Education of Eastern Catholic children in Australia: from the Bishops of the autonomous ritual Churches in Australia

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This comes from the Byzantine Forum:

“Some Issues regarding the Education of Eastern Catholic children in Latin Catholic Schools”

The Bishops of the autonomous ritual Churches in Australia deliver a frank message to the Latin Bishops re the education of their children.

catholica.com.au/breakingnews/026_bn_170309.php
 
To His Grace Bishop +Peter of Melbourne and his brother bishops, МНОГАЯ ЛІТА, ВЛАДИКО! The primary author of the document was Fr. Olexander Kenez of our UGCC Eparchy of Melbourne. This will likely have implications outside of Australia.
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To His Grace Bishop +Peter of Melbourne and his brother bishops, МНОГАЯ ЛІТА, ВЛАДИКО! The primary author of the document was Fr. Olexander Kenez of our UGCC Eparchy of Melbourne. This will likely have implications outside of Australia.
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And for those of us who have trouble with Kyrilitça? :confused:
 
For the Cyrilic-Impaired and Slavic-Impaired:
МНОГАЯ ЛІТА, ВЛАДИКО!
Mnohaya Lyeto, Vladiko!
Many Years, Father Bishop!

A sentiment I share!
 
mlouise007 said:
This comes from the Byzantine Forum:

“Some Issues regarding the Education of Eastern Catholic children in Latin Catholic Schools”

The Bishops of the autonomous ritual Churches in Australia deliver a frank message to the Latin Bishops re the education of their children.

catholica.com.au/breakingnews/026_bn_170309.php
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On the whole, this is a much needed wake-up call, not only to the Latin Catholics, but also to Easterns/Orientals, who confuse unity with uniformity. Many years and congratulations to the courage of the Australian Eastern and Oriental bishops.

I have 2 criticisms and 2 suggestions.

Criticisms:
  1. The admonition seems geared towards the Byzantine Tradition, and does not take into account the unique spirituality of the Oriental Tradition. For example, it makes a distinction between the Latin spirituality which emphasizes salvation through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the one hand, and the “Eastern tradition” which emphasizes “the Resurrection of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Trinity,” on the other. However, this does not take into account that the Oriental Tradition takes BOTH of these approaches to heart (this is evident by the fact that the Oriental Orthodox Churches have a more explicit adherence to the doctrine of the Atonement than the Eastern Orthodox Churches)…
  2. In contrasting the Eastern teaching of Theosis as “a process of becoming” with the Latin teaching, the admonition errs in stating that the Latin doctrine of Grace emphasizes “a finality.” In fact, the Latin Church’s doctrine on Sanctification as a process is exactly what distinguished it starkly from the Protestants during the Reformation.
Suggestions:
  1. Have an Eastern representative to the Education Commission who is aware and appreciative of Oriental identity.
  2. Not only have mandatory education in the Eastern/Oriental Traditions in school, but also at least one mandatory class on the compatibility of the Eastern, Oriental and Western Traditions.
Blessings,
Marduk
 
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