Re: Uniates and sacraments (was: Brithenig/Aelyan North America)

John Cowan wrote:

>And Rosta wrote:
>
>> How come the Chomro believe this. Aren't they Roman Catholics? Is this
>> a manifestation of their Roman Catholicism?
>
>Well, technically they are Uniate Catholics, which means that they acknowledge
>the authority of the Pope but use their own rite and traditions.  Greek
>Uniates,
>for example, have always used a Greek rite and were allowed married priests
>(though not remarried ones).  As part of this, though there is a Primate
>of All
>Cambria (not, needless to say, a giant gibbon), the functional role of
>bishops is
>assumed by abbots -- a heritage from the Celtic Christian past.
What *is* a primate, then, if not a gibbon?  Is a primate to an abbot as
an archbishop is to a bishop?

Is Cambria divided into dioceses?  Are congregations headed by priests
or friars?  Is celibacy enforced?  Is there confession?

>The specifically Roman list of sacraments is: Baptism, Confirmation,
>Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony.
>Protestant churches usually recognize only Baptism and Holy Eucharist,
>on the grounds that these were specifically and in detail instituted
>by Christ, whereas the others were (according to the Catholic view)
>prescribed by him only "in genere" rather than in detail.
Protestants also recognise Matrimony, I believe.  :-)

Matt.