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To: Mad Dawg

"I always understood this to mean that he thought there really were Greek Priests."

I think its very likely he did. In his days, the schism wasn't as absolute as we might often believe. Indeed, into the late 1600s there were ties of communion between various Orthodox bishops and Latin Rite bishops, even in the Aegean. In fact, as recently as within the past 200 years there were joint celebrations of feastdays on various of the Aegean Islands. But I do think you'll find that from about 1100 on, Rome itself felt that the Orthodox were outside The Church, even if on a local basis that wasn't so true.

Take a read of the writings of Pius IX and Leo XIII. I think they are pretty clear that they believe the Orthodox are damned.


5,337 posted on 01/12/2007 4:19:57 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
Take a read of the writings of Pius IX and Leo XIII. I think they are pretty clear that they believe the Orthodox are damned.

Could you narrow your aim a little. I'm on dial-up. :-) And my brain is analog and the tubes keep burning out. :-(

5,339 posted on 01/12/2007 4:22:45 AM PST by Mad Dawg (How many angels can swim the the head of a beer? -- Roger Ramjet, 1967)
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