American Eastern Catholics

Introduction to the Series ix Preface What Is a Catholic Church? xi Chapter 1 A Bit of History The Two Thousand Years of Eastern Christianity 1 Chapter 2 Some Characteristics of the Eastern Churches Aspects of Holy Tradition in the Christian East 47 Chapter 3 Coming to America Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Immigrations from the Christian East 69 Chapter 4 The Eastern Catholic Parish in America The Experience of Eastern Catholics Today 99 Chapter 5 Contemporary Challenges Issues Confronting Eastern Catholics in American Society 131 Chapter 6 Relations with Our Sister Churches The Eastern Catholic Witness to Historic Christianity 147 Appendix A The Eastern Catholic Churches in North America 161 Appendix B A Comparison of Two Traditions 171 Some Basic Resources 174 Selected Glossary 177