/lit/ - Literature

>>22898065
Because the priest is supposed to talk with God during mass, not you, he is representing everyone in the back. That's why, before the reform, he only faced the people during the homily. The mass isn't a "gathering" to share bread, it is meant to renew the sacrifice of Christ, who is truly present in the Eucharist. And, when talking to God, it is more pleasing to talk in a sacred language, just like the Jews and Muslims do.

I do think Catholicism does a better job of conveying a sense of the otherworldly in their worship, prayers, and activities, compared to Protestantism. Orthodoxy is good at this, too. And isn't this essential in a religion that worships a God who is said to be beyond reality? Shouldn't the actual service in which God is worshiped take you out of the world, in a sense? You don't really get that from the average Baptist or nondenomenational service.

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>>11474901
Check out traditionalist Catholicism instead of Orthodox heresy.