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--"Yves Chiron's incredible work reads like a novel and is one of the best introductions to the detailed history of the reform of the Latin rite."--FR. MATTHEW S. C. OLVER, Nashotah House Theological Seminary

--"Chiron's study is invaluable for anyone interested in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council and the history of the liturgical reform."--THOMAS CATTOI, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

In this book, French historian Yves Chiron turns his attention to one of the most influential figures of 20th-century Catholicism Annibale Bugnini, guiding spirit of liturgical reform in the period surrounding the Second Vatican Council. Highly controversial in his day, and down to the present, Bugnini has attracted high praise from his disciples and vilification from his detractors--but all agree that without his energetic organizational skills and access to the levers of power, the most extensive overhaul of the Roman Catholic liturgy in the history of the Church would not have taken place as it did.

Yet who was Bugnini, really? What were his formative experiences, personal ideals, intellectual assumptions, practical aims? How did he accomplish so much in so short a time? Why, after such a singular collaboration with Pope Paul VI, did he suddenly fall from grace and suffer exile? Should he be remembered as liturgiae amator et cultor, lover and servant of the liturgy (his epitaph), or as the éminence grise of an unscrupulous reinvention of Catholic worship? Can we cut through the legendary, the polemical, and the partisan, to arrive at a clear portrait of the man and his work? Until now, there has been no biography that makes extensive use of all available documentary sources, including Bugnini's own memoirs, Vatican publications, private correspondence, interviews, articles, and lectures. The present book has filled this lacuna with the scholarly care and dispassionate analysis for which the author's books are praised at all points on the ecclesiastical spectrum.

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"If you are interested in Vatican II this is a must read whether if you are a Religious or Laity.
Many names are listed which are necessary from a historical point, but what is revealing in this book is the process that gave us Vatican II.
The original intentions of the many, many committees were to bring the Mass "alive" and closer to the time of Justin Martyr, especially to the parishioners who were uneducated. Unfortunately once the barn door is open for reform, the people involved think that their particular cause or horse in the race, is now paramount. So in their minds, if something is mentioned in discussion, that means it must need reform.
It was never the Pope's intention for what was to become a run away stampede of reform. Many Religious took unbridled license were no license was given.
Please read Forward and Author's Preface to get full picture."

Product details Paperback 214 pages Publisher Angelico Press (November 26, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 162138411X

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Annibale Bugnini Reformer of the Liturgy Yves Chiron John Pepino Alcuin Reid 9781621384113 Books Reviews

• I wrote a long review of this book over at Catholic World Report from which I am drawing this review.
  
  "Archbishop Bugnini, was the Italian Vincentian who served as the influential secretary of the Consilium ad exsequendam Constiutionem de Sacra Liturgia (the Committee for the Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy). Chiron’s work is both a biography of Bugnini and a succinct overview of the Consilium’s work in implementing and imposing the liturgical reform that gave us the Novus Ordo and the current Liturgy of the Hours.
  
  Chiron’s work is equal parts impressive and depressing. It is impressive because Chiron avoids both polarizing starting points and conclusions, shows a great command of the primary sources, and in under 200 pages gives a succinct overview of the Consilium’s work. Chiron’s biography is a sober, objective, and well-researched account. His Bugnini is no bogeyman.
  
  It is depressing because the book gives an unvarnished window into the political machinations, processes, and frequent failings behind the liturgical reform. In reading Chiron’s book, one understands at a deep level Joseph Ratzinger’s trenchant but charitable critiques of the post-Vatican II liturgical reform."
  
  Buy this book so you know how we got here and how we can avoid making these mistakes again and restore the great liturgy of the Church.
• This book achieves a wonderful balance between biography and history, which allows the reader to view Bugnini both as a person and in his historical context as part of the liturgical movement. It starts with a good overview of the early liturgical movement and ends with the chaos and iconoclastic madness of the 60s and 70s, culminating with Bugnini's banishment to Iran. Well organized and easy to read, this short book is packed with information about Bugnini and many other well-known characters from Vatican II and the liturgical movement. It does a good job tracing the origins of the liturgical tinkering that exploded after Vatican II to Pius X, and one is left with the impression that perhaps this is the crack from which the smoke of Satan entered temple of God. Pius XII's liturgical shortcoming are also laid bare. This may be difficult for some to accept, but the author makes a fairly compelling case.
  
  For lovers of the Ancient Rite, this book can be difficult to read at times. There are detailed descriptions of these conceited men savaging the most precious treasures of the Church. I imagine I would feel the same way if I were to witness someone destroy the Pietà with an angle grinder while proclaiming he was improving the statue. The book shows how quickly things spiralled out of control. The author seems to suggest the blame rests primarily with Paul VI, as he was probably in the best position to stop everything.
  
  The book is concise, and the tone is measured and avoids the polemics found in many other books on the subject. This is a great book that shows how we got where we are today.
  
  The only criticism I have is the author's rather myopic claim that the text of Sacrosanctum Concilium "wants Latin to remain the liturgical language." (p. 93). SC n. 36 2-4 plainly allows for virtually unlimited use of the vernacular subject only to the limits of the "competent territorial ecclesiastical authority . . . [and] confirmed, by the Apostolic See." It's time to recognize and acknowledge these documents are seriously flawed and contain far too many ambiguities and loopholes. The book would benefit from a less selective reading of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
• If you are interested in Vatican II this is a must read whether if you are a Religious or Laity.
  Many names are listed which are necessary from a historical point, but what is revealing in this book is the process that gave us Vatican II.
  The original intentions of the many, many committees were to bring the Mass "alive" and closer to the time of Justin Martyr, especially to the parishioners who were uneducated. Unfortunately once the barn door is open for reform, the people involved think that their particular cause or horse in the race, is now paramount. So in their minds, if something is mentioned in discussion, that means it must need reform.
  It was never the Pope's intention for what was to become a run away stampede of reform. Many Religious took unbridled license were no license was given.
  Please read Forward and Author's Preface to get full picture.
• I really don't know what all the buzz is about with this book. It is dry and the author really paints a boring, middle-of-the-road picture of a larger than life figure. I understand the need for balance with a topic that is very incendiary. But I thought that this was a pretty thin treatment of Bugnini. There is nothing here that students of 20th century liturgical reform don't already know. Furthermore, it failed to clarify what eveyone really wants to know -- why, ultimately, was he exiled to Iran?
• I first heard of this book on the blog, “The New Liturgical Movement.” It’s well written and gives a fair perspective into Bugnini and some of the goings on behind the scenes of why the liturgy is shaped in the Novus Ordo as it is. It may be controversial, but it’s one of the few books out there that speak about this. It will be discussed well into the future and should be read by all, whether one favors the Traditional Latin Mass or the Novus Ordo.