Is the word "Catholic" when used with the word "Mass" as in "Catholic Mass" superfluous?

[PeterT]

Often I see the term “Catholic Mass.” There’s even a website called catholicmasstime.org.

But isn’t using Catholic as adjective in front of the word “Mass” superfluous since only the Roman Catholic Church calls its Divine Liturgy the Mass? Eastern Rite Churches, including those in communion with Rome, usually refer to the Mass (if I’m not mistaken) as the “Divine Liturgy” as does the Anglican Church. Only the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church calls it the “Mass”.

So there really is no reason why one has to describe a Mass as Catholic, since no other religion celebrates a liturgy called a Mass. Correct?

 

[Beryllos]

You might be 99 percent right, and that leaves 1 percent opportunity for confusion. I did a little online search. To begin, I searched for Episcopal Mass, and bingo (we have a winner), lots of hits.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

From Wikipedia article on “Mass (liturgy)”:

Mass is the main eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church[1], and in the Western Rite Orthodox, and Old Catholic churches. The term is used in some Lutheran churches,[2][3] as well as in some Anglican churches.[4]

 

[EmilyAlexandra]

as does the Anglican Church

In my experience, many Anglicans use the terms “Holy Communion”, “the Lord’s Supper”, “Eucharist”, and “Mass” more or less interchangeably. “Mass” often denotes that the parish is traditional Catholic, “Eucharist” often denotes what is variously called liberal, modern, or affirming Catholic, “Holy Communion” often denotes indeterminate churchmanship or a Book of Common Prayer service, while “the Lord’s Supper” suggests an evangelical parish. I have never personally come across an Anglican service described as “Divine Liturgy”. There is a term “divine service”, but I believe that is just a technical term used, e.g. in canon law, to refer to any act of public worship, including Morning and Evening Prayer.