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Mozarabic Rite vs Latin Rite

Following the reconquest of Toledo in 1085, a dispute arose about which rite should be used in Toledo, the Mozarabic or the Latin rite. To resolve the dispute both rites were subjected to an ordeal by fire—this time for real. The book containing the Mozarabic Rite, written on heavy vellum survived the fire better than the book with the Latin rite written on thinner paper. Thus it was adopted for use in Toledo despite attempts by Pope Gregory VII to stamp it out. Today, it is licensed for daily use in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary of Toledo and Pope John Paul II celebrated the Eucharist with the rite on two occasions. It has also been adopted as the primary sacramental liturgy of the Anglican Communion’s Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church in Spain rather than the more common Anglican rite.