The Latin Mass Explained: Everything Needed to Understand and Appreciate the Traditional Latin Mass : Albatross Publishers : 9781946963345 : 1946963348 : 24 Feb 2020 : Facsimile of 1920 Edition. Originally published with the title: The Mass: The Eucharistic Service of the Catholic Church... The term "Latin Mass" is frequently used to denote the Tridentine Mass, that is, the Roman Rite liturgy of the Mass celebrated in Latin and in accordance with the successive editions of the Roman Missal published between 1570 and 1962. Neither the Second Vatican Council nor the subsequent revision of the Roman Missal abolished Latin as the liturgical language of the Roman Rite: the official text of the Roman Missal, on which translations into vernacular languages are to be based, continues to be in Latin, and Latin can still be used in the celebration. The author attempts to explain the rituals and symbolism of the Latin Mass in part to explain its mysteries and also to encourage participation. "T