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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
Re: The Time Has Come...
Posted by David Adrian
on 1/19/2009, 10:34 pm, in reply to "Re: The Time Has Come..."
Dean et al:
FYI, see the article, "Canon 28 of the 4th Ecumenical Council," by Metropolitan Philip in the January 2009 issue of *The Word*, available in PDF from the website of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at http://www.antiochian.org/.
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