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Exarchate of the British Isles

Early Rites of the British Isles

Rites of the Celtic Church

+ Alexandrian – preserved yet influenced via Islamic rule and Latin aberrations.

+ Syriac – innovations influenced via Nestorian Heresy and Islamic rule.

+ Ethiopian – a blend of the Coptic and Syriac rites influenced via Monophysite Heresy and Latin aberrations.

+ Armenian – innovations influenced via Monophysite Heresy and Latin aberrations.

+ Byzantine – preserved yet influenced via Latin aberrations especially amongst the Uniates.

+ Gregorian – innovations after the Great Schism and further Tridentine reforms.

+ Ambrosian – preserved yet influenced via Roman reforms after the Great Schism and further Tridentine aberrations.

+ Stowe – a blend of the Gregorian rite with prayers and rituals of old Ireland in the Gaelic tongue later influenced via Roman reforms after the Great Schism and further Tridentine aberrations.

+ Gallican – innovations via Roman reforms after the Great Schism, Protestant reforms and further Tridentine aberrations.

Rites of the Anglo Saxon Church

+ Byzantine – preserved yet influenced via Latin aberrations especially amongst the Uniates.

+ Gregorian – innovations after the Great Schism and further Tridentine reforms.

+ Syriac – innovations influenced via Nestorian Heresy and Islamic rule.

+ Ambrosian – preserved yet influenced via Roman reforms after the Great Schism and further Tridentine aberrations.

+ Gallican – innovations via Roman reforms after the Great Schism, Protestant reforms and further Tridentine aberrations.

Rites of the Norman Church

+ Gregorian – innovations after the Great Schism and further Tridentine reforms.

+ Gallican – innovations via Roman reforms after the Great Schism, Protestant reforms and further Tridentine aberrations.

+ Sarum – preserved yet influenced via Protestant reforms and Tridentine aberrations.

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