Posted by Dean Calvert
on 6/8/2011, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Greek Orthodox Christians renew calls for Arabising Church Leadership"
Tom,
Re: His points do not contradict mine, though they seem to copntradict (sic) your premise of Orthodox Churches being set up along national boundaries.
His Eminence says - "...we should rather speak of the one Catholic, Orthodox church IN Greece, IN Russia, IN Rumania, IN France, Britain or America.”
The reason I posted this was that I remembered Met. Kallistos having referenced Orthodox churches in each of the separate nations. You said "To agree with his point you would have to be saying:
Patriarch of Paris and all France, Patriarch of London and all England, Patriarch of Berlin and all Germany, Patriarch of Johannesberg and all South Africa... "
His Eminence said we should indeed speak of the Orthodox Church in France, in England, etc.
How is that NOT contradicting what you are suggesting?
BTW - you do realize that you are actually even contradicting yourself when you state "Ecclesiastical borders cross national borders" and then hold out the ancient patriarchates as examples?
You do realize that the ancient patriarchates had boundaries which were all WITHIN the Roman Empire (i.e. the nation)...right?
Best Regards,
Dean
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