{"product_id":"the-torn-tunic-letter-of-a-catholic-on-the-liturgical-reform-catholic-traditionalist-classics-hardcover","title":"The Torn Tunic: Letter of a Catholic on the \"liturgical Reform\" (Catholic Traditionalist Classics) - Hardcover","description":"\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 Rome in 1967. It was described in the Italian press as a literary atomic bomb, or \u003cem\u003epyrobolus atomicus\u003c\/em\u003e--a term found in the Italian-Latin dictionary of Cardinal Bacci, who had served four popes in the drawing up of major documents, and who contributed a daring foreword to Casini's \u003cem\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/em\u003e against the vulgarization of Catholic liturgy in the name of \"reform.\" Representing both the common man and the educated of his day, Casini spares nothing and no one in his defense of cherished traditions and his critique of utopian innovations. Although the process of relentless \u003cem\u003eaggiornamento\u003c\/em\u003e churned on inexorably in spite of such protests, Casini's work stands today as both a powerfully moving record of the struggles of the early traditionalist movement, caught by surprise in the maelstrom of Montini's pontificate, and an exemplary exercise of the \u003cem\u003eparrhesia\u003c\/em\u003e or boldness that belongs to the baptized in Christ. \u003cem\u003eThe Torn Tunic\u003c\/em\u003e was in its day a testimonial of profound love for tradition in the face of callous contempt; for readers over half a century later, it reads like a prophecy of better days to come, when the same tradition, surviving against all odds, would be rediscovered by new generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495870169376,"sku":"9781621386445","price":37.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/b0cd502004c981dabcb2304e90a257fe.webp?v=1776530015","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-torn-tunic-letter-of-a-catholic-on-the-liturgical-reform-catholic-traditionalist-classics-hardcover","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}