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2 unusual facts about Eastern Catholic Churches


Catholic theology

Catholic theology is the ongoing academic reflection upon and speculation upon the doctrines of the Catholic Church, both of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church of the Catholic Church.

Orientales Ecclesiae

Orientales Ecclesiae is Latin for "Eastern Churches", and is used to refer to the Eastern Catholic Churches.


Book of Baruch

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, a selection from Baruch (which is considered an extension of the Book of Jeremiah, and is announced in the services as "Jeremiah") is read as one of the eight Paroemia (Old Testament readings) during the Vesperal Divine Liturgy on Christmas Eve.

Hlib Lonchyna

He attended the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome where in 1979 he obtained a degree in biblical theology and the Pontifical Oriental Institute, graduating in Eastern liturgical theology in 2001.

Ignatius of Moscow

At that time, Ignatius was also an ardent opponent of the Unia.

Orientalium Ecclesiarum

The decree recognizes the right of Eastern Catholics to keep their own distinct liturgical practices while remaining in full communion with the Holy See.

Simeon Stylites the Younger

Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger also known as 'St. Simeon of the Admirable Mountain' (Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر mār semʻān l-ʻamūdī l-asghar) (521 – May 24, 597) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Churches of Eastern and Latin Rites.


see also

Orientalium

Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches from the Second Vatican Council