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| "Wake up, Holy Father Antichrist!" |
Some people began mentioning Transfiguration Sunday rather late. Then I remembered. Rome got rid of the gesima Sundays, which always preceded Ash Wednesday. Yes, I know, they made up Ash Wednesday, too.
Rome lengthened the Epiphany season, ending it with Transfiguration, just before Ash Wednesday.
Also, Latin names are dropped.
So what did those brave "confessional" Lutherans do? They adopted the three-year Vatican readings cycle, Rome's gay-friendly liturgical colors, then eliminated the gesima Sundays and Latin names.
When I included my annual typo, Invocabit for Invocavit, I realized why the Latin-ignorant wanted to rid rid of those odious names. Imagine trying to explain a Latin name without knowing the language.
But the adiaphora article in the Formula of Concord says we should make a point of NOT agreeing with false teachers on "matters of indifference." The very fact of flexibility in all these matters means that Lutherans should NOT use the three-year cycle, should NOT drop the Latin names, should NOT extend the Epiphany season to make the Antichrist happy.
And yet, like the feminist ecumenical Creeds, the pretense is made that "we have to do that."
