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To: FormerLib
But Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople are not.

I respectfully disagree. Mar Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir is Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. Patriarch Fouad Twal serves as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Patriarch Antonios Naguib tends the community at Alexandria.

29 posted on 09/23/2009 3:16:41 PM PDT by NYer ( "One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer; FormerLib

“Mar Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir is Patriarch of Antioch and all the East.”

It is merely a title of honor. No one, save perhaps Cardinal Sfeir (and I doubt even he does), believes he is the Patriarch of Antioch. Even the Maronites claim the title only for Maronites and no one else. The fact is he is a cardinal, nothing more (and is due respect as such) and ALL the other particular churches view him as such.


30 posted on 09/23/2009 3:43:52 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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