the past. What this points to is a bunch of good followup questions: a. Has the Catholic Church reinvented itself since Vat-II? By this i mean: has it kept the Pope and hierarchy while basically abandoning the mediaeval latin spirituality? b. Why was the old latin spirituality abandoned? Not only the rosary, but the Rule of St Benedict, cloistered monasticism, the Vulgate Psalter, a real sense of celibacy among the priesthood, and all the rest. c. What does contemporary catholic spirituality consist of? As an outsider, it looks to me like it consists of anti-abortion rallys, some hokey attempts to immitate protestant pentacostalism, loyalty to the Pope and one's ethnic origins. Pretty flat beer. I don't mean to appear disrespectful, but this is fascinating as an example of a church throwing itself into a tunnel of radical change without (it seems to me) a lot of thought. I understood they already have lost 33%-40% of their church-going membership since the 60's. The rosary question is indicitive. Does the Catholic Church even exist any more (outside of EWTN)? > > -- > Sincerely, > Cindy Smith > emory!dragon!cms ando.