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Hands Off the Liturgy

Question:

Can elements of the Orthodox divine liturgy be added to the Roman Mass?

Answer:

The only things permitted in the Latin Church are those things found in the Roman Missal.

Sacrosanctum Concilium:

22. 1. Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is, on the Apostolic See and, as laws may determine, on the bishop.

3. Therefore no other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.

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