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The '''Eastern Rite Catholic''' Churches are churches that follow the ancient liturgical traditions of the East, while being in [[full communion]] with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and placing themselves under the ultimate authority of the [[Pope|Bishop of Rome]]. Some of these churches, like the [[Orthodox Church]], follow the Byzantine tradition, while others follow other liturgical traditions. The history of each Eastern Rite Catholic church is unique, some having sided with Rome at the time of the [[Great Schism]] and some being joined to Rome after that time. They are sometimes referred to as '''Uniates''', a term which many Eastern Catholics reject as derrogatory.
Many of these churches have a direct non-Catholic (usually [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] or [[Oriental Orthodox|Oriental]]) counterpart. Others exist only within the Catholic Communion.
==List of Eastern Rite Catholic Churches==
===Byzantine Rite (also '''Greek Catholic''') Catholic Churches===
*Albanian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
*Greek Catholic Church
*Belarusan Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
*Bulgarian Catholic Church
*Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church
*Byzantine Catholics of Former Yugoslavia
*Georgian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
*Hungarian Catholic Church
*Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
*Melkite Greek Catholic Church
*Romanian Catholic Church
*Russian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
*Slovak Catholic Church
*Ukrainian Catholic Church
===Non-Byzantine Eastern Rite Catholic Churches===
*Armenian Catholic Church
*Chaldean Catholic Church
*Coptic Catholic Church
*Ethiopian Catholic Church
*Maronite Catholic Church
*Syrian Catholic Church
*Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
*Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
==History==
===Second Council of Lyons (1274)===
===Council of Ferrara-Florence (1439)===
===Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Vatican II)===
==Eastern Catholic Theology==
==Relationships with the Orthodox Churches==
==Eastern Catholic Churches with Counterparts in Non-Catholic Churches==
The following Eastern Rite Catholic Churches have "counterparts" in the [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Communion. The counterpart is listed in parenthesis.
*Albanian Catholic Church ([[Church of Albania]])
*Bulgarian Catholic Church ([[Church of Bulgaria]])
*Greek Catholic Church ([[Church of Constantinople]]/[[Church of Greece]])
*Georgian Catholic Church ([[Church of Georgia]])
*Melkite Catholic Church ([[Church of Antioch]])
*Romanian Catholic Church ([[Church of Romania]])
*Russian Catholic Church ([[Church of Russia]])
*Ukrainian Catholic Church ([[Church of Ukraine]])
The following Eastern Rite Catholic Church have "counterparts" in the [[Oriental Orthodox]] Churches. The counterpart is listed in parenthesis.
*Armenian Catholic Church ([[Church of Armenia]])
*Chaldean Catholic Church
*Coptic Catholic Church ([[Coptic|Coptic Church]])
*Ethiopian Catholic Church
*Maronite Catholic Church
*Syrian Catholic Church (Church of Syria)
*Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
*Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The following Eastern Catholic Churches have no counterpart either among the Chalcedonian Orthodox or the Oriental Orthodox.
*Maronite Catholic Church
*Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
==For More Information==
* <i>Against False Union</i> by Alexandre A. Kalomiros (ISBN 0913026700)
* <I>The Byzantine Rite: A Short History</I> by Robert Taft (ISBN 0814621635)
* <I>Eastern Catholics in the United States of America</I> by the [http://www.usccb.org/ U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops] (ISBN 1574552872)
* <i>The Eastern Catholic Churches: An Introduction to Their Worship and Spirituality</i> by Joan L. Roccasalvo (ISBN 0814620477)
* <i>The Other Catholics: Obedient and Faithful</I> by Joseph Bonchonsky (ASIN B0006OZUJQ)
==External Links==
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=3&indexview=toc Introduction to Eastern Christian Churches, Catholic Near East Welfare Agency]
*[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_orientalium-ecclesiarum_en.html Orientalium Ecclesiarum] by Pope Paul VI
*[http://stmichaelruscath.org/ St. Michael's Russian Catholic Church], New York, NY
*[http://www.crosslink.net/~hrycak/ch_indx-s.html An Unofficial Directory of Eastern Catholic Churches in the U.S.]
*[http://www.byzcath.org/ The Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church in America]
*[http://www.ugcc.org.ua/eng/ The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]
*[http://www.maronite.org.au/ Maronite Catholic Church of Australia]
*[http://www.melkite.org.au/ Melkite Catholic Church of Australia]
*[http://malankara.int.tf/ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]
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