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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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    Russian Orthodox Church Sees Imminent Decline of Western Prosperity

    Posted by George Patsourakos on 7/17/2009, 3:55 pm

    Western Civilization will soon see its decline, unless it begins to recover its lost Christian heritage, according to the Moscow Patriarchate.

    "The society living only for the sake of mundane interests of individuals is bound for failure, and capitalism will fall in few coming decades in just the same way as communism and Nazism fell in their due course," head of the Synodal Church and Society Department Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, said on the website of Orthodox society, Radonezh.

    Fr. Chaplin referred to the West as being "spiritually weak" and expressed belief that "the society living only for the sake of material benefits and an individual put in the center of the Universe and made the measure of all things -- this kind of society will not stay long."

    Fr. Chaplin also said that people in the West are increasingly living "just for the sake of their wallets and wombs."

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