Yet another idiotic post with idiotic claims made by a guy who doesn't pay attention.
Melkite Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
Maronite Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
Coptic Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
Byzantine Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
Ruthenian Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
Alexandrian Catholics submit to the Pope's Authority.
As do ALL the rest of the Liturgical Rites that comprise the ONE Catholic Church.
WHAT part of this are you having difficulty with??
I ALMOST feel guilty explaining it to you in this way because it truly seems that you have a serious learning disability.
If that is the case - then I apologize for being abrupt.
Perhaps a debate forum is NOT the best place for someone like you to spend your time . . .
The
Melkite Greek Catholic Church (
Arabic: كنيسة الروم الملكيين الكاثوليك,
Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk;
Greek: Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία;
Latin:
Ecclesiae Graecae Melkitae Catholicae) or
Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an
Eastern Catholic church in
full communion with the
Holy See as part of the worldwide
Catholic Church. It is headed by
Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered in
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition,
Damascus,
Syria. The Melkites,
Byzantine Rite Catholics, trace their history to the
early Christians of
Antioch, formerly part of
Syria and now in
Turkey, of the 1st century AD, where Christianity was introduced by
Saint Peter.
[3]
The Melkite Church is related to the
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. It is mainly centered in
Syria,
Lebanon,
Jordan,
Israel and
Palestine.
[4] Melkite Greek Catholics are present, however, throughout the world by migration due to
persecution. Outside the
Near East, the Melkite Church has also grown through intermarriage with, and the conversion of, people of various ethnic heritages as well as transritualism. At present there is a worldwide membership of approximately 1.6 million.
[2][5] While the Melkite Catholic Church's Byzantine rite liturgical traditions are shared with those of
Eastern Orthodoxy, the church has officially been part of the Catholic Church since the reaffirmation of its union with the Holy See of Rome in 1724.
Though members of Orthodox Churches essentially practice the same faith as those of the Roman Catholic Church, they remain separated because of an historic dispute over the supremacy of the Pope. Since the Eastern Orthodox Church refuses to acknowledge the authority of the Pope, its members by definition cannot follow leadership from the Pope. There was once only one Christian church. Proclaimed “catholic,” which means universal, because it had a global reach, this institution split into eastern and western branches in 1054. The Pope leads the western Catholic Church, with its headquarters, Vatican City, located within Rome, Italy. Proclaimed the Vicar of Christ, or the human representative of Jesus, the Christian savior, the Pope assumes infallibility, or unquestioned authority, when making statements in an official capacity. Christians, such as Orthodox Catholics, that refuse to submit to the authority of the Pope are in a state of schism, or separation, from the Roman Catholic Church.
What part of the fact that all the easter Catholic churches do not submit to the authority of the pope do you have a problem with!
Eastern Orthodox Catholics that do partake of communion in a Roman Catholic Church do so of their own will and may face penalties in their home church because the act implies submission to the Pope. 4 Different Traditions of the Same Faith
Do Orthodox Catholics Follow the Pope? |
YOu sir need to recant of the lie the eastern churches submit to the pope. they do not and for you to say so is known as lying!
They may have the same practices but the eastern churches ordain their own priests, follow their own patriarchs and do not recognize the pope as head or the college of cardinals as their governing ruling body.
