Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Sioux-san
Lutherans have their Rev. Mark S. Hanson.

The Catholics have their Monsignor Cyril Salim Bustros.

Heretics, both of them.

87 posted on 10/31/2010 12:56:33 PM PDT by right way right
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: right way right
The Archbishop in the article is not Roman Catholic and does not answer to the Pope.

The Melkites, or Byzantine Rite Catholics of mixed Middle Eastern and Greek origin, are the descendants of the early Christians of Antioch, Syria, of the 1st century A.D. Christianity was established in this area of the Middle East by St. Peter before he traveled on to the imperial city of Rome. Scholars attribute the actual writing of the gospels in Koine Greek to the Hellenized Christian population of Antioch, with authors such as St. Luke and others.

Although the church's origins lie in the Near East, however, today, Melkite Greek Catholics are spread throughout the world mainly due to immigration. At present there is a worldwide membership of approximately 1.3 million. The Melkite Church has a high degree of ethnic homogeneity but its patriarch, its episcopate, its clergy and many of its faithful are speakers of such languages as Arabic, Greek, French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Melkite Catholic Church retains its Byzantine roots and liturgical practices similar to those of the Eastern Orthodoxy while maintaining communion with the Catholic Church in Rome since 1729. Its languages are Arabic and Greek.

Gregory III, Patriarch of the Church of Antioch, is the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected patriarch on November 29, 2000, succeeding Maximos V Hakim, who resigned at age 92 due to failing health, dying seven months later. He took the name Gregory after Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, the last member of his order to be elected patriarch. Patriarch Gregory, who studied in Europe and is multilingual, is author of several books on eastern theology and spirituality.

This is from Wikipedia

90 posted on 10/31/2010 9:56:29 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 87 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson