THE REALITY OF THE CATHOLIC EASTERN CHURCHES IN THE CONTEXT OF VATICAN II AND ECUMENISM: MODEL AND BRIDGE FOR UNITY?
Cherian Karukaparambil Secretary, Syro Malabar Synodal Commission for Ecumenism
According to Second Vatican Council the recovery of the sources and the greatest fidelity to the ancient traditions are the hallmark of
Catholic Eastern Churches, in view of their special task of fostering the unity of all Christians, especially of Eastern Christians (Cf. OE, 6, 24).
The very existence of Catholic Eastern Churches has an ecumenical
dimension. But to find themselves in this realm of responding to these issues, they need a stronger sense of their own identity; they need to establish their contact with their own deepest resources. Hence in the background of the vision of the Council and the task it entrusted to the Catholic Eastern Churches, as proposed in the Documents Unitatis Redintegratio and Orientalium Ecclesiarum, the following is a search into the reality of the Catholic Eastern Churches
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