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❦Praise for
The Development of the Liturgical ReformI““This book is an important contribution to the study of the liturgical reforms of the twentieth century...because it makes available for the first time in English the papers of Father, later Cardinal, Antonelli, who was one of the protagonists of liturgical renewal in this period. Antonelli embarked with considerable enthusiasm on the reform...and continued to participate in this project until 1970, when he felt that his moderate approach to liturgical renewal was abandoned. In Antonelli's judgement, the lack of sound theological foundations made the Consilium...diverge significantly from the genuine renewal desired by the Second Vatican Council.”
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Former Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship
✦II““Nicola Giampietro's book presents views that raise questions and provide considerable material for discussion about the liturgical reform before and after the Second Vatican Council.”
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
La Maison-Dieu, 2002
❦III““Cardinal Antonelli's notes reveal a man of great faith and of the Church struggling to come to terms with some of the inner currents which influenced the work involving the Consilium ad exsequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia. What he wrote in these diaries reveals quite candidly his feelings of joy as well as of sorrow and at times of fear at the way things were being made to move along, the attitudes of some of the key players and the sense of adventurism which had characterized some of the changes that had been introduced.... Above all, it is a timely study which would help us to see another side of the otherwise over-euphoric presentations of the conciliar reform by other contemporary authors.”
Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
Former Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship
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Book Description
The Development of the Liturgical Reform:
As Seen by Cardinal Ferdinando Antonelli from 1948 to 1970
by Msgr. Nicola Giampietro
Based on the diaries and notes of Cardinal Ferdinando Antonelli, a central participant in the Catholic Church’s liturgical reform for more than twenty years, Nicola Giampietro’s study provides an important firsthand account of the development of the reform from the pontificate of Pius XII through that of Paul VI.
Antonelli’s records shed light on the personalities involved, the procedures by which decisions were reached, and the principles and disagreements that shaped the reform. Initially an enthusiastic participant in the movement for liturgical renewal, Antonelli became increasingly concerned about its direction, particularly during the work of the Consilium ad exsequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia.
With a foreword by Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, The Development of the Liturgical Reform offers valuable documentary evidence for readers seeking to understand the history of twentieth-century Catholic liturgical reform and the circumstances surrounding the changes of the 1950s and 1960s.
