Patriarch Bartholomew: "Filioque and Infallibility Are Stumbling Blocks to Communion of Churches"

In his homily during the Divine Liturgy in Istanbul on 30 November, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the theological differences between Orthodoxy and the Church. He referred to the Apostle Andrew as the founder of a distinct church, and identified Catholic dogmas as an obstacle to achieving full unity. The quotes:

- "As successors of the two holy Apostles [Andrew and Peter], the founders of our respective Churches, we feel bound by ties of spiritual brotherhood."

- "We can only pray that issues such as the filioque and infallibility will be resolved such that their understanding no longer serve as stumbling blocks to the communion of our Churches."

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Dec 4

Rome has shown legitimate liturgical flexibility concerning the filioque—omitting it at Nicaea, and permitting Eastern-rite Catholics to profess the Creed without it in keeping with the received tradition of their rites—but papal infallibility cannot be relegated to a negotiable adaptation or cultural variance.

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mccallansteveDec 2

Leo is ashamed of the Filioque. God is ashamed of him

Boanerges BoanergesDec 1

The Vatican junta is ready to sacrifice all that is holy at the altar of One world religion to facilitate unification with just about any religion they can get their hands on.

V.R.S.Dec 1

Filioque is not "resolved" only in the "new church" that is neither holy, nor catholic, nor apostolic.

OrthocatDec 1edited

Well, it looks like modernist Rome has got you covered Bart! They just nixed the filioque & synodality basically gutted papal primacy. So you're good to go!

Lazarus Peter Kalamation.comDec 1

Why don't they ask the Theotokos about the procession of the Holy Spirit?