34. An
example of the forbidden mixing of rite would be a Latin consecrating
leavened bread and giving communion from it to Latins. It would be the same
if Orientals who do not consecrate unleavened bread were to do so and to
distribute it to their people for holy communion. Latin Ordinaries who have
Italian Greeks subject to them should show a careful concern "that
Latins receive communion from unleavened bread and Greeks from leavened bread
where they have their own parish" (Our constitution Etsi Pastoralis,
sect. 6, no. 14).
Another example of forbidden
mixing of rites would be a priest celebrating Mass at one time according to
the Latin rite and at another time according to the Greek rite. St. Pius V
forbids this in his constitution 21, Providentia (Bull. novi, vol.
4, pt. 2, Rome). He revokes absolutely all faculties of so doing which had
previously been granted to-some priests. Our constitution 57, sect. 7, no.
10, agrees with this constitution of Pius V. Even though priests in charge of
colleges of Orientals in Rome who became Jesuits and transferred from the
Greek to the Latin rite have received a dispensation to sometimes offer the
sacrifice of the Mass in the Greek and Oriental rite, as already mentioned,
this has been approved in order that their students may learn how to
celebrate Mass in their own rite since they are bound to profess the Greek
and Maronite rite and conduct divine services in accordance with it thoughout
their lives. The particular circumstances of this obviously unique case show
clearly enough that it cannot be used as an exemplary argument for gaining
similar dispensations.
Cardinal Kollonitz advised
Pope Clement XI that allowing Latin missionaries in Hungary to celebrate in
the Greek rite whenever this appeared necessary, while remaining at liberty
to return to the Latin rite, would be beneficial to the Church. The Pope
rejected the Cardinal's advice because he felt that each one should remain in
his own rite in accordance with the provisions of the Canons and that a
priest should not be permitted to change the rite in which he celebrated
Mass. This is clear from his Brief to the Cardinal on May 9, 1705 (Epistolar.
et Brev. selectior, ejusdem Pontificis typis editor, p. 205).
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