Posted on 12/07/2005 4:35:34 AM PST by HarleyD
On November 30, +Bartholomeus I, in a welcoming address to Cardinal Kaspar, at the Phanar at the head of a Vatican delegation to the celebration of the Feast of St. Andrew, remarked in part on discussions and dialogue among Christians:
"The anticipated goal of this dialogue is not the personal victory of one side of the participants over the other; the goal is to discover a ray of truth and commonly accept it. The discovery and acceptance of the first ray of truth should then lead to the discovery of yet another one, and so on. The more the mind of a human being is enlightened, the more he discovers that peaceful coexistence with his fellow human beings is beneficial to all.
The fullness of the truth however, cannot be obtained or ensured by means of accuracy in its expression, because it is chiefly an ontological reality; it is an experience in Christ; it is Christ. Living in Christ cannot be achieved only by means of intellect. It also requires a genuine grafting into Him, as in a well-cultured olive tree (Rom 11:23), the communion of His body and spirit (1Cor 10:16), the ascent to Mt. Tabor and participation in the Transfiguration (Matt 17:2-6), so that we will be enlightened by the uncreated divine light and recognize Jesus, who is walking with us in a different guise and is known “in the Breaking of the Bread” (Lk 24:35)."
Clearly wisdom from our early Church fathers to be followed...
" Clearly wisdom from our early Church fathers to be followed..."
Indeed it is, and yet these words were spoken only 9 days ago in Constantinople.
LOL!!!
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