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  1 1 |          come to the church of the Latin missionaries where their
  2 2 |           in part from seeing that Latin Catholics have a different
  3 3 |            just as the name of the Latin or Roman Church signifies
  4 4 |        many other indications that Latin missionaries devote thought
  5 4 |           Catholics to embrace the Latin rite with the sole motivation
  6 4 |            are no Latins and where Latin Catholics dwell together
  7 7 |          eleventh century, several Latin churches observing the Latin
  8 7 |       Latin churches observing the Latin rite thrived in Constantinople,
  9 7 |       commanded the closing of the Latin Churches. St. Leo IX, however,
 10 8 |        then decided to establish a Latin Patriarch in that city with
 11 8 |           cities in his kingdom, a Latin bishop for the Latin inhabitants
 12 8 |             a Latin bishop for the Latin inhabitants and a Greek
 13 9 |          Nicosia together with his Latin suffragans not to disturb
 14 10|      dissensions between Greek and Latin bishops continued to break
 15 10|       Accordingly he commanded the Latin bishops to summon Greek
 16 12|        Catholic should embrace the Latin Rite. ~~
 17 13|           should be subject to the Latin bishops, he added that "
 18 15|          Italo-Greeks who lived in Latin dioceses. Another Greek
 19 15|     subject to the jurisdiction of Latin bishops should be understood
 20 18|            own rite and assume the Latin rite. For this would involve
 21 19|           Fathers of the Greek and Latin Church fully agree on all
 22 19|     attempt to make him accept the Latin rite. For the only work
 23 19|           of making him accept the Latin rite. ~~
 24 20|                  Transferring from Latin to Greek Rite Forbidden ~~
 25 20|          Council of Florence, some Latin Catholics living in Greece
 26 20|        part 3, p. 64). ~~Since the Latin rite is the rite of the
 27 20|            the other churches, the Latin rite should be preferred
 28 20|        lawful to transfer from the Latin to the Greek rite. Nor may
 29 20|          who have come over to the Latin rite from the Greek or Oriental
 30 20|    dispensation to transfer to the Latin rite, and sometimes he receives
 31 21|         Transferring from Greek to Latin Rite ~~21. We have dealt
 32 21|         with transferring from the Latin to the Greek rite. Transferrals
 33 21|    willingly from the Greek to the Latin rite, but they have been
 34 21|            rite to transfer to the Latin rite. We give strict orders
 35 21|          rashly to transfer to the Latin from the Greek rite, nor
 36 21|       freely from the Greek to the Latin rite, since they live among
 37 21|            us and are subject to a Latin bishop, it has nevertheless
 38 22|            own rite and accept the Latin rite on the grounds that
 39 22|      Greeks to practice individual Latin rites. ~~First Category-Some
 40 22|    condemnation of the rite of the Latin church which uses unleavened
 41 22|          Christ is truly present" (Latin translation of the Greek
 42 22|         Orientals still accuse the Latin church of rejecting marriage
 43 22|           Baptism conferred in the Latin rite separately from Confirmation." ~~
 44 23|    Category-Greeks Who Follow Some Latin Rites ~~23. In the second
 45 23|         bread. Priests of both the Latin and Greek rite should be
 46 25|            and Lent, following the Latin rite, But on the greater
 47 27|     Oriental and Greek rite to the Latin rite. They think they act
 48 27|            an Oriental rite to the Latin rite removes all the prescriptions
 49 27|         the Oriental church by the Latin church. As often as this
 50 27|           forbidden its use in the Latin Church. Lastly, whenever
 51 27|          Greeks eager to take up a Latin ritual, particularly when
 52 28|          Creed is said in both the Latin and Greek liturgy. The practice
 53 28|         and then introduced in the Latin Church. This is evident
 54 28|            Friday service in every Latin church until the present
 55 28|        western church in Greek and Latin on Friday of Holy Week,
 56 28|           almost as ancient in the Latin Church as it is in the Greek
 57 28|       observed to this day in some Latin churches with papal approval.
 58 28|          has adopted for the whole Latin Church ceremonies which
 59 28|        Church and has allowed some Latin churches to observe particular
 60 30|         the union of the Greek and Latin Church has been discussed,
 61 30|           1, are both addressed to Latin bishops with Greeks and
 62 31|           or Greek people to use a Latin ceremony to which they were
 63 31|         expressly or implicitly. ~~Latin Rite Adopted by Oriental
 64 31|            who respect equally the Latin and Greek rites. In the
 65 31|        vestments prescribed in the Latin rite (Synod of Lebanon 1736,
 66 31|         episcopal vestments of the Latin Church. In consequence this
 67 31|          the Maronites adopted the Latin rite in regard to the Mass
 68 32|           observed and embrace the Latin rite. Nevertheless, before
 69 33|      assemble at the church of the Latin missionaries. Their priests
 70 33|        continue celebrating in the Latin church the rites they have
 71 33|       should not be mixed with the Latin rite. See the entire Decretal
 72 33|   according to their own rite in a Latin church. Nor are there grounds
 73 33|          in the opposite case of a Latin doing likewise in an Oriental
 74 33|          they were deprived of the Latin church, they would have
 75 34|          mixing of rite would be a Latin consecrating leavened bread
 76 34|         people for holy communion. Latin Ordinaries who have Italian
 77 34|          one time according to the Latin rite and at another time
 78 34|  transferred from the Greek to the Latin rite have received a dispensation
 79 34|           Clement XI that allowing Latin missionaries in Hungary
 80 34|           liberty to return to the Latin rite, would be beneficial
 81 35|            and other services in a Latin church and administer the
 82 35|           preserved union with the Latin Church retreated to Venice
 83 35|           Latins worshipped in the Latin rite. This is attested by
 84 36|        celebrate their services in Latin Churches. But to show more
 85 36|   travelling as far as the nearest Latin church. Latin priests could
 86 36|          the nearest Latin church. Latin priests could not easily
 87 36|           easily travel to the few Latin churches there to celebrate
 88 36|          of Mass celebrated in the Latin rite, there was only one
 89 36|         was only one solution: for Latin priests to celebrate the
 90 36|          celebrate the Mass in the Latin rite for the welfare of
 91 36|           corners. For this reason Latin priests were obliged to
 92 36|       agreement of the Ruthenians, Latin priests were allowed to
 93 36|           to celebrate Mass in the Latin rite in the Ruthenian churches,
 94 36|      sometimes came to say Mass in Latin churches consecrated the
 95 40|          would permanently prevent Latin priests from offering Mass
 96 40| celebration of Mass. In that case, Latin priests could not use the
 97 40|            a second altar at which Latin priests can celebrate Mass.
 98 40|             as Goarius thinks, for Latin priests, and Schelestratus
 99 40|          are other altars at which Latin priests say Mass. In Our
100 40|          in this passage We forbid Latin priests ever to celebrate
101 40|           main altar and at these, Latin priests may, if they wish,
102 41|            continue meeting in the Latin church as they have been
103 41|        should be taken to hold the Latin and the Greek services at
104 41|            celebrating Mass in the Latin rite at their altar with
105 41|     strange inspiration, they (the Latin priests) sometimes take
106 41|      holding their services in the Latin churches, Our severe complaints
107 42|          they hold services in the Latin churches. It is also asked
108 42|           come in great numbers to Latin churches. ~~
109 45|            to the authority of the Latin bishops in whose dioceses
110 47|       claim that they accepted the Latin rite, but that from the
111 48|    Catholic rather than all become Latin. ~~We end Our letter at