Some of the Fathers wish to expunge from the breviary those psalms which express imprecations and vengeance, or even those which provide insufficient revelation about the latter, or, indeed, historical psalms or those that ‘foster insufficient piety’. However, another question of no small importance, which does not derive its origin from the text, has arisen concerning the psalter. Psalm 108 in the 9th century Utrecht Psalter, fol. ![]() Such psalms, according to him, are “less suitable in our day for fostering and expressing the sublime effects of charity.” ( AS I.2, pp. These psalms, he said, are obviously the inspired word of God, and can be read according to their correct interpretation, but “their expressions represent the very imperfect revelation of the Old Testament and reflect the very imperfect morality of that time”, giving the examples of Psalms 68, 108, and 136. Rev Fr Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P., the Master General of the Dominicans, thought that it would perhaps be better to delete the imprecatory psalms from the Breviary. Bishop Fidel García Martínez ( emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain) suggested that readings from the Old Testament, including some of the psalms, are difficult to understand because of their incomplete revelation of God, and thus the bulk of the readings in the revised Breviary should be from the New Testament ( AS I.2, p. Two of the Fathers would say similar things to Cardinal Bacci during the same General Congregation. A Week of Peacemakers: The Saints from July 4 to 9. ![]() Corpus Christi 2023 Photopost (Part 4): Special Lo.Thoughts of a Young Modern Traditionalist Catholic.Book Recommendation: The Art Of Principled Entrepr.The Fourth Centenary of the Death of William Byrd.Review of the New Edition of Honorius of Autun’s J. ![]()
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