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[No title] The Coptic Rite, which is situated primarily in Egypt, reunited with Rome in 1741 and uses the Coptic and Arabic languages in its liturgies. The Syrian Rite is located primarily in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Syria, with healthy communities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America, reunited with Rome in 1781 and uses the Syriac and Arabic languages in its liturgies. The Romanian Rite, centered in Romania with a significant population in the United States, reunited with Rome in 1697 and uses Modern Romanian in their liturgy; in 1948, they were forced to join the Romanian Orthodox Church in Romania, but since the fall of communism, the Catholic Romanian Rite has regained :independence. www.ewtn.com /library/LITURGY/FAMTREE.TXT   (1098 words)

Rites The essential elements of the public wcrship of the Church, in the Sacrifice of the Mass and the administration of the sacraments, are the same in all Catholic rites. The derived rites are: The Armenian, the Chaldean and the Maronite rites, The expansion of the Byzantine rite was intimately connected with the political ambitions of the Emperors, eager always to spread their 'Influence throughout the Balkan and Russian lands, to Syria, to Palestine, to Egypt and even to the coasts of Italy. ecah.homestead.com /rites.html   (1478 words)

The Divine Liturgy The Ethiopian rite is one of the oldest rites and is used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as by that group which is in full communion with the Church of Rome, The Ethiopian Catholic Church. The Ethiopian Rite is undoubtedly Alexandrian in origin, but it has undergone such an evolution that the actual form of the liturgy, so very distant from the original, seems on the point of assuming the dignity of an independent rite. The Rite of Preparation consists of the personal preparation of the celebrant as well as the preparation of the sacred vessels of the cult and of the altar. kidane-mehret.org /liturgy.html   (7388 words)

Alexandrian Craft One of the fundamental differences between Alexandrian and Gardnerian Craft is the approach to Secrecy. Rather, the Alexandrians tend to be less wary of newcomers. In hierarchical traditions such as Alexandrian and Gardnerian Craft, there exists usual and identifiable series of clothing and jewelry which serves to differentiate the various ranks of priests and priestesses. www.circe-argent.com /Alexandrian.htm   (479 words)

The Eastern Rite Church Although these Eastern Rites differ from the Western or Latin Rite in "rite" and liturgy, ecclesiastical discipline and Canon Law and spiritual traditions, they are fully part of the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership and pastoral care of the pope, the successor of St. Peter. The Syrian Rite is located primarily in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Syria, with healthy communities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America, reunited with Rome in 1781, and uses the Syriac and Arabic languages in its liturgies. The Romanian Rite, centered in Romania with a significant population in the United States, reunited with Rome in 1697 and use Modern Romanian in their liturgy; in 1948, they were forced to join the Romanian Orthodox Church in Romania, but since the fall of communism, the Catholic Romanian Rite has regained independence. www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0246.html   (2955 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) There are also Eastern Rite Catholics whose liturgy is similar to that of the Orthodox, and also allow married men to be ordained as priests, but who recognize the Roman Pope as the head of their church. However, in the Eastern rite married men are admitted as diocesan priests, but not as bishops or monastic priests; and on rare occasions married priests converting from other Christian groups have been permitted to be ordained in the Western rite. Historically, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Roman Rite (the "Tridentine Mass") was conducted entirely in ecclesiastical Latin; since the Second Vatican Council ("Vatican II") in the early 1960s, a new version of the Mass has been promulgated (Novus Ordo Missae), which is celebrated in the vernacular, or local languages. www.informationclub.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/catholicism.html   (4178 words)

An overview of the Rites of the Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) As Vicar of the universal Church, the Pope is shepherd of the rites of the West and the East. The eastern rites which have a separate code of canon law, are completely equal in dignity with the rites of the West. All the rites of the Catholic Church are of equal dignity and equally valid. www.mncuf.org /rites.htm   (1603 words)

Eastern Rites: A Family Tree The Armenian Rite, technically a distinct rite, derived from the Antiochene Rite and is an older form of the Byzantine Rite. The Byzantine Rite, the largest Eastern Rite, is based on the Rite of St. James of Jerusalem with the later reforms of St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom. The Georgian Rite, based in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, reunited with Rome in 1329, severed ties in 1507, then in 1917 broke with the Russian Orthodox Church and again reunited with Rome as the Georgian Byzantine Rite. www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0234.html   (1123 words)

Eastern Rite Churches These churches have retained their identity, and can be classified according to which of 5 rites to which they belong: Byzantine, Alexandrian, Antiochene (from which the Maronites and Syrians stem), Chaldean and Armenian. The Eastern Rite Churches are also called Eastern Rite Church (note the singular) and Eastern Catholic Church or Uniate Church. Eastern Rite Churches are organized by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, the pope serving as prefect, and a cardinal pro-prefect as chairman. i-cias.com /e.o/east_rite.htm   (623 words)

Byzantines.net - Byzantine Catholics Rite could also be defined as Christian faith developed throughout the centuries according to the culture and spirit of a particular people. Rite is a complete Catholic tradition as practiced and lived by a group of faithful within the Church. The rite of public worship took a form in every region which was more or less proper to the cultural development, sentiments and mentality of the faith in those places. www.byzantines.net /books/byzantinecatholics.htm   (12630 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) The whole rite was completed by what may be summed up under the term "the ablutions"; that is, the consumption by celebrant or deacons of anything remaining of the consecrated Bread and Wine, the cleansing of Chalice and Paten and he removal of the Altar cloth. Any intercession in Sarapion's Rite during the Anaphora cannot be a "native" element, for the told form of general intercessions for all classes is still in use and in the original place at the end of the preliminary synaxis. Probably, too, the example of the Eastern Rites transferring the intercessions from the early part of the Liturgy of the faithful to the Anaphora and the fact that the diptychs were also recited in the Anaphora (and in their case probably from the first) had some influence on it all.. www.reu.org /public/theological/litstd3.txt   (18901 words)

Eastern Rite Churches, Uniate Churches Eastern Rite churches are communities of eastern Christians in union with the Roman Catholic church. The Eastern Rite Churches are Eastern Christian churches consisting of five rites derived from ancient traditions of Christian churches in the East. The five rites are the Byzantine, Alexandrian, Antiochene, Chaldean, and Armenian. mb-soft.com /believe/txn/eastrite.htm   (820 words)

The Rites Of The Catholic Church Also, as a matter of record there are a number of other "so-called rites" known as 'historic rites of religious orders', which are not truly rites per se, but are mainly variations of the Latin Rite to which they belong. The Apostolic Exarchate for Catholics of Byzantine Rite in the Czech Republic was established by Pope John Paul II in his Bull of March 13, 1996. The first Catholics of the Byzantine rite in what was Yugoslavia were Serbians living in Croatian territory under Hungarian control in the early 17th century. credo.stormloader.com /ritesofc.htm   (402 words)

Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Other Catholics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) A rite is a liturgical, theological, spiritual, and disciplinary patrimony of a distinct people manifested in a Church. Interestingly enough, the Alexandrian patriarch is the only other patriarch to have the title of pope, and until the Council of Chalcedon, the see of Mark was second in primacy after Rome. The Ge'ez Ethiopian Rite is a variation of the Alexandrian Coptic Rite with Syriac and Jewish influence. www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=6636&longdesc   (5305 words)

catholicism The Eastern Rite Catholics, whose liturgy is similar to that of the Orthodox, allow married men to be ordained as priests, have their own hierarchies with Patriarchs as heads, and recognize the Roman Patriarch as the head of the whole Church. Holy Orders is the entering into the priesthood and involves a vow of chastity; the sacrament of Holy Orders is given in three degrees: that of the deacon (since Vatican II a permanent deacon may be married before becoming a deacon), that of the priest, and that of the bishop. Anointing of the Sick used to be known as "extreme unction" or the "last rites"; it involves the anointing of a sick person with a holy oil blessed specifically for that purpose and is no longer limited to the seriously ill or dying. www.findthelinks.com /religion/catholicism.htm   (1991 words)

The Byzantine Forum: Churches & Rites Rites arose from the customs and style of worship in what were then the four most important Christian centers, other than Jerusalem. The Maronite Rite is not cited in the CCEO as a distinct Rite. Beyond the codified definition of “Rite”, it should be further understood to be the collected liturgical patrimony or heritage by which a body of faithful conduct their religious life. www.byzcath.org /forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=66442   (8065 words)

The Temple: Library: Sex, Wicca and the Great Rite The Great Rite is a powerful and specific magical act that is difficult to perform and should not be performed lightly or, if you will excuse the expression, wantonly. The performance of the Great Rite is a necessary part of the Third Degree elevation ritual and this requires a that the candidate and the priest(ess) think very carefully about the way in which the Rite will be performed. Being unable to perform the Great Rite at all, even platonically, would be a bar to Third degree, though, considering that the ability to celebrate the Sacred Marriage is necessary to the degree. www.wildideas.net /temple/library/greatrite.html   (1441 words)

A Short History of the Mass, Excerpted The several rites evolved simultaneously within spheres of primary episcopal influence by which their milieu were established: in the East at Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem; in the West at Rome, and more independently among the Transalpine people of Spain and Gaul. The Alexandrian family comprise the liturgies used by the Coptic Church of Egypt and the Church of Ethiopia. In the Roman Rite it is divided, as is the commemoration of the Saints. www.westernorthodox.com /historymass   (4844 words)

Epiphany Byzantine Catholic Church, Roswell Georgia - Our Identity That is because canon law defines a "rite" as the liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary patrimony, culture and circumstances of history of a distinct people, by which its own manner of living the faith is manifested in each Church sui juris. On the other hand, the Byzantine rite (4) is shared by two ecclesial traditions, namely the Constantinoplitan and the Antiochene. The term "rite" is not employed to designate the community which must properly be called a church. www.byzantines.net /epiphany/ouridentity.htm   (438 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Alexandrian Rite Parts of the Coptic (or Egyptian) and Gu'ez (or Ethiopian) Churches. Antiochian, Jacobite or West - Syrian Rite The Maronite Church as a whole and parts of the Syrian and Syro - Malankara Churches. Armenian Rite Part of the Armenian Church Byzantin, Greek or Orthodox Rite Parts of the different Balkan Churches (Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek,...), of the East European Churches (Russian, Slavonian, Ukrainian,...) and of the Greek or Melkite Church in the Near East. www.geocities.com /beerke_beer/Oriental_Churches.html   (177 words)

Thanks to Rowan Moonstone, of Oklahoma City, for the following materials. Section One is a I was initiated into the Alexandrian rite of Wicca in 1968, and was made a 3rd degree high priest and magus in 1973. Now, in the Alexandrian rite, the "sign" of the 2nd degree is the inverted pentagram--the symbol of the Goat of Mendez, covering the seven bottom Sephirot of the Tree of Life. In our rite, the 2nd dgree is more male- oriented, and we are taught that to invoke power and prosperity on the earth plane, it was necessary to use inverted invoking pentagrams. www.skepticfiles.org /xhate/syn.htm   (3576 words)

Catholicism : Rites and sui juris churches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Each of the sui juris Churches uses one of the six major liturgical traditions (emanating from traditional Sees of historical importance), called a Rite; the major Rites are the Roman, Byzantine, Antiochene, Alexandrian, Chaldean, and Armenian Rites (there are also two minor Western Rites, the Ambrosian and Mozarabic Rites). The Roman Rite, being used by the Latin Church, is dominant throughout most of the world, being used by the vast majority of Catholics (approx. 98 per cent.); there were formerly many lesser Western Rites, but these were replaced by the Roman Rite by the Council of Trent's liturgical reforms. www.onelittleangel.com /wisdom/quotes/catholicism.asp?level=3   (180 words)

CPF - Peace, Justice and the Liturgy Professor Enrico Mazza of the Catholic University of Milan provided a historical overview of the development of liturgical rites within the Catholic church, noting that in its origins, Catholic liturgy was understood as a sacrament of unity and peace. Both the Alexandrian rite, Mazza argued, and the Roman canon point to peace as a specific fruit of the Eucharist, a point, he said, which should provide important direction for the church of today. Thomas Pott argued that part of the unfinished business of liturgical reform is not additional changes in the rites, but changes in the worshippers who are "liturgical subjects," so that the church's liturgical life becomes evermore a foretaste of the Reign of God. www.catholicpeacefellowship.org /nextpage.asp?m=2323   (769 words)

Rites of the Catholic Church The truth is that the Roman Catholic Church is only one of a family of churches that vary in culture, but are united under the leadership of Christ's vicar, that is, the pope. Rites of the Catholic Church in the West Rites of the Catholic Church in the East www.grigaitis.net /articles/rites.html   (227 words)

Global Catholic News - Pope Stresses Religious Liberty for Eastern Rite Catholics VATICAN CITY, MAY 12, 2003 (Zenit.org).- In his meeting with students of the Eastern rite Pontifical Seminaries of Rome, John Paul II appealed for peace, development, and religious liberty in countries inhabited by Eastern rite Catholics. The Pope exercises his ministry as Bishop of Rome to the Eastern rite Churches with the Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches, whose prefect is Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syrians. The Holy Father applauded this congregation's initiative to offer Arabic-speaking priests of different Eastern rites the possibility of a center of formation in Rome, at the College of St. Ephrem, to pursue their ecclesiastical studies and carry out apostolic activities. www.catholic.net /global_catholic_news/template_news.phtml?news_id=35418   (1150 words)

Catholic Culture : Document Library : Eastern Rites Today The third of a three-part series on the Eastern Rites which gives a quick survey of the present status of the Eastern Rites in the Church. Saunders is dean of the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College and pastor of Queen of Apostles Parish, both in Alexandria. For the first and second part of this series see: Eastern Rites Reveal Beauty of Church: March 9, 2000 and Eastern Rites: The Patriarch: March 16, 2000. www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2729   (1157 words)

Crisis Magazine Like the Armenians, the Coptic Church rejected the Council of Chalcedon out of fidelity to St. Cyril of Alexandria’s doctrine of “One incarnate nature of Christ”—though there were also political issues regarding their opposition to growing Byzantine domination. Under communism the greater part of the Russian Catholic clergy and faithful—together with Georgian Catholics, Armenian Catholics, and Latin Catholics—were put to death along with thousands of Orthodox, Protestants, and Jews in the mass executions of the gulags. Rite A liturgical, theological, spiritual, and disciplinary patrimony of a distinct people manifested in a Church sui iuris. www.crisismagazine.com /julaug2005/feature1.htm   (5123 words)

Alan's History of the Liturgy Many of these liturgies are still in use by Catholics of Eastern Rites (who are in union with Rome) as well as Eastern Orthodox (who are not in union with Rome). - English text of the Mass according to the Rite of St. Gregory: This rite is still used by some "western" Orthodox churches and is typically celebrated in the vernacular tongue. 1203 The liturgical traditions or rites presently in use in the Church are the Latin (principally the Roman rite, but also the rites of certain local churches, such as the Ambrosian rite, or those of certain religious orders) and the Byzantine, Alexandrian or Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite and Chaldean rites. alumni.cs.ucsb.edu /~evodius/mass.html   (5216 words)

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