Was the Latin Mass completely in Latin?

[ProVobis]

hello,

Keirie Eilesia (spelling?), Christie Eilesia, is Greek, not Latin.

Κύριε ἐλέησον would be the Greek. Greeks weren’t too enamored with the Roman alphabet.

 

[waterbender]

Κύριε ἐλέησον would be the Greek. Greeks weren’t too enamored with the Roman alphabet.

thanks ProVobis!
you’d think a former Orthodox would know how to spell Greek. lol

 

[John_Lilburne]

From the April 2011 Instruction of Ecclesia Dei at vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/documents/rc_com_ecclsdei_doc_20110430_istr-universae-ecclesiae_en.html:
“26. As foreseen by article 6 of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the readings of the Holy Mass of the Missal of 1962 can be proclaimed either solely in the Latin language, or in Latin followed by the vernacular or, in Low Masses, solely in the vernacular.”

So I suspect this is what happened before as well.

 

[ProVobis]

From the April 2011 Instruction of Ecclesia Dei at vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/documents/rc_com_ecclsdei_doc_20110430_istr-universae-ecclesiae_en.html:
“26. As foreseen by article 6 of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the readings of the Holy Mass of the Missal of 1962 can be proclaimed either solely in the Latin language, or in Latin followed by the vernacular or, in Low Masses, solely in the vernacular.”

So I suspect this is what happened before as well.

Not to my knowledge. There was no vernacular allowed in the Mass itself prior to 1963, Low Mass or otherwise. That said, it was generally accepted after the 2007 SP that readings (Epistle and Gospel) could be in vernacular only (translation copyrights honored) at the discretion of the priest at both the EF Sung Mass and the EF Low Mass. Now that has been clarified to Low Mass only, though it must be remembered that the Low Mass is the “quiet” Mass so basically it still behooves the priest to do the readings in vernacular(s) at the sermon. (I put the plural in there as some Latin Masses are said in bilingual communities.)

 

[laszlo]

Not to my knowledge. There was no vernacular allowed in the Mass itself prior to 1963,

At least on Sundays the priest read the Gospel and said a sermon in vernacular, and on dialog Masses the lector and/or the faithful recited some texts in vernacular. The rule was that the priest had to recite the full text in Latin. This was so even if the choir sung the Ordinary in Latin.

 

[mariafransisca1]

Yes,
You can watch the beautiful latin rite of the mass on youtube. Just type Tridentine Mass to see what it’s like

youtube.com/watch?v=enWiFcsBqIE

 

[Chatter163]

From the April 2011 Instruction of Ecclesia Dei at vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/documents/rc_com_ecclsdei_doc_20110430_istr-universae-ecclesiae_en.html:
“26. As foreseen by article 6 of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the readings of the Holy Mass of the Missal of 1962 can be proclaimed either solely in the Latin language, or in Latin followed by the vernacular or, in Low Masses, solely in the vernacular.”

So I suspect this is what happened before as well.

In some European countries, this had been a known practice, not as much in the U.S.

BTW, the above link only took me to the homepage of the Vatican website, and not to the specific document. While I was able to find the document elsewhere on the internet, would you be able to repost the above link in a text form, without the hyperlink? Then perhaps we can cut and paste it into our browzer. Thanks.