Cultues and rites

[henrikhank]

Pax et bonum!
There are different Catholics like the Greeks, Ukrainians, Copts, Ethiopians and Europeans who have a liturgy that has been a very big part of their culture. But if you take the Chinese Catholics you will never see a Chinese rite Catholic. That just don’t exist. We can see the same problem in some parts of Africa.
Are they just supposed to follow the Roman rite? How could this problem be solved?

 

[oneGODoneCHURCH]

All the ancient sees hold to the liturgical form form which they came. All others hold to those that evangelized them that is why out side of the Holy lands, Eastern europe, and norther Africa. Most all are of the roman rite as it was Western ( or roman rite ) christians that brought the faith to these areas and that is what became the the norm for them. they grow out of the roman rite and continue to be roman rite.

By the way why is it a problem that need solving?

 

[henrikhank]

All the ancient sees hold to the liturgical form form which they came. All others hold to those that evangelized them that is why out side of the Holy lands, Eastern europe, and norther Africa. Most all are of the roman rite as it was Western ( or roman rite ) christians that brought the faith to these areas and that is what became the the norm for them. they grow out of the roman rite and continue to be roman rite.

By the way why is it a problem that need solving?

i have head that the africans sing african music and dance during the roman rite mass. is that what they should do? or should they follow the 1962 missal

 

[oneGODoneCHURCH]

i have head that the africans sing african music and dance during the roman rite mass. is that what they should do? or should they follow the 1962 missal

That is a question more for the Bishop to answer. I would say that if it has been part of the way they celevrated the Mass since the Faith came to them, in other words deveoled naturally out of their heritege and not just some modern innovation inceted to “recalim” their native heretage then I really have no problem with it.

 

[Rolltide]

Before the Council of Trent, there were dozens of local variants of the liturgy. In fact, this was so common, that it was getting out of control and some kind of standardization needed to be imposed. So, Trent required that unless a particular rite was in use for 200 years or more prior to the Council, that it was to be suppressed. This is where we get the rites that we have today. The Ordinary Form of the Mass was the first new liturgy since, and it was a reform, not entirely new. It was also done through a major council. The Anglican Use Mass has also recently been permitted, but this is also simply a form of the Roman Rite, and was instituted mainly to bring about a reunion between members of Anglican churches and Rome. Ordinarily, new rites are not simply created out of thin air. They must develop over time organically, generally over hundreds of years.