Ecumenical Patriarch To Attend Pope's Inaugural Mass

[Apotheoun]

I hope other Orthodox Churches decide to send representatives to Pope Francis' installation as bishop of Rome.

[Evangetholic]

[Evangetholic]

I hope other Orthodox Churches decide to send representatives to Pope Francis' installation as bishop of Rome.

 

Particularly Russia. If I ever manage to stop trusting Rome, but continue trusting Jesus, then I must choose the Russian Church.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Evangetholic

[Apotheoun]

Particularly Russia. If I ever manage to stop trusting Rome, but continue trusting Jesus, then I must choose the Russian Church.

The Russian Church really knows how to celebrate the liturgy well, and it has also embraced modern technology to relay the Patriarchal Liturgies to the world on YouTube. I wish the Melkite Catholic Church would do that, but so far no luck.

[Evangetholic]

Nope, I'm old. I converted to Roman Catholicism in 1987 at the age of 24, and became an Eastern Catholic in 2005. 

 

:hehe2:

 

I just realized this. You converted to Catholicism at 24 and I reverted at 24. Maybe in another 18 years I'll rite switch to the Russian Greek Catholic Church.

[mortify]

For those interested in the Pope Honorius issue, read here:

 

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3301&CFID=48827196&CFTOKEN=76336795

[CatholicCid]

It is also interesting to note that the man who would become Pope Adrian VI, while teaching theology at the University of Louvain, did not know that the bishop of Rome was supposed to be infallible, for as he put it: 

 

"If by the Roman Church is understood its head, that is the pope, it is certain that it can err, even in those matters which concern the Faith, by publishing heresy in its decisions and decrees.  For many Roman Pontiffs have been heretics.  Of recent times it is reported that Pope John XXII publicly taught, declared, and commanded to be believed by all, that purified souls do not have the clear vision of God before the Final Judgment."

 

It is also interesting that he says Pope John XXII publicly taught error. Fascinating what you can find out by reading texts in defense of Gallicanism.

 

 

And, Francis De Sales would state that John XXII erred in his private theological opinions, not in official Church teaching. Interestingly enough, John XXII never taught his errant opinion as an official teaching of the Church, which he was, of course, in the position to do so. His successor, however, settle this theological dispute and formally defined the position we hold today. Interesting things you ready when reading of St. Francis De Sales  :hehe2:

 

And, back on topic, this deserves a big  :bananarap: and a  :dancer1: plus a  :woot: .