[Mad Dawg]

Oh, MAN! Are you really going to do that?

If it helps, in my training the "rite" is what you say. The ceremonial is what you do.

So, that thing some do with water would be the ceremonial. And the "in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" would be the ritual.

Ass a matter of definition only, Jesus says, "Do this ....," so the DOING part is "ceremonial."

This is about terminology, nothing more.

BTW, Happy Easter.

[Elsie]

 If it helps, in my training the "rite" is what you say.

Oh!

 

Like 'ual' part is what you do...

 

 

ritual

 

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rit·u·al

ˈriCH(əw)əl/

noun

noun: ritual; plural noun: rituals

1. 1.

   a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

   "the ancient rituals of Christian worship"

   • the prescribed order of performing a ceremony, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or church.

     synonyms:

     ceremony, rite, ceremonial, observance; More service, sacrament, liturgy, worship; act, practice, custom, tradition, convention, formality, procedure, protocol "an elaborate civic ritual"

   • a series of actions or type of behavior regularly and invariably followed by someone.

     "her visits to Joy became a ritual"

adjective

adjective: ritual

1. 1.

   of, relating to, or done as a religious or solemn rite.

   "ritual burial"