Ancient Celtic liturgy

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Does anyone know anything about how the ancient Celtic liturgies were likely conducted? I’ve heard they were likely very similar to Coptic liturgy.
 
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Does anyone know anything about how the ancient Celtic liturgies were likely conducted? I’ve heard they were likely very similar to Coptic liturgy.
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I don’t have an answer to your question, but I DO know that in Ireland today, among aa population that is 95% Catholic, the Coptic churches are flourishing and growing. So maybe there is some connection. It’ll be interesting to see if others have information on this topic.
 
I am aware that the Celtic Liturgy came from two influences:

Gallican (which came from Ancient Roman influenced by Carthaginan)
Cappadocian (which came from Antioch).
They all were influenced by or came from the Rite of Jerusalem (Liturgy of Saint James).

But the earliest form of the Antiochene Rite is that of the “Apostolic Constitutions” written down in the early fifth century, and from it is derived the Rite of Jerusalem. Until the Council of Chalcedon (451) Jerusalem was in the Antiochene Patriarchate.

Alexandria and Antioch are the starting-points of the two original Eastern rites.
 
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