In the Papal Encyclical of Pope Pius V, entitled Quo Primum, promulgating the Tridentine liturgy, we have to tread carefully from the point of view of doctrine, for it is an infallible teaching if it is referring to the context of divine revelations. Papal infallibility has not been used in these situations for deciding whether to permit or prohibit something is not a matter of divine revelation but rather of pastoral and disciplinary considerations. Therefore, we must carefully separate this.
In my opinion, the decree of Pope Pius V in promulgating the Tridentine Liturgy is not infallible. It is highly authoritative of him to express his sentiments of the beauty and solemn celebration of the liturgy. The reason that I believe a Pope and his successors shouldn't forbid this expression of the Holy Mass is because of this greatest reverence. If it was deemed by Pope Pius V and his predecessors that the Tridentine Rite of the Holy Mass is reverent and coherent to the principles of the traditions of the Church, it is appalling that it is being regarded as invalid today.
It is within the characteristics of the Petrine Ministry of the Pope to hand over that which he has received. The Church had never prohibited the centuries-old Tridentine Liturgy's celebration.
We sincerely hope that no Pope would ever contradict his predecessors because doing so would be a complete abuse of authority.
Similar to this, when Pope Paul VI prohibited the celebration of the ancient rite, priests and bishops at the time held a clandestine Traditional Holy Mass. John Paul II approved the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in 1984 after a lay organization by the name of Una Voce requested permission from the Holy See. If this is conceivable, even with the restrictions we currently face, God will grant his Church a Pope who can remedy this profound injustice towards the principles of Roman Catholic tradition.
The Roman church has served as a model for faithfully upholding the traditions of our forefathers for two thousand years, except for the last 50 years. The traditions of the Roman Catholic Church will always continue because it is a gift from God. Even though the principles of tradition have been buried throughout this period, it must continue, and I trust it will soon regain its rightful place in the Church.
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