A priest that is ordained through the holy orders most often has to follow the Code of Canon Law. That code may require many rules to be accepted by the church and to remain a Catholic priest. How he practices liturgy could largely depend on papal decrees, the tradition of Roman Rites, or how he wants to conduct his own service.
Whether a priest is obligated to perform Mass through the idea of transubstantiation will ultimately affect his role as a minister of God. Once a priest is finished with his homely, he will cite words over the elements of the Eucharist to prepare for its offering, saying, “this is my body and this is my blood (which might determine how it’s received).” The priests who cite this Echaristic prayer, in what is known as the Anaphora, is the practice of consecrating those elements as though it’s a re-sacrifice of Christ, the belief that many Catholics still hold to.
The question is if some priests are able to shift their cited words and practice of the Mass into the past tense instead of the present timing. When a priest says, “do this in memory of me,” shall the words instead be: do it in remembrance of him to mean the past principle of it? So could a priest actually be appointed as an agent from outside of the church or system that emphasizes the past opposed to a present ritual? While it should only be viewed as a symbol of his body and blood, what will Catholic Church congregations expect or believe when they do receive the Eucharist?
He would have to be there to free them from the situation that many Catholics are faced with in their practice of the ritual. Besides citing the correct words that Jesus spoke at the Last Supper, he would also need to teach the right message during his homelies. As long as he does not preach Mary worship, the sacraments, or anything that has to do with the Vatican councils, a priest could be in position of true faith perhaps.
If we are considered to be one catholic apostolic church, there might be some tradition of that involved, only if it is possible for him to depart from the teachings of apostolic succession. How can members understand what we know about the Church of Rome from what a priest could also already know? He might have the entitlement to divide their dogma with his own God centered teachings, but a sentiment of the church, one that holds to basic Christian tenets, would be needed to avoid being excommunicated? More than likely there would need to be changes within the church to battle its root cause of bringing all inter-denominations under its own religious system.
That which will eventually take place could have a major effect on how liturgy is allowed to be practiced. Depending on what a priest can do intellectually, without the decrees of the canon, his position could still be to preach the gospel, counsel others, and, under the most critical circumstances, call people out against the lies of satan. The only way to do that would be to replace the purpose of Mass with its proper wording, allowing some of its members to receive it as a positive reinforcement. Despite other members who believe the substances turn literal, the activity of it being practiced properly could release some of its captives; those who follow through on what is proposed by the priest.
However, all this would be in place of a tradition that was designed to pervert the gospel, as it depends on how much the other side has been battling its core for ages. There is no changing what is part of an evil system, but as far as an external priest, he would need to distinguish his communion from what would really affect their propitiation of sins – faith explained apart from traditional Mass. While only some might realize it, others are deceived by their own conscience, their susceptibility brought upon by sacred tradition. But as a result, a good priest might center his communion based on his homely for the remnant of true believers.
posted Dec. 2023
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