Extra ecclesiam nulla salus in the Eastern Catholic Churches

Abstract

The history of the Eastern Catholic Churches has its origin in the church unions, which were concluded by some Eastern Christians with Rome in the second millennium of Christianity. Eastern Catholic Churches generally understood the extra ecclesiam nulla salus principle as it was understood at a given historical moment by the Roman Catholic Church. Eastern Christians who wanted union with Rome had to adapt to ecclesiology, which prevailed at the given moment in the Roman Catholic Church. On the other hand, these Churches want to preserve their theological specificity in the Catholic Church.