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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: "Bring back the people who left the church"
Posted by George A. Passes
on 7/29/2009, 1:55 pm, in reply to "Re: "Bring back the people who left the church""
Message modified by user LAP 7/29/2009, 2:04 pm
Photini,
Sadly, Mary Henderson Barnard’s experience in the Orthodox Church is not unique in many of our Orthodox churches. Clergy and laity will have to answer for the experience Mary Henderson Barnard had in the Orthodox Church.
With best wishes,
George A. Passes
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