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Eastern rite churchor Eastern Catholic churchAny of several Eastern Christian churches that trace their origins to ethnic or national Eastern churches but are united with the Roman Catholic church (see Roman Catholicism). A few of these churches became associated with Rome in the 12th century, but most trace their origins to the failure to unite Eastern and Western churches at the Council of Ferrara-Florence in 1439 or to churches that rejoined Rome in the 16th century or later. Eastern rite churches acknowledge the authority of the pope but are allowed to use their own ancient liturgies and to maintain rites and customs more typical of Eastern Orthodoxy, such as allowing priests to marry and admitting infants to Holy Communion. The Eastern rite includes the Ukrainian Orthodox church, the Maronite Church, and some Armenians, Ruthenians, and Melchites (in Syria). Today Eastern Catholics number more than 12 million. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Vito Canzoneri of the Eastern Rite Catholic Church joins a protest led by members of the Queen of Angels Church members Friday night at Cinemark 22 in Lancaster against ``The Da Vinci Code. Some exceptions are (1) members of non-Catholic Eastern Rite churches who ask for it spontaneously and are rightly disposed; (2) other non-Catholic Christians who are in danger of death or other episcopally-sanctioned grave and pressing need who spontaneously ask for it, believe as Catholics do in the Real Presence, and are rightly disposed (Canon Law #844). Of Franz Klein's comments in the same issue, it is almost enough to say that Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic priests, who have for centuries somehow muddled through, some married, some celibate, might be surprised to learn this seminarian's uncompromising verdict: "Either priests are celibate or married. |
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