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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: Fr. Herbel Returned to OCA; Fargo AOCNA Mission Parish Disbands
Posted by Jolynn Ruggerio
on 10/13/2009, 4:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Fr. Herbel Returned to OCA; Fargo AOCNA Mission Parish Disbands"
Well put Al. The point being we DON"T always know all the circumstances and every heirarch including each one accoladed on this site has similar stories.
Interesting how comparisons are always made with the business world yet how many people have been "thrown out" by their companies through lay-offs, decreased health benefits, and lost pensions.
When people joined the National
Guard so many were surprised when they got called up to serve. When families enter the priesthood the should know what they are buying into. And quite frankly I have seen more clergy families disrupted by thankless laity than by their bishops.
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