Journey Into the Byzantine Faith with Fr. Andrew Summerson | Ep. 96

About this episode

If you’ve mostly known Catholic worship through the Latin tradition, the Byzantine Church may raise questions you haven’t had occasion to ask. Fr. Andrew Summerson joins Purposely Catholic to talk about the Byzantine Rite and its place within the Catholic Church. He also shares his journey to the priesthood and what led him to serve through the Eastern Catholic tradition.

We consider Byzantine liturgy, the place of the Psalms, and how worship shapes a life. The conversation includes differences between Eastern and Western worship, diversity of expression, and the question of where to begin if you want to explore the Byzantine Church.

In this episode

• Fr. Andrew’s journey to the priesthood
• Byzantine liturgy and the Catholic Church
• Worship and the formation of a life
• The Psalms
• Eastern and Western worship and exploring the Byzantine Church

With Khalil Hattar, Bobby Fredericksen, and guest Fr. Andrew Summerson.

About the guest

Fr. Andrew Summerson is a Byzantine Catholic priest and scholar of early Christian theology. He received his doctorate from the Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum in 2018. His research includes Maximus the Confessor and the relationship between early Christian theology, Scripture, and worship. He is the author of Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor: Exegesis of the Human Heart and co-edited Eastern Catholic Theology in Action with Cyril Kennedy.