Dr Edward Peters on the "pro multis" hoopla

I find the hoopla surrounding Rome's decision to translate "pro multis" as "for many" (instead of as now, "for all") in the canon of the Mass disconcerting. Are we so starved for effective exercises of ecclesiastical authority that we must greet this decision as a triumph on par with, say, the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Dr Peters relates a comment by a priest who long ago, on his own 'authority', decided to celebrate Mass using the translation of "for many" rather than "for all" as it appeared in the liturgical texts. Poor misguided priest. He does exactly what many others do when changing liturgical texts on their own accord - display disregard for the hierarchical structure of the Church and manifest an attitude of disobedience (or ignorance).

Dr Peters' blog entry "Do a little wrong" can be read in its entirety here.