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Bisbee's avatar

I really don’t think that a bishop of Rome like Francis has the values, ecclesiology or

praxis to come close enough to Orthodoxy to effect full communion. The Orthodox clergy I know want nothing to do with his agenda.

We have to remember that the Orthodox watch the Eastern Catholic Churches and they see that “sui juris” does not mean “self governing”. The Eastern Code of Canons of the Catholic Church are “one size” fits all when there is a diversity of Liturgy, traditions and practice. These Canons “latinize” the Eastern Churches in many ways. They are also handed down from Rome.

The Orthodox also see how Rome controls the Eastern Catholic Churches by appointing bishops outside of the original homelands. All this flies in the face of the Orthodox ways.

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Martin's avatar

"If everything depended on Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis, they could reach the restoration of the communion. "

This seems to be the hopeful thrust of this article. But realistically, how many Orthodox churches and parishes would follow the Ecumenical Patriarch into such a union? Wouldn't we just see yet another split in the Orthodox churches, with uniates on one side and the "new" Orthodox churches on the other?

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