Eastern Catholic
Speech parts
1. Eastern Catholic - Noun
2. Eastern Catholic - Adjective
Meaning
Eastern Catholic (not comparable)
Pertaining to a group of churches, predominantly in Eastern Europe, that follow Eastern Orthodox liturgy but are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
Eastern Catholic (plural Eastern Catholics)
A member of an Eastern Catholic church.
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Married priests are already allowed in Eastern Catholic Churches loyal to the pope, and Anglican priests who convert to Catholicism can remain married after ordination.
Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ who sacrificed himself on the cross for all of mankind.
The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries, which is composed of the leaders of the Holy Land’s Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches, shared pictures in a Dec. 4 joint statement of several pews blackened by smoke.