[Brian Kopp DPM]

I'm not convinced that anyone within Orthodoxy has or had the authority to make this change on a moral theology issue that has been constant and universal since the early Christians, based on Scripture. Calling it nothing more than "disciplinary" doesn't make it so. We're not talking about changing a church discipline like not eating meat on Fridays, or even the discipline of a married vs celibate clergy.

Another word for a "new consensus" on settled moral theology issues might just be apostasy.

[Kolokotronis]

“I’m not convinced that anyone within Orthodoxy has or had the authority to make this change on a moral theology issue that has been constant and universal since the early Christians, based on Scripture.”

No one person does, Doc. The Laos tou Theou certainly does, though. if Rome had a similar praxis, you wouldn’t have a dogma about artificial birth control either.

“Calling it nothing more than “disciplinary” doesn’t make it so.”

For us it does. Remember, we’re not Roman Catholics.

“We’re not talking about changing a church discipline like not eating meat on Fridays, or even the discipline of a married vs celibate clergy.”

Why not? For us, this issue is at best disciplinary.