Patriarch of Constantinople Proposes Eastern Catholicism' s

[Sean]

http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;22800/

Patriarch of Constantinople Proposes Eastern Catholicism' s
Return to Orthodoxy

19.06.2008, [12:10] // Inter-Christian relations //

Munich—In a recent interview with the German
ecumenical journal Cyril and Methodius, the
Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in
Constantinople Bartholomew I invited Eastern
Catholic Churches to return to Orthodoxy without
breaking unity with Rome. He noted that "the
Constantinople Mother-Church keeps the door open
for all its sons and daughters." According to the
Orthodox hierarch, the form of coexistence of the
Byzantine Church and the Roman Church in the 1st
century of Christianity should be used as a model
of unity. This story was posted by KATH.net on 16 June 2008.

At the same time, the patriarch made positive
remarks about the idea of "dual unity" proposed
by the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church, Archbishop Lubomyr (Husar). Patriarch
Bartholomew I noted in particular that this model
would help to overcome the schism between the Churches.

[costaswright]

http://www.ec-patr.org/docdisplay.php?l ... 952&tla=en

PRESS RELEASE

With respect to the recently published articles reporting that allegedly His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew believes that it is possible for the Greek Catholics (Uniates) to have a “double union”, in other words, full communion with Rome as well as with Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarchate refutes this inaccurate statement and affirms it was never made. The Ecumenical Patriarchate repeats its position that full union in faith is a prerequisite for sacramental communion.

At the Patriarchate, the 5th of July 2008
From the Chief Secretariat of the Holy Synod

Официальное Заявление

Относительно недавних публикаций о том, что, якобы, Его Всесвятейшество Вселенский Патриарх г.г. Варфоломей считает возможным «двойное единство» так называемых греко-католиков (униатов), т.е. их полное общение, как с Римом, так и с Константинополем, Вселенская Патриархия опровергает их, так как это недостоверно и никогда не было высказано, и повторяет свою позицию о том, что полное единство в вере является предпосылкой для таинственного общения.

В Патриархии, 5-ого июля 2008

Секретариат Святого и Священного Синода

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