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Bishop Schneider shows why instituting women as lectors, acolytes is a huge problem 01/23/2021 at 12:39 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
There are strong reasons why the universal Church never admitted women to liturgical public service, not even in the lower grades of lector or acolyte.
By Bishop Athanasius Schneider, LifeSite News, January 22, 2021
Editor’s note: This article was originally published at the New Liturgical Movement. We have republished it here with His Excellency’s permission.
The principle of Divine law in the liturgy
Regarding the nature of the sacred liturgy, that is, of Divine worship, God himself has spoken to us in His Holy Word, and the Church has explained it in her solemn Magisterium. The first basic aspect of the liturgy is this: God himself tells men how they must honor Him; in other words, it is God who gives concrete norms and laws for the development, even exterior, of the worship of His Divine Majesty.