Liturgical Latinisation
Liturgical Latinisation is the process of adoption of
This particular process continued up to the 18th and 19th centuries, until it was forbidden by
In recent years the Eastern Catholic churches have been returning to ancient Eastern practices in accord with the Second Vatican Council's decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum. The decree mandated that authentic Eastern Catholic practices were not to be set aside in favour of imported Latin practices. This further encouraged the movement to return to authentic Eastern liturgical practice, theology and spirituality.[2] Implementation has varied amongst the Eastern Catholic Churches, however, with some remaining more Latinised than the others.
In a somewhat similar development, practices once associated only with the West, such as
See also
- The Courage To Be Ourselves, Eastern Catholic pastoral letter addressing Latinisation
References
- Gregorian Calendar
- ^ Parry (1999), p. 292.
- ^ Ivan Moody. "Some Aspects of the Polyphonic Treatment of Byzantine Chant in the Orthodox Church in Europe". Unl-pt.academia.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Orthodox Art and Architecture
- ^ "A Call for the Removal of Pews in Orthodox Churches". Stgeorgehermitage.org. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Kwasniewski, Peter (27 July 2020). "Are Pews in Churches a Problem—and, If So, How Much of a Problem?". New Liturgical Movement. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Patterson, Joseph. "A Call For the Removal of Pews in Orthodox Churches". St. George the Greatmatyr – Serbian Orthodox Church – Hermitage, PA. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
Sources
- ISBN 9780881410563.
- Parry, Ken; Melling, David J.; Brady, Dimitri; Griffith, Sidney H.; Healey, John F., eds. (1 September 2017) [1999]. The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4051-6658-4.
- Descy, Serge (1993). The Melkite Church. Boston: Sophia Press.
Further reading
- Takala-Roszczenko, Maria (2013). The 'Latin' within the 'Greek' : The Feast of the Holy Eucharist in the Context of Ruthenian Eastern Rite Liturgical Evolution in the 16th-18th Centuries. Joensuu, Finland: Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology. no 50. ISBN 978-952-61-1302-9.
- Latinisation and De-latinisation in the Melkite Catholic Church Archived 25 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, found in Chapter 2 of Bearers of Mysteries
- Orientalium dignitas