Catholic Liturgy

The word Liturgie comes from the Greek λειτουργία/leitourgía, λεώς/leốs, “the people” and of the ἐργο root/ergo, “to make, achieve”. It thus indicates, literally, the service of the people.

In the Christianity, the liturgy is the whole of the Rite S and the ceremonies implemented during a religious celebration official , returned by the people with the God trinitaire, Père, Fils and Spirit.

“ the liturgy is, indeed, crowned thing. By it, we rise to God and we unisons with Him, we profess our faith, we fill towards Him the very serious duty of the recognition for the benefits and the helps that He grants to us and for which we have a perpetual need. From there, a report/ratio intimates between the dogma and the liturgy; as also between the Christian worship and the sanctification of the people. This is why the pope Célestin Ier estimated that the rule of the faith is expressed in the worthy formulas of the liturgy; he said indeed that the law of the prayer determines the law of the belief. Because, when the chiefs of the holy assemblies discharge functions which were entrusted to them, they plead in front of divine leniency the cause of mankind and request and beg with the very whole Church, which links its moanings with theirs. ”.

The Liturgie is thus a whole of acts, Symbole S and words by which the Church helps the men to return a Culte to God and transmits the knowledge of God to the men. One can say that the liturgy puts the man in direct connection with God.

Common principles

All the Rite S local catholics follow the same principles: The liturgical prayer official, public and is subjected to standards. In other words, neither celebrating it, nor the assistants can do what they want. The catholic liturgy is thus a common prayer defined by the authority as being the prayer of the Church.

Thus, the unfolding of Sacrament S like the Mass or the Baptism, or a office of Complies belongs to the liturgy. On the other hand, a recitation of the Prière of the Rosaire between individuals, including when they are joined together in a place of Culte and accompanied by a priest or a Diacre, is not regarded as a liturgical rite.

Two branches of the catholic liturgy

the Breviary and the Divine office

The breviary is the book used by the Clerc S of the Catholic church to say or celebrate the office. The divine office is a returned praise with God only. Its only " utilité" is the glory of God. It is holy Benoit de Nursie, founder of the Bénédictins who formats this public prayer according to the eight canonical hours (night and seven the day).

the Missal , the Mass and the Sacrament S

The Missel is the book used by the priest S. They find there the scheduling of the public Prière S of the Church in the presence of Fidèle S. the utility of these prayers are the glory of God, but also the construction of the Fidèle S.

Christian liturgies

The concept of liturgy is sometimes confused with

Laughs

that of “laughs”, indicating the various manners of publicly celebrating the mysteries of the religion as them are different according to criteria ecclesiologic, geographical, cultural or linguistic, according to a pluri-secular tradition. Nowadays, one équivalemment employs the term “rite”. For each one of these families (incomplete list), to see following bonds:

Western liturgical families

Roman Rite: Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic church
Rite tridentin: Roman liturgy of 1570 with today
Rite gallican: liturgies of the Carolingian Empire
rites néo-gallicans: French liturgies of the modern period
Lyons Rite: liturgy of Lyon
Rite Mozarab: Hispanic liturgies and of the south of medieval Italy
Rite ambrosien: liturgy of Milan
Dominican Rite: liturgy about Dominican the
Rite cartusien: liturgy about the Celtic Carthusian monks
Rite

Eastern liturgical families

syriaque Rite: catholic liturgy of syriaque rite
Eastern Rite: liturgy of the Churches of the East
Armenian Rite: liturgy of the Churches of Armenian language
Rite Maronite: liturgy of the Churches of the Lebanon
Rite copte: liturgy of the Christians of Egypt and in Ethiopia
rite of saint Jean Chrysostome
rite of Jacques saint or Rite hiérosolomitain
Armenian Rite: liturgy of the Churches of Arménie
rite of saint Basile

The rite or ritual

that of “rite”, indicating the various ceremonies of the worship, clean or common to each one of these liturgical families; for example:

liturgy of the Mass
liturgy of the word
liturgy of the Good Friday.
liturgy of the Hours.

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