Ah, but it’s precisely the “traditiones quas antiquitus a patribus suscepimus” that I’m upholding. 
If “change is by itself detrimental” you must really abhor the iota subscript and semi-colon.
But secundum quid change can be beneficial, when the benefit that accompanies change is so great that it compensates for the intrinsic detriment of change. 
Of course, I think that the introduction of the iota subscript and semi-colon fits the definition. On the contrary, removing them now would only bring great anguish, grief, and despair! What a loss for humanity!
You were parodying the monks who wouldn’t let go of their “mumpsimus,” right?
We Italian monks stick to our busillis.
Mi pare che non siamo ancora arrivati al capo di questo busillis