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	Eastern Rite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and India that, while being part of the Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church.
		Most 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 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Rite (1764 words)

	Catholicism: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Catholicism
		The several churches of Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy consider themselves to be the catholic church, in the general, universal sense of the word.
		The patriarchs of Eastern Orthodoxy are autocephalous bishops, which roughly means that each of them is independent of the direct oversight of another bishop; or, put another way, these Christians are not in communion with the Pope and do not recognise his claim to be the head of the universal church as an earthly institution.
		There are also Eastern Rite[?] Catholics whose liturgy is similar to that of the Orthodox, and also allow their priests to marry, but who recognize the Roman Pope as the head of their church.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ca/Catholicism.html (2281 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The present-day influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church encompasses the territories associated with the former Byzantine and Russian empires: Eastern Europe, Asia (Russia/Siberia), and parts of the Middle East and Africa.
		Eastern Orthodox theologians tended to rely more on Greek philosophers than did the West, often borrowing the categories and vocabulary of Neoplatonism to explain Christian doctrine, though not necessarily accepting all their theories.
		A significant portion of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's population is Eastern Orthodox and previously was in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Orthodox (10367 words)

	Eastern Orthodoxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Eastern Orthodoxy teaches that the fundamental source of tradition is the Scriptures as understood by with the "divinely inspired Fathers of the Church." Their authority cannot be superseded, altered or ignored.
		Roman Catholicism teaches that the Pope is the head of the Church, the successor to the apostle Peter, that he is infallible when speaking ex cathedra, and a host of other authoritative attributes both natural and supernatural.
		Marriage in Eastern Orthodoxy is unbreakable except by death or adultery and is accepted before ordination, while in Roman Catholicism marriage is not allowed for the ordained and (officially) may not be dissolved for any reason.
	www.souldevice.org /eastern_orthodoxy_intro.html (1650 words)

	Eastern Catholic
		The Eastern Christians are most often called "Greek" because of the Greek empires in the eastern Mediterranean, but a more accurate term would be Byzantine Christians since their style of worship was patterned after the church at Byzantium.
		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 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)

	ORTHODOXY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM
		Roman Catholicism teaches that human reason can prove that God is; and, even infer that He is eternal, infinite, good, bodiless, almighty, all-knowing, etc. He is "most real being," "true being." Humans are like Him (analogous), but we are imperfect being.
		The God of Roman Catholicism, born in the Latin Middle Ages, is not " the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but the God of the savants and the philosohers," to adapt the celebrated phrase of Blaise Pascal.
		Roman Catholicism has ordinarily paid little attention to the Orthodox conception of man as slave to death through his passions as manipulated by the devil.
	www.ocf.org /OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html (4978 words)

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		The Eastern tradition is not opposed to the Immaculate Conception; the opposite is the case.
		Many Eastern Orthodox disagree with how the doctrine of original sin has been articulated in the West (they especially dislike the thought of St. Augustine on the matter), and this undoubtedly plays a part in how some of them react to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
		For that reason, the Eastern Catholic Churches play a significant role in bridging the chasm that exists in many cases between the Catholic Church as a whole and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
	www.envoymagazine.com /envoyencore/Detail.asp?BlogID=1431 (601 words)

	Q&A
		Roman Catholicism agrees with much of this Orthodox understanding, except it holds that communion with only one patriarch, the Pope of Rome (who indeed was pre-eminent in the preschism Church), is necessary to be fully the Church.
		The ‘Eastern rites’ were set up as vehicles to steal people and local churches from the Orthodox and also with the long-term goal of making the converts Roman Catholics, with the ‘Eastern rite’ tolerated as an interim measure.
		Both Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy hold that Mary is sinless, and indeed the Byzantine Rite calls her ‘immaculate’.
	www.angelfire.com /pa3/OldWorldBasic/NewQ_Anew.html (2717 words)

	Roman Catholic Church, Catholicism
		The Roman Catholic church, the largest of the Christian churches, although present in all parts of the world, is identified as Roman because of its historical roots in Rome and because of the importance it attaches to the worldwide ministry of the bishop of Rome, the pope.
		Several Eastern Rite Churches, whose roots are in regional churches of the Eastern Mediterranean, are in full communion with the Roman Catholic church.
		The devotional importance attached to the Saints (especially the Virgin Mary) distinguishes Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy from the churches of the Reformation.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/rcatholi.htm (3872 words)

	Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: has ecumenism lost its way? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The assembly complained of Rome's proselytism in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, and that by this action Rome had "inflicted a most severe wound on the dialogue between the Churches which will be difficult to heal.
		They sought this not as individuals, but as local dioceses or other groups of faithful, always under the condition that they would be able to retain their ancestral customs of public worship, personal piety and even canon law.
		To speak of Oriental Rite Catholics as "Uniatism, conducted with treachery and violence", and as "the long arm of the Vatican in Eastern Europe," which is the description recently expressed in Athens, is ludicrous.
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	Byzantines.net - Eastern-Rite Catholicism
		For Oriental Catholicism is not Catholicism in an old-fashioned suit, but a "style" of Christianity, a peculiar Christian "spirit" which is of lasting value.
		For Eastern devotion is aroused by concealment as well as by exposition, and the doors and veils of the iconostasis are not only to hide, but also to reveal.
		Eastern piety has remained largely free from the historical developments that in other places have led at different periods to the highlighting of this or that relatively peripheral aspect of Christian devotional life.
	www.byzantines.net /books/eastern-rite.htm (9994 words)

	EASTERN ORTHODOXY
		The main point of contention between the eastern and the western divisions was the papacy.
		The Roman Catholic Church and its twin, Eastern Orthodoxy, were formed by a spiritually adulterous relationship between the political empire and apostate church leaders.
		Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy both claim direct descent from Christ and the Apostles, but that this claim is bogus is evident in their non-apostolic doctrines and practices.
	www.wayoflife.org /fbns/eastern.htm (1184 words)

	FAQ on Eastern Catholicism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"Eastern Rites" are, by definition, from the East, and the US is a "Western" country, so it has no indigenous Eastern Rite.
		When they discover the Eastern rites, it causes a kind of "culture shock", since they are so used to only one kind of Catholicism.
		Latinization is the wrongheaded practice of forcing Eastern Catholics to conform to the practices of the Roman Rite.
	mysticalrose.tripod.com /eastfaq.html (1252 words)

	Crisis Magazine
		The Patriarchal Eastern Catholic Churches elect and consecrate their own patriarch completely independent of the pontiff; letters of official communion are exchanged after the installation.
		Dormition of Mary Roughly, the Eastern equivalent of the Assumption.
		Eparch or Hierarch The Eastern equivalent of a bishop.
	www.crisismagazine.com /julaug2005/feature1.htm (5123 words)

	Catholic Answers Forums - Orthodoxy over Catholicism? Catholicism over Orthodoxy? Why?
		Eastern Orthodoxy, due to the history of that native land, comes off stagnant and inward looking.
		I chose Catholicism over Orthodoxy because that is the way the Church was meant to be, in union with the See of Peter, Rome.
		I chose Eastern rite, or more specifically the Byzantine rite, in honor of my ancestors (which is also another reason why I chose Catholicism as they did in Eastern Europe where the pressure was great to be Orthodox) and also because I find more comfort in its theological traditions.
	forums.catholic.com /showthread.php?t=27168 (3429 words)

	Eastern Orthodoxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Eastern Orthodox church began in 1054 with the dissolution of the "catholic" church by the actions of the bishop of Rome.
		Eastern Orthodoxy is a very nationalistic denomination, prevalent in the Balkan peninsula of Europe, Russia, and also having small numbers in the Near East.
		Traditions Concerning Saints: "Saints" are held in high esteem within Eastern Orthodoxy as in Roman Catholicism, although in Eastern Orthodoxy saints are chosen by popular opinion and the council of each autocephalous church.
	www.deusvitae.com /faith/denominations/orthodoxy.html (2000 words)

	Does God love the Byzantine Catholic Church? - The Byzantine Forum
		Perhaps that in itself is the death knell for Eastern Catholicism in the United States.
		As I have said, while Catholicism normatively expresses itself in a single way in a given culture and society (though multiple cultures and societies can exist in a given geograhphic place), the world is often not normative.
		Therefore, the Church, in her wisdom, believes that Protestants should be evangelized by Roman Catholicism as opposed to Eastern Catholicism.
	www.byzcath.org /bboard/Forum2/HTML/000441.html (6921 words)

	Seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II directive on Eastern Catholicism, Orientalum Ecclesiarum, ...
		Two-day seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II directive on Eastern Catholicism, Orientalum Ecclesiarum, co-sponsored by the Pontifical Oriental Institute and Congregation for the Oriental Churches / Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali, in Rome, November 18- 19, 2004.
		He explained that the Eastern patriarchs should be given all of the rights and responsibilities that they enjoyed during the first Christian millennium.
		In opening the symposium on the Eastern churches, Cardinal Ignace I Moussa Daoud-- the prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, who formerly served as patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church-- remarked that the Vatican II decree was "a point of departure" in strengthening the communion between the Holy See and the Eastern patriarchates.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/easternsynodbishops.shtml (891 words)

	FAQ on Eastern Catholicism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Eastern Catholic Churches are, by definition, from Eastern countries such as Romania and the Ukraine.
		When they discover the Eastern Catholic Churches, it causes a kind of "culture shock", since they are so used to only one kind of Catholicism.
		If an individual Eastern Catholic feels an affinity with a certain Western devotion, and freely chooses to include it in his personal devotions, he may do so - though he should not completely abandon the practices of his own Christian tradition.
	home.nyc.rr.com /mysticalrose/eastfaq.html (1600 words)

	Pontifications » Blog Archive » Why Not Eastern Orthodoxy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Neither Orthodoxy nor Catholicism, in my judgment, can be conclusively identified as the one and true Church by these kinds of rational arguments, as interesting and important as they may be in themselves.
		I think that since the Eastern Church ecumenically ratified 2nd Orange it has a great place for Augustine while it may not be the central place that the West seems to assign to him.
		The Eastern Church is more mystical and truly devoted to the study of the Fathers and the history of God’s revelations to His Church.
	catholica.pontifications.net /?p=929 (17233 words)

	Eastern Catholicism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Most of the Eastern Rites came about when members of various Eastern Churches (Orthodox, Coptic, etc.) decided to return to union with the Pope of Rome.
		Since we are one and the same Holy Catholic Church, there is total intercommunion between Eastern and Roman Catholics.
		However, before attending an Eastern Catholic Liturgy, a Roman Catholic might want to learn some of the distinctive elements of worship in that rite.
	home.nyc.rr.com /mysticalrose/eastern.html (585 words)

	"No such thing as Eastern Catholicism"? - The Byzantine Forum
		Eastern Catholics in this country have gotten used to the idea that they can support a priest on $14K per year.
		Then read "To the Ends of the Earth: Aspects of Eastern Catholic Church History", and tell me that is isn't an objective, "warts and all" account of the origins, development, and history of the Byzantine Catholic Churches.
		We are Eastern and determined (as I suspect many others on this board are) to keep ourselves so.
	www.byzcath.org /bboard/Forum2/HTML/000407-2.html (2753 words)

	Catholic Answers Forums - Converting from Eastern Rite to Catholicism
		An Eastern Christian coming into the Roman Catholic communion is automatically ascribed to a corresponding Eastern Catholic church, but that is a technicality and has no effect on one's worship life actually (it is how the paperwork is done).
		It was said by Ignatius that the theology and praxis of the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Byzantine Rite is identical.
		Nevertheless, the individual in question is interested in becoming a Catholic, to which I imagine what is meant is Roman Catholic (so many have no knowledge of Eastern Catholicism whatsoever) so I imagine that he or she already knows what to expect as far as worship.
	forums.catholic.com /showthread.php?t=95254&goto=newpost (2393 words)

	Academic Directory on General Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Vatican: Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite
		One of the documents of Vatican II, this decree by Pope Paul VI outlines the position of the Catholic Church regarding Eastern Rite Catholicism.
		The decree affirms the legitimacy and venerability of the Eastern liturgies, as well as the authority of the Eastern patriarchs, while reiterating papal primacy in ecclesiastical matters.
	www.alllearn.org /er/tree.jsp?c=42241 (271 words)

	Why not Eastern Orthodoxy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Eastern Catholicism reconciled many of the issues expressed above for this former "High Church" Anglican.
		Thus, it is not possible for the Eastern Orthodox, or the Roman Catholic Church to call an Ecumenical Council at the present moment -- although Roman Catholics claim to have had more such councils simply because the Orthodox were invited.
		This has implications, since Pius IX appeals to the Eastern origin of the feast of the Conception of the Theotokos (quite true), and furthermore he said that only two conceptions are commemorated by the Church.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/religion/1420888/posts (11679 words)

	Roman Catholicism in Eastern Europe
		The Church as a Viable Force in Shaping Eastern European Politics During the Fall of Communism: The Cases of East Germany, Poland, and Romania.
		Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: Cultural influences on the transition in central and eastern Europe.
		Roberson, Ronald G. "The Catholic Church and Reconciliation with the Orthodox in Eastern and Central Europe." Religion in Eastern Europe, June 1998, Volume 18, Issue 3; 1-10.
	www.stfx.ca /pinstitutes/cpcs/rel-pol/roman-catholicism.htm (2400 words)

	Melkite Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Bibliography Print Sources
		Light of the East: A Guide to Eastern Catholicism for Western Catholics, George Appleyard, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of St. Josaphat in Parma and the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership, Pittsburgh, PA 2000.
		Examines Eastern insights on the 'first incarnation'- the taking flesh of the Word of God- and the 'second incarnation': the divine presence in the elements of Tradition.
		Jesus, A Dialogue with the Saviour (by a Monk of the Eastern Church, 1990 Educational Services, 19 Dartmouth Street, West Newton, MA 02165) - First published in French by the Monastery of Chevetogne, this series of reflections has become a classic in two English and numerous other language editions.
	www.melkite.org /biblio.htm (1307 words)

	"No such thing as Eastern Catholicism"? - The Byzantine Forum
		Whether there really is any such thing as Eastern Catholicism, as Stuart will tell you, until around 1970, no. The Orthodox detractors had a point that the Eastern Catholics basically were treated like Roman Catholics allowed to have different rites.
		There is a fundamental difference in the ecclesial relationship between the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Roman Catholic Church in regards both to the jurisdiction of the pope, and the applicability of particular Latin doctrines.
		On the other hand, the Eastern Catholic particular Churches--21 in all--are not under the patriarchical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, but rather, are in communion with him, and recognize him as primus within that communion.
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