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	Eastern Catholic
		Eastern Catholic Churches are groups of Christians whose traditions are based on the style of Constantinople but are in union with the church of Rome.
		The Eastern Catholic is a member of the Catholic Church, under the authority of the Vatican and the Pope, but worshipping within a different organizational structure.
		The unfortunate Eastern Schism or the breaking away of the Eastern Church from the Pope, the successor of St. Peter and Vicar of Christ on earth, started under the Greek patriarch Photius of Constantinople in 879, and was consummated by his distant successor Cerularious, also patriarch of Constantinople, in 1054.
	www.melkite.org /eastern.htm (947 words)

	Eastern Churches
		Eastern Churches depend originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople; they are those that either find their centre in the patriarchate of that city (since the centralization of the fourth century) or have been formed by schisms which in the first instance concerned Constantinople rather than the Western world.
		The idea of latinizing all Eastern Catholics, sometimes defended by people on our side whose zeal for uniformity is greater than their knowledge of the historical and juridical situation, is diametrically opposed to antiquity, to the Catholic system of ecclesiastical organization, and to the policy of all popes.
		In 1853 the Catholic Rumanians were given a bishop of their own Rite, and in the Allocution made on that occasion, as well as in the one to the Armenians on 2 February, 1854, he again insists on the same principle.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/eastern_churches.html (12173 words)

	What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catholic Churches - Catholic Update Januaryr©2006
		For Catholics, the branches of the Church are properly called the Latin Church and the Eastern Churches.
		Virtually all the Eastern Churches broke communion with Rome at some point, and present Eastern Catholic Churches are the result of efforts to restore that communion either spontaneously or because of the work of Catholic missionaries.
		Some of the Eastern Catholic Churches are reunited from the Eastern Churches that separated from Rome during the fifth century, or in 1054, or at other times in the Church’s long history.
	www.americancatholic.org /Newsletters/CU/ac0106.asp (1851 words)

	Religion Universe: EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
		The Eastern Catholic churches are an open wound in the side of the Orthodox churches which consistently ask for their suppression.
		From the side of the Eastern Catholic churches, created by Rome with a view to restoring unity, it is painful to be judged an obstacle to unity, a “thorn in the flesh” of the dialogue.
		Within the universal Catholic church, their task is a constant reminder that catholicity* cannot limit itself to the Latin tradition alone but must be open to all genuine expressions of the fullness of ecclesial life in Christ.
	www.religion-religions.com /html/sub_sub_chapters.php?select2=catholic0002&religion=Christianity&subof=christian0004 (1321 words)

	Eastern Rite Catholic Churches Information
		Most, but not all, Eastern Catholics are also directly subject to a patriarch, major archbishop, or metropolitan who has authority for all the bishops and the other faithful of his Rite or autonomous particular Church (canons 56 and 151 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches).
		The Eastern Catholic Churches are in full communion of faith and of acceptance of authority with the see of Rome, but retain their distinctive liturgical rites, laws and customs, and traditional devotions.
		Clerical celibacy is not, on the level of principle, obligatory for Eastern Catholic priests, as distinct from their bishops, but is in fact practised by many of them, particularly those who live according to monastic tradition, and is the rule in countries such as the United States and Poland.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Eastern_Rite_Catholic_Churches (2670 words)

	Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church
		In general, when the numbers of Eastern Catholics organized into their own parishes is small, they relate to the local Latin Rite bishop.
		Eastern Catholic Churches are at times insultingly called “uniate” Churches, meaning that they gave in to pressure to unite with Rome.
		“Eastern liturgies are notable because of their length; because of their frequent use of incense; because they are always sung; and because parts of the service are hidden from view within a sanctuary enclosed by a curtain or barrier.
	jmahoney.com /eastern_rites.htm (505 words)

	Eastern Catholic Churches and Liturgies
		Eastern Catholics are members of the Catholic Church, under the authority of the Vatican and the Pope, but worshipping within a different organizational structure.
		Roman Catholics are welcome at Eastern Catholic Churches and may receive communion at their sacred liturgies.
		The largest of the Eastern rites, the Byzantine tradition descends from the ancient Church of Constantinople.
	www.salvationhistory.com /library/liturgy/sacraments/eastern.cfm (549 words)

	Eastern Rite Churches, Uniate Churches
		Eastern Rite churches are communities of eastern Christians in union with the Roman Catholic church.
		The Eastern Rite Churches are Eastern Christian churches consisting of five rites derived from ancient traditions of Christian churches in the East.
		The Eastern churches have their own canon law and are not bound by the Code of Canon Law of the Western church.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/eastrite.htm (820 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Churches
		If all fall away, the Eastern half of the Church disappears for a time as an actual fact; it remains as a theory and an ideal to be realized again as soon as they, or some of them, come back to union with Rome.
		Eastern Christians were persuaded to reunite with the West, the situation that had existed before the schisms became an actual one again.
		The idea of latinizing all Eastern Catholics, sometimes defended by people on our side whose zeal for uniformity is greater than their knowledge of the historical and juridical situation, is diametrically opposed to antiquity, to the Catholic system of ecclesiastical organization, and to the policy of all popes.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05230a.htm (10872 words)

	Fact Sheet: Scouting for Catholic Youth
		The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has had the responsibility for nearly 70 years to promote and guide cooperative contacts between the authorities of the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America in the United States.
		The National Catholic Committee on Scouting and the BSA launched a membership initiative in January 2003.
		This national recognition is presented to any adult who is working with the Scouting program under Catholic auspices, to Catholics in Scouting units not operated by the church, and to those who have made a significant contribution to Scouting in the field of Catholic relationships.
	www.scouting.org /factsheets/02-377.html (921 words)

	CUF.org :: Catholics United for the Faith
		In 506, the Armenian bishops formally rejected the Christological definitions of the Council of Chalcedon (451), and thus the Armenian Apostolic Church was born.
		Catholic missionary activity began in 1856, and Pope Saint Pius X appointed a bishop for the Church in 1911.
		The archbishop of the Pittsburgh metropolitan is Archbishop Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. (born 1939, appointed 2002).
	www.cuf.org /Faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=177 (3388 words)

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		Amongst the topics of immediate interest to the Eastern Catholic Churches were: World Youth Day 2008, married clergy – their ordination and ministry, the deaconate, vocations to religious life, and the formation of an Eastern Catholic radio station.
		Eastern Catholic Churches have been present in Australia for almost a century.
		The Bishops said the new association would benefit the entire Catholic Church in Australia and that Eastern Catholic Churches would be better able to share their riches with all the faithful.
	www.cathnews.com /news/608/doc/eastern-church.htm (280 words)

	Catholic-Pages.com \| Discussion Forum - Eastern Catholic vs. Eastern Orthodox
		Generally the term "Eastern Catholic" means a Catholic of one of the Eastern Churches (the Byzantine Churches, Maronite, Coptic, etc.).
		The Eastern CATHOLIC church is in full communion with the Pope of Rome,in other words they submit to the Holy See and to the Vatican in all matters concerning the church and faith.
		Eastern ORTHODOX however are NOT in communion with the Pope of Rome.
	www.catholic-pages.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4519 (4844 words)

	The Rite Not to Be Roman (This Rock: January 2006)
		An Eastern Catholic from my parish recounts that he was once told by the director of religious education of a Western Catholic parish that his church—The Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church—was "only 80 percent Catholic," which he found slightly amusing and very frustrating.
		Eastern Catholics are concrete evidence that the Catholic Church is not a monolithic and homogenous Western institution but an ancient, catholic, and worldwide communion of the faithful united by dogma, doctrine, and the See of Peter.
		A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today’s Prophecy Preachers (Ignatius, 2003).
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/2006/0601fea4.asp (2164 words)

	THE EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
		The Eastern Catholic Churches refer to those Churches that developed in the eastern half of the Roman Empire, including those communities that derived from them, and are in communion with Rome.
		The Ethiopian (and Eritrean) Catholic Church follows the ancient Coptic rite of Alexandria and is under the jurisdiction of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.
		Eastern hierarchies should be established where needed [OE 4], and the Churches of the East like those of the West have the right and duty to govern themselves according to their own discipline...and tradition [OE 5].
	maryourmother.net /Eastern.html (4635 words)

	Address to Eastern Catholic Patriarchs
		The Eastern Catholic Churches, together with the other Churches of the East, are living witnesses of the traditions that date back through the Fathers to the Apostles (cf.
		You believe, my dear Brothers in Christ, that “among all the Churches and Ecclesial Communities, the Catholic Church is conscious that she has preserved the ministry of the Successor of the Apostle Peter, the Bishop of Rome, whom God established as her ‘perpetual and visible principle and foundation of unity’ (Lumen gentium, n.
		The particular role of the Eastern Catholic Churches corresponds to the one left unfilled by the lack of full communion with the Orthodox Churches.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1998/september/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980929_patriarca_en.html (1414 words)

	Home Page
		The Eastern Catholic Pastoral Association of Southern California is an association of pastors and other ministers in the great Southern California area who belong to various Churches in communion with Rome but whose origins stem from a non-Latin history and tradition.
		The term "Eastern Catholic" is commonly used in reference to very diverse groups of churches whose historical origins began in Apostolic times and developed over the centuries according to the cultural, linguistic and theological world views of their respective milieu.
		It is the hope of the Eastern Catholic Pastoral Association to aid in the healing of this wound in the body of Christ that we may all be Catholic and Orthodox as well as "catholic" and "orthodox."
	www.byzantines.net /ecpa (418 words)

	USCCB - (AEE) - History for the Church of Czech Republic
		Pressure was applied on Eastern Catholics in Slovakia to join the Orthodox Church.
		From January to October 1968, Church-state relation improved to some extent under the Dubcek regime: A number of bishops were reinstated; some 3,000 priests were engaged in the pastoral ministry, although 1,500 were still barred from priestly work; the "peace priests" organization was disbanded.
		The Eastern Catholic Church, with 147 parishes, was re-established.
	www.usccb.org /aee/czechhistory.shtml (688 words)

	THE EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
		The Eastern Catholic Churches refer to those Churches that developed in the eastern half of the Roman Empire, including those communities that derived from them, and are in communion with Rome.
		There are primarily twelve Eastern Catholic communities that trace their heritage to the Patriarchate of Constantinople and preserve the Byzantine tradition in their liturgy - the Italo-Albanian Eastern Catholic Church, and eleven Greek Orthodox communities that have had part of their faithful reunite with Rome to form the Byzantine Eastern Catholics.
		Eastern hierarchies should be established where needed [OE 4], and the Churches of the East like those of the West have the right and duty to govern themselves according to their own discipline...and tradition [OE 5].
	www.maryourmother.net /Eastern.html (4625 words)

	Eastern Catholic Churches
		With the exception of the Maronite Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches were formed when Christians who had been members of Eastern churches which had cut ties with the Holy See, once again sought reunion with Rome.
		The largest Eastern Christian Church which is not in union with the Bishop of Rome is commonly called the Eastern Orthodox Church.
		For example, there is a Ukrainian Orthodox Church and a Ukrainian Catholic Church; the former is not in union with Rome while the latter is. Sharing the same heritage, one group is Orthodox, the other is Catholic.
	www.nativityukr.org /who_we_are/easterncc.html (259 words)

	To End the Schism: The Pope's Unfulfilled Wish - April 13, 2005
		Eastern Rite Christians regularly stood because standing was the proper way to show respect to royalty.
		Through the schism, the Roman Catholic Church was established in the West and the Orthodox Churches in the East.
		The Orthodox, rather than regarding their Eastern Catholic counterparts as blood brothers with whom to be reconciled, treated Eastern Catholics as the problem, not the solution.
	www.aim.org /guest_column/A2857_0_6_0_C (1450 words)

	Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Worldwide Directory
		For instance, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) are often received at different ages, while in the Byzantine Catholic Church, as in most of the Eastern Catholic Churches, these three Sacramental Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Eucharist are given together to infants.
		The Catholic Church in the United States is organized into divisions of organizational structure and jurisdiction that have, for the most part, geographical boundaries consisting of 33 provinces, with 33 Archdiocese which are metropolitan sees, and 150 Dioceses.
		The Romanian Byzantine Catholics in the United States are under the jurisdiction of the local Latin rite dioceses, and others may attend the local Roman Catholic churches as well depending upon the availability of local Eastern Catholic churches and services in their area of residence.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic (4749 words)

	Catholic World News (CWN)
		Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, an official at that Congregation, remarked that Orientalum Ecclesiarum recognized the Eastern Catholic communities as "a bridge between the Orthodox world and the Catholic world." The Vatican II decree stressed that the Eastern churches should carefully preserve their own identity, their liturgical and spiritual traditions.
		At the same time, the immigration of Eastern-rite Catholics into the Western world has caused new challenges, as the Eastern churches struggle to maintain their traditions in countries where they comprise only a small minority of the Catholic population.
		It must be known by the rest of the world, that after 15 years since the fall of communism, The Romanian Catholic Curch faces huge challenges in all walks of ecleziastical life, properties have yet to be returned, reparations to be made.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=33524 (479 words)

	Eastern Catholic Churches - OrthodoxWiki
		The Eastern Catholic Churches Churches are churches that follow the ancient liturgical traditions of the East, while being in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church and placing themselves under the ultimate authority of the Bishop of Rome.
		The history of each Eastern Rite Catholic church is unique, some having sided with Rome at the time of the Great Schism and some being joined to Rome after that time.
		Eastern Catholics in the United States of America by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (ISBN 1574552872)
	orthodoxwiki.org /Eastern_Rite_Catholic (307 words)

	USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - United States Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Holds ...
		The Metropolitan reviewed the history of the formation of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the divisions and difficulties this caused within the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and efforts in the contemporary period to overcome the past and work together to offer a common witness.
		He urged greater cooperation in the future and suggested that invitations be extended to each other when major events take place, that regular meetings be held between Oriental Orthodox hierarchs and their Eastern Catholic counterparts, and that there be more public interaction among the faithful.
		The United States Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation was established in 1978, and is sponsored jointly by the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the USCCB and the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America.
	www.usccb.org /comm/archives/2006/06-129.shtml (593 words)

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