Can Eastern Catholic Bishops Attend Ecumenical Councils?

[CRUSADER_KING]

Can bishops of eastern rites attend ecumenical councils? To be honest, I don’t know much about Eastern Catholicism so any response is helpful!

 

[Brendan]

Can bishops of eastern rites attend ecumenical councils? To be honest, I don’t know much about Eastern Catholicism so any response is helpful!

Not only can, but are expected to.

The term ‘ecumenical’ means ‘across all the Earth’, that it is a Council across all the sui juris Churches.

 

[Brendan]

FYI, here is a picture of an Eastern Divine Liturgy being celebrated at Vatican II

 

[Peter_J]

Can bishops of eastern rites attend ecumenical councils?

Most eastern bishops are Orthodox, but a small percent are Catholic and hence would attend an ecumenical council (if we had one).

 

[Vico]

Can bishops of eastern rites attend ecumenical councils? To be honest, I don’t know much about Eastern Catholicism so any response is helpful!

Armenian Catholic Cardinal Grigor Petros XV Agagianian (Krikor Aghajanian) was a candidate for Pope in 1958 and in 196.

 

[Vico]

Armenian Catholic Cardinal Grigor Petros XV Agagianian (Krikor Aghajanian) was a candidate for Pope in 1958 and in 196.

1962

 

[Wandile]

Yes and they have

 

[Art321]

FYI, here is a picture of an Eastern Divine Liturgy being celebrated at Vatican II

http://www.crisismagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Vatican-II-Council-620x300.jpg

Wow! That is beautiful!!