yeah

conversion to catholicism went out the window after Manuel II if I recall

oh i see.

in short theyre catholic and practiceable by catholics?. I mean I love Latin Rite but I heard of a Catholic who is going to attend one, i just wasnt sure.

you mean traditional latin mass?

yeah

They're basically orthodox in communion with Rome, same byzantine traditions etc but just as Catholic as you and I

you can go to a byz cath church and receive all the sacraments whenever, going to their divine liturgy counts as sunday obligation too

@Orrbit ah that cleared another question I was going to ask

yeah, I'm more familiar with the history of the Empire and it's religion rather then modern day byz-catholics

@Orrbitoh snap thats insane (new knowldge to me)

they're a perfect example of how the church is truly catholic - meaning universal

most of us are Roman Catholics, but one doesn't have to be Roman to be Catholic

@Orrbit what does that mean?

oh omay

okay*

I mean

the word Catholic means universal in greek

Roman is pretty based

wow that is super interesting

yeah, and the Pope is roman so the roman church will always have some degree of authority

imagine the church before the schism

every single christian was catholic

well

apart from heretics

I mean there's the case of seperation for middle eastern and greek rites

but most of that's geographical seperation

I mean ive observed from youtube an EO liturgy and didnt capture much of my attention however this is interesting knowledge

be careful on whether its EO or Eastern Catholic because they appear pretty much identical, same traditions etc

The Roman Rite will always be the church I love.

if you were planning to go an recieve sacraments that is

yeah, its very very difficult to switch rites also

I probably wouldnt, the people and canons have been very good to me at my parish

but thank you @Orrbit and @Deleted User 34578fb24a for that clearing up

ye

byz empire is fascinating but it's a disappointment how they ended up

whys that?

essentially as a debt-ridden wreck, living in the ruins of a city, and backstabbing each other, then sitting content like nothing's happened

oh lmao wow

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