Mel·chite

(mĕl′kīt)

Variant of Melkite.

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Melchite

(ˈmɛlkaɪt) Eastern Churches

adj

(Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) of or relating to the Uniat Greek Catholic Church in Syria, Egypt, and Israel

(Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) a member of this Church

[C17: from Church Latin Melchīta, from Medieval Greek Melkhītēs, literally: royalist, from Syriac malkā king]

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Mel•chite

(ˈmɛl kaɪt)

n.

a Christian in Egypt or Syria who accepts the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451.

[1610–20; < Medieval Latin Melchīta < Medieval Greek Melchitēs royalist =melch- (< Syriac malkā king, or < a derivative adj. of appurtenance) + -ītēs -ite¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Melchite - an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor Melkite Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
	2.	Melchite - an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem Melkite Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination

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(Vatican City: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1944-53), and, for the Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic communities, Joseph Nasrallah, Histoire du mouvement litte'raire dans I'Eglise melchite du Ve au XXe siecle, vols.

Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Leg over Leg

Exhibited on the second floor of the museum gallery is an array of Melchite icons from the private collection of Abou Adal.

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The 1962 session had been a time of discovery, with the Conciliar Fathers learning from the progressive leadership provided by a few--the likes of Cardinals Suenens, Lercaro, Montini (soon to become Pope Paul VI), Doepfner, Lienart, Frings, Alfrink, Bea and Koenig, the Melchite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh and the talented Bishop De Smedt of Bruges.

Vatican II as I experienced it

They included Mrs Mona Makram Ebied and the multimillionaire Rami Lakah (in fact a Melchite Catholic, not a Copt), who had received support from the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenuda.

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American Archbishop of the Greek Melchite Church, Cyrille Salim Bustros, explained the synod's position "We Christians cannot speak about the promised land for the Jewish people.

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Within the Stockholm Catholic Diocese, the Armenian, Chaldean, Maronite, Melchite, and Syrian churches celebrate Mass in their respective languages, as do the Polish, Croatian, Spanish, Italian, Eritrean, Vietnamese, Korean, and Ukrainian communities.

Sweden

This grab bag of colorful ecclesiastical characters includes John Damascene, Theodore Abu Qurrah (a Melchite bishop in the ninth century who wrote treatises against the Muslims in Arabic), Peter the Venerable, Raymond Martini, Raymond Lull, Ricoldus de Monte Croce, Dionysius the Carthusian, Cardinal Juan Torquemada, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, and even the Florentine reformer Savonarola (of "bonfire of the vanities" fame).

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