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What is an Eastern Catholic?

Russian Catholicism

Eastern Catholicism: History, Structure

 
 

 

What is an Eastern Catholic?
BTW—There are more than 30 million of us!

Who are Byzantine Catholics?
from byzcath.org

Orientale Lumen ("The Light of the East")
Apostolic Letter of His Holiness John Paul II

And Diversity in Unity
Rev. Hieromonk Eugene Ludwig, OFM Cap.

Introduction to the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church
An overview from the Catholic Information Network

"Eastern-Rite Catholicism" (PDF Version, 18 pp ) by Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ

"Anamnesis, Not Amnesia: The Healing of Memories and the Problem of 'Uniatism'"
(PDF version) by Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ
Reflections on Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic relations

The Role and Position of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the Catholic Church
Melkite Archbishop Joseph Tawil, 1970 Christmas Pastoral Letter

 

 


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