Eastern Rite Catholic Church Liturgy - Differences and Similarities

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Ciaran_Butler said:
Thanks Aramis for the information!

The things which I have learned about the Eastern Catholic Church from starting this forum thread has been amazing!

I Thank God for the Catholic Answers Forums! and I thank you all for the information you have submitted! 🙂
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One other point to learn is that there’s not an “Eastern Catholic Church”, but rather several Eastern Catholic Churches. These various groups we’ve been discussing are actually individual Churches with their own hierarchies; even though the Melkite Church shares the Byzantine Rite with the Ukrainian Church, we have separate Bishops, parishes, and local Canon Laws. This is just like how the Ukrainians and Latins are separate.

So the Catholic Church isn’t really so much “Eastern” and “Western”, but is actually over twenty different Churches, including the Latin Church.

Peace and God bless!
 
So we are twenty different Churches, united under one pope and one saviour!

So in a sense, both the “Eastern” and “Western” Churches make up one Universal Catholic Church!

God bless you and Merry Christmas
Ciaran 🙂
 
So its 23 Churches united under one pope and one saviour!

Cool! :cool:
 
If you are interested in more information on the Eastern Catholic Churches there is a book from Paulist Press called 101 Questions and Answers on Eastern Catholic Churches by yours truly (pardon the commercial plug) that provides and introductory look at the Churches, their history, practices and traditions.

Deacon Ed
 
So in a sense, both the “Eastern” and “Western” Churches make up one Universal Catholic Church!

**Precisely.

Bp. George Kuzma of blessed memory sent me a letter (which I treasure) in which he refers to the “Catholic communion of Churches.”**
 
One of the other things that’s interesting is the history/tradition associated with the various Churches in the Catholic Church. The Latin Church, and the Maronite Church, both identify very much with St. Peter, since he was the Bishop of Antioch and Rome. The Maronites never separated and don’t have an Orthodox counterpart, and I always personally attribute that fact to the fact that the Maronites and Latins have this common link. The Indian Catholics, such as Syro Malabar and Malankara, are Thomas Christians, who trace their traditions back to St. Thomas (the doubter in the Gospel). The Bishop of Constantinople is the Successor of St. Andrew, St. Peter’s brother, and their Liturgies (St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil, St. James) are derived from one traditionally devised by St. James, the first Bishop of Jerusalem. Likewise, I believe that the Liturgy of St. Mark in the Coptic Church can be traced to the Evangelist, but I’m not too sure.
 
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