Editing Mass of Paul VI (section)

== Names ==

In its official documents, the Catholic Church identifies the forms of the Roman Rite Mass by the editions of the Roman Missal used in celebrating them. Thus [[Pope Benedict XVI]] referred to this form of the Roman Rite Mass by linking it, in his {{lang|la|[[motu proprio]] [[Summorum Pontificum]]}} of 7 July 2007, with "the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1970"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20070707_summorum-pontificum.html|title=Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on the "Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970" (July 7, 2007) &#124; BENEDICT XVI|website=w2.vatican.va}}</ref> or, in his accompanying letter of the same date to the bishops of the church, "the Missal published by Paul VI and then republished in two subsequent editions by John Paul II".<ref name="BXVIletter070707">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070707_lettera-vescovi.html|title=Letter to the Bishops that accompanies the Apostolic Letter "Motu Proprio data" Summorum Pontificum on the Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970 (July 7, 2007) &#124; BENEDICT XVI|website=w2.vatican.va | date = 7 July 2007 | access-date = 12 August 2019}}</ref>

The now less frequently used names 'Mass of Paul VI' and 'Pauline Mass' refer to [[Pope Paul VI]], who promulgated the first edition (which was followed by later editions promulgated by [[Pope John Paul II]]).

In his letter to bishops which accompanied his 2007 {{lang|la|motu proprio [[Summorum Pontificum]]}}, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] wrote that "the Missal published by Paul VI and then republished in two subsequent editions by John Paul II, obviously is and continues to be the normal Form – the {{lang|la|Forma ordinaria}} – of the Eucharistic Liturgy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070707_lettera-vescovi_en.html|title=Letter to the Bishops that accompanies the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum|publisher=Vatican.va|access-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> Since then, the term ''Ordinary Form'' (abbreviated OF) is used to distinguish this form of the Roman Rite of Mass from the 1962 edition of the [[Tridentine Mass]], the ''Extraordinary Form'' (EF), because in his {{lang|la|motu proprio}} Pope Benedict declared the latter an "extraordinary form" of the Roman Rite.<ref name="BXVIletter070707" /> [[Pope Francis]] further emphasized the importance of the Ordinary Form in this capacity with his 2021 {{lang|la|motu proprio [[Traditionis custodes]]}}, referring to it as "the unique expression of the {{lang|la|[[lex orandi]]}} of the [[Roman Rite]]."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" by the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Traditionis custodes" on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reform of 1970, 16 July 2021 {{!}} Francis|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>