tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post5985058811825051945..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: OCA to choose new primate in NovemberByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-15642067359278322862012-08-24T22:13:34.575-05:002012-08-24T22:13:34.575-05:00You are right Constantinople does not have a monop...You are right Constantinople does not have a monopoly on deciding which Church is autocepahlous, but the recognition by the other autocephalous Churches is required for a local Church to be canonically autocephalous. All Orthodox recognize the OCA as canonical and are in full communion with the OCA, but only Moscow and a few Church influenced by Moscow recognize the autocephaly of the OCA. This is not meant to be an insult. It is merely meant to be a reality check.<br /><br />Fr. John W. MorrisArchpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-43537188807007434452012-08-23T16:21:42.823-05:002012-08-23T16:21:42.823-05:00The canonicity, or "legitimacy," of a ch...The canonicity, or "legitimacy," of a church does not solely depend on Constantinople's recognition of it. The Patriarch of Constantinople is not a pope, he is one among equals. There is more than one patriarchate in the Orthodox Church. matushka constantinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986331806152095715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-35280019409018871042012-08-23T11:51:11.970-05:002012-08-23T11:51:11.970-05:00Canonically valid, but not recognized as autocepha...Canonically valid, but not recognized as autocephalous. Instead considered by Constantinople as part of the Russian Church.Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-89057911696922307002012-08-23T11:48:23.742-05:002012-08-23T11:48:23.742-05:00I'm Catholic and not at all familiar with Orth...I'm Catholic and not at all familiar with Orthodoxy in America.<br /><br />Is the OCA recognized as a legitimate organization by the Patriarch of Constantinople?Tito Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218771096085701665noreply@blogger.com