Novus ordo missae

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The term Novus ordo missæ ("new order of the Mass") is used by critics of the liturgical reform in the Roman Catholic Church in the 20th century in relation to the liturgical reform of the Holy Mass in the course of the Second Vatican Council in the Roman rite . The term Novus ordo missae is not used by the Church, but rather has a pejorative character.

Traditionalist position

According to the teaching of the Church, the Roman Missal ( Missale Romanum ) from 1969 , just like the Roman Missal from 1962, follows the liturgical norm of the fathers , i.e. the oldest Roman tradition. Traditionalist groups, however, emphasize the novelty of the Order of Measurement introduced with the Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum of April 3, 1969, in order to express that the liturgical reform of Pope Paul VI. broke with tradition and introduced an inadmissible innovation. From their point of view, there are serious differences between the Missale Romanum of 1962 and that of 1969. They assume a discontinuity; of an old rite, which they called the only Roman Catholic rite, and a new rite that arose from the Protestant spirit.

To refer to the proper form of the Roman Rite and the current edition of the Roman Missal , traditionalists use the terms Roman Rite and Roman Missal . In order to refer to an earlier edition of the missal or to distinguish between different editions of the Roman missal, it is customary to state when the respective missal was published as Editio typica , e.g. Roman missal from 1962 . The term Tridentine Mass is also used.

Statement by Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI declared in a speech to the staff of the Curia on December 22nd, 2005 that he rejected an interpretation of the last council under the central concept of discontinuity, the "break". The Church has preserved and deepened its true nature and identity. She “was and is the same one, holy, catholic and apostolic church before and after the council”.

In the letter accompanying the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum , Pope Benedict XVI. on July 7th, 2007 that of course Pope Paul VI. published and . John Paul II newly published Missal , the ordinary form ( forma ordinaria was) the liturgy of the Mass and stay. This contrasts with the version of the Roman Missal that preceded the council as an extraordinary form ( forma extraordinaria ). It is therefore not appropriate to speak of two rites, rather it is a question of a double use of one and the same rite.

Position of Pope Francis

In 2017, Pope Francis made it clear that the liturgical reform after the Second Vatican Council was irreversible. As early as November 2016, the Pope said that there was no “reform of the reform”. In 2019, at the general assembly of the members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments, he warned against “sterile ideological polarizations” in questions of the liturgy.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cover letter from Benedict XVI. to Summorum Pontificum on the website of the German Bishops' Conference (pdf; 123 kB)
  2. ^ Pope Francis: Liturgical reform irreversible. No going back to the old Latin mass . In: domradio.de . Educational organization of the Archdiocese of Cologne eV. August 24, 2017. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Alte Messe" will remain an exception in the future. Pope: No withdrawal of the liturgical reform . In: kathisch.de . November 10, 2016. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ Tobias Glenz: Francis warns against ideologizing the worship service. Pope on liturgy: Neither do it yourself nor flee in the past! . In: kathisch.de . February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.