It has suddenly occurred to me what the 'Tridentine' Mass should be called.
Actually, Tridentine is not a bad term. The revision was mandated by Trent. I don't suppose many of us really like 'Extraordinary Form'; we see the Holy Father's skill at work here, reassuring his timorous Venerable Brethren - but we wish it were not quite so Extra. Cardinal Castrillon's 'Gregorian Mass' is well-meant; but it doesn't distinguish this usage from other forms of Gregorian Mass, such as Dominican or Sarum. Usus Antiquior is quite nice, but some people aren't natural Latinists, poor things.
Vatican II said that changes in the Mass should be 'organic', and the old Mass certainly has evolved organically. And the word 'organic' is a good-vibes word in our society, pointing to what is wholesome and natural and would have been recognised by earlier generations. 'The Organic Mass'.
No? Ah well. Nobody ever takes anything I say seriously.
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was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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Fr John Hunwicke
was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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Organic sound rather like something from a supermarket.Certainly the EF is organic having evolved by a process of accretion since the time of St Gregory. In any case why be so concerned about the name so long as it is accurate.Tridentine does quite nicely.
What are we going to call the Mass in the Book of Divine Worship if an English (as opposed to an American) one is sanctioned for England?
"Ah well. Nobody ever takes anything I say seriously".
Really Father; feeling a little fragile this morning? Us 'virtual communicants' look to your good sense.
Anyway, to cheer you up, here is an Italian tongue twister on a 'Trent' theme:
'Trentatre Trentini entrarano dento Trento, tutti i trentatre trotteralando'
Thirty three people from Trent will enter Trent, everyone at the trot.
Pax!
It's also Real Ale, like the language of the BCP.
"Sustainably Developed Mass"
... Latin Mass?
- or Old Mass?
... as an afterthought, 'Organic Mass' for Sung Masses, 'Green Mass' for 'after Trinity' & 'Epiphany to Lent'...
In a particularly involved part of my thesis, I spent some time debating this with myself as I wrote about the local Ordinary of a certain Diocese and the Ordinary form of Mass as well as the ordinary objections from Ordinaries to the Extraordinary form and their preference for the Ordinary form.
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