liturgical rites

Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin. The most used rite is the Roman Rite.

Throughout the ages, the liturgical celebration of the mystery of salvation has received many different ritual expressions, bound historically to various areas of ecclesiastical influence.

DIFFERENTIATION OF RITES

The starting point in the evolution of Christian liturgical families was necessarily the paschal meal that Christ ate with His Apostles. Despite the simplicity of that scene, the depth and richness of the mystery inaugurated at the Last Supper ultimately accounts for the variety that subsequently adorned its celebration. It is true that up to the fourth century there were no rites in the strict sense of clearly fixed patterns followed by well-defined groups; the extant evidence suggests that extemporization within set patterns was the usual practice: From Freedom to Formula: The Evolution of the Eucharistic Prayer from Oral Improvisation to Written Texts

The process of tracing the exact path of evolution in the first three centuries is greatly hindered by incomplete sources, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the fourth century was a time of significant significance in the evolution of the liturgy.

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Current U.S. liturgy resource: Liturgy of the Eucharist https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist

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Other liturgical rites:

Liturgical rites
Baptism
Eucharist
Byzantine Rite
Maronite Church
Use of Sarum
East Syriac Rite

Alexandrian Rite
West Syriac Rite
Mozarabs
Rite of Braga
Durham Rite
Malankara Rite
Ambrosian chant
Concluding Rite Roman Catholic
Introductory Rites Roman Catholic
Gallican chant

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