Eastern Catholic Churches
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 An Eastern Catholic Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church holding the Mar Thoma Cross which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians of India |
The Eastern Catholic Churches (historically known by the now non-complimentary term Uniate Churches, which is still in use in some areas, and also by the inaccurate term eastern-rite Churches) are autonomous, self-governing (in Latin, sui iuris) particular churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Together with the Latin Church, they compose the worldwide Catholic Church. They preserve many centuries-old eastern liturgical, devotional, and theological traditions, shared in most cases with the various other Eastern Christian churches with which they were once associated. A few have never been out of communion with the Pope, a claim made, for instance, by the Maronites. Although the churches with which most were formerly associated may be of traditions out of communion with each other (Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East), Eastern Catholic churches of whatever tradition are all in communion with one another and with the Latin or Western church. However, they vary in theological emphasis, forms of liturgical worship and popular piety, canonical discipline and terminology. They all recognize the central role of the Bishop of Rome within the College of Bishops and his infallibility when speaking ex cathedra. A number of theological concerns or, in the case of the Eastern Orthodox churches, differences primarily in understanding the role of the Bishop of Rome separate them even from their counterparts of similar tradition but out of communion with Rome, which in general do not admit them to the Eucharist or the other sacraments.
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- Related: Assyrian Church of the East, Saint Thomas Christians, Catholic Church hierarchy, Catholic Church by country, Eastern Orthodox Church, Leo Allatius, Oriental Orthodoxy, Union of Brest, Western Ukrainian Clergy
| Orientale Lumen Orientale Lumen www.vatican.va/.../hf_jp-ii_apl_02051995_orientale-lumen_en.html - Web |
| Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium www.intratext.com/X/LAT0758.HTM - Web |
| Code of canons of the Oriental Churches Code of canons of the Oriental Churches www.intratext.com/X/ENG1199.HTM - Web |
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| Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescripti... Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches www.byzcath.org/faith/documents/instruction.htm - Web |
| What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catho... What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catholic Churches www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0106.asp - Web |
| The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches www.maryourmother.net/Eastern.html - Web |
| Eastern Catholics in the United States of America Eastern Catholics in the United States of America www.cin.org/east/eastcathamer.html - Web |
| CNEWA Papal Agency for the support of Eastern Cath... CNEWA Papal Agency for the support of Eastern Catholic Churches www.cnewa.org/home-us.aspx - Web |
| Congregation for the Oriental Churches: Profile Congregation for the Oriental Churches: Profile www.vatican.va/.../rc_con_corient_pro_20030320_profile.html - Web |
| The Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics The Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics www.cnewa.org/generalpg-verus.aspx?pageID=125 - Web |
| Syro Malankara Catholic Church International Homep... Syro Malankara Catholic Church International Homepage www.syromalankara.org - Web |
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| Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate www.pgc-lb.org/english/ - Web |
| Maronite Patriarchate Maronite Patriarchate www.bkerke.org.lb - Web |
| Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church web.archive.org/web/20080210111559/www.ugcc.org.ua/eng/ - Web |
| Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Lithuania Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Lithuania www.truelithuania.com/.../eastern-rite-catholicism-uniate-christianity-490 - Web |
| Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church www.malankara.net - Web |
| Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church www.smcim.org - Web |
| Byzantine Catholic Church in America Byzantine Catholic Church in America www.byzcath.org - Web |
| Armenian Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Church www.armeniancatholic.org - Web |
| Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh www.archeparchy.org - Web |
| Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church web.archive.org/web/20080131121727/www.bru.ro/index.php/ - Web |
| Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Hungarian Greek Catholic Church www.gorogkatolikus.hu - Web |
