). How relevant to Latin Rite spirituality/catechism would this be? Is the catechism of the Eastern Churches significantly different than that of the Western Church? Just curiosity.That’s what ACN is saying. They are helping cover the costs. “Six years in the making, the historic book is almost finished and will be published in 2010.”
Can you link us to where that is available? Maybe I’ve seen it… maybe not.
Thanks, Diak!
Great link. I cant wait till this come out! It would be great to see Eastern theological thinking a readily acessible format. It would reflect the theological diversity of the Church (something I know very little about myself:blush:
To my knowledge none are even being discussed. There are some catechetical materials out, but nothing of this scale.
No, as to have all of the liturgical books at least for the Constantinopolitan (“Byzantine”) tradition and its particular developments one would need somewhere upwards of 20 or more books. There are some good prayer books to accompany the faithful for the Divine Liturgy in English. In the Ukrainian Greek Catholic usage the Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship is excellent in English, and in addition to Divine Liturgy music, common text and propers has many other devotional gems, such as the Little Hours (roughly equivalent to Prime, Terce, Sext and None), preparation for Holy Communion and Confession, and other general prayers as well as some occasional services and rites. The Melkites also have Byzantine Daily Worship.
It will be interesting to read the Eastern Catholic catechism and to try to understand more fully the Eastern mentality and view of our Catholic faith.
As I understand it, the Eastern/Greek Rite of the Church holds essentially the same doctrines as the Western/Latin Rite, but the two rites approach the doctrine in distinct ways. As “Roman” Catholics, we look at our faith through the lens and influence of Western culture, and that influence is evident in the way we worship. But the Catholic Church is neither distinctly East nor West; it is universal! So, as a Latin Rite Catholic, I look forward to this work so that I may broaden my understanding of our Catholic faith–extending beyond the Western culture and interpretation of doctrine, and exploring also the Eastern side of the faith. Just as the Eastern Church’s Liturgy is unique, so, I expect, shall be the cultural mindset that guides its interpretation of doctrine. I look forward to enriching my own understanding of our faith by viewing it from both sides.(I know this may be a silly question
Thanks for responding to my questions! I was really wondering whether this catechism will expound upon the Eastern Philosophy which influences the difference in understanding of the doctrines, or how much of the catechism would be dedicated to that, vs. how much would be dedicated to the spelling out of the doctrines themselves (in much the same manner as, say, the Baltimore catechism) if any at all. I, too look forward to getting more info through the lens of the Eastern Churches, since it is so scarce to begin with (at least for a Roman in the US)
I am interested to read as to how they view the Supremacy of the Roman Pontiff and to what extent they accept his authority.
And does he have the universal and supreme power over the Ukranian Catholic Church? For example, can he change their Liturgy if he deems it appropriate.
There is an active thread on that topic. Please continue the discussion there and do not jump threads with off-topic conversations.
I think that’s a topic for a different thread.
As Diak previously mentioned, we’re hearing 2010 publication.
Well hopefully there are at least 20,000 people who would want to buy this. At 20-30 bucks a pop, that would easily cover production and distribution costs and provide a profit to allow further production etc.