
Unity and Diversity in the Church
8th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe how different rites express unity and diversity within the Catholic Church.
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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.


