Extraordinary Form

See also: extraordinary form

English

Alternative forms

• extraordinary form

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin forma extraordinaria, coined by Benedict XVI in 2007 in Summorum pontificum, which referred to the Tridentine Mass as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Proper noun

the Extraordinary Form

1. (Roman Catholicism) The Tridentine liturgy according to the rubrics in force shortly before the Second Vatican Council.
   • 2013, The Liturgy Documents: Supplemental Documents for Parish Worship, Devotions, Formation and Catechesis, volume 4, page 642:

     As noted above, communities adhering to the extraordinary form follow the calendar in force in 1962.

   • 2017, Matthew Arnold, Confessions of a Traditional Catholic, page 173:

     But what about the Extraordinary Form? How is the Traditional liturgy enriched by the New Mass?

   • 2018, Kevin M. Irwin, Context and Text: A Method for Liturgical Theology‎, revised edition:

     It needs to be admitted that Benedict XVI, in his letter to bishops accompanying the motu proprio, also noted something not asserted in prior documents, namely, that many young people are attracted to the Extraordinary Form and should not be denied its celebration.

Synonyms

• EF (initialism)

Coordinate terms

• Ordinary Form