EC(atholic) on an RC forum-Q about experiences

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I’m exploring labeling issues in the context of a predominantly Roman Catholic website and the impact it has on involvement. I am looking for a sample population and hope you can assist.
  1. As Eastern Catholics, have you ever had an issue with people being confused by your posts because you are Eastern rather than Western/Roman? (Y/N)
  2. Would being labeled an Eastern Christian rather than labeled general (dominantly Roman Catholic) user have any impact on your interest/participation in such a site? (Y/N)
 
Just to be clear, even if your answers are both “no,” that would be valuable information. This does not need big long answers, though I am finding the subject interesting.
 
I often post on the Catholic subforum of a large, popular Christian forum.
There are very few Eastern Catholic on the forum. If it at all pertains to the discussion I clarify that I am Byzantine Catholic, though I assume some of the regular posters would remember that I am. There is only an icon for Catholic, which is what is use. I would perfer one that was for Eastern Catholics, the three bar cross is used for the Orthodox Christians, but as there are so few of us I would not expect them to have an icon just for us.
 
Anastasia13 said:
I’m exploring labeling issues in the context of a predominantly Roman Catholic website and the impact it has on involvement. I am looking for a sample population and hope you can assist.
  1. As Eastern Catholics, have you ever had an issue with people being confused by your posts because you are Eastern rather than Western/Roman? (Y/N)
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Yes! Yes! Yes! 😃
  1. Would being labeled an Eastern Christian rather than labeled general (dominantly Roman Catholic) user have any impact on your interest/participation in such a site? (Y/N)
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I like being labeled Eastern. 🙂
 
annastasia75 said:
I often post on the Catholic subforum of a large, popular Christian forum.
There are very few Eastern Catholic on the forum. If it at all pertains to the discussion I clarify that I am Byzantine Catholic, though I assume some of the regular posters would remember that I am. There is only an icon for Catholic, which is what is use. I would perfer one that was for Eastern Catholics, the three bar cross is used for the Orthodox Christians, but as there are so few of us I would not expect them to have an icon just for us.
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I was once active on that forum years ago. I am still somewhat active on a certain, popular EO forum (mostly in the OO section). 😉
 
Ushally there is not much confusion because the Eastern Catholics always identify themselves " Byzantine " or what ever sui Juris they are.

I have nothing but respect for the East 🙂

God Bless!
 
The terminology that most Roman Catholics understand is “Byzantine Catholic” or “Byzantine Rite Catholic”

Even though it’s sloppy, inaccurate terminology I’ve found that if you don’t explain it to some people this way they just don’t get it
 
Tradycja said:
The terminology that most Roman Catholics understand is “Byzantine Catholic” or “Byzantine Rite Catholic”

Even though it’s sloppy, inaccurate terminology I’ve found that if you don’t explain it to some people this way they just don’t get it
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Isn’t Roman Catholic also inaccurate as Byzantine Catholic?
 
BVM Fatima,

The Annuario Pontifico lists these ritual Churches. Byzantine can be ambiguous.

East Syrian
The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

West Syrian
The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

Armenian
The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Alexandrian
The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitanate)

Byzantine
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)
The Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church (Metropolitanate in USA)
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)
The Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
Apostolic Exarchate in Macedonia
The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
The Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church
The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitanate)
The Byzantine Catholic Church in Italy
The Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church
The Albanian Catholic Church
(No listings for the Russian and Belorussian ritual churches, currently without their own hierarchy)

Ordinariates for the Faithful of Various Eastern Catholic Churches Without Their Own Hierarchy
 
Vico said:
Byzantine can be ambiguous.
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True. It might refer to all Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite (also known as “Greek Catholics”), or it might refer to some subset of them. Still, in practice it’s a pretty useful term.
 
Peter_J said:
True. It might refer to all Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite (also known as “Greek Catholics”), or it might refer to some subset of them. Still, in practice it’s a pretty useful term.
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The Byzantine Rite varies to an extent between the Greek/Arab Churches and the Slavonic (Russia, Ukraine, etc) Churches.

For example: Greek/Arab Byzantine chant is different from the Slavonic Byzantine chant. The Slavonic formula of absolution is quite different from the Greek/Arab formula. Etc, etc.

Slight (though sometimes notable) variations but all are lumped into the one category: Byzantine. 😉
 
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