In 2007 Benedict XVI issued the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum , lifting restrictions on the celebration of the pre-reform Catholic liturgy. In 2021, Pope Francis overturned his predecessor''s document, directly aligning himself with the critics of Benedict XVI''s decision. Dekert''s book disentagles the arguments of representative pro-reform critics of Summorum Pontificum , as well as the documents and discourse surrounding Traditionis Custodes . Dekert evaluates these arguments in context, assessing the validity of the historical and anthropological claims supporting them, while questioning their underlying assumptions. He also analyzes the connections between the pro-reform discourse of liturgical experts and the Vatican''s liturgical policies since 2021. The core theoretical framework of his analysis is Roy A. Rappaport''s concept of the "obvious aspects of ritual," which provides tools for a fresh perspective on the liturgical reform and the potential of Benedict XVI''s liturgical option in addressing the ongoing liturgical conflict within contemporary Catholicism. This approach reveals the deeply problematic nature and lack of clarity in the expert discourse and the recent papal liturgical legislation at historical, anthropological, logical, and doctrinal levels.

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Tomasz Dekert is Assistant Professor at Jesuit University Ignatianum, Poland.

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In 2007 Benedict XVI issued the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, lifting restrictions on the celebration of the pre-reform Catholic liturgy. In 2021, Pope Francis overturned his predecessor's document, directly aligning himself with the critics of Benedict XVI's decision. Dekert's book disentagles the arguments of representative pro-reform critics of Summorum Pontificum, as well as the documents and discourse surrounding Traditionis Custodes.

Dekert evaluates these arguments in context, assessing the validity of the historical and anthropological claims supporting them, while questioning their underlying assumptions. He also analyzes the connections between the pro-reform discourse of liturgical experts and the Vatican's liturgical policies since 2021. The core theoretical framework of his analysis is Roy A. Rappaport's concept of the "obvious aspects of ritual," which provides tools for a fresh perspective on the liturgical reform and the potential of Benedict XVI's liturgical option in addressing the ongoing liturgical conflict within contemporary Catholicism. This approach reveals the deeply problematic nature and lack of clarity in the expert discourse and the recent papal liturgical legislation at historical, anthropological, logical, and doctrinal levels.

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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

Chapter 1: Summorum Pontificum and the Relationship of Lex Orandi to Lex Credendi

Appendix: "The Roman Rite" in Summorum Pontificum

Chapter 2: Summorum Pontificum and the Liturgical Reform
Chapter 3: The Usus Antiquior and Contemporary Man/Culture
Chapter 4: Summorum Pontificum and the Reconciliation in the Church
Chapter 5: The Realm of Traditionis Custodes as Criticism of Summorum Pontificum
Chapter 6: The Realm of Traditionis Custodes and the Views of Critics of Summorum Pontificum

Conclusions: Non-Obvious Obviousness

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