But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you.” 1

“And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven”2

“This ordinance applies henceforth, now, and forever, throughout all the provinces of the Christian world,”3

“let Masses not be sung or read according to any other formula than that of this Missal [the 1570 Missal] published by Us”4

“We grant and concede in perpetuity that, for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whatsoever, this Missal [the 1570 Missal] is hereafter to be followed absolutely”5

“this present document [the constitutional document, not the 1570 Missal] cannot be revoked or modified, but remain always valid and retain its full force”6

“Therefore, no one whosoever is permitted to alter this notice of Our permission, statute, ordinance, command, precept, grant, indult, declaration, will, decree, and prohibition. Would anyone, however, presume to commit such an act, he should know that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.”7

“I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you.”

“ In order that the Christian people may more certainly derive an abundance of graces from the sacred liturgy, holy Mother Church desires to undertake with great care a general restoration of the liturgy itself. For the liturgy is made up of immutable elements divinely instituted, and of elements subject to change.”

“Finally, there must be no innovations unless the good of the Church genuinely and certainly requires them”

  1. St John 16:12-13
  2.  St Matthew 16:19
  3. The apostolic constitution Quo Primum 1570 AD para 3
  4.  ibid para 3
  5.  ibid para 7
  6.  ibid para 7
  7.  ibid para 9
  8.  St John 16:12-13
  9. A ‘general restoration’ by definition relates exclusively to something existing and never produces something new.
  10. Sacrosanctum Concilium para 21
  11.  ibid para 23