Catholic Eastern Churches Heritage and Identity

includes index and biblioraphy

DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES Catholic Oriental Churches - A General Introduction Prof. Johannes Madey The Liturgical Heritage of the Eastern Churches Prof Manel Nin, OSB "Christianity as a Society of Mourners": Introducing Eastern Theology Prof. Edward G. Farrugia, SJ The Spiritual Heritage of the Christian East Prof. Thomas Spidlik, SJ Common Canons and Ecclesial Experience in the Oriental Catholic Churches Prof. Ivan Zuzek, SJ The Common Canonical Patrimony of the Catholic Oriental Churches Prof. Dimitri Salachas THE PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE AND ORGANIC GROWTH The Teaching of the Popes Concerning the Heritage and Identity of Eastern Churches Dr. Paul Pallath 139 The Role of the Pastor in the Preservation of the Heritage of the Oriental Churches - Dr. Joseph Varanath Foreign Interventions in Liturgical Traditions - Pauly Maniyattu Within Living Memory: Tradition, the Shape of the Future Prof. Edward G. Farrugia, SJ 212 THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH AND ITS HERITAGE Syro-Malabar Church - A Short Historical Introduction Dr. Joseph Perumthottam 231 Some Particular Elements in the Liturgical Tradition of the St. Thomas Christians Dr. Charles Payngot, CMI 243 The Spiritual Life of the St. Thomas Christians - Joseph Chalassery Particular Canonical Institutions of the Syro-Malabar Church Dr. Joseph Koikakudy 296