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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24976| Title: | Liturgical notes : was the Greek rite ever in use in Malta? |
| Authors: | Lupi, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Rites and ceremonies -- Malta Catholic Church -- Byzantine rite -- Malta Greeks -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1963-01 |
| Publisher: | The Royal University Students' Theological Association |
| Citation: | Lupi, J. (1963). Liturgical notes : was the Greek rite ever in use in Malta? Melita Theologica, 15(1), 6-11. |
| Abstract: | The main argument in favour of the existence of the Greek rite in Malta is the fact, generally agreed upon, that after the division of the Roman Empire in 395, Malta formed part of the Eastern or Byzantine Empire. Abela mentions the fact that in 886 Leo the Wise or the Philosopher forcibly seperated various Sicilian dioceses from the see of Rome, uniting them to that of Constantinople; but historians generally attribute this forced annexation to Leo III the Isaurian, who forcibly annexed to Constintinople the churches of ancient Illyricum as well as those of Crete, Sicily, Southern Italy and perhaps Sardinia. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/24976 |
| Appears in Collections: | MT - Volume 15, Issue 1 - 1963 MT - Volume 15, Issue 1 - 1963 |
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