Georgian Catholic Church

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The Georgian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic community of Georgian tradition that follows the Byzantine rite while remaining in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Georgian Catholic Church canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Church
acceptsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
First Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
baptismPractice infantBaptism
christianDenominationType particular Eastern Catholic community
christology Chalcedonian
clericalCelibacyDiscipline marriedPriestsPermitted
clericalDress Byzantine-style vestments
communionWith Pope of Rome
linked to: Pope

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
confirmationPractice chrismation at baptism
country Georgia
denominationalFamily Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ecclesiasticalRiteFamily Byzantine Rite
ecclesiology Eastern Catholic ecclesiology
eucharisticDiscipline leavenedBread
eucharisticSpecies wine and leavened bread
eucharistToInfants true
fastingTradition Byzantine fasting discipline
geographicMinorityStatus minorityChurchInGeorgia
governedBy localOrdinaries under Latin hierarchy in Georgia
inFullCommunionWith all other Catholic Churches
liturgicalLanguage Georgian
liturgicalOrientation Byzantine liturgical chant
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
partOf Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
primaryEthnicBase Georgians
primaryRegion South Caucasus
recognisedBy Holy See
sharesCommunionWith Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church (Latin Church)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
sharesHeritageWith Georgian Orthodox Church
spiritualHeritage Eastern Christian spirituality
Georgian Christian tradition
suiIurisStatus not a separate sui iuris Church
theologicalTradition Byzantine theology
tradition Georgian
linked to: Georgians
usesDivineLiturgyOf St. Basil the Great
linked to: Basil of Caesarea

St. John Chrysostom
linked to: John Chrysostom
usesGregorianCalendar true
usesIconostasis true
usesIcons true
usesJulianElementsInTradition true
venerationOfMary true
venerationOfSaints true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Catholic Churches hasMajorChurch Georgian Catholic Church