Dear Paul,
It seems that your link is broken. Can you correct this?
Can you give me also the reference of the book written by Warren?
Thanks,
Stefaan R.W. VERMEIRE.
Litt. Archivist.
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Van: Paul D Firth <[log in to unmask]>
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Verzonden: zaterdag 8 januari 2000 16:46
Onderwerp: Re: So-called Western Orthodox Rites
> Dear Stefaan,
>
> I suspect a "mole"!
>
> There was no such thing as a Celtic Church and certainly no such thing as
a
> single Celtic Liturgy. There are variations and fragments which certainly
> show that the church in the various Celtic lands differed from the Roman
> Liturgy of the time but they also differed from each other!
>
> Like you, I can't find any reference to this Liturgy! Frank Warren's book
> "Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church" is my usual bible and the
> introduction to the second edition by Jane Stevenson is very helpful. The
> liturgy used by the Celtic peoples very often demonstrated similarities
with
> the Gallican rite and some students would even state that it is one form
of
> the Gallican rite. They see four forms - Gallican proper, Milanese (or
> Ambrosian) Mozarabic (from Spain) and the British/Irish (what some would
> call the Celtic).
>
> Historically, it is, perhaps, more accurate to talk of a British/Irish
> Liturgy rather than a Celtic Liturgy. It refines the area in question to
the
> lands of the Britons and those of the "Irish" which were closely linked.
>
> There is a page about the Celtic Liturgy at
> http://www.cushnieent.force9.co.uk/background.html/ It discusses the
nature
> of the Liturgy, its differences from the Roman form and there is a section
> on the extent of the "Celtic" church.
>
> In modern times, there seem to be so many different Celtic Churches
> springing up, particularly in the USA, that the question of current
liturgy
> is a difficult one. They all claim to use the ancient rite. There are
many
> such churches to be found if you use one of the large search-engines on
the
> web.
>
> Slàinte,
>
> Paul D Firth
>
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