The Byzantine Catholic Rite Explained

[@tonyjames9016]

What a wonderful interview! Thank you for this. I am a cradle Roman Catholic who left for Orthodoxy for a number of years, and I am coming back to communion with Rome, now, in the Byzantine Catholic Church. The closest one to me is Ukrainian. May God bless you and Michael. Lord have Mercy.

[@luisrios3446]

Welcome home brother!!!🤩🙏Glory to God forever!!!

[@MicheleMay-l4z]

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! I am born, raised and married in the Byzantine church.

[@Compulsive-Elk7103]

🙏☦️♥️

[@luisrios3446]

🙏❤️☦️🇻🇦

[@Revolver1701]

I’m not a Catholic but “Byzantine Symposium” sounds so cool. 👍

[@deemetzger5779]

Please keep giving us more information! There is such a lack of information for us Catholics and you are filling an important need for s. Thank you.

[@El_p4ancho]

Another banger

[@GarfieldRex]

The video I was waiting for! Many thanks 🙏

[@TheBr8kdownjunkie]

Thank you! Great Job Father Paul!

[@YAELLOrtiz]

The russian greek catholic chruch sadly is one of the smallest eastern catholic churches we must pray that their numbers increase

[@Migz2682]

With the amount of hispanics in the united states, specifically on the coasts, byzantine catholic churches should consider celebrating the divine liturgy in spanish. I know Florida has orthodox churches celebrating in spanish. But i dont know of any BCC in NJ that celebrate the divine liturgy in spanish. I'd love that for my parents. I attend a NO and a byzantine church every week but want my parents to experience the byzantine church and understand it.

[@TheEdzy25]

Mexican-American here, fiancee is slovak-hungarian, in her family they go to both Roman- byzantine rites. But for me I'm all about the Roman rite. I wear the scapulars, the crucifix, st. Jude statues and of course are Lady of Guadalupe, our Western Catholicism is embedded in who I'am. Eastern rites are just foriegn to our culture. I spent time playing in soccer in eastern and central europe, and can appreciate the eastern rites, but just doesnt fit in my culture. But one cool thing is they can blend, and we have similarities. Viva Cristo Rey! Viva La Santa Iglesia Catolica! Viva La Virgen De Guadalupe! Viva Sonora Mexico! 🇻🇦🇲🇽✝️

[@Compulsive-Elk7103]

Mexican american here as well and I also grew up Roman Catholic but have been attending the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church for over a year now and I'm currently discerning making a canonical transfer. I have fallen in love with the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church. Fr Loyola , a Byzantine Catholic priest from Chicago said this "united in belief, divided by expression" Glory to Jesus Christ!🙏☦️♥️

[@Linkgt]

Im curious, do you attend the Novus ordo or Traditional Latin mass?

[@TheEdzy25]

@@Compulsive-Elk7103 sure go for it, i just have deep Roots in northern mexico, my parents are retired and have a ranch in sonora spend a lot of their time there now, growing up i would also spend time down their. We have are own devotions like padre kino. Like i said i spent time in eastern europe/central. Eastern orthodox would also be fascinated of our Roman ways. Gifted scapulars and rosarys to my friends that wanted them. So like i said everything of who I am is embedded in my catholicism. They way we talk, greet, celebrations etc.. im not an easterner im a prodoct of West, the Roman west.

[@TheEdzy25]

@@Linkgt i attend both novus ordo and latin mass. Also attend slovak-greek catholic liturgy as well, cause of my fiancee. I'm mexican-american. To be Mexican is to be Catholic. We have fought and bled for our faith. It is embedded in who we are.

[@mjramirez6008]

God Bless

[@NoahBoyd-qm5ng]

I have a Maronite Catholic Church in my Hometown of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It’s Syriac Catholicism because I don’t have a Byzantine Catholic Church in New Bedford.

[@Migz2682]

It makes much more sense why it's called the great entrance now

[@ΆγιοςΙερώνυμος-χ2γ]

Great interview! I can’t recall if this book was mentioned or not, but I would highly recommend Nicholas Cabasilas’s Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.

[@JustADudeOnTheInternetSoChill]

Fr points out how we add in the Creed to combat heresies. That is precisely why we reject the Filioque and do not use it in our Liturgies.

[@MiguelEnriqueCVeluz]

It's interesting to know that the number one question you get in your ministry is a question about the Rites and Churches in the universal Catholic Church. As a Filipino iconographer, the number one question I get for every icon I make of Mary is, "Oh, is that the Mother of Perpetual Help?" And then I'd go into great detail explaining that not all Byzantine icons of Our Lady is the Perpetual Help icon. 😄

[@thomasfolio7931]

My family settled in New Mexico in the 1590s, Latin Rite for all those generations. During the 1970s when things were going wild (we were then living in San Diego) we sought refuge from the craziness in the Ruthenian and Ukranian Catholic parishes there. When we visited relatives in Riverside/San Bernardino we went to the Divine Liturgy in Fontana CA. While Vatican II called for a de-latinization of the Eastern Churches, it was the Latin Rite Catholics who wanted to remove the Infant of Prague and other Latin devotions to the parish hall, expressing that just as what the families from the Latin Rite saw as a stripping of our culture, we wanted to see a pure Eastern Devotion not imposed upon by Latin influences (within the Church itself) Those devotions were fine for home, but some of the Latin refugees wanted an Eastern Spirituality at the Parish level.

[@joshuabetancourt2000]

Love the Byzantine tradition as expressed in both the Catholic Church and Orthodox churches. My only critique of the Byzantine Catholic tradition is that it sometimes feels “Latinized” (e.g., revised-revised Gregorian calendar and “forever and ever” as opposed to the “unto of the ages” in the liturgy) and sometimes lacks some of the key liturgical services such as “Orthros.” 😔🙏🏻

[@tedcraboli8021]

I believe that depends on the parish! At my Melkite parish there’s Orthros before Liturgy, and Vespers once or twice a week, and we get all the “unto the ages of ages” we could ask for. The priests around my area aren’t per-se anti-Latin but they’re certainly staunchly Melkite (Byzantine).

[@carmeister_]

I want to visit a Byzantine Catholic Church! There’s one about an hour away from me but I just gotta wake up really early to go lol I’m considering either converting to Latin rite or Byzantine. Orthodox is also pretty cool!

[@luisrios3446]

Go Byzantine Catholic, if you like the rite more.

[@MarmotCanales]

Historically, the "Byzantine Catholics" used to be Orthodox. Starting in the 1500s, a few Orthodox eparchies started uniting with Rome (this was usually a political strategy in order to preserve their "Eastern-ness" in the Austro-Hungarian empire). God bless!

[@Migz2682]

Can you do a video on the Jerusalem rite and one of the Dominican rite please. KZbin doesn't have enough on that.

[@JumpingFencesbyMsLaura]

28:26 is where to start if you’re in a hurry.

[@ByzCathCuban]

53:41 the 10th time we use St Basil is on his feast day on January 1st 🙃

[@Federico-lq6dj]

Praised be Jesus Christ! I wanted to clarify for anyone interested, that we have always had vespers in the Roman Catholic rite. It is not the Saturday evening Mass. The word vesper itself is Latin ;)

[@kalashnikov4713]

Next do a video on syro malabar and syro malankara from kerala

[@Police_k9]

Hey brother, I have to ask, what is your view on saint michael the archangel?

[@Migz2682]

Im confused in what he attended before coming back. How different was it, what was latinozed exactly? Was it still the divine liturgy of st basil and st chrysostom? How different was it?

[@LuisGomez-gd7pp]

What I have noticed is that their is alot of Catholic influences online, including the Catholics

[@hiroshisaved]

off topic but does anyone know any good bible study channels or videos with catholic interpretation

[@Castellano87]

Do Byzantine Catholics believe in purgatory or tollhouses?

[@IM_LOST284]

They call purgatory that I think but they do believe in purgatory they just call it that I think

[@Compulsive-Elk7103]

Yes, they just don't really talk or focus on it too much but yes they do believe in it. Please correct me if I'm wrong anyone Glory to Jesus Christ! 🙏☦️♥️

[@MrCoachdunham]

If one is truly Byzantine Catholic, no. Many ByzCatholics I know do not. They accept that the West does though.

[@lau27cori]

I am Catholic of byzantine rite from Romania and we do believe in Purgatory, we pray for the souls in Purgatory at every Mass.

[@joshyvert4409]

@@MrCoachdunhamlol that is a very Protestant take. Purgatory is supported in the Bible. If one is a Catholic they do believe in purgatory or they don’t hold all of the beliefs of Catholicism.

[@Migz2682]

Is the st basil divine liturgy earlier then the pre-tridentine liturgy (the mass before the tlm)

[@soldierofchrist1096]

Yes. The Pre-Tridentine Mass generally dates to around the late 1500s

[@shadowtheghosthedgehog261]

What is the difference between Romain Catholic and eastern Catholic?

[@RickW-HGWT]

A quick answer is different form of liturgy, the Eastern Rite is mostly a sung liturgy, the communion form is different. Big plus is married men can become priests in the Eastern Rite, a married priest has perspectives that a celibate does not. Attend one and speak to the laity and priest after.

[@treytrapani9813]

How does one become an Eastern Rite Catholic?

[@junicornplays980]

It's called a canonical transfer, or a transfer of ascription. After you've attended the Byzantine church for a bit you can ask the priest to start this. You have to write a letter saying why you'd like to transfer, and the priest will also write a letter. It gets sent to the bishop who can approve or disapprove.

[@treytrapani9813]

@@junicornplays980 im currently Eastern Orthodox

[@junicornplays980]

@@treytrapani9813 Oh then it's super easy for you. Talk to an Eastern Catholic priest. I think it's just a simple profession of faith.

[@RickW-HGWT]

I never did that, I just started going there after I came back to the church.

[@junicornplays980]

@@RickW-HGWT I mean, technically, since Orthodox can receive Catholic sacraments, it does seem like a profession of faith is more of a formality. I didn't want to lead any astray, but unofficially, some Eastern Catholic priests, especially the ones from less Latinized churches, would probably be ok with that.

[@jacobfavret1729]

1:10:45 starts book references

[@Demi.d3mi]

bro handsome

[@JustADudeOnTheInternetSoChill]

Alex needs to stop calling himself a Byzantine Catholic. This is like the 5th video where he refers to himself as a Byzantine Catholic. But he is NOT! He is canonically a Latin Catholic and remains bound to the Latin calendar and canon law. So Alex, either stop lying and identifying yourself as a Byzantine Catholic or make the canonical transfer and leave Rome and actually BECOME a Byzantine Catholic. You disrespect both churches by pretending to be something you are not.

[@NapaJostar]

Restriction mode was on lol

[@doctorbuzz987]

Please add a bibliography.

[@StevenSteward-cy9rp]

The Bible is the rule book

[@StevenSteward-cy9rp]

There is no Trinity

[@Patricius.K]

Same church different creed🤔

[@StrugglingProtestant]

It's incoherent(contradiction).

[@zacharyconner9319]

Could you explain your stance to someone looking for which church to follow or not follow​@@StrugglingProtestant

[@Compulsive-Elk7103]

What?

[@Linkgt]

@@StrugglingProtestant Imagine a protestant telling Catholics about "incoherence" and "Contradictions" ... The lack of self-awareness is STRONG

[@luisrios3446]

Not really. Rome always believed in the Filioque, but when the Nicene Creed was made it wasn’t included. Perhaps it wasn’t necessary, since it doesn’t contradict the Filioque (The Holy Spirit indeed comes from the Father). Later centuries a heresy was being developed in Spain. This heresy put in doubt the divinity of Christ, so they added the Filioque to fight against the heresy. It was later adopted by the whole Church of Rome. The East never had a problem with that until Photios. Eastern Catholic Churches believe in the theology of the Filioque, but for tradition’s sake they just don’t say it when they proclamate the creed, but it is usually in parentheses (and the Son). And this is perfectly acceptable, since they respect the theology, but also respect their own tradition, just like in the past.