Difference between Byzantine catholic and Roman Catholic.?

Question

Today I was decorating for Christmas and when I went to take our Nativity out of the box I noticed that it said "Byzantine Nativity" . Well were Roman Catholic and we were looking at it and we see NO difference between the two. What are the differences between the two churches and the two nativities, if any?

Answer 1

If the difference bothers you, throw it out and go buy a catholic one.

Answer 2

All have a real priesthood, rooted interior the succession of the Apostles. Roman (or Latin) ceremony Catholics and Byzantine (or jap) Catholics are all Catholic and under the authority of the Pope. There are something like 17 Rites listed under the Byzantine Catholic. many of the Byzantine Catholics have an Orthodox "counter-section" who're no longer in union with the Pope. An occasion could be Ukranian Catholic and Orthodox Catholic. in case you went to their Divine Liturgies, the main element that could stand out is a prayer that incorporates the Pope interior the Ukranian Catholic church. there is an entire historical past right here this is far too lots for this talk board!

Answer 3

Byzantine is for the Byzantine Empire that was in the Eastern area of the roman empire. It fell to the Turks and Islam around the time of Columbus finding the New World in 1492.
It could mean the Eastern Orthodox churches that are very similar to the Roman Catholic Church except they don't see the Pope as their leader.

Answer 4

I don't imagine that there are many differences between the nativity sets; perhaps it is a brand name, or one reflecting the culture of the maker.

As far as the differences, the Byzantine Rite of the Catholic Church is one which is similar in form and liturgy to the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, but is in communion with the universal Church under the leadership of the Bishop of Rome. IOW, they are fully Catholic, but use a different rite for worship. There are other cultural differences in traditions and celebrations, but in all essentials, they are Catholics.

Answer 5

Actually there are over 20 different Catholic Churches that make up the worldwide Catholic Church.

In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same worldwide Catholic Church.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm

Visit this site where the Byzantine Catholics can tell you about themselves: http://www.byzcath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=62

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

Just artistic and cultural differences. Byzantine Catholics are allowed to have married priests, though. Their churches at some point affiliated themselves with Rome after having been part of Eastern Orthodoxy, and their married clergy came right in along with them. It's kinda like married Anglican priests coming over to Rome and they are allowed to stay married. Interesting, huh?