Re: Uniates and sacraments (was: Brithenig/Aelyan North America)
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Monday, April 10, 2000, 19:11 |
Carlos Thompson wrote:
> United Catholics should be
> the name?
Uniate, not United; an adaptation of a Ukrainian word to Latin.
Hmm, apparently "Uniate" was originally a term
of contempt, meaning "hybridized", "mongrelized", according to the E.B.
But it seems to be fairly standard now.
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