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Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II An Orthodox Perspective by Maximos Vgenopoulos
The
primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in
the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of
the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches.
This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches
and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack of
Constantinople by the crusaders in 1204, the appointment by Pope
Innocent III of a Latin patriarch of Constantinople, and the
establishment of Uniatism as a method and model of union. Always a topic
in ecumenical dialogue, the issue of primacy has appeared to be an
insurmountable obstacle to the realization of full unity between Roman
Catholicism and the Orthodox Christianity. In this timely and
comprehensive work, Maximos Vgenopoulos analyzes the response of major
Orthodox thinkers to the Catholic understanding of the primary of the
pope over the last two centuries, showing the strengths and weaknesses
of these positions.
Covering a broad range of primary
and secondary sources and thinkers, Vgenopoulos approaches the issue of
primacy with an open and ecumenical manner that looks forward to a way
of resolving this most divisive issue between the two Churches. For the
first time here the thought of Greek and Russian Orthodox theologians
regarding primacy is brought together systematically and compared to
demonstrate the emergence of a coherent view of primacy in accordance
with the canonical principles of the Orthodox Church. In looking at
crucial Greek-language sources Vgenopoulos makes a unique contribution
by providing an account of the debate on primacy within the Greek
Orthodox Church. Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II
is an invaluable resource on the official dialogue taking place between
the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church today. This important
book will be of broad interest to historians, theologians, seminarians,
and all those interested in Orthodox-Catholic relations.
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The
primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in
the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of
the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches.
This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches
and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack of
Constantinople by the crusaders in 1204, the appointment by Pope
Innocent III of a Latin patriarch of Constantinople, and the
establishment of Uniatism as a method and model of union. Always a topic
in ecumenical dialogue, the issue of primacy has appeared to be an
insurmountable obstacle to the realization of full unity between Roman
Catholicism and the Orthodox Christianity. In this timely and
comprehensive work, Maximos Vgenopoulos analyzes the response of major
Orthodox thinkers to the Catholic understanding of the primary of the
pope over the last two centuries, showing the strengths and weaknesses
of these positions.
Covering a broad range of primary
and secondary sources and thinkers, Vgenopoulos approaches the issue of
primacy with an open and ecumenical manner that looks forward to a way
of resolving this most divisive issue between the two Churches. For the
first time here the thought of Greek and Russian Orthodox theologians
regarding primacy is brought together systematically and compared to
demonstrate the emergence of a coherent view of primacy in accordance
with the canonical principles of the Orthodox Church. In looking at
crucial Greek-language sources Vgenopoulos makes a unique contribution
by providing an account of the debate on primacy within the Greek
Orthodox Church. Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II
is an invaluable resource on the official dialogue taking place between
the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church today. This important
book will be of broad interest to historians, theologians, seminarians,
and all those interested in Orthodox-Catholic relations.
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