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Comments on: The Role of the Bishop of Rome in the Communion of the Churches in the First Millenium https://www.aoiusa.org/the-role-of-the-bishop-of-rome-in-the-communion-of-the-churches-in-the-first-millenium/ A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 By: Boris Jojic https://www.aoiusa.org/the-role-of-the-bishop-of-rome-in-the-communion-of-the-churches-in-the-first-millenium/#comment-298133 Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:27:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=15200#comment-298133 In reply to Anne.

I remember the late Archbishop Job(Osacky) once told his flock, “The Pope is welcome to bow down to me and kiss my feet, but I will not serve with him because he is a heretic.”

]]> By: Anne https://www.aoiusa.org/the-role-of-the-bishop-of-rome-in-the-communion-of-the-churches-in-the-first-millenium/#comment-296348 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:28:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=15200#comment-296348 What is it that constitutes the Church? The Church is that place where humans are embodied into Christ and Christ is embodied into humans. This is achieved in the Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Communion. Now does the Roman catholic church possess these Sacraments? The answer is no. Why? Because if the Roman church does have Sacraments the Church i.e. the Orthodox Church could not REJECT a valid Sacrament and not partake of It because of simple doctrinal issues. The fact is that doctrinal issues are not simple but a testimony to the working of the Holy Spirit in the Church. Heresies that lead to a movement away from the Church and to the establishment of communities/churches separated and apart from the Church are communities that have moved away from Christ, the Founder, Head and Life of the Church and they are a movement away from the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Such movement is always under demonic influence. Now can such a Church really bring a person into Communion with Christ? I think not. A good case could be made that for the sake of the sheep, the Roman church possessed Sacramental Life until the declaration of its own infallibility…feed My lambs (the martyrs), feed My sheep (till the great split), feed My sheep (till the infallibility)…but after this the Holy Spirit ceases to act in the Roman church and its movement away from the Love of the Holy Spirit is complete because the infallibility of the papal office is a direct challenge to Christ and the Holy Spirit. So today to even talk of union is a misnomer and primus inter pares is perfectly incongruous. The Pope if he has the courage to be Baptised/Chrismated becomes Orthodox like any other convert. Likewise for those who follow him into Orthodoxy…and how many souls would he not save by taking such a step. Catholic Rome will remain but will have been shown to be the emperor with no clothes. By their fruits you shall know them…and quite apart from their numerous heresies, the Roman church has spawned the Reformation which in turn spawned the countless ministries of today all with their own belief systems and rituals. God hammered a system of worship for Israel which was taken over and sublimated by the Apostles and their successors into the worship of the Orthodox Church today. Let no false union taint the Orthodox way. It is good to note that the Roman church, the Protestants and the ministeries have been instrumental in spreading the name of Christ to the far corners of the earth. Like Judah and Israel of old, Orthodoxy and Christianity at large await the Final Judgement.

]]> By: Hieromonk Ambrose https://www.aoiusa.org/the-role-of-the-bishop-of-rome-in-the-communion-of-the-churches-in-the-first-millenium/#comment-296326 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:34:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=15200#comment-296326 Brilliantly written. Cogently argued. It reinforces Chieti 2016. Deserves to be given wide coverage.

]]> By: Michael Bauman https://www.aoiusa.org/the-role-of-the-bishop-of-rome-in-the-communion-of-the-churches-in-the-first-millenium/#comment-296325 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:38:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=15200#comment-296325 I’m for the 1848 Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs to Pope Pius the IX. It has only gotten worse since then.

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