Orientalium Ecclesiarum

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Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, affirming their distinct liturgical, spiritual, and disciplinary traditions within the universal Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Church magisterial document
Second Vatican Council decree
conciliar decree
addresses mixed marriages involving Eastern Catholics
relations between Eastern Catholic Churches and Orthodox Churches
the administration of sacraments in Eastern Churches
the governance of Eastern Catholic Churches
the role of patriarchs and major archbishops in Eastern Churches
affirms equality in dignity of Eastern and Western Catholic Churches
right of Eastern Churches to govern themselves according to their own disciplines
right of Eastern Churches to maintain their own liturgical rites
right of Eastern Churches to maintain their own spiritual heritage
aimsTo affirm the rights of Eastern Catholic Churches
preserve Eastern liturgical traditions
promote the growth of Eastern Catholic Churches
approvedBy Pope Paul VI
author Second Vatican Council
belongsTo Catholic Church teaching on Eastern Churches
concerns Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches
councilSession Third session of the Second Vatican Council
dateOfConclusion 1964-11-21
dateOfPromulgation 1964-11-21
ecclesiasticalStatus binding conciliar decree
encourages Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholics to remain faithful to their own traditions

restoration of authentic Eastern traditions
hasLatinTitle Orientalium Ecclesiarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Decretum de Ecclesiis Orientalibus Catholicis
hasNumberOfArticles 30
hasNumberOfChapters 6
influenced Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
languageOfDocument Latin
partOf Second Vatican Council
Documents of the Second Vatican Council
surface form: Vatican II documents
placeOfPromulgation Vatican City
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI
recognizes ancient Eastern liturgical rites
special prerogatives of Eastern patriarchs
relatedTo Lumen Gentium
Unitatis Redintegratio
subject Eastern Catholic Churches
church discipline
ecclesiology
liturgical traditions
spiritual traditions
supports preservation of Eastern canon law traditions
use of vernacular languages in Eastern liturgies where appropriate
teaches that Eastern traditions are part of the Church’s patrimony
that diversity of rites does not harm Church unity
typeOfDocument decree

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Eastern Catholic Churches affirmedByDocument Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Orientalium Ecclesiarum hasLatinTitle Orientalium Ecclesiarum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Decretum de Ecclesiis Orientalibus Catholicis
Second Vatican Council producedDocument Orientalium Ecclesiarum