This chart
shows the various Catholic liturgical families (rites) and their
ancestry. Jerusalem, the place of the founding of the Catholic Church,
came first in time. Then three major branches eventually formed within
the Church: Roman, Antiochian and Alexandrian. The Ukrainian Catholic
Church is part of the Antiochian branch, specifically coming under the
Byzantine rite. The Catechism, quoting from Sacrosanctum Concilium, the
Second Vatican Council's Constitution on Divine Liturgy, states:
"The liturgical
traditions or rites presently in use in the Church are the Latin . . .
and the Byzantine, Alexandrian or Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite and
Chaldean rites. In 'faithful obedience to tradition, the sacred Council
declares that Holy Mother Church holds all lawfully recognized rites to
be of equal right and dignity, and that she wishes to preserve them in
the future and to foster them in every way.'" (CCC 1203). from this Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic website
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