Dr Andrew Kania

THE CHURCH NEEDS TO LEARN TO BREATHE WITH TWO LUNGS – ITS EASTERN ONE AND ITS WESTERN

ONE. (JOHN PAUL II)

Unity in Diversity: Rites and Churches

Dr Andrew Kania

Dr Andrew Kania

The Early Church

The event of Pentecost gave the apostles not only a specific mission but the courage to proclaim to all the nations the Word of God.

The atmosphere in which the early members of the Church preached the message of Christ was one of extreme hostility.

The Jewish communities saw the development of the Christian communities as a threat to their traditional beliefs.

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Eastern Tradition in the celebration of the Sacraments

Crowns: Kings and Queens of their family/kingdomThree cycles: trinityHolding the cloak of the Priest: first steps with ChristDrinking from the common cup: Both joys and pains are shared

togetherBride is not given away: walks in freely into the Church by herself.Wedding begins at the back of the Church completed at the altar.Baptism/Holy Communion/Confirmation received together and

performed at roughly the same time as Western Churches Baptise their children. Small children receive just the Blood of Christ until parents decide that their child will begin to receive the Body of Christ appropriately e.g. not spat out or misunderstood by young minds.

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Eastern Catholic Churches are full and complete members of the Catholic Church

They simply have different: Liturgies Traditions Histories

They hold the same: Core beliefs (e.g. The

Nicene Creed) Sacraments Recognise the

authority of the Pope

Dr Andrew Kania

Dr Andrew Kania

Dr Andrew Kania

Dr Andrew Kania

Eastern Catholic Churches are full and complete members of the Catholic Church

Each Church has different Religious customs Languages Styles of worship

Who were the Apostles?

Matt 10:2 Mark 3:16 Luke 6:14 Acts 1:13

Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew

Bartholomew Bartholomew Bartholomew Bartholomew

James son of Alphaeus James son of Alphaeus James son of Alphaeus James son of Alphaeus

James son of Zebedee James son of Zebedee James James

John John John John

Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot (not named)

Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew

Philip Philip Philip Philip

Simon (who is called Peter) Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter)

Simon (whom he named Peter) Peter

Simon the Zealot Simon the Zealot Simon who was called the Zealot Simon the Zealot

Thaddaeus Thaddaeus Judas son of James Judas son of James

Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas

Where did the Apostles go?

Apostle Destinations

Simon Peter Parthia [Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia], Britain

Andrew (Peter's brother) Cappadocia, Galatia, Bithynia, Scythia

Simon the Zealot North Africa [Egypt, Cyrene, Mauritania, Lybia], Britain

James son of Alphaeus Spain, (and possibly Britain and Ireland)

Thomas Parthia, Media, Persia [Carman, Hyrcani, Bactria -- that is Iran and Afhganistan today], Northwest India

Bartholomew Parthia, Media, Persia, Northwest IndiaJudas (Libbaeus Thaddaeus) Assyria, MesopotamiaPhilip Scythia, Upper (Northern) Asia Minor

Matthew Parthia, Asiatic Aethiopia (Hindu Kush)John Gaul? (modern France)James (brother of John) beheaded by Herod (Acts 12)Matthias (replaced Judas Iscariot) Dacia (Romania), Upper Macedonia

Paul (Apostle to the Gentiles, Israelites, and kings) Southern Asia Minor, British Isles

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The evolution of the various Churches comprising the Catholic Church, arose from five ancient religious centres:

Rome(Italy)

Constantinople(Istanbul, Turkey)

Antioch(Turkey)

Jerusalem(Israel)

Alexandria(Egypt)

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Dr Andrew Kania

The Catholic Church Western Churches

Eastern Churches(22 Sister Churches)

Roman Jerusalem Armenian Antiochian Alexandrian Byzantine

Ambrosian (Milan, Italy)Latin (Rome, Italy)Mozarabic (Spanish)Celtic (Irish - no longer in existence)

Armenian * MaroniteMalankar*Syrian*Chaldean*Malabar*

Coptic*Ethiopian*

Albanian*Byelorussian*Church of the Byzantines*Greek*Hungarian*Italo-Albanian*Melkite*Romanian*Russian*Ruthenian*Slovakian*Ukranian*

* These Churches have a corresponding Orthodox Church.

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Eastern Church Members WorldwideChaldean 383 000Coptic 243 000Ethiopian 197 000Greek Catholic 2345Hungarian 269 000Italo-Albanian 61 000Maronite Church 3 107 000Melkite Church 1 341 000Romanian 746 000Ruthenian 598 000Slovakian 226 000Syrian 124 000Syro-Malabar 3 753 000Syro-Malankara 405 000Ukrainian Catholic 4 322 000Belarus 100 000Russian/Georgian 45 000TOTAL 16 378 345

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Dr Andrew Kania

Treasures of the West

UniversitiesHospitalsGreat Artistic Traditions (arts, music)Mystic Traditions

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Treasures of the East

Witness to diversitySense of mysteryTheosis – the process of becoming like God. Not God in essence but God

through participationMartyrology (Chaldeans in Iraq/ Ukrainians in Soviet Union)Reverence of the sacred IconsLiturgical traditionThe Sign of the CrossThe Nicene Creed (St Athanasius said “even Lucifer can say the creed

because the contents are true however the difference between the Christians and Lucifer is the ability to love God”)

The Gospels

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