Church Documents: Eastern Christianity

This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents relating to Eastern Christianity found on-line. It is part of my Church Documents project.

Common Declarations
11/11/1994: Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East by Pope Bl. John Paul II and Mar Dinkha IV

6/29/1995: Common Declaration Signed in the Vatican by Pope Bl. John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I
12/11/1996: Common Declaration by Pope Bl. John Paul II and Armenian Catholicos Karekin I

5/4/2001: Common Declaration by Pope Bl. John Paul II and His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece

9/27/2001: Common Declaration by Pope Bl. John Paul II and His Holiness Karekin II

6/10/2002: Common Declaration on Environmental Ethics by Pope Bl. John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I

10/12/2002: Common Declaration by Pope Bl. John Paul II and Teoctist Orthodox Patriarch of Romania

12/14/2006: Common Declaration by Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop H.B. Christodoulos

General

7/26/1755: Allatae Sunt by Pope Benedict XIV
Encyclical: On the Observance of Oriental Rites

4/8/1862: Amantissimus by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: On the Care of the Churches

6/20/1894: Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae by Pope Leo XIII
Apostolic Letter: The Reunion of Christendom

11/30/1894: Orientalium Dignitas by Pope Leo XIII
Apostolic Letter: On the Churches of the East

12/24/1894: Christi nomen by Pope Leo XIII
Encyclical: On Propagation of the Faith and Eastern Churches

9/8/1928: Rerum Orientalium by Pope Pius XI
Encyclical: On the Promotion of Oriental Studies

12/15/1952: Orientales Ecclesias by Ven. Pope Pius XII
Encyclical: On the Persecuted Eastern Church

5/2/1995: Orientale Lumen by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter: To Mark the Centenary of Orientalium Dignitas of Pope Leo XIII

1/6/1996: Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches by the Congregation for Eastern Churches

6/30/2000: Note on the Expression "Sister Churches" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

9/14/2012: Ecclesia in Medio Oriente by Pope Benedict XVI
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation: On the Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness


Rites/Churches

3/1/1756: Ex Quo by Pope Benedict XIV
Encyclical: On the Euchologion [Greek Rite]

11/16/1872: Quae in Patriarchatu by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: On the Church in Chaldea

1/6/1873: Quartus Supra by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: On the Church in Armenia

5/13/1874: Omnem Sollicitudinem by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: On the Greek-Ruthenian Rite
7/25/1888: Paterna Caritas by Pope Leo XIII
Encyclical: On Reunion with Rome [Armenian Rite]

7/21/1900: Omnibus compertum by Pope Leo XIII
Encyclical: On Unity Among the Greek Melkites
8/29/1911: In Universi Christiani Gregis by Pope St. Pius X
Bull: Instituting the Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam for the Southists People [Syro-Malabar]

12/23/1945: Orientales Omnes Ecclesias by Ven. Pope Pius XII
Encyclical: On the Three Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Reunion of the Ruthenian Church with the Apostolic See

11/12/1995: For the Forth Centenary of the Union of Brest by Pope Bl. John Paul II

4/18/1996: The 350th Anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod by Pope Bl. John Paul II

6/29/1999: May We Rediscover Our Full Communion by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Message: To His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians

7/20/2000: For the Third Centenary of the Union of the Greek-Catholic Church of Romania With the Church of Rome by Pope Bl. John Paul II

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