Talk:Liturgical colours

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I've done some work on the Roman Catholic part: Black is no longer allowed on Good Friday (it's no longer included in the "General Instruction for the Roman Missal" or the "Ordo"). I've also added information about the use of blue and a special case in the Philippines. - Cnyborg 22:13, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Is the difference between "scarlet", "crimson", and "red" so important?--Bhuck 21:57, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I remember my parish in Boston (a rather small one) used Pentecost paraments during Holy Week because they were the only "reddish" ones they had. My current church is larger and they have crimson for Holy Week and a separate red for Pentecost. In short, I think there is some leeway, but a deeper red is preferred for Holy Week. As for scarlet/crimson, I think that's a matter of semantics. Technically scarlet is more orangey and crimson is more purply, but they're both a deep shade of red.Rockhopper10r 22:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Purple 2 Symbolism 3 Roman Catholic Extraordinary Rite 4 Names for Catholics

[edit] Purple

I suggest removing mention of purple from the Roman Catholic section of this article. The documents all mention violet, which is technically a different color. (In Latin, purpureus is not violaceus.) Rwflammang 01:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Symbolism

I'd like to see the Symbolism column removed from the table of Roman Catholic colors. There is no source for it, and I do not think that an authoritative source exists for it. The whole column is original research at best, and nonsense at worst. Rwflammang (talk) 21:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Catholic Extraordinary Rite

The Roman Catholic section would be more useful if the table was in the same format as the Anglican table, comparing the liturgical colors of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Rites. Dgf32 (talk) 00:58, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

On second thought, given the differences in calendars, a table would be difficult to produce. I've added a section on the Extraordinary Form to the Roman Catholic section. Dgf32 (talk) 02:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Names for Catholics

An editor seems to want to change the section on Roman Catholics to "Catholics" or "Latin Rite Catholics", which is incorrect. The information given is specifically about the Roman Rite, and not about the other Latin Rites. I understand the usual POV-spinning in which only those in communion with the pope get to be Catholic, and it's out-of-place in general on Wikipedia, but here it's especially out of place, because the section is, in fact, only about the Roman Rite. Tb (talk) 12:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I second that. InfernoXV (talk) 17:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)