Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.
Q: Does the use of the Tridentine Mass presume that the celebrant and/or congregation understands the Latin language? How do they translate rationabilem acceptabilemque? Is it important to know what the original text intended or not? – J.K., Crown Point, Indiana
A: This question left me somewhat nonplussed, not because it is not a good question, but because it can be answered from so many viewpoints that I hardly know where to start.