I do enjoy how absolutely every sect claims apostolic succession. Hands! Laying of hands everywhere!
The Eastern Catholics as a group tend to be better educated on the history, because of joining the Catholic Church after the Protestant Reformation. Add in the fact that the Ukrainian Catholics retain the Patriarchiate to this day, and you end up with a sect that is Catholic by name, and Orthodox in theology, ritual and hierarchy, just now with added Pope!!
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Date: 2015-11-14 07:15 pm (UTC)Ah yes, the "one pray-er" system. :-)
I do enjoy how absolutely every sect claims apostolic succession. Hands! Laying of hands everywhere!
The Eastern Catholics as a group tend to be better educated on the history, because of joining the Catholic Church after the Protestant Reformation. Add in the fact that the Ukrainian Catholics retain the Patriarchiate to this day, and you end up with a sect that is Catholic by name, and Orthodox in theology, ritual and hierarchy, just now with added Pope!!