There was, and remains, no way of demonstrating to these practitioners or their enablers that they are a hopeless incongruity thrust into divine worship.
Everyone is an ultramontaine when they like the guy. Else, not so much.
But then I say: watch the video. Is this basso continuo done by a skilled lutenist? Is it a classical guitar arrangement of one of JS Bach's great keyboard works? Or is it pop music at a papal liturgy?
Not only is beauty resistible, it is purposefully spurned by many.
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