{"product_id":"the-heresy-of-formlessnessthe-roman-liturgy-and-its-enemy","title":"THE HERESY OF FORMLESSNESSTHE ROMAN LITURGY AND ITS ENEMY","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFirst published in 2003, The Heresy of Formlessness is already a modern classic, unique for its melding of poetic shimmer and keen observation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMartin Mosebach offers up a compelling defense of the traditional Roman Rite and a searing critique of the postconciliar liturgical reform through which ancient rites were profanes by tone-deaf modernizers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFor Mosebach, the only coherent solution to this crisis is a wholehearted return to the old Latin liturgy in its tightly-woven symbolic texture of prauer and chant, gesture and ceremonial – the rich heritage of its \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“mystic benedictions”\u003c\/i\u003e (Trent).\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLong out of print, this revised and expanded edition will be the more welcome of its six new chapters and foreword by eminent moral philosopher Robert Spaemann. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe Heresy of Formlessness \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003edelivers a compelling defense of the traditional Roman Rite, arguing that liturgical form is not mere aesthetic but the very language of sacred worship.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe vivid and persuasive work calls readers to appreciate the beauty and coherence of Catholic liturgical tradition in a world all too eager to dissolve it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMartin Mosebach, born in Frankfurt am Main, studied law, and has published eleven novels, many short stories, essays, poems, scripts for dramas, opera libretti, theater pieces, and radio plays. He is actively engaged in dialogue on contemporary issues through contributions to daily papers \u0026amp; magazines. Apart from many other awards, he was honored in 2007 with Germany’s foremost literary award, the “Georg-Büchner-Preis,” in 2013 with the “Literature-Award of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation,” and in 2015 with the “Goethe-Award of the City of Frankfurt am Main.” His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelico, 2018), and \u003ci\u003eThe 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs\u003c\/i\u003e (Plough, 2019).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67801543835881,"sku":null,"price":28.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2598\/5001\/files\/hfrl.jpg?v=1793230688","url":"https:\/\/ologsct.com\/products\/the-heresy-of-formlessnessthe-roman-liturgy-and-its-enemy","provider":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}