Quattuor abhinc annos is the incipit of a letter that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments sent on 3 October 1984 to presidents of episcopal conferences concerning
Tridentine Low Mass by a priest wearing a maniple on his left arm, Szydłowiec, Poland
Summorum Pontificum Cura is an Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI decreed on 7 July 2007.
Quattuor abhinc annos
…only for public celebration. Pope Benedict XVI revoked the directives on 7 July 2007, replacing them with the norms enunciated in his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. Preconciliar rites after the Second Vatican Council…
A pre-1969 Roman Rite altar with reredos. A main altar was usually preceded by three steps, below which were said the prayers at the foot of the altar. Side altars usually had only one step.
Low Mass celebrated at the Chapel of the Dawn Gate in Wilno (Vilnius). Interior in 1864.
Assisted mass by missal 1962 (Prague)
Pope Benedict XVI, Berlin – 2011 cropped