Uniatism
n.— «At the same time the cardinal is concerned about “the failure of the Latin theology to appreciate any sharing between Local Churches and Rome.” The Vatican, he believes, understood unity “as subjection” and this process was called “Uniatism.”» —“Cardinal Husar denounces Uniatism and urges to establish a one Orthodox-Catholic Church in Ukraine” in Moscow Interfax (Russia) Sept. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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