How many different Catholic rites are there?

Question

Aside from the first question, I am wondering if there are any Roman Catholics in Yahoo R and S who know about the different rites of the Catholic Church?

I myself am Ukrainian Catholic and I also know many Melkite Catholics.

If you didn't know, as a RC, how does it feel to know that their are other Catholic rites?

There are some major differences too:

1. Infant communion
2. Married Priests
3. Different Liturgical Calander
4. Different Saints
5. Prolific use of Icons
6. Different Vestments
7. Differnt Structure of Governence

(To name a few)

Note: I did not say right, as in right or wrong, or right as in right or left, but rite - as in a division or differentiation of churches according to liturgy, governence and historical origen....

Little Miss Kato,

"I'm confused, are you asking a question or stating your belief?"

Sorry that you are confused - I asked three questions, stated that I am Ukrainian Catholic (not a belief, just a fact), stated that I know many Melkite Catholics (again not a belief, but a fact), listed seven differences between my rite and the Roman Catholic rite (also not belief, just plain old facts) and then clarrified which use of the term rite I was using so as to avoid confusion such as yours.

If you are still confused, re-read the question, if you are still confused, get a dictionary, and if you are still confused, perhaps some lessons in the English language might help!

Other then that, I don't think the question was entirely confusing, but stated clearly and supported with some details!

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes I know, I'm a Catholic of the Latin rite, that I love. There are at least 22 other rites in the Catholic Church.


The Roman (Latin) is just one part of the Church that's why it's wrong to use the name Roman Catholic of the whole Church.
The Churches proper name is the Catholic Church.

Answer 2

If you count the "recensions," then there are 23. For example, both Ukranian and Ruthenian use the Byzantine rite, but they are different "recensions." They use the same rites slightly differently. It is different enough that the sacramental calendar is often denoted *U or *R for specific usages, but not enough to be a fully different rite.

If you restrict it down to purely different active rites:

In the Western Church you have:

Roman
Ambrosian
Mozarabic

In the Western Church you also have the Eastern rite of the
Italo-Greek.

In the Eastern Catholic Church you have

Byzantine (which includes Melkite, Ruthenian, Ukranian and so forth)
Copt
Ge'ez (which are closely related to the Copts but very different liturgically)
The Thomas Christians who use a west Syriac style liturgy
Maronites
Chaldeans
Armenian? (I am not sure they are liturgically distinct)

I think I have everyone

Answer 3

Coptic Catholic Church
Ethiopic Catholic Church
Marionite Catholic Church
Syrian Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Church
Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Church United with Rome
Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
Ruthenian Catholic Church
Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Catholic Encyclopedia should have an entry on each of them: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html

Answer 4

ALL Eastern Catholic church buildings are in communion with the Pope. They are folks who re-united/reconciled with Rome from the quite a lot of Orthodox Churches. It is the Orthodox Churches who don't seem to be in communion with Rome despite the fact that a few are slowly operating to that finish. NO....the Roman and Latin rites don't seem to be the equal. The Mozarabic, Gaulic, Italo-Albanian and a few others are Latin however no longer Roman. The Roman empire was once as soon as the biggest empire on the earth. Because of this one of the crucial emporers divided in 2 for greater ruling. The Eastern aspect had its capital in Byzantium/New Rome. It was once later referred to as Constantinople and now Istanbul. It was once very Greek culturally because the Greeks dominated the subject earlier than Rome. The western aspect had its capital in Rome and spoke Latin. The Greek church manner extra than simply the Greek tradition. The Greek liturgy has been followed by way of the Melkite ceremony which reunited with Rome from the Syrian Orthodox Church. In all there are 22 rites within the Catholic Church. MOST of them -- however no longer all -- revolve round a specific tradition. If you'll, discover a Melkite Rite or Maronite Rite church to your subject and move to their liturgy. If you're Catholic, YES you may also obtain Communion from them. The revel in will go away you breathless! Very heavenly! A few years in the past I positioned in combination a two-hour seminar entitled "A Genealogy of the Catholic Church" and is the reason the Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Orthodox church buildings. I provide the seminar to whoever desires me to do it.

Answer 5

In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church are the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same Church, under the Pope.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

There are the following Catholic liturgical families: Latin( Roman-both Vat2 and Tridentine,Ambrosian,Mozarabic and Order Rites and uses like Lyonese), Alexandrian( Egyptian Copt and Ethiopian) ,East Syrian(Chaldean and Indian Malabarese) ,West Syrian( Aram Syrian, Maronite and Indian Mankarese),Armenian and Byzantine( with 2 uses Slavonic[which includes Ukrainian and Ruthenian] and Greek [which includes Arab Melkite])
Particular Churches in the one Catholic Church of the Apostolic Papal communion have their own canon law,bishops conferences(maybe patriarchs),customs,calendars, saints and inner structures.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

i am a Catholic but i have doubts too... m sorry, i can't help you with this. my boyfriend is a Jehovah. i am really confused right now...

Answer 9

I'm confused, are you asking a question or stating your belief?