Introduction
The primacy of the bishop of Rome as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined dogmatically by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches and has always been a topic in ecumenical dialogue. It appears to be an insurmounta...
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| Published in | Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II p. 3 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Cornell University Press
01.10.2013
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The primacy of the bishop of Rome as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined dogmatically by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches and has always been a topic in ecumenical dialogue. It appears to be an insurmountable obstacle to the realization of full unity between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Churches. As His All-Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, stated clearly, “The ministry of the pope has become the biggest and most scandalous stumbling block” to dialogue between Orthodox and Roman |
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| ISBN: | 087580473X 9780875804736 |