1. Understanding the Church
Who’s RIGHT? Whose RITE?

2. The Direction of Intention Prayer
My God, give me the grace to perform this action with you and through love for you. In advance, I offer to you all the good that I will do and accept all the difficulty I may meet therein. St. Ann, Pray for us.
St. Francis de Sales, Pray for us

3. What’s the Difference?
CHURCH: is an assembly of the faithful, hierarchically ordered, both in the entire world –  the Latin Church – The Orthodox Church, or in a certain  territory – a particular Church – Church of Venice.
RITE: A particular body or group within a CHURCH that has its own unique set of procedures, laws, liturgical practices, that although distinctly unique, still hold to the doctrinal precepts of the Church. The Coptic Rite is part of the Latin Church
The Latin Church is comprised of 5 Major RITES
Roman, Alexandrian, Antiochean, Byzantine and Chaldean
And 22 Sister Rites
EX. Ruthenian Catholics, Coptic Catholics, Malabar Catholics

4. What’s the Difference between a RITE and a DENOMINATION?
RITES are Churches that are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. To be in communion with the Roman Catholic Church one must accept Roman Catholic doctrine.
DENOMINATIONS
Term used for Protestant Churches
united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy.
Denominations are not in Communion with the Catholic Church

6. Why so many RITES?

7. The Apostolic Churches
Jerusalem: St. James
Antioch: St. Peter
Rome: St. Peter
Alexandria: St. Mark – Disciple of St. Peter
Constantinople: St. Andrew
Other Churches linked to Apostolic Churches
John – Greece – Patmos
Philip – Turkey
St. Bartholomew and St. Jude – Armenia, northern Iraq, Persia
Thomas, southern India
Matthew – Ethiopia

9. A Church Divided
The East-West Schism
of 1054
The First Split

10. West v. East
The Church split along doctrinal, linguistic political and geographic lines
Result: The Christian Church divides into the Western (Roman Catholic or Latin) Church and the Eastern (Orthodox) Church.

11. West v. East Doctrinal Differences
Western Church
Petrine Authority - supremacy of Bishop of Rome
The Creed
Filioque – The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son
Mary – conceived without sin
Doctrinal Development
Clerical Celibacy
Orthodox Church
All Patriarchs hold equal authority
The Creed
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father
Mary – Capable of sin but did not
Immutable Doctrine
Clerical Celibacy

12. The Latin Church – Roman Catholic Church
Comprises about 87% of all Catholics – Christians in the World
Headquarters: Rome
Leader: Pope
Language: Latin (national languages used in Liturgies)
Bishops appointed by Pope
Other Associated Rites:
Ambrosian – Milan, Italy
Mozarabic – Christians of Islamic descent
Variety of Eastern Rites

13. The Orthodox Church The term “Orthodox” translates from the Greek to mean “correctly believing”
Comprises about 15% Christians in the World
Headquarters: Varies Istanbul, Moscow
Leader(s): Patriarch
Language: Greek (national languages used in Liturgies)
Bishops elected by peers or by patriarch
Other Associated Rites:
Greek Orthodox
Russian orthodox
Variety of smaller Rites

14. Practical Questions Baptism Communion Marriage Ordination
Both Churches recognize the sacramental validity of triune baptism formula
I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
Communion
While both churches recognize the sacramental validity of the Eucharist – Real Presence – True Communion does not exist
Catholics could receive Communion in an Orthodox Church
Orthodox Christians can not receive communion in a Catholic Church
Orthodox Church objects to Roman Catholic receiving Communion in Orthodox church
Marriage
Recognize the sacramental validity of Marriage
Ordination
Recognize the sacramental validity of each others ordinations

15. The Protestant Reformation 1517
The Second Split

16. Before the Reformation
The Avignon Papacy – – 1377
Pope leave Rome – move to Avignon, France
The Great Western Schism – 1378 – 1415
Were there really three Popes at once?
A Political Mess: Europe Divided
Church weakened
Papal Palace, Avignon, France

17. Before The Reformation
Social and Political Factors
Weaknesses in Catholic Church
Proliferation of Questionable Religious Rituals and Practices
Corruption and Abuses of Power in Church

18. Martin Luther Ninety-Five Theses
contained an attack on papal abuses and the sale of indulgences by church officials.
Saw the Reformation as something far more important than a revolt against the Church
He believed it was a fight for the gospel

19. The Rest of the Reformation
Other Reform Movements
John Calvin, Henry VIII, John Knox
Once church authority is abandoned Reformation splinters into many branches
DENOMINATIONS

20. Western Europe following the Protestant Reformation

21. The Protestant Denominations
Conservative or Main Line
Baptist
Evangelicals
Lutheran
Reformed- Presbyterian
Episcopalian
Methodists
Presbyterians
Amish
Liberal
Same as first groups but with less structure and set styles of worship
Cults
Mormons. The Church of Jesus Christ of the of Latter-day Saints
Jehovah's Witnesses
Unitarianism... Universalism.
Church of Scientology

22. The Newest Catholic Rite

23. Roman Catholics in the United States
There are 70,259,769 Catholics in the
United States (24.3% of the U.S. pop.),
1,121,315,000 Catholics worldwide.
New Church Members
Infant Baptisms: 985,141
Adult Baptisms: 76,829
Received into Full Communion: 75,429