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[Guest Curious]

Cam,

You in no way answered my question. Although I appreciate your attempt, it's quite alright to admit that you don't know.

A slight correction, though:

The Rite very much does matter, although not in a sense of determining one's Catholicity. If one is a member of one of the Eastern Rites, one is bound by the Eastern Code of Canon Law.

One is also required to receive sacraments like marriage within their own Rite. Furthermore, if a man is discerning the priesthood, believing he is a member of the Latin Rite, while he is actually a member of the Oriental Rite, he would be unable to be ordained until he had a formal change of Rite.

[Cam42]

[quote name='Curious' date='Sep 30 2005, 05:28 AM']Cam,

You in no way answered my question. Although I appreciate your attempt, it's quite alright to admit that you don't know.

A slight correction, though:

The Rite very much does matter, although not in a sense of determining one's Catholicity. If one is a member of one of the Eastern Rites, one is bound by the Eastern Code of Canon Law.

One is  also required to receive sacraments like marriage within their own Rite. Furthermore, if a man is discerning the priesthood, believing he is a member of the Latin Rite, while he is actually a member of the Oriental Rite, he would be unable to be ordained until he had a formal change of Rite.
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The answer that I gave was quite correct and quite appropriate.

[quote]The Rite doesn't really matter if you accept the Holy Father. One Rite is not above another. However, if one Rite has pride of place, it would be the Latin Rite, because it is the primatial See of the Pope.[/quote]

If you would like to debate this (of which this isn't really a debate), register and move this to the debate board. While it is true that there are aspects that are particular to the Eastern Church, I addressed that when I said:

[quote]The Byzantine Catholics (or uniates, or sui juris) are allowed as a cessation to the traditions of the people who live in those areas.[/quote]

Again, thanks for you orginal post and thanks for your continuing questions, however, I am not incorrect in my answer to you. Again, if you would like to continue this conversation, register and we can discuss this in the debate table. This is not a debate forum, we have a separate area for that. Please refrain from that in this section of the website.

God Bless.