Posted on 10/13/2008 5:31:07 PM PDT by Publius804
World's Orthodox leaders, setting aside disputes, join in pledge for unity
Phanar, Oct. 13, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The world's Orthodox leaders, coming together under the leadership of Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, have joined in a strong statement of support for Orthodox unity. Setting aside disputes that have strained relations among them-- and between Constantinople and Moscow-- the Orthodox leaders affirmed, in a joint statement released October 12:
The Orthodox Church, having the understanding of the authentic interpretation of the teaching of the Apostle to the Nations, in both peaceful and difficult times of its two-thousand year historical course, can and must promote to the contemporary world the teaching not only regarding the restoration in Christ of the unity of the entire human race, but also regarding the universality of His work of redemption, through which all the divisions of the world are overcome and the common nature of all human beings is affirmed.??
The Orthodox patriarchs met at Phanar, the historic home of the Constantinople patriarchate, in response to a call from Patriarch Bartholomew.
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