different Catholic rites

[Carolou]

I get confused about the different Catholic rites. Are they all really Catholic and if they are why does it matter which rite you're in? Maybe I just don't know enough about them...and how they're different, to realize why it matters and is important.

Also. I heard that the Orthodox won't allow people they don't know or people who haven't been to confession recently receive Jesus? And it is still really Jesus in their Masses, right, or have I misunderstood? A part of me really wishes that we protected Jesus like that. Although maybe it's not right to not let people receive Him. What are the reasons the Roman Catholic church doesn't do it that way also?

[melikalani]

Hi, [b]Carolou[/b]!


Here's a page on the different Catholic rites from EWTN: [url="http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm"]http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholi...nd_churches.htm[/url]

Hope this helps,
~m

[Carolou]

[quote name='melikalani' post='965974' date='Apr 30 2006, 01:37 PM']
Hi, [b]Carolou[/b]!
Here's a page on the different Catholic rites from EWTN: [url="http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm"]http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholi...nd_churches.htm[/url]

Hope this helps,
~m
[/quote]

hi!

thanks for the link to that site. Now I understand a bit better but am still a little confused too.

[phatcatholic]

a "rite", to put it simply, is a unique way to express the common faith of the Universal Church. so, the Byzantine Rite uses different theological terms than we use in the Latin Rite (for example, we speak of "grace", they speak of "divine energy"), or they may emphasize different aspects of the same belief. their liturgy may also be different, regarding language, vestments, architecture of churches, etc. the reason for these differences are the cultures out of which the various rites grow. ours is a Universal Church, and so we can't express all Catholic Christians to live and articulate their faith the same way we do in the West. also, new Rites are created whenever a schizmatic church comes into communion with Rome.

everything u ever wanted to know about rites:
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13064b.htm"]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13064b.htm[/url]

[azaelia]

This is why the Catholic Church is so cool to me...there are so many different aspects of it, but they all share the same belief. Pretty sweet

[Tindomiel]

[quote name='Carolou' post='965971' date='Apr 30 2006, 01:26 PM']
Also. I heard that the Orthodox won't allow people they don't know or people who haven't been to confession recently receive Jesus? And it is still really Jesus in their Masses, right, or have I misunderstood?
[/quote]
Yes, the Eucharist still is Jesus in their Masses, because they have a valid succession of orders from the apostles. They just aren't in communion with Rome, which is the main difference between them and other "non-Roman" Catholic rites.

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

I studied this for an intense month this past Jan. The eastern rite has so many amazing little facets that contributes greatly to the latin rite. The Orthodox is mainly very much the same as the eastern rite, except the Orthodox are not in communion with Rome.

[MichaelFilo]

As a person baptized and confirmed in the Eastern Rite, it maybe simply said like this, each Rite is a different facet of Christian worship that each can claim some linkage to an Apostle and culture. My own uses the Aramiac language for worship (the language of Jesus) and is the home of the oldest Biblical texts (the Syrian Church's bible I believ eis the oldest known text of the Bible).

We are all Catholic, as we all are under the Pope, who is the true sign of Christian unity.

As far as the Orthodox, it is validly consecrated, but reception by a Catholic is highly discouraged and before 1983 (or in that time, which is when the new canon came in) it was considered an act of schism (I belive this was dropped because it was ralized that not every one who happens across a schismatic Mass intends to seperate from Rome).

God bless,
Mikey