[Magdalen] The Orthodox World.

[Ian Gomersall]

All rather like the churches of the West were doing in the 16th and 17th
centuries...
:(

Ian


*Ian Gomersall*



On 5 June 2016 at 15:36, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Part of this may be due to the fact that the Patriarchate of Moscow likes
> to remind the other Churches that ut us by far the largest of them amd so
> ought to be the dominant voice."
>
> Tail wagging the dog, so to speak.
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 05/06/2016 05:27, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> >
> >> The Byzantine East:
> >>   The periodic infighting among the denominations/churches of the West
> >> pale in comparison with the ongoing squabbles of the Orthodox in
> Europe.
> >>   The 14 members of the Pan-Orthodox Council are periodically at each
> >> other's
> >> throats, it seems.  Currently the Orthodox Patriarchs of  Antioch,
> >> of Bulgaria and of Moscow and their respective churches are at odds.
> >>
> >
> > Part of this may be due to the fact that the Patriarchate of Moscow likes
> > to remind the other Churches that ut us by far the largest of them amd so
> > ought to be the dominant voice.
> >
> > Ironically, the Pan-Orthodox Council is usually held up as a symbol of
> the
> >> unity of the Orthodox.  Not this year.
> >>
> >
> > When the disagreements mean that it can't meet in Constantinople, the
> > usual meeting place for these occasional Councils and the seat of the
> > Ecumenical Patriarch.
> >
> >> A friend monitors the Orthodox with a special interest in ecumenism
> >> with the Roman Catholic Church, and his coverage of these squabbles
> >> has been heavy with infighting recently.  The disputes center on  a
> >> variety of subjects, both jurisdictionally and doctrinally.
> >>   Orthodox relations with the RCC seems to be at a low point currently,
> >> with the Orthodox lumping them in with the Protestants of the West as
> >> heretics.
> >>
> >
> > Against that we need to remember that a few months ago the Pope met one
> of
> > the Patriarchs in Cuba.  More recently he was with the Greek Orthodox
> > Patriarch visiting migrants in Lesbos and the Greek Orthodox helped with
> > selecting the small group he took back to Rome with him.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>