What would an Easternization look like?

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I heard the term “Latinization” online but what about the reverse? What would the reverse look like?
 
Check out the Western Rite Orthodox…they’ve somewhat “Byzantinized” the Eucharistic prayer to include an explicit (and not just implied) epiclisis. I’ve also read that the Melkites/Antiochians became somewhat “byzantinized” as their original traditions were more Syriac. I could be wrong about that though.
 
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RCIAGraduate said:
I heard the term “Latinization” online but what about the reverse? What would the reverse look like?
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Look at the Eastern Orthodox churches. Specifically the Antiochan, Jerusalem and Alexandrian patriarchates. Those each has their own traditions (Syriac, Jerusalem had their own rite and Coptic) however in the Eastern Orthodox all these sees use the Greek/Byzantine tradition.

As far as the Western rite Orthodox part of their communion, look at the inclusion of an Epiklesis in the Roman canon.
 
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I do not know, but being from Texas we have “Cowboy Church” listed among denominations in the newspaper, we we do know what Westernization looks like.
 
I think the “Easternization” of the Roman Church would like fairly similar to the Westernization of the Eastern Churches - i.e. first a replacing of your own theological systems of inquiry with an near exclusive emphasis on the Eastern theological systems; a veneration of Eastern saints that all but replaces the veneration of your own Roman saints; the adoption of Eastern liturgical practices without consideration for 1) your own legitimate Western liturgical practices and why you have them, 2) the reasons for the Eastern liturgical practices themselves and why they may not fit with a Western liturgical mindset.
 
One “Easternization” I can think of in the modern Roman Church would be standing in line and standing to receive Communion.

This comes directly from the Byzantine practice.
 
RCIAGraduate said:
I heard the term “Latinization” online but what about the reverse? What would the reverse look like?
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In all seriousness?

Something like banishing the rosary so that Akathists could be sung instead.

Removing the Stations of the Cross to make room for icons.

Prohibiting unleavened hosts.

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The Latin Church also changed the formula for administering the Sacrament of Confirmation, making it similar to the Byzantine form for Chrismation.
 
Some more Latin “Easternizations” in the OF Roman Rite:

Reading the Gospel from the pulpit instead of away from it.

Having Mass in the vernacular

The use of hymns as well as chant

Use of a litany of prayers that are call and response with the congregation

A “gospel” procession where the Gospel book is raised and walked through the sanctuary

The adoption of Byzantine style Anaphoras which contain an explicit epiclesis.
 
Since when did the Roman Catholic Church adopt a Byzantine style Anaphora? There’s 4 Eucharistic Prayers and the Roman Canon is EP1. You blew me away with that one.
 
EP 3 is influenced by Antiochene and Alexandrian structure and verbiage.

Also EP 4 is influenced by the Anaphora of St. Basil.
 
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And of course EP 2 is based on the Anaphora of St. Hippolytus.
 
I’ll have to look these up for comparison. Personally, I love the Anaphora of St. Basil. I can’t imagine what EP4 looks like.
 
The Anaphora of St. Basil is longer, but if you compare that with EP 4 you can clearly see parralels and the influence St. Basil’s Anaphora had.
 
I’ll take the Anaphora of St. Basil. It’s full of Scriptural references.
 
ChristMyLife said:
Some more Latin “Easternizations” in the OF Roman Rite:

Reading the Gospel from the pulpit instead of away from it.
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Could you explain this in more detail?
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Having Mass in the vernacular
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This is a return to ancient Latin practice. The Mass was changed from Greek to Latin because Latin was the vernacular. I don’t think it qualifies as a Byzantization if it was originally done by the Latin Church.
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The use of hymns as well as chant
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Can you give an example of what you mean here? The use of specified liturgical hymns in the Byzantine Rite is quite different from the use of hymns in the Latin Rite, in which the propers of the Mass are replaced with popular hymns that are not specified by the liturgy itself.
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A “gospel” procession where the Gospel book is raised and walked through the sanctuary
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In what way? The procession in the Byzantine Rite brings the gospel out among the people and through the nave. It is not confined to the sanctuary. So while a procession exists in both liturgies, they are used in different ways.
 
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The very existence of more than one anaphora is borrowed from the East.

And note that the Maronites have something like 99–and that’s just the ones translated into English 🙂
 
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