My Brothers and Sisters,
Did you know that there are 23 ways of being a Catholic? The majority of us on this forum are Latin Rite or Roman Catholic and are not aware of our family in the East.
The Catholic Church contains 23 Churches in communion with Rome, One Western Church and 22 Eastern. No Church is more Catholic than the other, which is why the Church is unique and beautiful in its nature.
The Majority of Catholics belong to the Roman Church, which is 98 percent of the Church, and only 2 percent are Eastern Catholic. This is why the majority of Catholics of the Roman Rite are not aware of the East because of the lack of knowledge due to the Church having mostly Roman Catholics.
Infact, the Church has canonized many Eastern Catholic Christians as saints. Some examples are Saint Rafqa of the Maronites who was canonized by Pope John Paul II ( my Favorite Eastern Saint ), Saint Josephat ( a Byzantine Rutherian Catholic ), Saint Charbel and many more.
The point of this thread is to experience and learn about our Eastern Brethren who are equally Catholic if you are not aware of them already. However, there are some rules to discuss about our Eastern Brethren
1. Follow the rules of CF
2. Do not Bash the Eastern Catholics for theology and practices and spirituality because it is different!
3. Do not identify the East as Roman Catholic or uniates, for it offends them a ton!
4. The Eastern Rite Catholics are NOT Orthodox, thus they should not be identified as such and deserve lots of respect. Considering a lot of the Orthodox will be on this thread, please do not debate on the schism, filioque etc, yet continue in a seperate thread.
If any rules are broken, the thread will be closed. As a Catholic who loves the East, I plan to learn more about the Eastern liturgies myself and compare the Latin Church liturgies to the Eastern liturgies, spirtuality, devotions, art etc.
God Bless you all!
Did you know that there are 23 ways of being a Catholic? The majority of us on this forum are Latin Rite or Roman Catholic and are not aware of our family in the East.
The Catholic Church contains 23 Churches in communion with Rome, One Western Church and 22 Eastern. No Church is more Catholic than the other, which is why the Church is unique and beautiful in its nature.
The Majority of Catholics belong to the Roman Church, which is 98 percent of the Church, and only 2 percent are Eastern Catholic. This is why the majority of Catholics of the Roman Rite are not aware of the East because of the lack of knowledge due to the Church having mostly Roman Catholics.
Infact, the Church has canonized many Eastern Catholic Christians as saints. Some examples are Saint Rafqa of the Maronites who was canonized by Pope John Paul II ( my Favorite Eastern Saint ), Saint Josephat ( a Byzantine Rutherian Catholic ), Saint Charbel and many more.
The point of this thread is to experience and learn about our Eastern Brethren who are equally Catholic if you are not aware of them already. However, there are some rules to discuss about our Eastern Brethren
1. Follow the rules of CF
2. Do not Bash the Eastern Catholics for theology and practices and spirituality because it is different!
3. Do not identify the East as Roman Catholic or uniates, for it offends them a ton!
4. The Eastern Rite Catholics are NOT Orthodox, thus they should not be identified as such and deserve lots of respect. Considering a lot of the Orthodox will be on this thread, please do not debate on the schism, filioque etc, yet continue in a seperate thread.
If any rules are broken, the thread will be closed. As a Catholic who loves the East, I plan to learn more about the Eastern liturgies myself and compare the Latin Church liturgies to the Eastern liturgies, spirtuality, devotions, art etc.
God Bless you all!
