Editing Tridentine Mass (section)

===Pope John Paul II===
In 1984, the [[Holy See]] sent a letter known as ''[[Quattuor abhinc annos]]'' to the presidents of the world's [[Episcopal Conference]]s. This document empowered diocesan bishops to authorise, on certain conditions, celebrations of the Tridentine Mass for priests and laypeople who requested them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adoremus.org/Quattuorabhincannos.html |title=English translation of ''Quattuor abhinc annos'' |access-date=2004-09-01 |archive-date=2004-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825175334/http://www.adoremus.org/Quattuorabhincannos.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1988, following the excommunication of Archbishop [[Marcel Lefebvre]] and the four bishops consecrated by him, the Pope issued the ''[[motu proprio]]'' ''[[Ecclesia Dei]]'', which stated that "respect must everywhere be shown for the feelings of all those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition". The Pope urged bishops to give "a wide and generous application" to the provisions of ''Quattuor abhinc annos'', and established the [[Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei|Pontifical Commission ''Ecclesia Dei'']] to oversee relations between Rome and Traditionalist Catholics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html|title=Ecclesia Dei (July 2, 1988) &#124; John Paul II|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>