Ritual family

Rites (Latin: ritus), liturgical rites, and ritual families within Christian liturgy refer to the families of liturgies, rituals, prayers, and other practices historically connected to a place, denomination, or group. Rites often interact with one another, such as in liturgical Latinization, and contain subsets known as uses. There are two broad categories which ritual families fall into: Latin or Western rites associated with Western Christianity and Eastern rites associated with Eastern Christianity.[1] The most common rite is the Roman Rite, itself a Latin liturgical rite and further subdivided into uses.[2][3]

"Liturgical rite" redirects here. For particular Christian rituals, see Rite (Christianity).
For Masonic rites, see List of Masonic rites.

Definition

The word rite is often used to describe particular Christian rituals. Rite has also come to refer to the full pattern of worship associated with a particular Christian denomination or tradition,[4] typically comprising the liturgies for the Eucharistic celebration, canonical hours, and sacramental rites.[5] Rites typically result from local variations and traditions, sometimes becoming further distinguished as uses of ritual families.[2] Some ritual families originated with the early focal points of Christianity, such as Rome (Roman Rite), Alexandria (Alexandrian liturgical rites), and Antioch (East and West Syriac Rites).[6] The Roman Rite is further subdivided between the liturgies from the post-Second Vatican Council period, such as the Mass of Paul VI and Liturgy of the Hours, and the pre-conciliar liturgies, such as the Tridentine Mass and Divine Office according to the Roman Breviary.[7]

Some Christian denominations encompass multiple ritual families. The Catholic Church utilizes the various Latin liturgical rites of the Latin Church alongside the rites that compose Eastern Catholic liturgy.[7] The use of those liturgical rites are determined by the particular church of the celebrating clergy; other Catholic rites are associated with Catholic religious orders, such as the Dominican Rite and Carmelite Rite.[6] The liturgical rites of the Eastern Catholic Churches are often distinct from the same rites as practiced by non-Catholic denominations, sometimes the result of Liturgical Latinization.[8] Within Eastern Orthodoxy, the Byzantine Rite–including the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom and Byzantine adaption of the Liturgy of Saint Mark–is predominant, with some limited usage of the Western Rite.[9]

See also

References
  1. Keiser, Michael (1993). Children of Promise: An introduction to Western Orthodoxy. Eustis, FL: Sanctus Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-9637046-0-5.
  2. Megivern, J.J.; Richstatter, T. (eds.). "Liturgical Rites". New Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  3. McNamara, Edward (25 October 2016). "Why So Many Rites in the Church". Zenit News Agency. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via EWTN.
  4. Kurian, George, ed. (2001). "rite". Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9781418539818. Retrieved 20 January 2023 – via Google Books.
  5. Griffin, Patrick (1912). "Rites". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York City: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via New Advent.
  6. "The Rites of the Catholic Church". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. Zuhlsdorf, John (27 January 2016). "The different Rites of the Latin Church". Madison Catholic Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  8. Boniface Luykx (1993). "Thirty Years Later: Reflections on Vatican II's Unitotis Redintegrotio and Orientolium Ecclesiorum" (PDF). Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies. 34: 365. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. Jerome Shaw (22 February 2013). "On the Western Rite in the ROCOR". New York City: Historical Studies of the Russian Church Abroad.
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