Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the Christian churches in Egypt and Syria that accepted the Council of Chalcedon.
- noun A member of an Eastern Catholic church that uses the Byzantine rite and has patriarchates in Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.
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- noun Christianity An Eastern Christian who adhered to the doctrines agreed by the First Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon (originally as labelled by opponents); later, an
Orthodox Christian using the Byzantine rite and part of thepatriarchate of Antioch, Jerusalem or Alexandria.
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- noun an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem
- noun 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
Etymologies
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The old name "Melkite", which meant originally one who accepted the decrees of Chalcedon
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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August - Bl Mary of Jesus Crucified, O.C.D. Sr Mariam of Jesus Crucified was Melkite Palestinian who overcame poverty and attempted murder (when she refused to become a Mohammedan) to become a Carmelite nun and the foundress of the Bethlehem and Nazareth Carmels.
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"We Christians cannot speak of the 'promised land' as an exclusive right for a privileged Jewish people," said Archbishop Cyril Bustros, a native of Lebanon who is currently a Melkite Greek Catholic bishop in Newton, Mass.
U.S. Bishop Says Jews Have No 'Exclusive Right' To Israel Josh Fleet 2010
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Despite the fact that Muslim fanatics had posted threats on the Internet for weeks prior to the slaughter, Melkite Greek Patriarch Gregory III Laham said the terrorist attackers were certainly not Muslims, but probably those trained and supervised "by global Zionism."
Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Abrahamic Faiths Mocked By Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Canards Rabbi Abraham Cooper 2011
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"We Christians cannot speak of the 'promised land' as an exclusive right for a privileged Jewish people," said Archbishop Cyril Bustros, a native of Lebanon who is currently a Melkite Greek Catholic bishop in Newton, Mass.
U.S. Bishop Says Jews Have No 'Exclusive Right' To Israel Josh Fleet 2010
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Despite the fact that Muslim fanatics had posted threats on the Internet for weeks prior to the slaughter, Melkite Greek Patriarch Gregory III Laham said the terrorist attackers were certainly not Muslims, but probably those trained and supervised "by global Zionism."
Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Abrahamic Faiths Mocked By Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Canards Rabbi Abraham Cooper 2011
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August - Bl Mary of Jesus Crucified, O.C.D. Sr Mariam of Jesus Crucified was Melkite Palestinian who overcame poverty and attempted murder (when she refused to become a Mohammedan) to become a Carmelite nun and the foundress of the Bethlehem and Nazareth Carmels.
Three Cheers for Mrs Beamish John 2009
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There is a short biography from the Melkite point of view here.
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There is a short biography from the Melkite point of view here.
Three Cheers for Mrs Beamish John 2009
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Poor Arab auto workers joined with more affluent professionals, and people came from the Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian, and Lebanese-American communities, their Chaldean, Melkite, Maronite, and Orthodox churches, and their Sunni and Shiite mosques.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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