James Hunt wrote in 1642:

     For henceforth no man shall need the Universities,
     For to learn the wisedom of the wise;
     For there are very few mysteries in the Gospel 
          that be so strong
     But they may be unfolded by the plaine
          true English tongue. (79)

     At the present time the concern among Catholic liturgists 
about the question of the mass in English, is utterly confused 
by the new media such as movie, radio, and TV. For the social 
role and function of a vernacular are constantly being shifted 
by the means of interrelating it to private life. Thus the 
question of the mass in English today is as confused as the role 
of English in religion and politics in the sixteenth century.