Unity and Diversity in the Church
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Objective
I can describe how different rites express unity and diversity within the Catholic Church.
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Warm-up video
Breaking In The Habit · 8:38
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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While the Roman Catholic Church is the largest, there are 16 million Catholics who belong to Churches formerly connected with Orthodoxy and are now in full communion with Rome.
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A rite is a liturgical, theological, spiritual, and disciplinary heritage distinguished according to peoples' culture and historical circumstances.
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The three main rites from which all modern rites trace their lineage are the Latin Rite from Rome, the Antiochian Rite from Antioch, and the Alexandrian Rite from Alexandria.
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Practice
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What does the word 'Catholic' originally mean?
According to the video, what are the three main rites from which all modern rites trace their lineage?
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Exit ticket
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“Name three ways that different rites express unity and diversity within the Catholic Church.”
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