Why doesn't every rite have the same canon law?

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The Greek Rites’ beliefs seem to differ greatly from the Roman Rite and the others! :eek:
 
The Catholic Churches of the Greek, or Constantinopolitan rite do not have different beliefs. We have a different liturgy, and we have our own distinctive theological tradition, but our beliefs are not different.
 
Nanotwerp said:
The Greek Rites’ beliefs seem to differ greatly from the Roman Rite and the others! :eek:
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Canon law is an extension of the patristic practices of the Church in question, why should they all be exactly the same?
 
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One example is that the Greek Catholic Rite believes in Uriel, and has him as a saint.
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we venerate lots of saints that the Latins don’t and vice versa…that really has nothing to do with Canon Law…
 
Why doesn’t every rite have the same canon law?
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Actually, no rite has a canon law.

For example, the Roman Rite, the Bragan Rite, the Ambrosian Rite, etc are all rites of the Latin Church, so the same canon law applies for all of them.
 
Canon law does not equate to theology, despite how some Latins operate :p.
 
Because it is not necessary to homogenize the laws across rites. There is no value in making all elements the same. To do so would kill diversity and stamp out cultural heritage.
 
Nanotwerp said:
The Greek Rites’ beliefs seem to differ greatly from the Roman Rite and the others! :eek:
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The unity of all Catholic sui iuris churches is based upon three things, with variations allowed in sacramental discipline and particular church laws: dogmas of faith, Holy Mysteries, hierarchy.
 
Vico said:
The unity of all Catholic sui iuris churches is based upon three things, with variations allowed in sacramental discipline and particular church laws: dogmas of faith, Holy Mysteries, hierarchy.
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While what follows is a reductio (but not ad absurdum), I think that can be simplified. There is no question about the Holy Mysteries: all Apostolic Churches hold the same belief, albeit expressed differently. That any “particular law” exists is really only ad nutum, IOW, insofar - and as long - as Rome allows it to exist. The dogmas in question can be reduced to the three proclaimed unilaterally by Rome starting in the mid-19th Century. There is only a question of “hierarchy” insofar as one of the above-mentioned dogmas is concerned.
 
malphono said:
While what follows is a reductio (but not ad absurdum), I think that can be simplified. There is no question about the Holy Mysteries: all Apostolic Churches hold the same belief, albeit expressed differently. That any “particular law” exists is really only ad nutum, IOW, insofar - and as long - as Rome allows it to exist. The dogmas in question can be reduced to the three proclaimed unilaterally by Rome starting in the mid-19th Century. There is only a question of “hierarchy” insofar as one of the above-mentioned dogmas is concerned.
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Those most recent dogmas are numbered 24:

1854 Immaculate Conception Dogma “We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which asserts that the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from every stain of original sin is a doctrine revealed by God and, for this reason, must be firmly and constantly believed by all the faithful”
The 22 Canons of Vatican ISESSION 3 : 24 April 1870
I. On God the Creator Of All Things (5)
II. On Revelation (4)
III. On Faith (6)
IV. On Faith And Reason (3)

SESSION 4 : 18 July 1870

Chapter 1 On the institution of the apostolic primacy in blessed Peter
Chapter 2. On the permanence of the primacy of blessed Peter in the Roman pontiffs
Chapter 3. On the power and character of the primacy of the Roman pontiff
Chapter 4. On the infallible teaching authority of the Roman pontiff
1950 Assumption Dogma"… by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Hence if anyone, which God forbid, should dare willfully to deny or to call into doubt that which we have defined, let him know that he has fallen away completely from the divine and Catholic Faith."
 
RyanBlack said:
The Catholic Churches of the Greek, or Constantinopolitan rite do not have different beliefs. We have a different liturgy, and we have our own distinctive theological tradition, but our beliefs are not different.
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Our theological explanations of them do vary widely, tho’.
 
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