Growing up with a Catholic and an Orthodox parent, I can tell you that I have always said the Roman formulation when in Rome (so to speak) and the Orthodox formulation when in an Orthodox church. I never believed the Creeds to be in any sort of necessary opposition to each other.
Originally posted by Altar Boy:
I was on forum with some Traditionalists and discussing the idea that since they hate the Novus Ordo Mass, they might find a more comfortable home in the East.
One reply stated that since we do not recite the filioque clause in the Nicene Creed, he couldn't become Eastern.
My question is this....I have noticed that in many of the pew books and prayer books, the filioque is inserted in parenthesis. Could a Traditional minded Western Catholic join the East and be allowed to follow his conscience by reciting the filioque during the Creed?
My other question is this:
When did the Tridentine Mass actually begin? Traditionalist Catholics act as if it was handed to the apostles by Jesus Himself. What forms came in the West prior to the Tridentine Mass?
Thank you for your answers
Brother Ed
