The Eastern Catholic Churches

Denomination·Founded 1596 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → The Eastern Catholic Churches → 6 branches

Branch

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
In communion with Rome, not absorbed by it. Full communion with the pope, full retention of Eastern liturgy, law, and theology — unity, on this account, was never meant to mean uniformity. Go deeper — context →
The East's inheritance is ours by right. Icons, the Divine Liturgy, married priests: not concessions granted by Rome but patrimony the unions promised to preserve. Go deeper — context →
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