CHAT: Rites?
| From: | Ed Heil <edh@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 11, 2000, 6:34 |
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Specifically, within the Roman Catholic Church there are groups which,
while they acknowledge the authority of the Roman pontiff, derive their
ritual structure from non-Roman roots.
These include the Byzantine Rite, the Syrian Rite, the Armenian Rite,
the Coptic Rite, and the Chaldean Rite.
They are to be distinguished from the Orthodox and other churches which
have similar ritual structures but do NOT acknowledge the authority
of Rome.
Ed
On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:28:34AM -0500, Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Eric Christopherson
>
> > What is this meaning of "rite?" I assume it refers to an approved group of
> > practices and not one specific ritual.
>
> Your assumption is right (at least with the Spanish cognate _rito_ which
> means both _ritual_ and approved group of practices).