Liturgical Latinisation is the process by which the liturgical practices of the Churches of Eastern Christianity (particularly the Eastern Catholic Churches, but also those of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches) were altered to resemble more closely the practices of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. This was a process which particularly occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries, until it was forbidden by Pope Leo XIII in 1894 with his encyclical Orientalium Dignitas. Latinisation is a contentious issue in many churches, and has been responsible for various schisms wherever it has occurred.

In recent years Eastern Catholic Churches have been returning to ancient Eastern practices in accord with the Vatican II decree, Orientalium Ecclesiarum which mandates that authentic Eastern Catholic practices are not to be set aside in favour of imported Latin Rite ones. This further encouraged the movement to return to authentic Eastern liturgical practice, theology and spirituality.

References

See also

• The Courage To Be Ourselves, Eastern Catholic pastoral letter addressing Latinisation

External links

• Latinisation and De-latinisation in the Melkite Catholic Church, found in Chapter 2 of Bearers of Mysteries