Maybe some hope for One Church
Essentially still arguing over the Pope's Infallibility i.e., is he
first among equals, or first (period)
Also found another link that indicated that the Indian Orthodox Church did not participate ... wonder if we were even invited :(
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Panel split on scope of papal authority
By Nicole Winfield | Associated Press
November 15, 2007
VATICAN CITY - A Vatican-Orthodox commission working to heal the
1,000-year split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches has
agreed the pope has primacy over all bishops but disagrees over just
what authority that primacy gives him.
While describing the declaration as a step forward, some Orthodox
officials said Wednesday that the recognition of papal primacy is
effectively moot because the schism remains.
"There is a separation between Rome and the Eastern churches, so that
kind of primacy is, in a word, inoperative," said the Very Rev. Leonid
Kishkovsky, director of external affairs at the Orthodox Church in
America.
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue reached
the agreement during talks last month in Ravenna, Italy, according to
a document about the commission's findings being published Thursday.
The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches had been increasingly
estranged for several centuries, then fractured by the Great Schism of
1054, which was precipitated largely by disagreements over the primacy
of the pope.
Tensions remain strained over Orthodox accusations that the Vatican is
seeking converts in traditionally Orthodox territories, particularly
Eastern Europe -- charges that Rome denies.
Pope Benedict XVI has said that uniting all Christians and healing the
split is a "fundamental" priority of his pontificate.
The theological commission said it agreed in Ravenna that Rome
occupied the "first place" in canonical order of the ancient seats of
bishops -- including Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.
The commission said it agreed "that the bishop of Rome was therefore
the protos [first in ancient Greek] among the patriarchs."
"They disagree, however, on the interpretation of the historical
evidence from this era regarding the prerogatives of the bishop of
Rome as protos," the commission's document said.
"While the fact of primacy at the universal level is accepted by both
East and West, there are differences of understanding with regard to
the manner in which it is to be exercised, and also with regard to its
scriptural and theological foundations," the document continued.
[Source: Chicago Tribune]
first among equals, or first (period)
Also found another link that indicated that the Indian Orthodox Church did not participate ... wonder if we were even invited :(
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Panel split on scope of papal authority
By Nicole Winfield | Associated Press
November 15, 2007
VATICAN CITY - A Vatican-Orthodox commission working to heal the
1,000-year split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches has
agreed the pope has primacy over all bishops but disagrees over just
what authority that primacy gives him.
While describing the declaration as a step forward, some Orthodox
officials said Wednesday that the recognition of papal primacy is
effectively moot because the schism remains.
"There is a separation between Rome and the Eastern churches, so that
kind of primacy is, in a word, inoperative," said the Very Rev. Leonid
Kishkovsky, director of external affairs at the Orthodox Church in
America.
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue reached
the agreement during talks last month in Ravenna, Italy, according to
a document about the commission's findings being published Thursday.
The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches had been increasingly
estranged for several centuries, then fractured by the Great Schism of
1054, which was precipitated largely by disagreements over the primacy
of the pope.
Tensions remain strained over Orthodox accusations that the Vatican is
seeking converts in traditionally Orthodox territories, particularly
Eastern Europe -- charges that Rome denies.
Pope Benedict XVI has said that uniting all Christians and healing the
split is a "fundamental" priority of his pontificate.
The theological commission said it agreed in Ravenna that Rome
occupied the "first place" in canonical order of the ancient seats of
bishops -- including Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.
The commission said it agreed "that the bishop of Rome was therefore
the protos [first in ancient Greek] among the patriarchs."
"They disagree, however, on the interpretation of the historical
evidence from this era regarding the prerogatives of the bishop of
Rome as protos," the commission's document said.
"While the fact of primacy at the universal level is accepted by both
East and West, there are differences of understanding with regard to
the manner in which it is to be exercised, and also with regard to its
scriptural and theological foundations," the document continued.
[Source: Chicago Tribune]
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