Is the Tridentine Mass Valid?
Sometimes the Term "Tridentine Mass" Is Applied Restrictively to Masses in Which the Final 1962 Edition of the Tridentine Roman Missal Is Used, the Only...
Sometimes the term "Tridentine Mass" is applied restrictively to Masses in which the final 1962 edition of the Tridentine Roman Missal is used, the only edition still authorized, under certain conditions, as an extraordinary form of the Roman-Rite Mass. Some speak of this form of Mass as "the Latin Mass".
Was the Tridentine Mass banned?
The 16th-century Tridentine Mass was replaced after the Second Vatican Council with a new standard version approved in 1970. Nevertheless, some traditionalists insisted on celebrating it and rejected the new version as a corruption.
Is Latin Mass allowed?
The Second Vatican Council document Sacrosanctum Concilium authorized the bishops to use the vernacular more in the mass and in administering sacraments and sacramentals. ... Celebrants are allowed to use Latin celebrating the Mass of Paul VI.