Latin priests celebrating Eastern liturgy in Antiquity

[Chris_McAvoy]

A Latin Priest cannot celebrate an Eastern Liturgy without special permission (from a latin hierarch) - assuming he knew how to even if he had permission.

(JMJ Coder mentioned this a few days ago)

This persons comment severly perplexes my understanding of Church jurisdictional unity.In the past this surely could not have been a rule which existed for otherwise St Jerome himself (from a Western Latin region) could never have been ordained by Patriarch Paulinus of Antioch in 379 A.D. and celebrated any liturgy with him…

Can anyone tell me when the rule requiring Latin priests to seek permission from a latin hierarch in order to celebrate an Eastern Liturgy came to exist?

 

[drafdog]

I know of a Jesuit priest who had faculties in both the Latin Rite and Eastern Rite. He studied and was ordained in two different rites. This was in the mid 20th century.

Matthew

 

[Sarabande]

I’m also interested in learning more about this. We actually had a pastor from, I believe, the Byzentine Rite (it might have been Ukranian), but he was allowed to say mass in the Latin Rite. He was pastor of three parishes (rural/farming community). He never spoke of needing special permission to say the Latin Rite, but I never asked him either.

 

[bpbasilphx]

**He studied and was ordained in two different rites. **

He was ordained only ONCE for deacon and only ONCE for priest, but was given “faculties” (to use the technical term) for both rites.

A Latin priest may concelebrate (wearing Latin vestments) with an Eastern priest, and vice versa, with no special permission needed.

 

[drafdog]

Interesting thing about ordination, you can be ordained three times. Think about it.

Matthew