The Tridentine Mass, also known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the usus antiquior, the Vetus Ordo, the Traditional Latin Mass, or the Traditional Rite, is the form of Mass found in the R
Elevation of the chalice after the consecration during a Solemn Mass celebrated by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter
A Roman Rite Catholic altar set up ready for a solemn mass. Leaning against the tabernacle and two of the candlesticks are altar cards (sometimes associated with the Tridentine manner of celebrating the Mass).
Missale Romanum in Croatian Glagolitic script printed in 1483
Elevation of the Chalice during consecration at a missa cantata
Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before t
Tridentine Mass
…adjusted by successive popes, and most recently restricted by Pope Francis's motu proprio Traditionis custodes in 2021. This has been controversial among traditionalist Catholics. The term "Tridentine Mass" applies to celebrations in accordance with the successive editions of the Roman Missal whose title attribute them to the…
Tridentine Mass in a chapel of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Palm Sunday 2009
Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, erected in 1700 and still used today. It faces both east and versus populum (towards the people).
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy