Sui Iuris

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"The Eastern Catholic Churches are not 'experimental' or 'provisional' communities; these are sui iuris Churches, fully recognized by the universal Catholic Church, with the firm canonical base of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches promulgated by Pope John Paul II." {Link without Title}

"The hierarchs of the Byzantine Metropolitan Church Sui Iuris Of Pittsburgh , in tile United States of America, gathered in assembly as the Council of Hierarchs of said Church, in conformity with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, ..." {Link without Title}

"It would likewise be helpful to prepare a Catechetical Directory that would 'take into account the special character of the Eastern Churches, so that the biblical and liturgical emphasis as well as the traditions of each Church sui iuris in patrology, hagiography and even iconography are highlighted in conveying the catechesis' (CCEO, can. 621, §2)" John Paul II {Link without Title}

"On behalf of the , in a special way — for the trust placed on the 'Minima Societas Jesu', to which he entrusted the mission in Kyrgyzstan ." {Link without Title}

"... rays originating in the one Lord , the sun of justice which illumines every man (cf. Jn [http://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=50&ch=001&l=9 1:9 ), ... received by each individual Church sui iuris, has value and infinite dynamism and constitutes a part of the universal heritage of the Church." "Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches", issued January 6, 1996 by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches [http://www.cin.org/docs/eastinst.html].

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