Talk:Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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[edit] Description seems weird
The current description seems weird and confusing to me. Isn't the Melkite Catholic Church simply those Eastern Orthodox under the authority of the Patriarch of Antioch who reestablished communion with Rome in the 18th century? john k 04:19, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] same article
Look at Melkite
[edit] Overhaul
You'll noticed that I've performed quite a thorough overhaul of the handful of article about this church. The Melkite article mainly deals with the term, as it was historically used for those not in communion with Rome as well. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church article deals with the Eastern rite Catholic Church of that name. I chose this from among the other suggestions (Greek-Catholic Melkite Church, Melkite Catholic Church and Greek Catholic Church) as it seems to be the preferred name of the church in English. I have been bold: I hope you don't mind. I have incorporated the useful information in the existing articles, but have had to throw out a lot of misinformation too. I hope you agree that the article is now in a better state. --Gareth Hughes 21:31, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] History section
The history section seems a bit pov, I understand that the western rite influence eroded the eastern church but the phrasing occasionally seems overly emotional... but beyond that it seems to be a little rambly and run on. If in knew enough about the subject to fix it I would, but a general suggestion is to clarify and space out the thoughts throughout the section. --3:33, 26 November 2006
[edit] non-Arab Middle East Christians
I think people should have a look at the doings of some anti-Arab Christian activists at the Assyrian-related articles. They even designed a totally inaccurate and propagandist Syriacs box, mentioning Maronites and Melkites as "Syriacs", thus non-Arabs, which I proposed for deletion here. Pylambert 23:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] something ain't right
How did Maximos IV Sayegh, who the article says ruled (not really the right word I guess) 1846-1878, attend Vatican II in 1965? I thought maybe it was supposed to be 1946-1978, but then it says Maximos V Hakim ruled 1967-2000. Whassup? KarlM 04:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I've corrected the dates for Patriarch Maximos IV Sayegh. He did go to Vatican II. I think there was some confusion as he is mentioned recounting a story of a predecessor. — Gareth Hughes 13:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Melkites not the oldest rite in Catholicism
The following sentence is wrong,"...the Melkites sometimes consider themselves to be the oldest rite of Catholicism."
The Melkite Catholics are a church not a rite. The term rite refers to the liturgy, and the Byantine rite is NOT the oldest in Christendom. --68.45.161.241 16:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- If I remember Bp. Elya's remarks correctly, the Melkites were not always of the Byzantine liturgical rite, but adopted it during the Middle Ages; they originally worshipped according to one of the Syrian rites. Chonak 04:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Liturgical language
I dispute that Arabic is the liturgical language of the Melkite Church, considering it's more or less, the Melkite vernacular. Greek is the liturgical language because liturgical languages are rarely the language of the people. Sort of like Latin in the Western Church--68.45.161.241 04:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Neutrality?
I just included the neutrality tag in the page. I am no expert in the field, but this certainly contains an inacceptable amount of POV language. The author(s) may have a point, but the way a lot of the information regarding the history of the church and the behaviour of Western Christians in the Holy Land and similar issues is currently presented in an absolutely un-encyclopedic way. Thomas Ruefner 18:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Syriac?
Can someone please explain why this talk page has a Syriac categorization? I don't get that -- the Melkite church is Byzantine, rather than Syriac, in its liturgical tradition. Am I missing something? GMPHARO 03:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clean up and expand this article
I am going to start cleaning up and expanding this article in a few weeks. Does anyone have any suggestions or requests? Majoreditor 17:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
