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What is the second largest rite in the church?
The Byzantine Rite.
How is the western Church similar to Catholic Church?
.Catholic AnswerThey are similar in being pretty much the same thing, except that the Catholic Church also includes the Eastern Rites. The Western or Latin Rite is the largest and dominant Rite in the Church.
Which Catholic Church is the biggest?
The Latin Rite Roman Catholic Church is by far the largest Catholic Church in the world.
What are the similarities that Maronites have with the Roman Catholics?
Catholic AnswerRoman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. .The Maronite Rite is a Catholic rite of the Catholic Church. Most people think of the Catholic Church as the Latin Rite as this is the largest. The Maronite Rite is one of the Eastern Rites from Lebanon. Their language is different, and their Mass or Liturgy is based on that of St. James. Of all the Eastern Rites, theirs is the most similar to the Latin Rite. But the question as asked "similarities between the Roman Catholic and Maronite" makes no sense as the Maronite Rite is part of the Catholic Church.
What is the largest Catholic Rite?
Within the Catholic Church, there are numerous rites which practice their own traditions and forms of the liturgy. The largest of these is the Roman Rite (also known as the Western Rite and the Latin Rite), to which the majority of Catholics in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia belong.
What are the differences between ethiopian catholic church and roman Catholic church?
The ethiopian catholic church is one of 23 liturgical rites of the Catholic Church. The Roman rite is the largest. They only have slightly different traditions and are in union with the Pope
Can a Roman Catholic get an annulment from Orthodox Catholic or other Catholic rites?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . A Catholic is bound by his Bishop. If he is a Latin Rite Catholic, then he would need to ask his pastor to apply to his Latin Rite bishop for an annulment. If he is another Rite, then he would need to apply to his Bishop in that Rite. There are more than a few Rites in the Catholic Church, the Latin Rite is just the largest. . An Orthodox Bishop has no standing in the Catholic Church whatsoever, other than valid Orders.
When was Saint Anne Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite created?
Saint Anne Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite was created in 1986.
What is the difference between the byzantine church and the roman church?
Not really sure what you are asking here, the "Roman" Church might be a way of referring to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, or it might be referring to the diocese of Rome. Assuming you are referring to the Latin Rite, then the Byzantine Church also is a Rite within the Catholic Church, it is not as large as the Latin Rite, but it is every bit as ancient, and just as much a part of the Catholic Church as the Latin Rite. Are using asking for the physical differences between an actual Church of the Latin Rite as opposed to a Church of the Byzantine Rite?
Who are the ministers of the Chaldean rite?
.Roman Catholic AnswerThe ministers of the Chaldean Rite are all Catholic Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. The Chaldean Rite is part of the Catholic Church.
Can an infant be baptized in the Catholic church yet be Orthodox his church yet retain an Orthodox membrshp?
No, baptism in the Catholic Church automatically means that you are bound to all the laws of the Rite in which you are baptized. Orthodox Churches are in schism, however, there is a Catholic Rite for each of the Orthodox Churches. When the Orthodox split, half of them remained with the Catholic Church, so there is a Greek Uniate Rite as well as a Greek Orthodox Church. A Catholic has no problem with going to the sacraments in another Rite.
Can you switch Rites in the Catholic Church?
Roman Catholics, or Latin-Rite Catholics, are certainly free to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion, as well as to go to confession, at a Catholic church of another rite, and vise versa. But actually joining a parish of a different rite is another matter. In order to become a parishioner at a Catholic church of another rite, it is necessary first to become a member of that rite. This is possible, but usually it requires obtaining permission from Rome. To answer your question, though, yes, a Catholic can switch Rites within the Catholic Church.
