Differences between Byzantine Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy? - 06/30/17 10:23 AM
Hi, I'm a Latin Rite Catholic who currently attends the Traditional Latin Mass. I have been involved with Eastern Orthodoxy in the past and have attended a number of Orthodox liturgies. I like the Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy, but there is only one Byzantine Rite church in my country (that I know of) and it's at the other end of the country.
What are the main differences between Byzantine Rite Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy? Would you describe yourselves as "Orthodox in union with Rome" ? I know that you obviously believe in papal supremacy, but do Byzantine Rite Catholics have the same mind-set as Orthodox (much more mystical than the West, favour the healing metaphor of atonement over the legal metaphor, etc)? Do you believe in Purgatory, for example, the same way as Latin Rite Catholics, or is your view closer to that of the Orthodox? Would an Orthodox who converted to Byzantine Rite Catholicism need to change much of his thinking?
Also, is the Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy much different to that of the Orthodox (apart from the parts in the litanies commemorating the Pope)?
What are the main differences between Byzantine Rite Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy? Would you describe yourselves as "Orthodox in union with Rome" ? I know that you obviously believe in papal supremacy, but do Byzantine Rite Catholics have the same mind-set as Orthodox (much more mystical than the West, favour the healing metaphor of atonement over the legal metaphor, etc)? Do you believe in Purgatory, for example, the same way as Latin Rite Catholics, or is your view closer to that of the Orthodox? Would an Orthodox who converted to Byzantine Rite Catholicism need to change much of his thinking?
Also, is the Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy much different to that of the Orthodox (apart from the parts in the litanies commemorating the Pope)?