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• Roman Rite — The liturgical rite of the Church of Rome is called the Roman Rite. The quite distinct term Latin Rite usually refers not to a liturgical rite but to the particular Church within the Roman Catholic Church that was sometimes referred to also as… …   Wikipedia

• The Roman Rite —     The Roman Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Roman Rite     (Ritus romanus).     The Roman Rite is the manner of celebrating the Holy Sacrifice, administering Sacraments, reciting the Divine Office, and performing other ecclesiastical… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Roman rite — Roman rite, the form of Roman Catholic ceremony used in celebrating Mass and in administering sacraments in the diocese of Rome; Latin Rite …   Useful english dictionary

• Liturgical books of the Roman Rite — The liturgical books of the Roman Rite at the beginning of the twentieth century, writings designed to specify the way the religious services of that liturgical rite of the Roman Catholic Church were then held, are described in this article. For… …   Wikipedia

• Roman Rite — /roʊmən ˈraɪt/ (say rohmuhn ruyt) noun 1. Also, Latin Rite. the sacramental and canon law tradition of the Roman Catholic Church in the West. 2. the form in which mass is today most generally said and sung in the Roman Catholic Church,… …  

• Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite — Ite missa est sung by the deacon at a Solemn Mass. An extraordinary form of the Roman Rite is a phrase used in Pope Benedict XVI s motu proprio Summorum Pontificum to describe the liturgy of the 1962 Roman Missal, widely referred to as the… …   Wikipedia

• Roman Rite — noun The Latin rite used by the Roman Catholic Church …   Wiktionary

• The Gallican Rite —     The Gallican Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gallican Rite     This subject will be treated under the following six heads:     I. History and Origin; II. MSS. and Other Sources; III. The Liturgical Year; IV. The Divine Office; V. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …   Universalium

• The Celtic Rite —     The Celtic Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Celtic Rite     This subject will be treated under the following seven heads:     I. History and Origin; II. Manuscript Sources; III. The Divine Office; IV. The Mass; V. the Baptismal Service; …   Catholic encyclopedia