Droga do „Summorum Pontificum”. Kolejne regulacje Kościoła w zakresie dostępu do tradycyjnych obrzędów liturgicznych rytu rzymskiego w świetle oceny teologicznej i filozoficznej

Abstract

The paper attempts to reconstruct access conditions for the traditional liturgy of the Roman Rite against a background of subsequent documents that specify the circumstances in which the unreformed Holy Mass may be celebrated. The article offers an assessment of three most important documents that set out the principles and conditions for the celebration of the traditional liturgy: Summorum Pontificum, Quattuor Abhinc Annos and Ecclesia Dei. As the study demonstrates, access to the unreformed Holy Mass rite was gradually extended and facilitated though the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei introduced no serious changes in this respect. However, even Benedict XVI’s document did not grant the faithful complete access to the entire liturgical tradition of the Roman Catholic Church as there are still certain customs and ceremonies that cannot be preserved and celebrated under the present regulations.