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In a powerful demonstration of Christian unity, Pope Leo XIV traveled to Turkey this week, where he joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Theodore II, the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, in a joint commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicaea.
That council formulated the Nicene Creed, which most Christians to this day regard as the most compact and comprehensive statement of the faith and duly recite every Sunday. Accordingly, the meeting this week of the earthly leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches was a singular step in healing ancient divisions and restoring a unity to Christianity that it has not known since its earliest centuries.
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Which Orthodox Church? Greek? Russian? Serbian? Coptic? Or any number of other Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe, separated just by nationality?
Michael says
Why on earth would any Orthodox Church want to unite with the Godless communists that now comprise the upper echelons of the Catholic Church? They ought to know better.
Michael Stone says
It would be a big mistake if they do. I am an Orthodox Christian and this is the last thing we should do. There are many good Catholics, but the Catholic system itself, including the antipope that has been installed is carrying out the beast system agenda.
James Lincoln says
Very well stated Michael Stone.
GE says
I hope some day they do reunite, but I agree with Mr. Stone; the Roman rite would have to be reformed. The pope would have to be content with being the Bishop of Rome, with the same stature of the other Bishops in their jurisdictions.
They also need to reinstate all the traditions that they’ve lost before and after the schism. I say this as an Eastern Rite (Byzantine) Catholic. Our traditions are the same and we use the same Liturgy as the Orthodox.
Come to think of it, maybe the Eastern Rite could reunite with the Orthodox Church. I’d be all for that in a flash.
When Eastern Rite immigrants first came to America, we were treated like an ugly step-child. One of the first priests who came to Minnesota was treated so badly, that he joined the Orthodox, taking the Eastern Rite parishes with him. He’s revered as a Saint today by the Orthodox.
Michael Stone says
Thank you for sharing this. Very interesting. I agree with you, I would be for a unification with the Eastern Rite.
somehistory says
The Bible, with Words from God and His Son says, “Get out of her my people if you do not want to share in her sins and receive part of her plagues.”
Every person who desires to follow Christ and receive the “rewards” He has promised, should examine that Scripture and discern its application.
Wellington says
Ain’t going to happen. Here’s why: The Roman Catholic Church has lost its collective mind and the Orthodox sphere knows this full well and the Orthodox world of Christianity continues to harbor tremendous resentment toward the Catholic Church, mostly for indefensible reasons but some defensible. Besides, abstract theological differences (which from this agnostic’s perspective border on the ridiculous), for example whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (the Catholic position) or only from the Father (the Orthodox take on this theological abstraction), serve as well as impediments to any union.
As I said, ain’t going to happen. Take this one to the bank.
GE says
Ah, yes—the good old filioque.