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Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Within Christianity, liturgies descending from the same region, denomination, or culture are described as ritual families.
A chart showing Catholic liturgical rites. The word "rite" is sometimes used with reference only to liturgy, ignoring the theological, spiritual and disciplinary elements in the heritage of the churches. In this sense, "rite" has been defined as "the whole complex of the (liturgical) services of any Church or group of Churches". [28]
Eastern Christian liturgy (5 C, 43 P) Exorcism in the Catholic Church (1 C, 10 P) H. Catholic holy days (6 C, 72 P) ... Pages in category "Catholic liturgy"
The establishment of holy times for worship is part of the original structure of the liturgy, and observing them is considered a primary Christian duty." [ 7 ] Apart from the liturgical seasons of the church year the catholic liturgy knows ember days , rogation days and processions , services in the Roman station churches , votive masses and ...
This category is for categories and articles pertaining to all forms of Christian liturgy, Christian rites, and Christian services, including worship services. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
This category is for articles about Catholic liturgical rites, i.e. particular forms of liturgy. They are not to be confused with the Rites in the sense of sui iuris particular Churches, of which there are 23 Eastern and one Western. See List of Catholic rites and churches#List of Catholic liturgical rites.
Other liturgical books that no longer exist today, were in use in the past, such as the Epistolary and the Sacramentary (in the proper sense of this word). The catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts of the British Library indicates how varied were the classes of liturgical books for the celebration of Mass [5] and the Liturgy of the Hours. [6]
Rites (Latin: ritus), liturgical rites, and ritual families within Christian liturgy refer to the families of liturgies, rituals, prayers, and other practices historically connected to a place, denomination, or group. Rites often interact with one another, such as in liturgical Latinization, and contain subsets known as uses.