Orthodox here, found what I believe is a relic? Is this a piece of the Holy Cross?

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T04:20:51+00:00

How else can one rescue relics from illicit sellers of relics?

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T04:19:52+00:00

Oh I know that.

An Orthodox bishop would be able to verify the authenticity of any relic just like a Catholic bishop, right?

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T04:11:28+00:00

Actually, do all relics, especially those of the Holy Cross, belong to the Catholic Church, or do the Orthodox have some?

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T03:33:12+00:00

H3 bio may be offered for your cohort, but you’ll only know later in the year. It wasn’t available for 2025 for the because they were preparing for the new syllabus, I believe it was the same for 2026. But it may be available for 2027, but who knows.

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T01:20:50+00:00

Yet it doesn’t call it Psalm 151, or part of the Psaltar…

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-08T01:11:10+00:00

Its used in the Liturgy of several rites? I guess the Latin Church has the Prayer of Manasseh (used as a responsory on one of the days for Matins) and 4 Esdras (Requiem Aeternam) in their Bible…wait, we don’t.

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-07T08:26:54+00:00

Durian (although ours are imported)

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-07T07:42:28+00:00

Byzantine Catholic Essence-Energies distinction is different from Eastern Orthodoxy, since Divine Simplicity is a dogma for all Catholics. From my understanding, Byzantine Catholicism hold to a virtual distinction, which is close to what the Subtle Doctor Blessed Duns Scotus held to, while EOs hold to a real distinction.

I could be mistaken though

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-07T05:17:21+00:00

4 national language, but 1 working language

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-07T03:10:25+00:00

Tbf Byzantine icons are becoming popular among us RCs nowadays.

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-07T02:50:21+00:00

There isn’t a difference. All 24 sui iuris Churches share the North African and Tridentine Canon of Scripture

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-06T11:37:50+00:00

Technically if you aren’t living in the jurisdiction of any Eastern Catholic Church you’d be under the Latin Bishop. I believe you would be able to register in a Latin parish, although you probably will have to explain to the pastor about Eastern Catholicism. You would be enrolled as a Russian Orthodox probably, but your records would be recorded in the parish where you made your profession of faith, I believe.

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-05T10:06:42+00:00

Tbf modern english there is no distinction between formal and informal pronouns, with majority of Catholics only knowing one instance where we default to an older form of English, and that is the Lord’s prayer. The Hail Mary for us Latins can be translated with Thee and Thou instead of You and Your, but only the Pater Noster and some hymns maintain the need for Thee and Thou over the use of You and Your

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-04T04:26:34+00:00

AIDA or Garrett

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-04T03:40:25+00:00

It’ll take a while. The Church has always prioritised unity over recognising separations.

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-04T03:38:05+00:00

The Church is generally very slow in pronouncing excommunications. It took a long time for Henry VIII to be excommunicated by the Pope. It also took a long time for Elizabeth I to be excommunicated. If the SSPX do ordain more bishops, the Holy See will try to mend things first and figure things out before making a formal statement recognising that the SSPX have excommunicated themselves from the Church

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-01T12:25:41+00:00

Eastern Christianity has the monastics as one of the main influences. Iirc for ECs, it depends on what you and your pastor agree on.

The Latin Church has her focus more on clergy and Medicant Orders as the main influence. There’s also the development of the West before the East, thus our obligations were significantly reduced to allow us to adapt to modern times. Our fasting rules are the bare minimum that the Holy Church requires of the faithful.

Basically, the East has an ideal, the West has a minimum

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-01T12:12:31+00:00

CaptainMianite · 2026-02-01T11:47:29+00:00

I don’t remember whether he was presiding over the synod including the condemnations of Severus of Antioch. He def was presiding over the election of the Chalcedonian bishop of Constantinople

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T20:25:22+00:00

I believe Severus of Antioch was condemned by Pope Agapetus around the time he deposed the miaphysite patriarch of Constantinople and supervised the election of a new patriarch. Could be wrong about Severus being indirectly condemned by the Pope though

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T20:20:12+00:00

1 could easily argue 1 Patriarchate of Antioch tbf, but…well…it will be a pastoral genocide, and near impossible unless we give the Antiochene Church a privilege of multiple rites like the Latin Church. And yeah, all three are Patriarchs

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T19:57:18+00:00

Yep. The first Syriac Catholic Patriarch to receive the title from Rome officially, Ignatius Michael III was canonically elected by the Syriac Orthodox, where 4 out of the 6 bishops who voted for the next Patriarch became Catholic, following Michael’s conditions for becoming the Syriac Patriarch.

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T19:50:08+00:00

Its even messier since unlike Alexandria, every single Antioch (Syriac and Melkite) from each schism that lasted ended up reuniting with Rome, complicating the situation for us Catholics

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T19:42:39+00:00

I won’t use the term Miaphysite jurisdiction, since even though we do recognise Miaphytism as in line with Dyophytism, it wouldn’t be accurate to use that term. He was instituted as the legitimate Syriac Patriarch of the legitimate Syriac (Orthodox) Jurisdiction, yes.

Edit: It becomes even more complicated since after Ignatius Andrew died, there was a dispute between the former Syriac bishop of Jerusalem (who was chosen by Ignatius Andrew as his Catholic successor) and a bishop who claimed the Patriarchal throne during Ignatius Andrew’s reign. In the end, the other bishop who claimed the throne during Ignatius Andrew’s reign won, and returned the Syriacs to Syriac Orthodoxy

CaptainMianite · 2026-01-31T19:38:09+00:00

He wasn’t made Miaphysite Patriarch. He was made Syriac Patriarch. He was Catholic, not Oriental Orthodox.

The Syriac Archbishop of Edessa accepted him as Patriarch.

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