Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: NYer; Agrarian; Kolokotronis; MarMema; Graves; GMMAC; american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; ...
I'm sure I've posted this before but, if not, here it is again

You sure have!

In the 16th century, several Eastern Churches began a process of restoring communion with the Vatican in Rome...(exceptions: Maronite Catholic Church and the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church which never separated from Rome.)

Catholic Encyclopedia:

It was not until after the Council of Florence (and I have provided you with the Vatican transcript in a previous post) that the last Maronite heretics following Macarius' teaching were brought into the union with Rome.

Even as late as 1451, Pope Pius II refers to the Maronites in a letter as "heretics."

It was not until the Council of Trent (16th century) that the Maronite Church for the first time in its history participated as a full member of the Church in Rome. Now, I know you disavow any authority of the Catholic Encyclopedia -- but I have news for you: your Catholic brothers and sisters use it as often as they can as an authoritative source. And, to the best of my knowledge, the Roman Catholic Church never distanced itself publicly from the contents of the Catholic Encyclopedia.

10 posted on 07/22/2005 7:45:15 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]


To: kosta50; GMMAC

"And, to the best of my knowledge, the Roman Catholic Church never distanced itself publicly from the contents of the Catholic Encyclopedia."

Not only that, but it's a pretty good standard reference.


20 posted on 07/23/2005 4:56:36 AM PDT by Graves (Remember Esphigmenou - Orthodoxy or Death!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

To: kosta50

How grotesque to find you still banging the "Catholic Encyclopedia" drum. It has particular biases that are well known, and it has no official status.


157 posted on 07/25/2005 3:20:24 PM PDT by Siobhan ("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson