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Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by Ubenedictus(m): 1:01am On Jul 01, 2017 |
Beirut, Lebanon, Jun 22, 2017 / 12:07 pm ( CNA/
EWTN News ).- The synod of the Melkite Greek
Catholic Church elected on Wednesday
Archbishop Youssef Absi as the Church's new
patriarch, who received ecclesiastical
communion from Pope Francis the following day.
Elected June 21, Patriarch Absi, 71, succeeds
Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, who retired May 6
at the age of 83.
The new patriarch was born in Damascus in
1946. He was ordained a priest of the Missionary
Society of St. Paul in 1973. He became superior
general of the society in 1999, and two years
later was appointed curial bishop of the Melkite
Patriarchate of Antioch. In 2007, he was
appointed the Patriarchal Vicar of of the Melkite
Archdiocese of Damascus.
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern
Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite, and it
consists of some 1.5 million members. It is
based in Syria and Lebanon, and most of its
eparchies are in the Arab world. It also has
structures to serve the Melkite diaspora in
Australia, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the United
States, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.
The Melkite Church traces its roots to the
earliest days of Christianity, when Sts. Peter and
Paul first evangelized the peoples of Syria, where
followers of Christ were first called “Christians.”
During the 2010 Synod on the Middle East,
Patriarch Absi lamented the strife among the
Eastern Catholic Churches, calling the struggle a
“fount of impairment and false testimony,”
according to Vatican Insider .
“The Christians of the East,” he said, “are all on
the same boat, and confront the same struggle.
They cannot be disinterested each in the other.”
The new patriarch holds licentiates in philosophy
and theology, and a doctorate in musical
sciences and Byzantine hymnography from the
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon. He
has taught philosophy, Greek, and musicology at
the university level.
Pope Francis wrote to Patriarch Absi the day
after his election, congratulating him and
granting him ecclesiastical communion.
Francis also noted the tribulation facing
Christians in the region.
“The election of Your Beatitude comes at the
time of a delicate situation for the venerable
Greco-Melkite Church and when many Christian
communities in the Middle East are called to
bear witness in a special way to their faith in the
dead and risen Christ,” the Roman Pontiff said.
“In this particularly difficult time, Pastors are
called upon to manifest communion, unity,
closeness, solidarity and transparency before the
suffering people of God.”
“I am certain that your Beatitude, in fraternal
harmony with all the Synod Fathers, will know, in
all evangelical wisdom, how to be not only 'Pater
et Caput' in the service of the faithful of the
Greco-Melkite Church, but also a faithful and
authentic witness to the Risen One.” |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by luvmijeje(f): 4:25am On Jul 01, 2017 |
“The election of Your Beatitude comes at the time of a delicate situation for the venerable Greco-Melkite Church and when many Christian communities in the Middle East are called to bear witness in a special way to their faith in the dead and risen Christ,” Immediately I saw the word beautitude, I just have to google it and this is what I discovered: These "modern Beatitudes" were proposed by Pope Francis during his visit to Sweden on All Saints Day 2016:[17]My goodness! The Pope is attempting to rewrite the Bible. Who the heck is he? |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by Ubenedictus(m): 3:55pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
luvmijeje:that isn't a fake news but it has nothing to do with rewriting the bible. the beautitude of the Bible can't be changed it is there for everlasting in fact the beatitudes were read at the mass above-mentioned. What the Pope did was propose new way Christians must continue to live their calling. https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/sweden-francis-proposes-six-new-beatitudes-modern-era The title his beatitude is a spoken style for a patriarch, just as his grace is the spoken style for am archbishop and your excellency is the style for bishops even governors and presidents. Patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches who are also cardinals may be addressed as " His Eminence" or by the style particular to Eastern Catholic patriarchs, His Beatitude. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Eminence |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by luvmijeje(f): 4:14pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
Ubenedictus: Bros, the only thing I'm going to say to you as a fellow Christian. Be on the alert. Be familiar with your Bible. Be open minded. Strictly follow the teaching of Christ. Finally, always have it at back of your mind that doctrines are the rules of men and not the Law of God. |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by Ubenedictus(m): 4:40pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
luvmijeje:I have edited my previous post, I was mistaken in some parts. Actually Doctrine in my church are the teaching of CHRIST through the apostles. Not laws of men. CHRIST was born., he lived taught and died to set me free he rose again and is sitted at the right hand of the Father, these are Doctrine and they are not laws of men. If the doctrines in your church are all laws of men then you need to get out of that church. |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by luvmijeje(f): 4:51pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
Ubenedictus: Okayyyyy. You can deceive everyone but can't deceive yourself. While you're at it, ensure to read the history of your church. |
Re: Youssef Absi Elected Patriarch Of Melkite Greek Catholic Church by Ubenedictus(m): 8:50pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
luvmijeje:well I have extensively read the history of my church from 33AD till date, Is there any thing you would like to point out? |
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