Word of the Day: Uniate Churches
UNIAT CHURCHES. Eastern Christians who profess the same doctrines as the rest of the Roman Catholic Church. Their rites and discipline, however, vary greatly from those of the Latin Rite. Their liturgies originated in Antioch, Alexandria, and Byzantium, and they usually have a married clergy. Nearly all Non-Uniat churches possess corresponding Uniat groups who have reacknowledged their allegiance to the Pope. The expression “Uniat,” though found in theological literature, is seldom used by Eastern Catholics. They feel that it implies something less than complete allegiance to the Holy See.
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I've been discussing various Eastern Rites off and on over the past few days. The Catholic Churches of these Rites are 'Uniate' having 'unified' with Rome after realising the error of their schism or heresy.
And I am a Serbian Rite Catholic. I have no problem with the term Uniate. It does not connote to me any less allegiance to the Papacy.
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