We have had a poll going for a while on what we might best all Holy Mass according to the 1962 typical edition of the Missale Romanum.
Distinguished frequent reader and commenter Henry suggested that we have a run off between the top choices according to the poll.
Here were the final results when I closed the primary.
What should we call Holy Mass according to the 1962 Missal?
- Tridentine Mass – 420 – 19%
- classical Mass – 45 – 2%
- Latin Mass – 55 – 3%
- pre-Conciliar Mass – 16 – 1%
- Mass of all time 60 – 3%
- the true Mass 74 – 3%
- extraordinary form/use (forma extraodinaria) – 394 – 18%
- usus antiquior – 109 – 5%
- vetus ordo – 52 – 2%
- older form of Mass – 73 – 3%
- Mass of Bl. John XXIII – 167 – 8%
- immemorial Mass – 16 – 1%
- Mass of St. Pius V – 35 – 2%
- traditional Mass – 143 – 7%
- Johannine Mass – 21 – 1%
- Traditional Latin Mass or TLM – 498 – 23%
Total Votes: 2184 Started: 21 September 2007
Here is our run-off between the top three results. I took only those which garnered double-digit percentages.
I humbly request other bloggers to link to this, so that we can obtain richer results.
Remember: There is no right or wrong term. Just choose from among these three the better of the three choices.
I will leave this open for voting for one week, till 4 October:
