eastern catholic church

If not how can the sucessor of Saint Peter claims to have complete jurisdiction over the Eastern Churches when he does not even celebrate the Holy Divine Liturgy

I am not Catholic- I'm Orhtodox but first is there anything stoping him from celebrating the Liturgy of Saint James basil or John Chrysostom- there is nothing stopping the pope from doing so. I know of Catholic priests in the US in areas where there are not enough priests who will celebrate both the Eastern and Western rites so they could serve uniate and western rite congregations. The only thing that might stop the pope would be- what is the protocal for ecumincal councils- is there an eccumincal liturgy that dates back to the original 7 councils or did they just use the rite of the senior patriarch.?

2009-10-27 01:59:26 by Karol Wojtyła

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I understand that there are various types of Catholic churches. However, I wanted to know what is the difference between the Eastern Catholic church versus the Western Catholic Church (i.e. Latin-rite)? I understand that they recognize the pope, but would the pope be their leader?

They are both Catholic and must be subject to the pope. The difference is mostly just in their traditions. Some things are done differently (i.e. eastern rite say their Mass in Ukrainian or Greek, etc, whereas Western Rite used to always say theirs in Latin). Not only are they both subject to the pope, but both must follow and profess all of the dogmas and doctrines of the church. I am a Latin Rite Catholic myself and have never been to an eastern rite church but I have heard that it is beautiful and not difficult to follow along even though it is said in a difficult language. I would love to see one sometime. For now I am more than content with the Latin Mass.

2008-08-14 07:32:49 by pocky_bot

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Are there any different traditions? holiday? celebrations?

The Byzantine Rite (Catholic) is similar to the Orthodox, and quite different from the Roman Catholic rite. Most celebratory vestments, for instance, are gold, while in the RC rite, they are white. The Priest Faces the altar, while in the west, the priest is behind the altar. The liturgy is quite different, using St John Chrysostom's Divine Liturgy. (Both Orthodox and Catholic (eastern rites) use this Liturgy. It is based on the liturgy used by the Catholics in Antioch who were the first Christians, and still have parts of their mass said in Aramaic.)

er...Bishop Dimitrios Salachas is a bishop, not a pope. The Orthodox church has a Patriarch (Bartholomew).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_ Patriarch_of_Constantinople

2009-08-12 21:58:08 by aznwanb91

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Does anyone know of an Eastern rite Catholic Church in North Florida preferably near Gainesville? If not, do you know how I can contact an Eastern rite Diocese to ask them where one might be?

Thanks, Grace

Yeesh! Maybe you should move to South Florida; Eastern Rite churches seem to be in abundance there. These are all I could find in North Florida, and some of them are stretching it a bit. I did the best I could.

Saint Ephrem (Syrian Rite)
14608 Stacey Road
Jacksonville, FL 32250
Phone: (904) 992-0025.

Holy Dormition
17 Buckskin Lane
Ormond Beach, FL, 32174
Phone: 904-677-8704
http://masstimes.org/dotNet/showchurch.a spx?id=14305

Saint Maron Maronite Mission
c/o 1414 Townsend Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL, 32211
Tel. (904) 721- 3334
Sunday at 5:00 PM (at Christ the King Catholic Church)

Saint Anne (Byzantine - Ruthenian/Passaic)
7120 Massachusetts Avenue,
New Port Richey, FL, 34653
Phone: (727) 849-1190

2008-02-20 06:46:45 by Grace

There is a lot of materials on the Roman Catholic Church, which I can use, however I require material on the liturgy and devotions etc.

Try:

What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catholic Churches http://www.americancatholic.org/Newslett ers/CU/ac0106.asp

About Byzantine Catholics http://www.byzcath.org/index.php?option= com_content&task=view&id=145& ;Itemid=62

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Faith3.sht ml

With love in Christ.

2007-12-11 18:25:06 by Peter B I