In the begining there was only the son of God His name was Jesus
Sea of Galilee
"Why did Jesus preach in Galilee? Although it was his birthplace and childhood home, the remote province was far from the center of power in Jerusalem. To succeed, a reform movement has to find and grip the levers of power."
"Yet here we are today, with Galilee playing a central role in our understanding of the birth of Christianity."
"To many, the name Galilee evokes images of Jesus’ childhood and early ministry. What was Galilee actually like in Jesus’ day?"
"In recent years, based on archaeological evidence, it seemed that many Galilean's were gentiles, whether Greeks, Romans, Phoenician's, Arabs or others."
"But although Greco-Roman culture was certainly a part of Galilean life in Jesus’ time, the region’s cultural milieu must be dated very carefully, for it changed quite considerably from period to period. It appears the Galilee in Jesus’ time it was not so permeated by Greco-Roman culture as some scholars have previously proposed."
"In fact, the current archaeological evidence suggests that the area was largely Jewish in the the early first century . Jesus walked the land not as a stranger, but as a member of the dominant culture."
"The study of Jesus’ Galilee—and why he preached there, instead of in Jerusalem—fleshes out our mental picture of his ministry and enhances our understanding of it."
Source: Biblical Archeological Society
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The practical conclusion of this "striking departure" was summarized in the Brief Critical Study:
It is evident that the Novus Ordo has no intention of presenting the Faith as taught by the Council of Trent, to which, nonetheless, the Catholic conscience is bound forever. With the promulgation of the Novus Ordo, the loyal Catholic is thus faced with a most tragic alternative."
Consequently, we can see the justification given by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (who actually chaired the Critical Study's committee) for his (and his priestly society's) fidelity to the traditional Roman Mass:
How can I agree to abandon the Mass of All Time or to admit to place it at the same level as the Novus Ordo, created by Annibale Bugnini, with the participation of Protestants to make of it an equivocal supper that eliminates totally the Offertory, and touches the very words of the Consecration?"
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