I would be very wary of second-guessing this wise man (who I believe is going to be glorified as a saint). His words are like arrows through our hearts. I stand with him: unless all Orthodox are invited to this council, then its findings will be of little import. We in America struggled to create a Local Church. True, our martyric witness was not as gruesome as others, but it is very possible that it will soon turn out that way. We don’t need a “first throne” with serious papal envy to tell us that we are Orthodox or who our bishops are.