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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
Don't trust your source for information
Posted by Iskander Ibrahim
on 6/6/2009, 8:31 pm, in reply to "Patriarch Ignatius Supports Auxiliary Title for American Antiochian Bishops"
Message modified by user Iskander Ibrahim 6/6/2009, 8:33 pm
Listen, George, your source for information is run by fools. They have had to retract many of their original stories due to their own foolishness and ignorance.
If you want to know what really happened in Damascus, wait till
OCA news makes the report.
Allah Maa'ak
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