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St. Photios the Great (To Pope Nicholas I of Rome Ep. 2, PG 102, cols. 604-605D) Everybody must preserve what was defined by common ecumenical decisions, but a particular opinion of a church father or a definition issued by a local council can be followed by some and ignored by others. Thus, some p...

Yes, the tree will be known by its fruits. For our part, we are wishing the best for the GOC-K and her sister churches, and we would be very glad to see that they both proclaim a good confession and keep to it in practice. Please do not see in my questions any desire to thwart or downplay the import...

I got this from a conversation with Anastasios, and also some things Fr Maximos Marretta told me have given me some context with which to think of these issues. Anastasios told me that the question of whether or not ecumenists have grace was not the issue which divided the Cyprianites and ourselves...

I agree that it is highly unlikely the World Orthodox will ever return en masse to the GOC, but that would not be the only goal of convening a Major Synod. Another purpose would be to persuade individual WO members who might be more convinced if not only the Greeks, but the Russian, Serbian, Romani...

Ah, I see. So the GOC-S refers to the Synod formerly under Archbishop Nicholas? I am familiar.

Jonathan, I hope you will also respond to my question. I only mention it in case you overlooked it.

My impression is that the Matthewites have always wanted to make the discussion about grace, but that was not the basis of discussion between the GOC-K and the SiR. The issue of faith was whether heretics were inside or outside the Church, and whether the GOC had authority to anathematize heresy, a...

This unwillingness or inability to admit that your Bishops can make grievous errors is one reason why so many Orthodox consider the Matthewites to be beyond the pale. I don't know if this is true of Matthewites especially, but I think that this statement is very important. I would venture that most...