Novus Ordo en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnəʊ.vəs ˈɔːdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈnɒ.vəs ˈɔːdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Ellipsis of Ecclesiastical Latin Novus Ōrdō Missae (“New Order of the Mass”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.
A Catholic may consider the Novus Ordo banal, but he may not proclaim that the new rite is invalid.
2004, Michael Daniel, “What Constitutes a Valid Consecration?”, in CatholicCulture.org:I’ve heard many make the case that the Novus Ordo actually more closely resembles the Mass of the first 1000 years of Church history than the recent practice of the Tridentine (Latin) Masses. Surely Jesus didn’t speak Latin at the Last Supper. But many others point out that what has become of the Novus Ordo Mass was not what was originally intended either.
2019, Matthew Warner, “Which is Better: Latin Mass or Novus Ordo?”, in National Catholic Register:[…] the material in the interview indicated to me that he’s celebrating a Novus Ordo Mass in Latin.
2006, The Catholic World Report, volume 16:
Deriveds
Synonyms
Ordinary Form · OF · Bogus Ordo · NO