Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 7 · The Church Sanctifying: Sacraments of Membership
One Church, Many Traditions
The Catholic Church is made up of the Latin Church and more than twenty Eastern Catholic Churches, all in full communion with the Pope. They share one faith, the same sacraments, and the same government, but they express that faith in different traditions.
Explore the idea
Read each practice and decide where it belongs. Watch for practices that look different but express the same faith.
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Discuss the connection
Why does variety in liturgy and custom strengthen the Church’s unity rather than weaken it? What could you learn by visiting an Eastern Catholic parish?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 7 (“The Church Sanctifying: Sacraments of Membership”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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