Paul VI seemed to suggest that a love of the Church’s ancient liturgy is actually a moral failing.
“The traditional liturgy is a ‘cathedral’ of text and gesture, developing as those venerable buildings did over many centuries.”
In any institution the loyalty and obedience of subordinates is maintained by some kind of reward given by superiors.
To rebel against modernity may involve the overthrow of the modern in the interest of reviving something older.
Placing one’s social role ahead of one’s personal preferences is certainly a sacrifice, but the assumption by some that such a sacrifice must make it impossible to live authentically or happily is far from being true.
Byung-Chul Han draws attention to the value of things which have been the subject of neglect and indeed vilification for three hundred years in the West: inherited loyalties, roles, and customs.
The process of loosening, trivializing, and ultimately abolishing all the cultural institutions, expectations, and shared meanings of Western culture is the great project of Enlightenment liberalism.
A tactical alliance between conservatives and unorthodox figures of the left makes sense.
