tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post3375607060445510829..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Chaldean Patriarch seeks communion with Assyrian ChurchByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-23418870540487687072013-12-06T04:50:12.463-06:002013-12-06T04:50:12.463-06:00They may not be under the Bishop of Rome.. but HIS...They may not be under the Bishop of Rome.. but HISTORY tells us that there exists only ONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The Assyrian Church of the East has separated itself from the Churches in the Roman empire because they existed within the Persian Empire which is a political adversary of the Romans. Now that no among the said empires exist, no reason for these Churches to separate from one anotherAdrian opahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272047980831006291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-5244616870091465872013-09-18T13:12:34.655-05:002013-09-18T13:12:34.655-05:00This article of mine might be of interest in this ...This article of mine might be of interest in this context:<br /><br />http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=21-05-027-f<br /><br />There was a tripartite "dialogue process" between the Assyrians and Rome from the late 1980s until about 2002. It was intended to deal with (1) Christology, on which fill agreement was reached in 1994, (2) the sacraments, on which full agreement was reached in 2000 or 2001, and (3) the papacy. In 2002 or 2003 the Assyrians requested that this last part of the dialogue be deferred, and it has not yet been resumed. This deferral may reflect the knotty nature of the subject, but it also reflects, as I have been informed, the strong currents of "Assyrian nationalism" within the Assyrian laity, as contrasted with political quietism of the Chaldeans. It may also reflect the fact that when an Assyrian bishop and a good part of his flock entered into union with Rome (via the Chaldeans) in 2004, the Assyrians reduced that bishop (and the clergy that went with him) to "lay status," and requested that Rome receive them as laymen -- but Rome, after much hesitation, received the bishop as a bishop and his clergy as priests.William Tighehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634494183165592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-5176762372428521152013-09-17T17:01:48.502-05:002013-09-17T17:01:48.502-05:00It is a distinctly ultramontane mentality that pla...It is a distinctly ultramontane mentality that places subsistence of the Church in the hands of the Bishop of Rome. The Church and Peter are not synonymous. 1 Corinthians 12 comes to mind. Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-27274800250112498822013-09-17T16:48:32.726-05:002013-09-17T16:48:32.726-05:00The Assyrian Church broke away from Rome? How can...The Assyrian Church broke away from Rome? How can that be when they were never under the Roman Patriarchate. The broke communion with the Orthodox and Catholic churches, both East and West.Archimandrite Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894842027467584759noreply@blogger.com