The degree to which the Antiochian Orthodox misread Vatican II was cause for some tragicomic moments- In 1974, Elias IV sent Georges Khodr on a (at the time) secret mission Rome to ask Paul VI to voluntarily suspend communion with the Melkite Catholics so that they could reunite with their Mother Church (as Melkite leaders were then starting to refer to the Antiochian Orthodox). In Khodr's account of the hour-long meeting years later, "Paul VI kept silent and I understood that he was not prepared for such an opening..."
I don't think it's appropriate to condemn the Council in toto. I think there are many strong parts of the Council and even Abp. Marcel Lefebvre said there were many parts of the Council that can and should be meditated on. It's possible to only partially condemn the Council.
This is sadly part of a very common occurrence in Kosovo. Vandals enter churches, set them on fire, then they urinate and defecate in them. ...
"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."
The degree to which the Antiochian Orthodox misread Vatican II was cause for some tragicomic moments- In 1974, Elias IV sent Georges Khodr on a (at the time) secret mission Rome to ask Paul VI to voluntarily suspend communion with the Melkite Catholics so that they could reunite with their Mother Church (as Melkite leaders were then starting to refer to the Antiochian Orthodox). In Khodr's account of the hour-long meeting years later, "Paul VI kept silent and I understood that he was not prepared for such an opening..."
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's appropriate to condemn the Council in toto. I think there are many strong parts of the Council and even Abp. Marcel Lefebvre said there were many parts of the Council that can and should be meditated on. It's possible to only partially condemn the Council.
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