How do you explain Eastern Catholicism to Roman Catholics

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A little history of the Greek Catholic Church in the Rusyn areas from the time of the Union of Brest (Poland) and Union of Ungvar (Hungary):

Rusyn areas of the Carpathian mountains are in today’s Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, and Romania. Rusyn also exist in Vojvodina Serbia.

The eparchies grew
(U = today’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic, R = today’s Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church):

? Lemkowszczyzna (U)
? Kamyanets (U)
1087 Przemysl (U)
1677 Lviv (U) (later moved to Kiev)
1771 Mukacheve (R)
1777 Krizevci (Croatian)
1818 Diocese of Presov (Slovak)
1885 Ivano-Frankivsk (U)
1912 Canadian Exarchate (U)
1912 Diocese of Hajdudorog (Hungarian)
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1924 Ukrainian Exarchate USA 1924 – Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky (U)
1924 Ruthenian Exarchate USA 1924 – Bishop Basil Takach (R)
1924 Apostolic Exarchate Miskolc (Hungarian)
+
1958 Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia from Exarchate (U) – Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum
1963 Exarchy of Pittsburgh from Exarchate (R) – Pittsburgensis Ruthenorum
1977 renamed *Pittsburgensis *ritus bizantini (R)
1996 Apostolic Exarchate Presov Czech Republic (R)
2003 Apostolic Exarchate Serbia and Montenegro (Croatian)

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in the short of explaining the eastern churches to roman catholics is easy.
there are at least 21 different rites in the catholic church in which the roman
rite is one.
the other rites have either been founded by apostles other than peter or are
a direct descendant of one of them. have a good year. (alih)👍
 
alih said:
in the short of explaining the eastern churches to roman catholics is easy.
there are at least 21 different rites in the catholic church in which the roman
rite is one.
the other rites have either been founded by apostles other than peter or are
a direct descendant of one of them. have a good year. (alih)👍
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They are all from Rome, Antioch, or Alexandria (where Peter’s disciple Mark had been active), the three Petrine Sees. Ref: Cardinal Ratzinger, Called to Communion, chapter entitled *“The Primacy of Peter and Unity of the Church” *.
 
alih said:
in the short of explaining the eastern churches to roman catholics is easy.
there are at least 21 different rites in the catholic church in which the roman
rite is one.
the other rites have either been founded by apostles other than peter or are
a direct descendant of one of them. have a good year. (alih)👍
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There’s only 6 rites.
What you refer to as rites are Churches, or more specifically Churches sui juris.
 
recognized rites of the catholic church excluding the roman rite:
1, byzantine, 2. alexandrian (coptic) 3. syriac 4. armenian 5. maronite 6. chaldean 7. ethipian
8. antiochene 9. syro-malankara 10. assyrian 11. albanian 12. belarussian 13. bulgarian
14. eparchy of krizevci 15. greek catholic 16. hungarian catholic 17. italo-albanian 18. melkite-
greek 19. romanian greek 20. russian church 21. ruthenian catholic 22.slovak catholic
23. ukrainian greek catholic.
as it was said by the vatican, not too many catholics know their religion.
if any-one has any disagreement with this, kindly take it up with the vatican and not with me.
have a good year. (alih)👍
 
alih said:
recognized rites of the catholic church excluding the roman rite:
1, byzantine, 2. alexandrian (coptic) 3. syriac 4. armenian 5. maronite 6. chaldean 7. ethipian
8. antiochene 9. syro-malankara 10. assyrian 11. albanian 12. belarussian 13. bulgarian
14. eparchy of krizevci 15. greek catholic 16. hungarian catholic 17. italo-albanian 18. melkite-
greek 19. romanian greek 20. russian church 21. ruthenian catholic 22.slovak catholic
23. ukrainian greek catholic.
as it was said by the vatican, not too many catholics know their religion.
if any-one has any disagreement with this, kindly take it up with the vatican and not with me.
have a good year. (alih)👍
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Wrong. Those are sui iuris churches.

The Church stopped referring to them as Rites at Vatican II, and returned to calling them churches.
 
alih said:
recognized rites of the catholic church excluding the roman rite:
1, byzantine, 2. alexandrian (coptic) 3. syriac 4. armenian 5. maronite 6. chaldean 7. ethipian
8. antiochene 9. syro-malankara 10. assyrian 11. albanian 12. belarussian 13. bulgarian
14. eparchy of krizevci 15. greek catholic 16. hungarian catholic 17. italo-albanian 18. melkite-
greek 19. romanian greek 20. russian church 21. ruthenian catholic 22.slovak catholic
23. ukrainian greek catholic.
as it was said by the vatican, not too many catholics know their religion.
if any-one has any disagreement with this, kindly take it up with the vatican and not with me.
have a good year. (alih)👍
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alih, it seems you are not up-to-date with the terminologies. As Aramis has said, what you listed are Churches, not Rites. The six Catholic Rites are:
  1. Roman
  2. Byzantine
  3. Armenian
  4. Alexandrian
  5. Western Syriac
  6. Eastern Syriac or Chaldean
ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm
 
The original question (at least in the title) seems to be based on the false presumption that Roman Catholics typically have no knowledge of Eastern Catholics. Of course there are people like that, but I strongly suspect that numbers get exaggerated every time someone has a negative experience, i,e my neighbor asked me “Are you sure you’re really Catholic”. I know many RC’s who have attended liturgy in an Eastern Catholic Church, and the times I’ve gone, I’ve never had to explain that what I did was OK with the Pope.
If you run into RC's who have no idea what Eastern Rites are, just keep in mind of all the other things they may not know, i,e you're required to go to confession, a Friday penance is still required, etc.
 
My girlfriend and her mother are lifelong Catholics, and had never heard of Eastern Catholicism. I attended a Ruthenian liturgy with my girlfriend, and talked to her mother about it, and I explained it this way (please keep in mind that this was intended to be a basic introduction only):

“There is one Catholic Church, but with various liturgies and traditions. The Eastern Catholic churches are those that were once in communion with Rome, but for various reasons that communion was broken. Centuries later some of these churches reunited, and today are known as Eastern Catholic churches. Their emphasis and expression is different, but they share the same dogmas, and are fully Catholic. Since they are relatively few in number in the west many Roman Catholics are not aware of them, but they form an important part of the Church, and I recommend visiting one to see the diversity in the Catholic communion.”

I didn’t put it quite that well, but that’s generally what I tried to communicate 😃
 
alih said:
recognized rites of the catholic church excluding the roman rite:
1, byzantine, 2. alexandrian (coptic) 3. syriac 4. armenian 5. maronite 6. chaldean 7. ethipian
8. antiochene 9. syro-malankara 10. assyrian 11. albanian 12. belarussian 13. bulgarian
14. eparchy of krizevci 15. greek catholic 16. hungarian catholic 17. italo-albanian 18. melkite-
greek 19. romanian greek 20. russian church 21. ruthenian catholic 22.slovak catholic
23. ukrainian greek catholic.
as it was said by the vatican, not too many catholics know their religion.
if any-one has any disagreement with this, kindly take it up with the vatican and not with me.
have a good year. (alih)👍
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I agree with you that there seems to be a lack of common knowledge about all the Catholic ritual churches.

The word rite has been used various ways, but is seems correct now to use rite to mean the liturgical rite. Usually the term ritual church or church sui iuris ( which means “of one’s own laws”) is now used. The traditions, mentioned by Aramis, with Catholic ritual churches that are recognized officially are below. You might like a link to the annuario pontifico statistics:
cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat10.pdf

A. Alexandrian tradition
  1. Coptic Church
  2. Ethiopian-Eritrean Church
B. Armenian tradition
3. Armenian Church

C. Antiochene traditon
4. Maronite Church
5. Syriac Church
6. Syro-Malankara Church

D. Chaldean traditon
7. Chaldean Church
8. Syro-Malabar Church

E. Byzantine tradition
9. Albanian Church
10. Belarussian Church
11. Bulgarian Church
12. Krizevci (Croatia) Church
13. Greek Church
14. Hungarian Church
15. Italo-albanian Church
16. Macedonian Church
17. Melkite Church
18. Romanian Church
19. Russian Church
20. Ruthenian (Byzantine) Church
21. Slovak Church
22. Ukrainian Church

F. Latin tradition
23. Latin Church
 
Patchunky said:
Presov is NOT in the Czech Republic. It is in Slovakia.😃
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A little misleading isn’t it? It should say:

“1996 Apostolic Exarchate Czech Republic (R)”

There was a reorganization made of the Slovak ritual Church territory March 15, 1996 by Pope John Paul II. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic was derived from the eparchy of Presov, Slovakia.

In Praha (Czech Republic) is the Cathedral of St. Clement, a Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. The last time I was there in Praha, 1992, it was Czechoslovakia.

Now the Ruthenian exarch of Czech Republic is Bishop Ladislav Hučko, and the Slovak Metropolitan is Archbishop Ján Babjak, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov.
 
LOL

How do I now avoid this akward situation. My RC parish priest called and asking me to help with his IT issues (I’m sort of his IT guy). Of course I’ve only been to Mass like 3 times in the last 2 months, preferring to go to Divine Liturgy all the other times. Of course I’m not going to ignore him and I will help him, I will always be at the service of our Church and her clergy, even if its not religious stuff. But of course the question will certaily be asked, “I haven’t seen you at Mass the past 3 Sundays…” :o

edit:
Why does it feel like I’m cheating 😃
“Father, I’m seeing another priest. And he’s Ukrainian!” :D:D:D
 
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