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PatienceAndLove
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I am wondering if the Greek Orthodox Church is in communion with Rome.
And I apologize if a thread like this has already appeared.
And I apologize if a thread like this has already appeared.
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Woodstock
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There are Greek Catholic Churches which are in communion with Rome, but the Greek Orthodox Church is not.
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Harpazo
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…yet.
I hope to see unity of Catholic and Orthdox before I leave this planet. I know that’s also the prayers of many other like-minded people.
Pace e Bene
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jimmy
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Amen brother. I would like to add to that the Oriental Orthodox and the Church of the East as well. If there were unity of all the great traditional churches then the protestants would follow suite. The divides within Christianity would be healed. We would be able to convert the world then.…yet.
I hope to see unity of Catholic and Orthdox before I leave this planet. I know that’s also the prayers of many other like-minded people.
Pace e Bene
Andrew
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bpbasilphx
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**If there were unity of all the great traditional churches then the protestants would follow suite. **
That’s not very likely. Did the rest of the Episcopal Church follow suit when some Episcopalians opted for the Pastoral Provision?
That’s not very likely. Did the rest of the Episcopal Church follow suit when some Episcopalians opted for the Pastoral Provision?
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jimmy
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I think this is a different situation though. I think if the effects of the Great Schism and the schisms of the fifth century were reversed it would cause a great deal of change in perspective. I think the Anglicans and Lutherans would especially follow suite.
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Edmac
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Just for the record, there is a tiny Greek, Greek Catholic
Church (how else to say it?)
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Church (how else to say it?)
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PatienceAndLove
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What Eastern Churches are in communion with Rome?
The only one I know of is Byzantine. Is Maronite in Communion, as well?
I ask because my sister is very unhappy at the Catholic Churches near her uni, and has been looking to the Eastern Churches.
The only one I know of is Byzantine. Is Maronite in Communion, as well?
I ask because my sister is very unhappy at the Catholic Churches near her uni, and has been looking to the Eastern Churches.
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Aramis
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Byzantine isn’t one, but several, including the Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church, Russian Catholic Church, etc.
Maronites are in union.
So are Chaldeans.
So are the Ethiopian Catholic Church, Coptic Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Syro-Malanka Catholic Church.
In All, the Holy Catholic church is a union of 23 churches (counting the romans), and around a third are “Byzantine”
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jimmy
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Yes, we Maronites are in communion with Rome.
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Irish_Melkite
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bpbasilphx
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**What Eastern Churches are in communion with Rome?
The only one I know of is Byzantine. Is Maronite in Communion, as well?
I ask because my sister is very unhappy at the Catholic Churches near her uni, and has been looking to the Eastern Churches.**
The Maronites are uniquie because this is the only Eastern Catholic church that does not have a non-Catholic counterpart.
But as I’ve said elsewhere, should your sister go to an Eastern Church, ask her to accept it on its own terms, and not as the last bastion of pre-V2 Roman Catholicism.
The only one I know of is Byzantine. Is Maronite in Communion, as well?
I ask because my sister is very unhappy at the Catholic Churches near her uni, and has been looking to the Eastern Churches.**
The Maronites are uniquie because this is the only Eastern Catholic church that does not have a non-Catholic counterpart.
But as I’ve said elsewhere, should your sister go to an Eastern Church, ask her to accept it on its own terms, and not as the last bastion of pre-V2 Roman Catholicism.
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mgy100
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Perhaps the best way to say it is, the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic church are currently not in communion with each other.
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Crumpy
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Lots of good comments here. I was reviewing the article on the Greek Church for the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia project.
As in the preceding posts, the Oriental Churches in union with Rome usually have the word “Catholic” as part of their name. But that may not be a universal rule.
Best is just to ask at the church you’re interested in. It would take, quite frankly, too much time to give a general answer, when you could just look in the yellow pages and make a few calls.
If you want the long sad, sad story about the Great Schism of the church, then check out the article I referenced above. For more modern insights, check out the Catholic Encyclopedia at www.newadvent.org.
Some of the churches on the orthodox side of the split have also become ‘protestant’ to varying degrees, having been also influenced by the Reformation, as well as by the peculiar reasons that caused the Great Schism itself.
The Roman Catholic Church has been pleading, almost begging the schismatic churches to come back into full unity. There seems to be more emotion involved than tangible issues ( the old encyclopedia says the ‘issues’ have even been resolved from time to time, but they keep cropping back up – same old issues all over again).
Some of the churches are extremely nationalistic, particularly the Russian Orthodox Church. They don’t seem to be too chummy even with the other Orthodox churches. Language barriers and mistrust are big issues with schismatic churches, in general.
As in the preceding posts, the Oriental Churches in union with Rome usually have the word “Catholic” as part of their name. But that may not be a universal rule.
Best is just to ask at the church you’re interested in. It would take, quite frankly, too much time to give a general answer, when you could just look in the yellow pages and make a few calls.
If you want the long sad, sad story about the Great Schism of the church, then check out the article I referenced above. For more modern insights, check out the Catholic Encyclopedia at www.newadvent.org.
Some of the churches on the orthodox side of the split have also become ‘protestant’ to varying degrees, having been also influenced by the Reformation, as well as by the peculiar reasons that caused the Great Schism itself.
The Roman Catholic Church has been pleading, almost begging the schismatic churches to come back into full unity. There seems to be more emotion involved than tangible issues ( the old encyclopedia says the ‘issues’ have even been resolved from time to time, but they keep cropping back up – same old issues all over again).
Some of the churches are extremely nationalistic, particularly the Russian Orthodox Church. They don’t seem to be too chummy even with the other Orthodox churches. Language barriers and mistrust are big issues with schismatic churches, in general.
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Irish_Melkite
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One will not find modern insights in an article written almost a century ago.
This gets the prize for most outlandish and insulting comment of the week.
That observation, even taken apart from the other comments made here, demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of the issues involved in the separation of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
Many years,
Neil
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Hesychios
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Uh…is that where you learned these revelations of yours…
or was it from interior locutions?Michael
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St_Benedict
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As has been detailed in these forums ad nauseum, that version has to be used with extreme care due to it’s age, it contains inaccuracies and it’s attitude / language towards the east, lacks charity, - the nicest way to put it.
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Woodstock
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Crumpy,
There’s no way you would know that the information on the Eastern Catholics in that encyclopedia is misleading and inaccurate. Hesychios raised that concern with Catholic Answers here and they said they are “acutely aware” of the misleading information and they have a plan in place to address it, whatever that means. With you being a reviewer before that plan is put in motion, you didn’t have the benefit of it to correct the encyclopedia’s faulty info. Don’t feel bad. Stick around and start some threads and ask some questions and the people here will point you to some better sources. These threads would be good starting places.
**A historical explanation of how things came to be?
Book Recommendations on Eastern Catholicism
**Eastern/Oriental Catholic Media Links (Audio, Video, Books…)
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Ignatius
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Lord I pray that soon we may be one again. God Bless.
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