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"We have concluded that when the principle of phyletism (i.e. ecclesiastical nationalism) is juxtaposed with the teaching of the Gospel and the constant practice of the Church, it is not only foreign to it, but also completely opposed, to it. We decree the following in the Holy Spirit: 1. We reject and condemn racial division, that is, racial differences, national quarrels and disagreements in the Church of Christ, as being contrary to the teaching of the Gospel and the holy canons of our blessed fathers, on which the holy Church is established and which adorn human society and lead it to Divine piety. 2. In accordance with the holy canons, we proclaim that those who accept such division according to races and who dare to base on it hitherto unheard-of racial assemblies are foreign to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and are real schismatics." Constantinople...1872
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    Arrival of HH Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

    Posted by from Fr. Thomas Zain on 10/28/2008, 11:23 pm
    Message modified by user dcalvert 10/28/2008, 11:24 pm

    Earlier this evening, our father in Christ, IGNATIUS IV, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East arrived at Newark's Liberty Airport. I was fortunate enough to be one of the people to greet the Patriarch when he arrived for his short stay in the United States. The Patriarch will travel to Boston on Thursday for a banquet to establish a scholarship in the name of Metropolitan PHILIP for needy students at the University of Balamand in North Lebanon. They already have over two million dollars raised and expect to reach three million by Saturday's banquet.


    --Fr. Thomas





    Metropolitan PHILIP, Bishop ANTOUN and Bishop THOMAS along with members of the delation to greet the Patriarch as they wait for his arrival.






    Metropolitan PHILIP greets His Beatitude as he enters the terminal.






    Dr. Walid Moubayed, dean of admissions of the University of Balamand, greets the Patriarch as Mr. Fawaz El-Khoury, Archdiocesan Trustee from Worcester, MA looks on.




    Fr. Thomas receives the blessing of the Patriarch






    Patriarch IGNATIUS IV with Metropolitan PHILIP



    Patriarch IGNATIUS IV with Metropolitan PHILIP






    Bishop THOMAS of the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, PA and the Mid-Atlantic with His Beatitude






    Bishop ANTOUN, Bishop THOMAS, the Patriarch and the Metropolitan






    The Patriarch as he prepares to leave the airport and travel to the Archdiocese Headquarters in Englewood, NJ


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