{"product_id":"the-torn-tunic-letter-of-a-catholic-on-the-liturgical-reform-catholic-traditionalist-classics-paperback-1","title":"The Torn Tunic: Letter of a Catholic on the \"liturgical Reform\" (Catholic Traditionalist Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTito Casini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCardinal Antonio Bacci\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eThomas Cattoi\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopies of this little book by the Tuscan writer Tito Casini (1897-1987) first appeared in the bookshops of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome in 1967. It was described in the Italian press as a literary atomic bomb, or \u003cem\u003epyrobolus atomicus\u003c\/em\u003e-a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterm found in the Italian-Latin dictionary of Cardinal Bacci, who had served four popes in the drawing up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof major documents, and who contributed a daring foreword to Casini's \u003cem\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/em\u003e against the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evulgarization of Catholic liturgy in the name of \"reform.\" Representing both the common man and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducated of his day, Casini spares nothing and no one in his defense of cherished traditions and his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecritique of utopian innovations. Although the process of relentless \u003cem\u003eaggiornamento\u003c\/em\u003e churned on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einexorably in spite of such protests, Casini's work stands today as both a powerfully moving record of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estruggles of the early traditionalist movement, caught by surprise in the maelstrom of Montini's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epontificate, and an exemplary exercise of the \u003cem\u003eparrhesia\u003c\/em\u003e or boldness that belongs to the baptized in Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Torn Tunic\u003c\/em\u003e was in its day a testimonial of profound love for tradition in the face of callous contempt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor readers over half a century later, it reads like a prophecy of better days to come, when the same\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etradition, surviving against all odds, would be rediscovered by new generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47631099560157,"sku":"9781621386438","price":24.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/TlJlQTRxanlITmUxYS9xdVJDU2Fhdz09_bc418542-6b0f-4fc7-9ac6-af033133caef.webp?v=1773802532","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-torn-tunic-letter-of-a-catholic-on-the-liturgical-reform-catholic-traditionalist-classics-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}