Earlier this year I posted on the question of defining "traditional Catholicism", particularly in the light of Summorum Pontificum (see here, here and, more as background, here).
Jackie Parkes has a post which attempts to answer this question. As I argued, the "traditional Catholic" should not now, post Summorum Pontificum, define their position by referring to an adherence to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite rather than to the ordinary form. However, as a matter of phenomenology, that kind of defining of the "traditional Catholic" does still seem to be prevalent, both among "traditional Catholics" themselves and among others. While Jackie's post does not contain a precise definition, it does nevertheless delineate the phenomenon in a useful way.
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You are right Joe..no precise info just opening the debate..
I think that more than one of the religious orders or movements attached to the extraordinary form have received recognition of their statutes by the Holy See. I wonder whether the contents of these statutes shed light on the question of defining "traditional Catholicism"?
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