“Without them, this bishop of Antioch might have remained no more than a name, as obscure as many another early Christian bishop.””
That’s both ethnocentric and idiotic. As for the other sentence, the East never doubted the authenticity of the originals we had in our possession. It didn’t take a bunch of 19th English protestants to establish the truth of +Ignatius’ position in the Church (BTW, he was the 3rd bishop of Antioch, not the 2nd).
“He is simply stating a fact.”
But NYer, he isn’t stating a fact about The Church. He is stating a fact, if at all and surely unintentionally, about the ethnocentrism of the Western Church.
“No need to be so sensitive, K.”
Yes there is, NYer. Our hierarchs are in discussions about reunion and both the EP and the late +JPII told us we should be getting to know one another better. The West needs to understand these things and cease pontificating about The Church and what is and was as if the East never existed or exists.
And neither did the Catholic Church. It's a moot point.
The West needs to understand these things and cease pontificating about The Church and what is and was as if the East never existed or exists.
Huh? Judging from the Eastern prelates in attendance at the Synod, perhaps you should spend some time getting to know the Latin Church. Many attitudes have changed since you served as an altar boy in a RC parish.
