Union of the SiR with the Holy Synod of GOC of Greece

[Priest Antonios]

There are a couple of documents up on NFTU that may be of interest. I am unable to open them from my tablet but I am looking forward to looking at them as soon as I can.

http://nftu.net/documents-related-gock-sir-union/

-Dcn Antonios

[Maria]

There are a couple of documents up on NFTU that may be of interest. I am unable to open them from my tablet but I am looking forward to looking at them as soon as I can.

http://nftu.net/documents-related-gock-sir-union/

-Dcn Antonios

I have opened and read them, and they are very well written. My hope is that the GOC-K hierarchs will let the laity read the final document without dumbing down the English. Perhaps an encyclical could be written that clarifies these issues in simple theological language.

The laity in World Orthodoxy have a need to know why we have separated from Ecumenists and Sergianists, and what our definitions are. This is especially important with their upcoming Pan-Orthodox Great Council in Istanbul 2016 where heresy has already been unanimously defined as involving New Age witchcraft and occultism with no mention of the pan-heresy of Ecumenism.

[Jean-Serge]

These documents are only drafts, in particular the ecclesiological documents. As I mentioned in the private section, the ecclesiological document has an ambiguous paragrah. An informer said me it was dropped in the final document. I would personally if the document made explicit reference to 1935, 1950 and 1974 encyclicals.

In terms of management, at the time of the Internet, it is a real surprise we are still waiting for the official document...

[jgress]

I advise everyone to be careful about what they post in this thread. Criticisms of the union or the documents will be moved to the private thread on the same topic.

[Maria]

Two official documents have just been released one in Greek and the other in English:

http://www.synodinresistance.org/pdfs/2 ... cement.pdf

However, the complete document has not yet been released.

[Jean-Serge]

And they raise additional worrying questions. The walling off from GOC by SiR would have been thus justified, according to this document.

[Maria]

If you have any concerns to address or discuss regarding this Union of the GOC-K with the SiR and its Sister Churches, please click the following link: http://www.euphrosynoscafe.com/forum/vi ... 30&t=10786