| 单词 | eastern catholic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEastern Catholic Eastern Catholic n. and adj. Roman Catholic Church (a) n. a member of an Eastern Catholic church; (b) adj. of or designating any of the eastern churches which recognize the authority of the Pope and are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, while retaining their respective languages and liturgical traditions; cf. Uniat n. ΚΠ 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. i. i. 11 There is generally a great number of eastern catholics to be maintained there gratis; such as the Maronites, and those Coptis, Greeks and Armenians, who acknowledge the pope. 1857 Times 10 Aug. 7/2 The Holy See, notwithstanding its desire to find all the eastern Catholic Churches conform to the Gregorian calendar, has not, however, given any order. 1889 Eclectic Mag. May 645/2 Their [sc. the Ruthenians] estrangement from the Poles is heightened by the fact that they adhere to the Eastern Catholic ritual, while the Poles follow that of Rome. 1922 Relig. Educ. 17 382 Other religious faiths most largely represented are the Greek Orthodox, Roman and Eastern Catholics, and Jewish. 2010 P. Galadza in K. Parry Blackwell Compan. to Eastern Christianity xv. 297 Forty years after Vatican II freed Eastern Catholics to develop a distinctive theology, no Eastern Catholic author or work stands out as universally significant. < as lemmas |
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