Catholic Liturgical Rites
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In the Roman Catholic Church there is a multiplicity of Liturgical Rites which refers to the whole complex of the services of a Church.[1]
They usually divided into a Western (Latin) tradition and an Eastern (Greek) tradition.
[edit] Western (Latin) tradition
- Roman Rite, whose historical forms are usually classified as follows
- Pre-Tridentine Mass (the various pre-1570 forms)
- Tridentine Mass (1570-1970, still in restricted use)
- Mass of Paul VI (the post-1970 form)
- Anglican Use (restricted to formerly Anglican congregations)
- Ambrosian Rite (in Milan, Italy and neighbouring areas)
- Aquileian Rite (defunct: northeastern Italy)
- Durham Rite (defunct: Durham, England)
- Gallican Rite (defunct: 'Gaul' i.e. France)
- Mozarabic Rite (in Toledo and Salamanca, Spain)
- Celtic Rite (defunct: British Isles)
- Sarum Rite (defunct: England)
- Use of York (defunct: England)
- Catholic Order Rites (generally defunct)
[edit] Eastern liturgical rites
- Alexandrian liturgical tradition
- Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
- Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
- Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition (very uniform except in language)
[edit] References
- ^ Rites - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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