Gallican to Rite 2 Comparison

The Gallican Rite and Eucharistic Rite II : A Comparison

The Gallican rite emerged from Gaul in the fifth century C . E , and was used in Western Christianity through the seventh and eighth centuries being gradually replaced by first the Ambrosian and finally the Roman rites . The main textual sources for the form and content of the Gallican rite are the letters of St . Germanus of Paris , though a variety of sources , from the British Isles to Spain , are used for the rite 's reconstruction . While the Gallican rite is solemn , dramatic , and

overlaid with a profusion of items ' it is also fluid and flexible since no official Ordinary for the rite exists . The Eucharistic Rite II , by contrast , is laid out in the Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer and though some parts of it vary , these variations are also contained within a highly structured Ordinary form . This rite , which unlike the Latin Gallican rite is conducted in the people 's vernacular and is currently in use among Christians , is simple and streamlined , containing fewer prayers and distinct elements than its Gallican counterpart . The rites largely contain the same general elements , with a few notable exceptions , though often in a different . The principal distinction between the rites is that Rite II is more populist than the Gallican rite , requiring a higher level of participation in worship by the people . This can be traced to the protestant influence upon Anglicanism , as well as the distinct conceptions of God that are implied...