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How many liturgical rites are there that are used by the varioius Eastern sui iuris Churches? If I recall correctly, aren't only a few different liturgical rites, each shared by several sui iuris Churches?

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[i]Irish Melkite[/i], an acquaintance of mine from the Byzantine Forum, is an expert on this topic, and I would recommend any one of the many posts he has written on this subject in order to find an answer to your query.

[url="http://forum.catholic.org/viewtopic.php?p=377320&sid=42f64f39e5b2557cee2d05516247149a#p377320"][u][b]Rite vs. Church[/b][/u][/url]

A Google search using his screen name and the subject "rites" should find quite a few posts where he discusses this topic.

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No, as are as I'm aware there hasn't been a thread on the number of liturgical families in the Catholic Church. We've talked about the Byzantine Liturgy before, but we haven't discussed all the other Liturgies.

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abercius24

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1884772' date='Jun 6 2009, 04:40 AM']No, as are as I'm aware there hasn't been a thread on the number of liturgical families in the Catholic Church. We've talked about the Byzantine Liturgy before, but we haven't discussed all the other Liturgies.[/quote]

Yes, I believe Res is asking about how many different traditions specific to liturgical form exist, not necessarily how many Churches exist. Some Churches, those separate in their own individual traditions, share the same liturgy. I, too, am interested in the answer here. Do all Eastern Churches use a version of St. John Chrysostom's Divine Liturgy, or are there others apart from his influence? And are there different "flavors" of the Chrysostom liturgy?

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