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Post by simplyorthodox on Jul 25, 2012 18:12:56 GMT 2
Hello!
I would like to hear your opinions on Uniatism, or Eastern Catholicism as it is known nowadays.
I have a question: how is it possible for them to venerate both Orthodox and Catholic Saints, and to venerate some of the Orthodox that were against the papacy and uniatism (like St. Nektarios)?
I have no knowledge on the issue, so can any of you share his thoughts?
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Post by admin on Jul 25, 2012 18:20:24 GMT 2
All that I know on this subject is that the Greek-Catholics (as the Uniates are known in Romania) have the Catholic doctrine and the Orthodox cult. They have been an official Romanian Church in the Inter-Bellum period, but they were forbidden in 1948. After the events in 1989 (the fall of Communism), they re-emerged and started to reclaim the churches that were given by the Communist authority to the Romanian Orthodox Church.
I also know that there are Greek-Catholics in Ukraine; but the Romanian community is the biggest (not sure on this last info).
Now, according to Wikipedia,
"The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language."
"According to the information, valid for the end of 2005, given in the 2007 Annuario Pontificio, it then had 763,000 followers, 8 bishops, 1239 parishes, some 747 diocesan priests and 274 seminarians of its own rite.[3] However, according to the 2002 Romanian state census, the number of followers in Romania was as low as 191,556."
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Post by gonesimera on Jul 25, 2012 18:55:06 GMT 2
There are 21 eastern Catholic Churches in union with Rome, these churches have kept there own rites and services and follow the teachings of the original Orthodox counterparts, They venerate pre-schism saints as we Orthodox do, not modern western saints, though they are held in high esteem as men and women of faith. Most view the pope as first among equals and believe it is wrong to be in schism with Rome. The following web site lists all the 21 churches with a small description. maryourmother.net/Eastern.html Most call themselves Orthodox Catholic. I hope this has been helpful  |
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Post by simplyorthodox on Aug 5, 2012 18:18:34 GMT 2
Thank you all for the information! Your informations were really helpful! |
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Aug 5, 2012 18:54:34 GMT 2
I have a lot of respect for Eastern Catholics as they denied the filioque and forced Rome to make allowance for this as well as other Orthodox teachings for them. Itmisjust a shame that politics forced them into their state.
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Post by Vlad on Aug 5, 2012 20:00:43 GMT 2
Eastern Catholicism in Ukraine is a result of a Polish agreement that forced the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church into Communion with Rome. This was actually one of the things that instigated Bogan Khmelnytsky's Cossack Uprising.
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Aug 6, 2012 21:57:45 GMT 2
The Coptic Catholic Church was a result of a miscommunication between the Vatican and Ottomans. The Vatican thought the Ottomans had requested a Latin Patriarchate in Alexandria and so funded large missions (Many resulting in their Bishops converting to Coptic Orthodoxy, eventually they had some that didn't and they now have a small presence of converts and nuns.
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