The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern Catholic Churches

[Michie]

East-and-WestSince we are in Jerusalem, where many of the Eastern Catholic Churches converge, I decided to share this excellent article. I found it very helpful.
Many think the name of “our church” is the “Roman Catholic Church” — but that is only the name of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The “Catholic Church” is the simple and actual name of our Church, a church made of many different rites, all with the same sacraments and all loyal to the Bishop of Rome as the visible head of the Catholic Church.

But many others of the Eastern churches are not “Catholic” and are not in union with Rome such as the Greek Orthodox, the Russian Orthodox, Coptics and many others.

I hope you find this explanation, list of the various rites, glossary of terms and more as helpful as I did. Greetings from Jerusalem where the Roman Catholic Church is referred to as the Latin Rite and cooperates with many other Catholic Rites and co-exists with many non-Catholic Eastern rites.

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The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern Catholic Churches – Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Save Since we are in Jerusalem, where many of the Eastern Catholic Churches converge, I decided to share this excellent article. I found it very helpful. Many think the name of “our church” is the “Roman Catholic Church” — but that is only the name of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The...

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[mourningdove~]

Thanks much, for this helpful information.
I live in an area where there are a number of these Eastern kinds of churches and I really have had no understanding of them,
but have wondered ...

 

[Michie]

Thanks much, for this helpful information.
I live in an area where there are a number of these Eastern kinds of churches and I really have had no understanding of them,
but have wondered ...

Glad it helped!

 

[Valletta]

Thanks much, for this helpful information.
I live in an area where there are a number of these Eastern kinds of churches and I really have had no understanding of them,
but have wondered ...

As an added point, there is a much larger population of Eastern Orthodox than Eastern Catholics, the article concentrates on the Eastern Catholics.

 

[RileyG]

I've attended a Ukrainian Divine Liturgy years ago. It was so beautiful.

 

[Bob Crowley]

In my last job I transported a lady to her Maronite Church a couple of times, although its some distance from where I live.

There's a Syro-Malabar church not far from our home. The parishioners mainly seem to be Indian. My understanding is that it derives from the state of Kerala in India, after St. Thomas arrived there in 52AD according to their tradition.

Syro Malabar Catholic Community - Multicultural Pastoral Care in the Archdiocese of Brisbane

Mass for You at Home (Mass online) Parish Priests of the Syro Malabar Eparchy in Brisbane: Fr Abraham Kazhunadiyil – St Thomas the Apostle Syro Malabar Church (including Syro Malabars in Springfield Parish) Fr Saji Valiyaveettil – St Alphonsa Syro Malabar Parish (Northgate) [See Mass Times...

multiculturalcare.org.au

I personally hope that Catholics and Protestants one day reunify, which would require some give and take on both sides, just as there are some differences between Latin and Eastern rite Catholics.