CATHOLIC - Papal Bull - QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE

Dear Fellow Catholics:

Welcome to this first issue of Catholic which is a news, informational, and educational, Ecclesiastical Journal dedicated to preserving the Authentic Apostolic Tradition of the Catholic Church on subjects and issues of importance to the Catholic Church

In this first issue is the full text of a document, QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE, which many Catholics have never heard about, or do not understand the full importance of for this present time! But, before getting to that, We will supply you with some additional information and historical background data.

In Session 22 of the Roman Catholic Council of Trent, held on Monday, September 17, 1562, A.D., the Council first taught what the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is. Then it issued nine canons, the violations of these laws being the penalty of automatic excommunication. Since the Vatican 2 church does not seem to want YOU to know anything about them, for your convience, here they are:

CANONS ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

CANON I If any one saith, that in the Mass a true and real Sacriflce is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.

CANON II If any one saith, that by those words, Do this for the commemoration of me (Luke xxii. 19), Christ did not institute the Apostles Priests; or, did not ordain that they, and other Priests should offer His own Body and Blood; let him be anathema.

CANON III If any one saith, that the Sacrifice of the Mass is only a sacrifice of praise and of thanksgiving; or, that it is a bare commemoration of the Sacrifice consummated on the Cross, but not a propitiatory sacrifice; or, that it profits him only who receives; and that it ought not to be offered for the living and the dead for sins, pains, satisfactions, and other necessities; let him be anathema.

CANON IV If any one saith, that, by the Sacrifice of the Mass, a blasphemy is cast upon the most Holy Sacrifice of Christ consummated on the Cross; or, that it is thereby derogated from; let him be anathema.

CANON V If any one saith, that it is an imposture to celebrate Masses in honour of the saints, and for obtaining their intercession with God, as the Church intends; let him be anathema.

CANON VI If any one saith, that the Canon of the Mass contains errors, and is therefore to be abrogated [abolished]; let him be anathema.

CANON VII If any one saith, that the ceremonies, vestments, and outward signs, which the Catholic Church makes use of in the celebration of Masses, are incentives to impiety, rather than offices of piety; let him be anathema.

CANON VIII If any one saith, that Masses, wherein the Priest alone communicates Sacramentally, are unlawful, and are, therefore, to be abrogated [abolished; let him be anathema.

CANON IX If any one saith, that the Rite of the Roman Church, according to which a part of the Canon and the words of Consecration are pronounced in a low tone, is to be condemned; or, that the Mass ought to be celebrated in the vulgar tongue only; or, that water ought not to be mixed with the wine that is to be offered in the chalice, for that it is contrary to the institution of Christ; let him be anathema.

Please note that this 22nd Session of the Council of Trent did not take place until Monday, September 17, 1562, A.D. To put things into proper perspective, it should be noted historically that there had already been 45 Protestant Supper-Meals which had been made up (some of them revised several times by 1562!) and that the 46th Protestant Supper-Meal, which the Protestants used to replace what Jesus Christ had perfectly instituted, namely, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, saw the light of day in 1562, namely the THE BOOK OF COMMON ORDER, which was the 2nd Updated Version of The Forme of Prayers which was used in Scotland and had been pieced together by an ex-Roman Catholic Priest, namely Father John Knox [c. 1505 A.D. - 1572 A.D.].

The point is that the Protestants had not only thrown out the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the guiding force of the first ex-Catholic Priest, Father Martin Luther, O.S.A. [1483 A.D. - 1546 A.D.], who had proposed a German “mass” as early as 1519 A.D., and who was taken at his word on Christmas Day, December 25, 1521 A.D., at Wittenberg by Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein [b. c. 1480 A.D. - d. 1541 A.D.], a.k.a. Carlstadt or Karlstadt who appeared in the Castle Church without vestments and did a Protestant Supper-Meal “mass”, a.k.a. a Protestant Evangelical Meal, without the Canon, but, because of their vast experience, they had become "professional" Protestant Supper-Meal composers by 1562!

You will note that We have emphasized Canons 6, 8, and 9 above because these Canons deal with condemning and abolishing the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass-the penalty for doing this being automatic excommunication. But this is exactly what the Protestants like Luther, Knox, Cranmer, etc. had accomplished - they had abolished the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, replacing it with their Protestant Supper Meals which a few might have still called a "mass", although it was a "mass" in name only!

Then on Tuesday, July 14, 1570, an infallible Roman Catholic Pope, Saint Pius V, Antonio-Michele Ghislieri [Friday, January 7, 1566 - Monday, May 1, 1572], issued an infallible document binding ALL Roman Catholics, at that time and until the end of the world, not to change the Catholic Missal which he had just published for offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This Missal had been restored to the way Mass was offered at least as far back as the Sacramentary (Missal) of Gregory I [Friday, September 3, 590 - Monday, March 12, 604], and possibly even earllier than that.

This infallible document included a penalty of automatic excommunication also for violating its decrees, although it was written in the style common for the Popes of that and previous centuries to write.

It is interesting how it seems that the Vatican 2 church does not want YOU or anyone else to know about this very important infallible Papal Document, or Papal Bulla or Bull as it was called in those days, by the name of QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE!?

Why? Probably because YOU just might get the idea from reading Canons 6, 8 and 9 of the Council of Trent and QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE that Pope Paul 6 Giovanni Battista Montini [Friday, June 21, 1963 - Sunday, August 6, 1978], and ALL of his Clergy, i.e., all of the Cardinals, Bishops and Priests of the Vatican 2 church who use the "New Mass", or the "Novus Ordo Missae" as Paul 6 called it, are automatically EXCOMMUNICATED from the Roman Catholic Church!?

Photo of the 6 active Protestants who helped to update the 16th Century Protestant Supper-Meals into the "Abomination of Desolation" foretold by Daniel the Prophet, which Paul 6 called the "Novus Ordo Missae" - a "mass" in name only!

This photograph was taken on Friday April 10, 1970 A.D. in the Vatican.

The SIX PROTESTANTS are, from left to right:

1) Dr. George; 2) Canon Jasper; 3) Dr. Shephard; 4) Dr. Konneth; 5) Dr. Smith; and, 6) Brother Max Thurian (in white), who is standing next to Pope Paul 6 (in white).

They represent the following Protestant organizations: The World Council of Churches; the Church of England; the Lutheran Church; and, the Protestant Community of Taize.

So, WHY would YOU get the idea that they were Excommunicated? Because the New Mass was made up in large part by the 6 "very active" Protestant members of the Concilium (photo above) which actually just updated (again) for the over 60th time!!!, the 16th Century Protestant Supper Meals-the same ones condemned by the Council of Trent and QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE!

It should also be noted that the Roman Catholic Council Vatican I [1870], in its decree - for all ROMAN Catholics - on Papal Infallibility, requires the use of the formal term "ex cathedra". This means that whenever any Pope in the future issues a Papal Document (of whatever kind) that in order to indicate that he, as the Pope, is using Papal Infallibility, he must use the term "ex cathedra" in that document.

However, this requirement is NOT retroactive! This means that prior to 1870 A.D., any Pope of the Roman Catholic Church can be said to have issued a formal decree (e.g., in a Papal Bull or Papal Encyclial) under Papal Infallibility without having had to use the term "ex cathedra" [from the chair].

How does this apply to Pope Saint Pius V and his Papal Bull, Quo Primum Tempore?

Because the Pope makes very clear by his words that his clear intention is to make this public, formal document - which, from the context, indicates that this an exercise of his Solemn Magisterium [a magisterial power of the Church Teaching which involves a corresponding obligation on the part of the Church Hearing-Ecclesia Discens] - binding on ALL Roman Catholics, FOREVER, under the penalty of censure, this document must be understood to be issued under Papal Infallibility!

This means, therefore, that using Papal Infallibility, Pope Saint Pius V forbids ANY CHANGES in the Catholic Primary Western Mass Rite [the Ancient Roman Rite] - BY ANYONE - FOREVER!

Here is the actual text of this Papal Document issued under PAPAL INFALLIBILITY which ALL ROMAN CATHOLICS ARE REQUIRED TO OBEY UNDER THE PENALTY OF AUTOMATIC EXCOMMUNICATION FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH!

Please note, certain portions of the text, revelant to the "mind" of the Pope, which clearly express his clear internal intentions, as well as his clear commands and his unchangeable censures, have been emphasized so that those who do NOT consider that this Papal Constitution is issued under Papal Infallibility and that it MUST BE BELIEVED AND OBEYED - without any doubts and without any reservations of whatsoever kind - by ALL REAL Roman Catholics, will prayerfully reconsider their position!

Quo Primum Tempore was placed by Saint Pius V as the very first thing at the very beginning of the Missale Romanum, thereby emphasizing its importance and that what it decrees is to be obeyed and that the censures it contains are to remain in full force in perpetuity!

Chances are, most of you would never know these things if We did not present these historical and legal truths to you! You obviously can't rely upon the Vatican 2 church popes, cardinals, bishops and priests to tell you! IF that was the case, you would already know all about these things!

WHAT do they NOT want YOU to know?! Please read the text of the document below and re-read the 9 Canons of Session 22 of the Council of Trent above!

Happy reading and God bless you!

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam!

QUO PRIMUM TEMPORE

Saint Pius V, Antonio-Michele Ghislieri
[Friday, January 7, 1566 - Monday, May 1, 1572]

AN INFALLIBLE DOCUMENT OF SAINT PIUS V
For ALL ROMAN Catholics!

PIUS EPISCOPUS

Pius Bishop

SERVUS SERVORUM DEI

Servant of the Servants of God

AD PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM

For a Perpetual Memorial of the Matter

Where the first, upon Our elevation to the Apostolic throne, We gladly turned Our mind and energies, and directed all Our thoughts, to the matter of preserving incorrupt the public worship of the Church; and We have striven, with God's help, by every means in Our power to achieve that purpose.

Whereas amongst other decrees of the holy Council of Trent, We were charged with revision and re-issue of the sacred books, to wit, the Catechism, the Missal and the Breviary; and whereas We have with God's consent published a Catechism for the instruction of the faithful and thoroughly revised the Breviary for the due performance of the Divine Office, We next, in order that the Missal and Breviary might be in perfect harmony, as is right and proper (considering that it is altogether fitting that there should be in the Church only one appropriate manner of Psalmody and one sole rite of celebrating Mass), deemed it necessary to give Our immediate attention to what still remained to be done, namely the re-editing of the Missal with the least possible delay.

We resolved accordingly to delegate this task to a select committee of scholars; and they, having at every stage of their work and with the utmost care collated the ancient codices in Our Vatican Library and reliable, original or amended, codices from elsewhere, and having also consulted the writing of ancient and approved authors who have bequeathed to us records relating to the said sacred rites, thus restored the Missal [of the Ancient Roman Rite] itself to the pristine form and rite of the holy Fathers.

When this production had been subjected to close scrutiny and further amended We, after mature consideration, ordered that the final result be forthwith printed and published in Rome, so that all may enjoy the fruit of this labor; that priests may know what prayers to use, and what rites and ceremonies they are to observe henceforward in the celebration of Masses.

Now therefore, in order that all everywhere may adopt and observe what has been delivered to them by the Holy Roman Church, Mother and Mistress of the other churches, it shall be unlawful henceforth and forever throughout the Christian world to sing or to read Masses according to any formula other than that of this Missal published by Us.

This ordinance to apply to all churches and chapels, with or without care of souls, patriarchal, collegiate, and parochial, be they secular or belonging to any religious Order, whether of men, including the military Orders, or of women, in which conventual Masses are or ought to be sung aloud in choir or read privately according to the rites and customs of the Roman Church.

To apply, moreover, even if the said churches have been in any way exempted, whether by indult of the Apostolic See, by custom, by privilege, or even by oath or Apostolic confirmation, or have their rights and faculties guaranteed to them in any other way whatsoever, saving only those in which the practice of saying Mass differently was granted over 200 years ago simultaneously with the Apostolic See's institution and confirmation of the church, and those in which there has prevailed a similar custom followed continuously for a period of not less than 200 years; in which cases We in no wise rescind their prerogatives or customs aforesaid.

Nevertheless, if this Missal which We have seen fit to publish be more agreeable to these last, We hereby permit them to celebrate Mass according to its rite, subject to the consent of their bishop or prelate, and of their whole Chapter, all else to the contrary notwithstanding.

All other churches aforesaid are hereby denied the use of other missals, which are to be wholly and entirely rejected; and by this present Constitution, which shall have the force of law in perpetuity, We order and enjoin under pain of Our displeasure that nothing be added to Our newly published Missal, nothing omitted therefrom, and nothing whatsoever altered therein.

We specifically command each and every Patriarch, administrator and all other persons of whatsoever ecclesiastical dignity, be they even Cardinals of the Holy ROMAN Church or possessed of any other rank or preeminence, and We order them by virtue of holy obedience to sing or to read the Mass according to the rite and manner and norm herein laid down by Us, and henceforward to discontinue and utterly discard all other rubrics and rites of other missals, howsoever ancient, which they have been accustomed to follow, and not to presume in celebrating Mass to introduce any ceremonies or recite any prayers other than those contained in this Missal.

Furthermore, by these presents and by virtue of Our Apostolic authority We give and grant in perpetuity that for the singing or reading of Mass in any church whatsoever, this Missal must be followed absolutely, without any scruple of conscience or fear of incurring any penalty, judgment or censure, and may be freely and lawfully used.

Nor shall bishops, administrators, canons, chaplains, and other secular priests, or religious of whatsoever Order or by whatsoever title designated, be obliged to celebrate Mass otherwise than enjoined by Us.

We likewise order and declare that no one whosoever shall be forced or coerced into altering this Missal and that this present Constitution can never be revoked or modified, but shall forever remain valid and have the force of law, notwithstanding previous constitutions or edicts of provincial or synodal councils, and notwithstanding the usage of the churches aforesaid, established by very long and even immemorial prescription, saving only usage of more than 200 years.

Consequently it is Our will, and by the same authority We decree, that one month after publication of this Our constitution and Missal, priests of the Roman Curia shall be obliged to sing or to read the Mass in accordance therewith; others south of the Alps, after three months; those who live beyond the Alps, after six months or as soon as the Missal becomes available for purchase.

Furthermore, in order that the said Missal may be preserved incorrupt and kept free from defects and errors, the penalty for non-observance in the case of all printers resident in territory directly or indirectly subject to Ourselves and the Holy Roman Church shall be forfeiture of their books and a fine of 100 gold ducats payable by that very fact to the Apostolic Treasury.

In the case of those resident in other parts of the world, it shall be automatic excommunication and other penalties at Our discretion; and by Our Apostolic authority and the tenor of these presents, We also decree that they must not dare or presume either to print or to publish or to sell, or in any way to take delivery of such books without Our approval and consent, or without express permission of the Apostolic Commissary in the said parts appointed by Us for that purpose. Each of the said printers must receive from the aforementioned Commissary a standard Missal to serve as an exemplar and agree faithfully therewith, varying in no wise from the first impression printed in Rome.

But, since it would be difficult for this present Constitution to be transmitted to all parts of the world and to come to the notice of all concerned simultaneously, We direct that it be, as usual, posted and published at the doors of the Basilica of the Prince of Apostles, at those of the Apostolic Chancery, and at the end of the Campo dei Fiori.

Moreover, We direct that printed copies of the same, signed by a notary public and authenticated with the seal of an ecclesiastical dignitary, shall possess the same unqualified and indubitable validity everywhere and in every country that would attend the display there of Our present text.

Accordingly, no one whosoever is permitted to infringe or rashly contravene this notice of Our permission, statute, ordinance, command, direction, grant, indult, declaration, will, decree and prohibition.

Should any person venture to do so, let him understand that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.

Given at St. Peter's, Rome, in the year of Our Lord's Incarnation one thousand five hundred and seventy, on the fourteenth day of July in the fifth year of Our Pontificate.

Caesar Glorierus

H. Cumin.

Anno a Nativitate Domini 1570, Indict. 13, die vero 19 mensis Julii, Pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo Patris et D. N. Pii divina providentia Papae V anno ejus quinto, retroscriptae litterae Principis Apostolorum, ac Cancellariae Apostolicae, et in acie Campi Flore, ut moris est, per nos Joannem Andream Rogerium et Philibertum Cappuis Cursores.

Scipio De Octavianis, Magister Cursorum