tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post1586167592938281145..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Ukrainian President, Ecumenical Patriarch sign agreementByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-47549899709161019432018-11-05T19:47:38.108-06:002018-11-05T19:47:38.108-06:00Father, Bless.
A Pan-Orthodox Council is complete...Father, Bless.<br /><br />A Pan-Orthodox Council is completely necessary. However, the MP has received and "restored" defrocked and excommunicated clergy from the EP into their own jurisdiction in the Mission Lands. How is this different?David B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585542870280397211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-64917192228033239382018-11-05T11:25:19.283-06:002018-11-05T11:25:19.283-06:00In 325 AD the government mandated the First Ecumin...In 325 AD the government mandated the First Ecuminical Council.<br />Is there something new here?<br />Unwad ourselves as The Bride breaths in AND out.Bozo2Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135391107531325048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-10956522019890713342018-11-05T10:05:13.394-06:002018-11-05T10:05:13.394-06:00" ecumenical patriarchate does have the tradi..." ecumenical patriarchate does have the traditional responsibility for declaring autocephaly of a given Local Church, as this declaration functions as a promise in expectation of an ecumenical Council which alone has the right to register and establish on canonical grounds any autocephalous church"<br /><br />If this is taken to its logical conclusion, then the churches of Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Greece, Romania, Poland, Albania, Georgia, and the Czech and Slovak lands all have only a provisional autocephaly, and the EP therefore also has the right to withdraw autocephaly from these churches. So in fact there are only five truly autocephalous churches and everyone else is under some kind of probation, and the EP is not really interfering with another autocephalous church but just a pseudo-autocephaly that can be revoked if the MP persists in being naughty. The Jester of Qihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015274629532918121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-65856711380227863762018-11-04T23:09:16.023-06:002018-11-04T23:09:16.023-06:00 It is important to keep in mind that in fact the ... It is important to keep in mind that in fact the ecumenical patriarchate does have the traditional responsibility for declaring autocephaly of a given Local Church, as this declaration functions as a promise in expectation of an ecumenical Council which alone has the right to register and establish on canonical grounds any autocephalous church. As we all know, however, this current declaration (still incomplete) is politically motivated and seriously compromised by the restoration of schismatics to canonical status without reference to the church from which they come, namely the autocepalous Church of Russia. So far, many leaders of Local Churches have called for a pan-Orthodox Council; i.e., Antioch, Serbia, and more. May this debacle resolve for God’s glory!FrPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370605955459380222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26026363170677183782018-11-04T21:20:19.310-06:002018-11-04T21:20:19.310-06:00The EP simultaneously claims that they must back t...The EP simultaneously claims that they must back the schismatics in Ukraine because the canonical church is too close to the Russian Government, while simultaneously, explicitly setting up a state church. ShamelessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007179684752977771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-55199615609140608952018-11-04T14:37:45.062-06:002018-11-04T14:37:45.062-06:00Isn't it wonderful when the Church does the bi...Isn't it wonderful when the Church does the bidding of a government? When will we ever learn. Lord have mercy!Archimandrite Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894842027467584759noreply@blogger.com