Posted on 08/02/2016 2:36:01 PM PDT by NRx
For the first time in almost 750 years a Roman catholic Mass has been celebrated in the ancient fortress of the Crusaders, the Krak des Chevaliers. The Mass was celebrated using the Traditional Roman (pre-Vatican II) rite. Video at the linked website.
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Did they invite the Knights Templar?
As a CRADLE Catholic....I have NO idea where this is!
I hope it was done in Latin.
It was.
I doubt the clinton kahn team would approve.
Wow !
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Cool old stuff! My daughter made a paper model of Krak des Chevaliers.
Nice ;-)
SYRIA??????? A CATHOLIC MASS was Celebrated in SYRIA?????
Apart from the sisters, it was all young people in attendance!
PING
Syria has its own distinct rite as an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with Rome (The Maronite Rite which has its own college in the Vatican) and has 3 million members worldwide including, IIRC, FR’s own NYer. Also, IIRC, the ancient Maronite Rite uses Aramaic in its liturgy which was the language spoken by Jesus Christ. The Mass of the Maronite Rite is quite thoroughly traditional.
Impeccable memory, Black Elk. Syriac-Aramaic is the language spoken by Jesus, Mary and the Apostles. It is the liturgical language of the Syriac, Maronite and Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches.
Although it is not widely known in our Western world, the Catholic Church is actually a communion of Churches. According to the Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, the Catholic Church is understood to be "a corporate body of Churches," united with the Pope of Rome, who serves as the guardian of unity (LG, no. 23). At present there are 22 Churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The new Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope John Paul II, uses the phrase "autonomous ritual Churches" to describe these various Churches (canon 112). Each Church has its own hierarchy, spirituality, and theological perspective. Because of the particularities of history, there is only one Western Catholic Church, while there are 21 Eastern Catholic Churches. The Western Church, known officially as the Latin Church, is the largest of the Catholic Churches. It is immediately subject to the Roman Pontiff as Patriarch of the West. The Eastern Catholic Churches are each led by a Patriarch, Major Archbishop, or Metropolitan, who governs their Church together with a synod of bishops. Through the Congregation for Oriental Churches, the Roman Pontiff works to assure the health and well-being of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
While this diversity within the one Catholic Church can appear confusing at first, it in no way compromises the Church's unity. In a certain sense, it is a reflection of the mystery of the Trinity. Just as God is three Persons, yet one God, so the Church is 22 Churches, yet one Church.
Although there are 22 Churches, there are only eight "Rites" that are used among them. A Rite is a "liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary patrimony," (Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 28). "Rite" best refers to the liturgical and disciplinary traditions used in celebrating the sacraments. Many Eastern Catholic Churches use the same Rite, although they are distinct autonomous Churches. For example, the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Melkite Catholic Church are distinct Churches with their own hierarchies. Yet they both use the Byzantine Rite.
A Roman rite Catholic may attend any Eastern Catholic Liturgy and fulfill his or her obligations at any Eastern Catholic Parish. A Roman rite Catholic may join any Eastern Catholic Parish and receive any sacrament from an Eastern Catholic priest, since all belong to the Catholic Church as a whole. I am a Roman Catholic practicing my faith at a Maronite Catholic Church. As one priest likes to point out, it's the same faith but a different flavor.
Plus I had seen online with the most recent WYD 2016 a lot of flags from both Lebanon and a few from the Syrian nation.
Then if you lived in California, your favorite flavor of McConnell’s ice cream would be Lemon-Maronite Berry!
As St. Augustine once said, “in the essential things unity, in the incidental things variety”!
Wow...thanks NYer.....love seeing the breakdown.
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