Ummm, why does the world think that the Church is irrelevant and has got its head in the clouds so much it's no earthly use? Answer: language such as 'repristinate' a theological concept from G K Chesterton who gives this example: If you leave a white (fence) post alone, it will soon be a black post. If you particularly want it to be white, you must be always painting it again.
ie you can't leave things alone and expect them to stay the same - quite a good concept, but isn't there a better way of putting it?
remodelled? repatterned? recreated? redone? remade? reanything?
'I found this concept in a book on leadership, Certain Trumpets by Garry Wills. In order for a tradition to be worth passing to another generation, Wills says, you must repristinate it, "restore it to its original state or condition."' http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/1999/spring/9l2022.html
He quotes G.K. Chesterton: "Conservativism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone, you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone, you leave it to a torrent of changes. If you leave a white (fence) post alone, it will soon be a black post. If you particularly want it to be white, you must be always painting it again. Briefly, if you want the old white post, you must have a new white post."
What people celebrate as tradition is usually a thing that's been blackened by time. "All things that resist change are changed by that resistance in ways undesired and undesirable," says Wills. "The tradition must be repristinated if it is to be worth following."
