If you have some Latin but not a lot, beware of the adjective Vetus. It doesn't 'go' like novus/nova/novum. It's Thirdish. Not vetus/veta/vetum but ... well, you'll find it in your grammar book.
Veterum Sapientia, soon-to-be St. John XXIII's yet-to-be-heeded Apostolic Constitution. That's the "Sixties" we who have the "Vetus" sensibility should reclaim.
As in VET? Veteran, vet, vetted etc. Vetus Ordo. I like it, hope it catches on. Father John, would you consider the new Ordinariate Liturgy of Divine Worship to be more Vetus Ordo rather than Novus Ordo?
Depends. If you chose one set of options and sympathetic ceremonial, it would look very vetus. But it would be equally possible to opt otherwise and give it a quite different appearance.
was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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And hence we get "veteran".
Veterum Sapientia, soon-to-be St. John XXIII's yet-to-be-heeded Apostolic Constitution. That's the "Sixties" we who have the "Vetus" sensibility should reclaim.
The E is short, so it should sound more like the E in wet or pet or get.
As in VET? Veteran, vet, vetted etc. Vetus Ordo. I like it, hope it catches on.
Father John, would you consider the new Ordinariate Liturgy of Divine Worship to be more Vetus Ordo rather than Novus Ordo?
Depends. If you chose one set of options and sympathetic ceremonial, it would look very vetus. But it would be equally possible to opt otherwise and give it a quite different appearance.
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