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About IgnatiusInsight.com
and the Insight Scoop web log
IgnatiusInsight.com and the Insight Scoop weblog are online resources
of Ignatius Press and are meant to assist readers who wish to learn more
about the Catholic Church and her teachings, beliefs, practices, and history.
Each week IgnatiusInsight.com features articles and essays by Ignatius
Press authors, as well as interviews with noted authors such as Fr. Benedict
Groeschel, Joseph Pearce, Peter Kreeft, Roy Schoeman, Glenn Olsen, Donald
De Marco, Benjamin Wiker, and others. Readers will also be able to read
excerpts from new and upcoming releases as well as from Ignatius Press
classics.
The Insight
Scoop web blog features daily commentary from Ignatius Press authors
and staff about theological issues, current events in the Catholic Church,
and a host of related topics.
 Carl
E. Olson is the web editor of IgnatiusInsight.com and the moderator
of the Insight Scoop weblog. Carl is the author of the best-selling Will
Catholics Be "Left Behind"? (2003), selected by the
Associated Press as one of the best religious titles of 2003. He is also
the co-author, with Sandra Miesel, of The
Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code, described
by Francis Cardinal George as "the definitive debunking" of
The Da Vinci Code. Carl is the former editor of Envoy magazine
and has written dozens of reviews and articles for periodicals including
Catholic Parent, Crisis, Envoy, First Things, National Catholic Register,
Our Sunday Visitor, Saint Austin Review, and The Catholic Answer.
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The Old Mass and The New: Explaining the Motu Proprio Summorum
Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI
by Bishop Marc Aillet | Foreword by Bishop Dominique Rey
In July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, allowing for unprecedented
freedom for priests to celebrate the so-called Tridentine Mass, now referred to as the "Extraordinary Form" of
the Mass, as opposed to the Mass of Paul VI, or the "Ordinary Form". In this new book by French bishop Marc
Aillet, the historical and cultural impetus for the motu proprio as well as the rich tradition of liturgical reform are
explored. As a priest of the Community of Saint Martin, which celebrates the Mass of Paul VI in Latin, Bishop Aillet has been
committed to the promotion of liturgical reform that is rooted in tradition for many years. As bishop of the diocese of
Bayonne in France, he has been instrumental in reintroducing the Extraordinary Form in his diocese. A work that is both easy to understand and deeply rich, The Old Mass and the New gives an overview of the
history and theology of the liturgy. At the same time, Bishop Aillet beckons us to look ahead to move beyond the crisis
in the liturgy to a reconciliation of these two forms of the Latin rite. An excellent introduction for those interested
in the theological foundations of the liturgy.
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