Who came first? Eastern or Latin Rite?

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Vico said:
Pope Saint Victor I (died 199 A.D.) made Latin the official language of the Church, which was the language used in North Africa, such that the Liturgy in Rome was in Latin from his time on. This was not universal (for the West) until later in the fourth century.
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As an aside, does anyone know when the title “Pope” was first borrowed by the bishop of Rome from the Patriarch of Alexandria? Victor I seems way too early to properly apply the title as it is understood today.
 
fritzz_ezz said:
It is not Latin - truth is the Roman Church Liturgy was Greek prior to being translated to Latin.
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And it was in Latin in much of the west by 300 AD… before the Ecumenical Councils. In Rome herself, 200AD.
 
Isn’t Addai and Mari a more ancient Liturgy then even that of St. James? Either way asking which “rite” came first is a bit anachronistic of a question as Rites didn’t solidify until a few hundred years after Christ.
 
Alveus_Lacuna said:
As an aside, does anyone know when the title “Pope” was first borrowed by the bishop of Rome from the Patriarch of Alexandria? Victor I seems way too early to properly apply the title as it is understood today.
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Orthodoxwiki says the first use of the title Pope by a Roman bishop, Pope Saint Hyginus, was in 135 A.D.

Pope Saint Victor I lived 186/189-197/201 A.D. after this.

There are other titles.

These titles were used in the Apostolic Penitentiary decree Urbis et Orbis, May 10, 2008:

Servus Dei Paulus VI Pontifex Maximus
Summus Pontifex Benedictus XVI

The Pontifex Maximus title was bestowed on Pope Saint Damasus I (Pope: 366-384 A.D.) by Emperor Gratian.
 
My priest would tell you that St. Peter founded the Eastern rite church of Antioch on his way to Rome and loves to tease RC’s that we had Peter before they did! It is somewhat silly in the whole “which came first” discussion. The important thing is that with the Second Vatican Council, those of us in the east were encouraged to be who we are and to celebrate the Divine Liturgy the way it came to us, in its most untouched form and language. We use Greek, Arabic, and English. We use the Liturgy of St. John Chrystosom most Sundays; St. Basil’s Liturgy for some special feast days, and St. James’ once a year.
 
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