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Is Eastern Catholicism a "supplemental" Catholicism? I would like your response.
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where do people come up with such an insulting question?
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Supplemental would imply that it cannot stand without something else. That it is added on to something else. That it further clarifies something else. That it makes something else more accessible.
Eastern Catholicism stands on its own and is not dependent on something else going right or wrong. It is not an adornment or embellishment for the western church. It does not attempt to clarify or make the west more accessible.
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Are we speaking of the reality, or of what is supposed to be?
Sadly, the answer is "yes" if we are talking about what has been lived out. If we are talking about what is supposed to be, the answer is "no", esp. in light of what finds in the Vatican II documents on the Eastern Churches (equal to the Latin Church, etc.), and all of the other official documents pertaining to the Eastern Churches.
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Just for fun I looked up "supplemental" in the thesaurus. Interesting reading. Main Entry: extra
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: accessory
Synonyms: added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button*, excess, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread*, gravy*, ice*, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe*, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, option, other, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused
Antonyms: basic, enough, lacking, sufficient
* = informal or slang Doesn't seem like a good idea to call Eastern Catholicism redundant, inessential, or an accessory to me. Main Entry: subservient
Part of Speech: adjective 2
Definition: secondary
Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary, bush league, collateral, conducive, contributory, flunky, helpful, inferior, instrumental, minor, serviceable, subordinate, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, useful
Antonyms: superior Arguments could be made here on whether the EC churches are in actuality subordinate, minor, and useful. (Edit: Deacon Robert posted since I began writing and brought up the same question above.) I can't say that they are inferior, though, and I definitely can't say they should be. Main Entry: subsidiary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secondary
Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, aiding, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, contributory, cooperative, helpful, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, tributary, useful
Antonyms: central, major, principal Well, the EC churches surely aren't "principal" if you look at numbers, but they aren't aiding, servicing, and assisting the West, either. This one also seems to fall flat. Main Entry: substitute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alternative
Synonyms: acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap*, substitutive, supplemental, supplementary, supposititious, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarial, vicarious
Antonyms: permanent
* = informal or slang We could make a case for alternate, additional, or another, but then the presence of them seems to depend on the presence of some "other." They are not a replacement, nor are they temporary. So the connotation this one brings does not fit it either. I don't see how the word supplemental could be stretched to cover the eastern churches. Maybe the one who voted yes could explain his or her reasoning.
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