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Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information CenterByzantine Great Tradition, Byzantine Rite, Greek VariantThe Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Then, Melkites are sometimes called "Eastern Catholics" or "Byzantine Catholics" or "Greek Catholics". Great Traditions of Eastern CatholicismIn Eastern Catholicism, the Catholic Church has five "Great Traditions". The "Great Traditions" are:
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church / Grec Melkite Catholique is a part of the Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) Great Tradition. RitesEach of these great traditions is subdivided into "rites." A "rite" is the "liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary patrimony, culture and circumstances of history of a distinct people, by which its own manner of living the faith is manifested . . ." [Canon 28 §1. Code of Canons of the Eastern (Catholic) Churches, 1990]. N.B. The term "rite" is never to be used to designate an actual Church jurisdiction. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church / Grec Melkite Catholique is a part of the Byzantine Rite. VariantsSome Rites have Variants. The Byzantine Rite has Greek and Slav Variants. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church / Grec Melkite Catholique is a part of the Greek variant. ChurchesChurches are ecclesial communities which use or possess a
"rite" in a particular variation. They are usually headed by a Patriarch or Metropolitan
Archbishop, and should have a full ecclesial structure (Patriarchate, Eparchies (Dioceses)
and Parishes). The Melkite Greek Catholic Church / Grec Melkite Catholique is a Catholic Church with a Patriarch. The Patriarch is The Patriarch / Batriyark of Antioch. More InformationWeb Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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