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I am surprised it has not been mentioned yet, but in the Eastern Catholic Code of Canon law it says that a Catholic of an Eastern Rite may attend an Orthodox Church as much as he sees prudent and fulfills his Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation. My Latin friend Bill and I were reading it and he was surprised that this is true for one group of Catholics under the omophorion of the Pope of Rome but not another. In Christ, -'Nikolai' http://EuphrosynosCafe.comI realize the above is from 2004 but, for the record, I believed it is entirely imprecise and partly incorrect -- very misleading. Is there a copy of the Eastern Catholic Code of Canon law online anywhere? [ intratext.com] English [ intratext.com]
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I am surprised it has not been mentioned yet, but in the Eastern Catholic Code of Canon law it says that a Catholic of an Eastern Rite may attend an Orthodox Church as much as he sees prudent and fulfills his Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation. My Latin friend Bill and I were reading it and he was surprised that this is true for one group of Catholics under the omophorion of the Pope of Rome but not another. In Christ, -'Nikolai' http://EuphrosynosCafe.comIs there a copy of the Eastern Catholic Code of Canon law online anywhere? Yes: http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG1199.HTMCanon 670 1. For a just cause Catholics can attend the liturgical worship of other Christians and take part in the same, observing thosethings which, by reason of the degree of communion with the Catholic Church, are established by the eparchial bishop or by a superior authority. 2. If non-Catholic Christians lack a place in which divine worship can be celebrated with dignity, the eparchial bishop can grant the use of a Catholic building or cemetery or church according to the norm of particular law of his own Church sui iuris.
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I do not believe this canon is refering to Sunday obligation so much as a situation where an Eastern Catholic finds themselves without a parish of their own tradition for an extended period of time. This is allowed to prevent their assimilation to the Latin Church by default.
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Oh, that worked out well. . . NOT!
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