Catholic Biblical Apologetics: American Christian Branches Among European Founded Churches

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[Salvation]

I think we, as Catholics, are spoiled. We have only One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church with 20 plus rites.

This list is amazing to me. I had no idea there were so many denominations under each heading above.

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I’m interested in knowing if all these dates are accurate. I noticed that one date was missing in the main document.

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Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Foundation: Apologetics Without Apology
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Foundation: An Incomplete Picture
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Being Catholic and Christian: Faith and Salvation

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Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Being Catholic & Christian: Apostolic Confessions of Faith
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Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Salvation: A Biblical Portrait
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Salvation: "Being Saved"
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Catholic Response to "Are You Saved?"
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Knowledge of Salvation
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Faith and Works
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Process of Christian Initiation

The Church: A Biblical Portrait - A New Testament Apologetic

Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Church: A Biblical Portrait - A New Testament Apologetic: Jesus Christ preached a Reign or Kingdom, the Kingdom of God (or of heaven).
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Jesus preached an end-times kingdom but one already existing on earth
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Jesus preached that the kingdom was primarily spiritual and internal but also visible and external.
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Christ called and founded an exclusive, inner core group of twelve men called the "apostles."
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Christ committed His very mission to this twelve man inner core group, his Apostles, alone.
Christ gave to the Twelve, the Apostles, the power of ruling, teaching and sanctifying.
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: This same church Christ willed to endure until the end of the world.
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Christ instituted only one church, and that society was both formally and specifically a visible one.
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Marks of the Church, One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Labels Among Christians
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Genealogy of Christian Faith Communities, Roman Catholicism
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: American Christian Branches Among European Founded Churches

[Anti-Utopian]

LOL, yeah, just one:

1. American Catholic Church in the United States
2. Antiochian Catholic Church in America
3. Apostolic Catholic Church
4. Armenian Catholic Church
5. Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
6. Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
7. Bulgarian Catholic Church
8. Byzantine Catholic Church
9. Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada
10. Celtic Catholic Church
11. Chaldean Catholic Church
12. Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
13. Communion of Christ the Redeemer
14. Coptic Catholic Church
15. Croatian Greek Catholic Church
16. Ethiopian Catholic Church
17. Free Catholic Church
18. Georgian Catholic Church
19. Greek Catholic Church
20. Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
21. Italo-Greek Catholic Church
22. Liberal Catholic Church
23. Macedonian Catholic Church
24. Mariavite Church
25. Maronite Catholic Church
26. Melkite Catholic Church
27. Old Catholic Church
28. Old Catholic Church in Europe
29. Old Catholic Church of America
30. Orthodox-Catholic Church of America
31. Palmarian Catholic Church
32. Philippine Independent Church
33. Polish National Catholic Church
34. Romanian Catholic Church
35. Russian Catholic Church
36. Slovak Greek Catholic Church
37. Spiritus Christi
38. Syrian Catholic Church
39. Syro-Malabar Church
40. Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
41. True Catholic Church
42. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The religion of Ted Kennedy is always good for a belly laugh.

[Salvation]

As I said above — ONLY 220 rites.

What is the source of your list, please.

[Salvation]

Some of those are not recognized by the Vatican. Your source for your list, please. Second request.

[Salvation]

Oops

As I said above — ONLY 22 rites.

My mistake.

[Anti-Utopian]

• The American Catholic Church in the United States - www.accus.us/
• Antiochian Catholic Church in America - www.forministry.com/USTNINDPTACCIA/
• Apostolic Catholic Church - www.apostoliccatholicchurch.com/
• Armenian Catholic Church - www.armeniancatholic.org/
• Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - www.catolicos.org/ritosbelarussiancatholicchurch.htm
• Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/705514

And so on. I bet you wish you could just burn 'em all at the stake and seize their property like in the good old days.

[Cronos]

This isn't a complete list.

What I do find amazing is how quickly these groups die out while The Church continues.

[Cronos]

You do realise that the Maronites, Melkites, Latin, Syro-Malankara, Ukrainian Catholic, Slovak Greek CAtholic, Byzantine CAtholic, Armenian Catholic, Antiochian Catholic are just rites within The Church, correct? i.e. they are dogmatically united in The Church?

This is not the same as comparing say Lutherans and Presbyterians who don't agree on predestination, the episcopal nature or on the nature of the Eucharistic sacrament.

[Cronos]

The Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian: Հայ Կաթողիկէ Եկեղեցի Hay Kat’oġikē Ekeġec’i) is an Eastern Catholic Church sui juris in full union with the Roman Catholic Church.

The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Belarusian: Беларуская грэка-каталіцкая царква, BHKC), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church, is the heir within Belarus of the Union of Brest. It is listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a sui iuris Church, an Eastern rite particular Church in full union with the Catholic Church.

[Salvation]

Thanks, those would have applied to yesterday’s thread, but I appreciate the information here.

[Cronos]

The Apostolic Catholic Church is a mainline protestant denomination that can be classified as paleo-orthodox because its goal is to mediate Christianity to revive its ancient traditions that Jesus Christ had taught humanity.[8] The church manifests itself to be protestant because it does not accept the authority of the Pope nor the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility and the conditions approved in the Vatican II Council that removed some ancient Christian traditions.

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Source?

[Salvation]

Yes, I realize that — I was trying to point out that some were not really Catholic and/or recognized by the Vatican.

[Cronos]

The Apostolic Catholic Church is a mainline protestant denomination that can be classified as paleo-orthodox because its goal is to mediate Christianity to revive its ancient traditions that Jesus Christ had taught humanity.[8] The church manifests itself to be protestant because it does not accept the authority of the Pope nor the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility and the conditions approved in the Vatican II Council that removed some ancient Christian traditions. --> content?

[Cronos]

Sorry, that wasn't directed at you :)

I think anti-utopian may have fallen under an understandable error: he's mixed 2 groups:

1. different rites within The Church
2. Protestant groups that use the "Catholic" word in their title but are as Protestant as the ELCA or worse (the American... allows gay priests, doesn't it?).

His error is understandable to those who don't know -- you do a commendable job of explaining it