What are the differences in belief between Greek Catholicism and Roman Catholicism?
Greek Catholic and Greek Orthodox are not the same, however many people still confuse them as the same. The terminology used doesn’t help in differentiating the two. Also the fact that the Orthodox churches also appear to be very similar to Catholicism. Any Catholic rite or “Particular Church” are all in communion with The Holy See, accept the authority of the Pope and have the same doctrine. Some of the discipline and the liturgical calendars may vary. For instance, the different rites have different disciplines concerning fasting. The different rites have different views on priestly celibacy. Universally, once a man is ordained he may not get married, but already married men can get ordained. All rites have different ideas on which married men that allow to become priests. The Latin Rite (often called Roman Catholic) generally only let married men become deacons but do sometimes ordain married men as priests. The Eastern Rites, such as Greek, often allow already married men to become
