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To: x5452

"[Further I resent the notion that the pope is the head of the church, and sinless, where as the orthodox don't call any men sinless and confess Christ to be the head of the church; that is the main difference.]"

You've been shown that the Pope is the VISIBLE head of the Church on earth, as a representative of Christ. But for some reason you keep insisting that he's more than that. The Church has ALWAYS held that Christ is the head of the Church!

The Church also rejects the notion that the Pope is sinless. I'm not sure where you've gotten this idea, but it isn't true.


66 posted on 11/22/2005 8:03:40 AM PST by djrakowski
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To: djrakowski

You should read up on the great schism:
http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Great_Schism

It explains the contentions between the Orthodox and the Catholics. The 'doctrine issues' you site are a straw man. There have been eccumenical relations for years and neither divorce nor contraception have ever come up as a point of disagreement.

Further the Vatican and Russian Moscow Patriarchiate (The Russian Orthodox Church IN Russia) are jointly promoting "Catholic Values" in Europe:
http://en.rian.ru/society/20050622/40744453.html
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=567

Something the Vatican would hardly agree to if they felt the Russian church's view on abortion, contraception, and marriage differed from theirs.

The only point of contention between the Orthodox and the Catholics regards the primacy of the Roman Church and the Pope, proselytism in the East and Uniatism:
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=48502


75 posted on 11/22/2005 9:09:22 AM PST by x5452
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