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Chaldean Rite, Christians Of

In ecclesiastical usage, according to the Cath. Dict., the name Chaldeans denotes the Catholics who belong to the Church formed by conversions from Nestorianism. But it seems that the Christians of Persia, who claimed that Nestorius followed them, called themselves the Chaldean Church (F. W. Bussell, p. 152). The Chaldean Catholics are now distinguished from the Nestorians properly so-called by the name Meshihaya, which means " followers of the Messiah." The term Chaldean is not used in a linguistic sense. " The Catholics of the Syrian and Chaldean rites agree in the use of the Syriac tongue in the liturgy; the former, however, using the Western or Jacobite, the latter the Eastern or Nestorian, dialect " (Cath. Dict.).

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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