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TimothyH
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How does one know if a Church is in communion with Rome?
Is there a list?
I ask out of true ignorance. Thanks.
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Is there a list?
I ask out of true ignorance. Thanks.
-Tim-
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ConstantineTG
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There are many who claim they are in communion but really are not. It is a difficult task indeed. You can always call the diocese office to ask if a parish is under their jurisdiction or not.
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I realized this is in the Eastern Catholic section. You can look up an Eastern parish and figure out to what Eparchy it belongs to. Then see if that Eparchy belongs to a Church that is in communion with Rome.
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I realized this is in the Eastern Catholic section. You can look up an Eastern parish and figure out to what Eparchy it belongs to. Then see if that Eparchy belongs to a Church that is in communion with Rome.
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Friar_David_O.Carm
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Most diocesan and eparchal websites have a list of parishes.
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ibo
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What do you mean by church? The building?, the Parish? The Institution?
There is only one Church.
Youv’e got this problem only with the Orthodox, who are complicated to discern.
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Hesychios
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And gracious humility I might add.
The previous posters are correct, in that you can tell about a Sui Juris Particular Church by checking out the bishop. These days they seem to all have websites.
Most of us have them memorized, so it is easy to forget how confusing this can be at first.
If you do decide to visit such a temple, call the priest first, and ask him straight out if his bishop is in communion with and/or under the Roman Pontiff. If he says ‘yes’, then ask his bishops name and where his See is located.
If you do decide to visit even if his church is not under the Pope, you should remember that the visit will not satisfy your Sunday obligation as a Latin Catholic, but you are permitted to otherwise visit and pray.
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5Loaves
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If you are interested in visiting an Eastern or Oriental Catholic Church there is an excellent locater here at Find-A-Parish → By Location and smaller missions here at Find-A-Parish → Start-A-Parish. Those sites are very well maintained.
Wikipedia has a pretty good basic page on Eastern and Oriental Catholic Churches with many links to additional information such as “List of Catholic rites and churches”, and “Particular Church”.
You can receive the Holy Mysteries/Sacraments of Holy Eucharist and of Confession/repentance at any of the 23 Catholic Churches. Hesychios mentions you can also visit an Eastern Orthodox church for Divine Liturgy (or other services) but doing so would not fulfill your “Sunday Obligation” to assist at a Mass/Liturgy (nor would you take Holy Eucharist in an Orthodox Church). Many of us Eastern Catholics do attend services in Orthodox churches. Our Liturgy and services are the same, with the exception of course of who is commemorated, in our EC/OC cases, the Pope of Rome, in an Orthodox parish their Metropolitan.
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Alexander_Roman
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There is only one Church? Do you mean the Latin Particular Church or the Ukrainian Catholic Church or which one of the more than twenty Particular Catholic Churches that exist in union with Rome?
Or is Vatican II and the Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches something that happened to people other than yourself?
What you have written is offensive to Eastern Catholics who have their own Particular Churches recognized by Rome.
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ibo
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You completely misunderstood my answer. I simply did not understand you question. For me any Church who is united with Rome is the Catholic Church, it is not a different Church united with Rome. simply they have their own rites, customs and canon law.
I said that they are difficult to distinguish because I do not know much about it. You jumped into a wrong conclusion of me being offensive to Eastern Churches. I admire them, I tried to marry in Orthodox Rite although could not find a Priest, I have been to greece to orthodox Liturgies and I intend to go do Moscow with the sole purpose to participate in the Orthodox Easter.
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Wesley7
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If the Diocese of Rome has all your paperwork.
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ibo
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Thanks for the welcome.
My English is not too bad but I could not get yours
. Baseball vocabulary with a metaphor on it? If it is, I cannot undertstand baseball so, neither the metaphor. Sorry…
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Aramis
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The other element is to listen for the commemoration of the Pope during the Liturgy. Few schismatic groups do, and the canonical Eastern Orthodox do not do so either; the Oriental Orthodox commemorate a different pope, currently HH Shenouda III.
A few oddball groups will commemorate a pope you’ve never heard of…
A few oddball groups will commemorate a pope you’ve never heard of…
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Halyna
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A lot of people on these posts seem to make things more complicated than they are.
- Just Call the priest. Ask him if this is a Catholic church, in communion with the Pope. If he makes a long speech, I’d listen but say: Thank you. The answer should be YES.
- Attend one Service: I am Eastern Catholic and in EVERY single service there is at least one (if not several) prayers and references to our Pope, Benedict. If you dont hear that then I’d question it.
Simple!
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