Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

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The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite, in full communion with the Pope, that preserves Greek liturgical traditions and heritage.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic particular church
sui iuris church
acceptsDogmaOf Catholic Marian dogmas
papal infallibility
papal primacy
acknowledgesCouncilAuthority Ecumenical Councils recognized by the Catholic Church
belongsToCommunion worldwide Catholic communion
celebratesSacraments according to Byzantine Catholic usage
churchSuiIurisOf Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
differsFromLatinChurchIn liturgical language
liturgical rite
followsTheologyTradition Byzantine theological tradition
Catholic theology
hasCanonicalStatus sui iuris under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
hasChurchGovernanceForm episcopal polity
hasClergyType bishops
deacons
priests
hasClericalDiscipline Eastern Catholic clerical discipline
hasEcclesiasticalCommunionWith Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Melkite Greek Catholic
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
hasEcclesiasticalRiteFamily Byzantine Rite
surface form: Constantinopolitan Rite
hasEcclesiasticalTradition Eastern Catholic tradition
hasEcclesiology Eastern Catholic ecclesiology
hasLiturgicalCalendar Byzantine liturgical calendar
hasLiturgicalFamily Byzantine liturgical family
hasLiturgicalMusicTradition Byzantine chant
hasPrimaryCulturalContext Greek culture
hasSpiritualHeritage Byzantine spirituality
Greek Christian spirituality
isDistinctFrom Greek Orthodox Church
Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
isInCommunionWith Holy See
Pope
isInFullCommunionWith Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
isPartOf Eastern Catholic Churches
maintainsCommunionWith other Eastern Catholic Churches
preservesHeritage Byzantine heritage
Greek Christian heritage
preservesLiturgicalTradition Greek liturgical traditions
recognizesPrimacyOf Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome
sharesByzantineTraditionWith Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Churches
sharesDoctrineWith Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
usesLiturgicalLanguage Greek
usesLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite

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Eastern Catholic Churches hasMajorChurch Greek Byzantine Catholic Church