List of Sacred Liturgies

[Ignatius]

Can anyone give us a list of the List of Sacred Liturgies. I know there is the Eastern Rite of St. John Chrysostom. What are the others? Also, what is the root of the N.O. Liturgy?

 

[Deacon_Ed]

First, a small correction, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is Byzantine, the term Eastern refers to a much broader collection of Churches. In the Byzantine Rite (and there are 14 Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite) there’s also the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil and the Liturgy of the Presanctified (which is also found in a different form in the Latin Church as a communion service and the Good Friday service after the Veneration of the Cross).

The Alexandrian Church has the Divine Liturgy of St. Mark which is the basis for the Liturgy of the Ge’ez Church. There’s also the Divine Liturgy of St. James which may be the basis for all of the Liturgies mentioned above.

The Maronites have the Qorbono, the Syriacs have the Mass (which is simply what they call their version of the Divine Liturgy) – this includes the Chaldeans, the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Churches. The Armenian Church has its own Divinve Liturgy which they call the Soorp Badarak.

How’s that for starters?

Deacon Ed

 

[Ignatius]

Deacon Ed:

First, a small correction, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is Byzantine, the term Eastern refers to a much broader collection of Churches. In the Byzantine Rite (and there are 14 Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite) there’s also the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil and the Liturgy of the Presanctified (which is also found in a different form in the Latin Church as a communion service and the Good Friday service after the Veneration of the Cross).

The Alexandrian Church has the Divine Liturgy of St. Mark which is the basis for the Liturgy of the Ge’ez Church. There’s also the Divine Liturgy of St. James which may be the basis for all of the Liturgies mentioned above.

The Maronites have the Qorbono, the Syriacs have the Mass (which is simply what they call their version of the Divine Liturgy) – this includes the Chaldeans, the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Churches. The Armenian Church has its own Divinve Liturgy which they call the Soorp Badarak.

How’s that for starters?

Deacon Ed

Great! I love this stuff. What a rich Faith we have.
So two of the Liturgies are of direct Apostolic origin. I am also hoping to find out the basis of the N.O. and Tridentine Liturgies.

 

[Ignatius]

I understand that there are also some other Western Rites. Does anyone have any information on them?

 

[Deacon_Ed]

None of the liturgies are of apostolic origin. Even those called by the names of the Apostles are actually developments from the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

The Western Rites were associated either with specific geographical regions: the Mozarabic in Spain, Ambrosian in Milan, the Gallican in France and the Sarum in England; or with a particular religious community such as the Carthusians, Dominicans, etc.

Both the Mozarabic and Ambrosian usages are still with us. The Tridentine Liturgy grew out of the Roman Liturgy which developed in form from the 2nd through 12th century, although the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer) was probably complete by the 4th century. The Mass of Paul VI is both a creation and an amalgum. The Mass is based upon a the idea of the Low Mass as the normative Mass prior to the Second Vatican Council with all duplications (Confetior, Last Gospel, etc.) removed, and with elements from earlier liturgies (offertory procession, General Intercession, etc.) added.

Deacon Ed

 

[ybeayf]

I believe there was also a rite of Braga, and of course in the first millenium there was a whole family of Gallican and Celtic rites that have since died out, and about which we know very little. The Sarum rite is mostly gone as well, though its use was flirted with by some Anglo-Catholics and there are a few Orthodox churches as well where it is still served. There were also a few other local usages, such as York and Cologne.

Hasn’t the Ambrosian rite been “Novus Ordo”-ized, and suffered many of the same changes as the Roman rite?

Here is the Sarum rite (with pictures) as it is used by the Russian Orthodox. Another thing you might find interesting is the Divine Liturgy of St. Peter, which is a fascinating hybrid of Western prayers and Eastern liturgical structure.

 

[Ignatius]

Does any one know of the rite St Thomas in India? I understand that Thomas went to India and there survives a community there that practices as handed down from that time.

 

[ybeayf]

Does any one know of the rite St Thomas in India? I understand that Thomas went to India and there survives a community there that practices as handed down from that time.

The rites celebrated by the indigenous Indian Orthodox and Catholic churches are variations on the West Syriac rite.

 

[rcn]

The information in this thread may be helpful.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=4103

 

[ElizabethJoy]

The 6 Litanies Approved for Public Recitation:
kensmen.com/catholic/litanies.html

She has, in English and Latin:
Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Litaniae de Sacratissimo Corde Iesu
Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus - Litaniae Sanctissimi Nominis Iesu
Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Litaniae pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi
Litany of the Saints - Litaniae Sanctorum
Litany of Loreto (“Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary”) - Litaniae Lauretanae
Litany of St. Joseph - Litaniae Sancti Ioseph

 

[Windmill]

Anglican Use Liturgy within the Latin Rite.

www.atonementonline.com

 

[Ignatius]

rcn:

The information in this thread may be helpful.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=4103

Thanks. This is great information. I’m a little confused by the Liturgies listed by Crusaders in post #4. Aren’t Rites and Liturgies separate different things. Aren’t some Liturgies used by multiple Rites?
Several of these seem to be religious orders but he calls them Rites. Do these religious orders (Dominican, Carmelite, etc.) have their own Liturgies? thank you.

I’ll quote it here for convenience:

Also, within the Latin or Roman Church, there is more than one rite. This is the opposite of the eastern side of the Church. Colin Donovan of EWTN lists the rites within the Latin Church as:

Roman - The overwhelming majority of Latin Catholics and of Catholics in general. Patriarch of this and the other Roman Rites is the Bishop of Rome. The current Roman Rite is that of the 1969 Missale Romanum, to be published in a third edition in 2001.

• Missal of 1962 **(Tridentine Mass) **- Some institutes within the Roman Rite, such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, have the faculty to celebrate the sacramental rites according to the forms in use prior to the Second Vatican Council. This faculty can also be obtained by individual priests from their bishop or from the Pontifical Council Ecclesia Dei.

• Anglican Use - Since the 1980s the Holy See has granted some former Anglican and Episcopal clergy converting with their parishes the faculty of celebrating the sacramental rites according to Anglican forms, doctrinally corrected.

• Mozarabic - The Rite of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) known from at least the 6th century, but probably with roots to the original evangelization. Beginning in the 11th century it was generally replaced by the Roman Rite, although it has remained the Rite of the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain, and six parishes which sought permission to adhere to it. Its celebration today is generally semi-private.

• Ambrosian - The Rite of the Archdiocese of Milan, Italy, thought to be of early origin and probably consolidated, but not originated, by St. Ambrose. Pope Paul VI was from this Roman Rite. It continues to be celebrated in Milan, though not by all parishes.

• Bragan - Rite of the Archdiocese of Braga, the Primatial See of Portugal, it derives from the 12th century or earlier. It continues to be of occasional use.

• Dominican - Rite of the Order of Friars Preacher (OP), founded by St. Dominic in 1215.

• Carmelite - Rite of the Order of Carmel, whose modern foundation was by St. Berthold c.1154.

• Carthusian - Rite of the Carthusian Order founded by St. Bruno in 1084.

Several of these seem to be religious orders but he calls them Rites. Do the religious orders (Dominican, Carmelite, etc.) have their own Liturgies?

 

[ybeayf]

Several of these seem to be religious orders but he calls them Rites. Do the religious orders (Dominican, Carmelite, etc.) have their own Liturgies?

They did, and also different arrangements of the Breviary, but the reform of the liturgy after Vatican II has wiped virtually all of them out.