The Maronite Church, and the Greek Catholic, are strong and proud in their relation to Rome, and in the feeling that they are protected by the great papal powers in Europe.

The Greek Church may be likened to a Russian colony in the Turkish empire.

But the more eastern sects, remnants of what were once the great Oriental Church, are in far different relations, ecclesiastical and political.

The Jacobites, like the Nestorians, feel themselves weakened and depressed.

The Syrian Catholic and the Chaldean are not very firmly united to Rome, and are little affected by European influences.