Posted on 11/30/2015 3:10:36 PM PST by marshmallow
In a message to the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Pope Francis wrote that "there is no longer any impediment to Eucharistic communion which cannot be overcome through prayer, the purification of hearts, dialogue and the affirmation of truth."
The Pope's message to the Ecumenical Patriarch was timed for November 30, the feast of St. Andrew, patron of the Constantinople see. Each year the Holy See sends a delegation to celebrate that feast with the Ecumenical Patriarch, just as the Orthodox leader sends representatives to Rome for the patronal feast of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29. This year Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, led the Vatican delegation.
In his message Pope Francis took note of the 50th anniversary of a joint declaration signed by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I, which lifted the mutual excommunications that had been pronounced in 1054 and "consigned those painful memories to oblivion." Church leaders today should draw inspiration from that anniversary, the Pope said.
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Headline not exactly accurate. The first sentence states that ...."there is no longer any impediment to Eucharistic communion which cannot be overcome through prayer, the purification of hearts, dialogue and the affirmation of truth".
I understand this to mean that there are still impediments but they can be overcome (in the future) through the above mentioned means.
Sweet! So this Baptist can eat the stale bread and knock back a shot right along with everyone else...
Right after you convert to the Orthodox Church and all those impediments are removed.
Great...
“Sweet! So this Baptist can eat the stale bread and knock back a shot right along with everyone else...”
I was a Baptist for many years and we took communion, that representing the body and blood of Christ, so I do not understand your making fun of communion.
As an adult, you can eat as much bread as you want and drink as many shots as you want. Communion is not that.
Marcella:
It is a joke and I mean no disrespect toward my brothers and sisters of the original denomination, in any way.
I find Catholicism fascinating and would marry a Catholic woman for the sake of the children and the construct of catechism and its intended effect on the young spirit and mind.
Heck, my Mom saw me do the sign of the cross once and was shocked, until I explained its history and significance, as well that it ought to be used by more Christians as a sign for important things in life to remind them where their thoughts should be.
Oh, man, I first read that title as "No Impediments Remain to Full Communism, Pope Tells Orthodox Patriarch".
With this Pope, is almost made sense.
The Catholic Church needs to complete the restoration of full communion? Um, no. That is not Catholic teaching. Catholic teaching is that the Catholic Church is already one and all outside of it must enter it (including the Orthodox).
The headline is a lie. Headline writers take us for fools.
Are you speaking, Vendome, about the Sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood?
Thank you, Marcella.
C’mon. It was a joke.
I won't take offense where none was intended. So, peace. But you ought to own the impact of your words.
Self-deprecation is in short supply these days.
My apologies?
Your apologies accepted... and thanks. I appreciate that.
It is awesome to see Francis take the church back from the supercatholics and sexually disturbed.
How many people did Jesus refuse to share the last supper with?
How many people did Jesus refuse to share the last supper with?I'm not sure I understand your post. The Last Supper was by invitation only, and only 12 men were invited. Sounds pretty darned exclusive to me.
My point was that Jesus accepted Judas at the last supper. Therefore, I don’t think he intended it as a purity test.
You really think that the Jesus of the gospels would refuse to break bread with someone because they’re the wrong denomination? I’m sorry, but reread the good Samaritan.
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