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| Field | Eastern Catholic Christianity |
|---|---|
| Type | Church family |
| Origin | modern form Eastern Europe and Middle East |
| Overview | Eastern Catholic Christianity comprises self-governing Eastern churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome while preserving their own liturgical, theological, spiritual, and canonical traditions. |
| History | Its churches arose in different historical circumstances and belong to Byzantine, Alexandrian, Antiochene, Armenian, and East Syriac liturgical families. |
| Beliefs and emphases | They share Catholic communion while retaining traditions that should not be reduced to Latin Catholic forms. |
| Worship and practice | Their worship follows their own Eastern rites, calendars, languages, devotional customs, and sacramental disciplines. |
| Organisation and life | Each church has its own hierarchy and canonical status within the wider Catholic communion. |
| Broader traditions | Catholic Christianity |
| Variants | — |
| Related | — |
| Contrasting positions | — |