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To: Kolokotronis
"... and hold their office by virtue of their union with St. Peter's See."

How does this work out with Orthodox bishops and Patriarchs from a Latin pov?

Because Rome accepts certain episcopal acts among the Orthodox as legitimate, she recognizes a de facto holding of jurisdiction and office by the Eastern Bishops. Since there are many explanations for how this is so it is a debated matter.

The long and short of it is that canonically Rome essentially accepts the Eastern Bishops as legitmate Bishops of the Catholic Church.

153 posted on 02/06/2006 10:32:17 AM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Hermann the Cherusker

"The long and short of it is that canonically Rome essentially accepts the Eastern Bishops as legitmate Bishops of the Catholic Church."

That is my understanding; and also vice versa, by the way.


164 posted on 02/06/2006 3:43:03 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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