- Why leavened bread in the Eucharist?
Living Sacrifice, Sacred Tradition.
- Is it even called the, “Eucharist,” in the East.
Yup.
- What other Eastern terminology do I need to know to make this a viable discussion?
More important: learn to use the forum search tools. Do some reading of older threads on the issues.
A few terms that are used without much thought around here for the potential confusion:
Eparch: Bishop
Metropolitan: Think Roman Archbishop; Almost all Roman Archbishops are Metropolitans.
Archbishop: not all Eastern Archbishops are metropolitans.
Patriarch: Patriarch is to Archbishops as Archbishops are to Bishops. The exact nature varies by church.
Primatial Bishop: The head bishop of a given synod. May be a Metropolitan, Major Archbishop, or Patriarch depending on church.
Church: a particular group of one Tradition having a distinct hierarchy.
Sui Iuris: Self Governing. Catholic only.
Autonomous: Self-governing, but still attached to their parent church. Orthodox Only.
Autocephalous: Self-heading. Orthodox Only. No longer part of their parent church.
SCOBA: Society of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of America. Inter-church coordinating body for the Eastern Orthodox in America. (US, Canada, Mexico, IIRC)
Rite: particular form of worship deriving from one of 6 sources: Rome, Antioch, Constantinople, Alexandria, Syria, Armenia.
Tradition: A regionalized expression of a given rite, or a Sacred tradition, context dependent.
Sacred Tradition: part of the Deposit of Faith.
orthodox: having correct faith/belief/teaching. Note the lowercase ‘o’
heterodox: having incorrect faith/belief/teaching
orthopraxis: having correct practice (of the rituals)
heteropraxis: having incorrect practice (of the rituals)
Orthodox: if not prefaced, referring to the Canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches as a communion. note the Uppercase ‘O’
Oriental Orthodox: Those churches in union with the Coptic Pope of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox: Those churches in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Muscovite Patriarch. Canonical Orthodox is a near synonym, but excludes a few bodies.
Catholic: In union with the Pope of Rome.
- Please explain HOW the Holy Spirit can proceed from The Father but not The Son. WHAT is the relation between The Later Two, then? It makes it sound like The Son was just…not involved with The Spirit.
Several recent threads on that alone.
- Toll-House doctrine. Really, what is it? I’ll accept that it’s a theory, but, do you have to pay to proceed to the next Toll House?
It’s a parallel theory to purgatory. It’s the journey after death, and at various points, the soul is supposedly put through trials. It’s not mainstream in Orthodoxy, per se, but it is generally not considered heterodoxy, either.
- (Just in case this wasn’t answered in another post). Why say, “Eternal Memory”? What does it do/what is the purpose of saying it?
It’s the Byzantine way of remembering the dead
the Ruthenian pewbook has this version:
Cleric: “In blessed repose, grant, O Lord, eternal rest to your departed servant
(Name/s) and remember (him-her-them) forever.”
People: “Eternal memory! Eternal memory! Blessed Repose and eternal memory!”
the shorthand is “Eternal Memory…” which for most byzantines will immediately trigger a mental recitation of the prayer.
There are a number of variations.
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), they are “toll houses” where demons test the soul on its ascent to Heaven. I know it is a heated topics among many Orthodox scholars as to the orthodoxy of it (many claim it to be neo-gnostic), but not so much among Byzantine Catholics (I have seen few mentions of it and heard none).
