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To: the_conscience
Just looking at the source website, you omitted these introductory paragraphs:

Cyril Lucar or Lucaris was born in what is now Greece in 1572. Although rising to the position of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Cyril was heavily influenced by 16th century Calvinism. As a result, in the spirit of the Protestant Reformation and in strong opposition to Roman Catholicism, he attempted to reform Orthodoxy in the direction of Calvinism.

This confession, an eighteen point summary of Cyril's beliefs originally written in Latin, was published in Geneva in 1629. It immediately aroused fierce opposition among other Orthodox leaders since it challenged some of the basic tenets of Eastern religious practice. A Synod of Eastern Orthodox Churches was called in Jerusalem in 1672 to refute the position of Cyril. Orthodox leaders contended that the Confession of Cyril was a forgery perpetrated by Calvinists to spread their influence among Eastern churches. They presented quotations from known writings of Cyril to show that he had not held the positions expressed in the Confession. In addition, they argued that the Confession was not an official pronouncement by an Orthodox Patriarch.

The Synod of Jerusalem of 1672 soundly rejected any further attempts at reformulation of Orthodox teachings and strengthened Orthodox beliefs against both the Protestant Reformation and Catholicism. The Synod produced its own confession, the Confession of Dositheus (Patriarch of Jerusalem), in which it refuted Cyril's eighteen points, as well as adding four catechetical style questions. Cyril was eventually accused of political intrigue and murdered in 1638 while in Ottoman custody. -Dennis Bratcher, ed.

Emphasis mine.

I'm used to people of your persuasion misrepresenting Catholic beliefs, but this is utterly appalling! Why did you even try to pull off such a blatant scam? It's the very definition of quotation out of context.

You owe the Orthodox members of this forum one enormous apology.

And kindly stop referring to Catholics by your habitual slur.

55 posted on 07/22/2010 7:35:19 PM PDT by cantabile
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To: cantabile

Wow. Thanks for posting that.


107 posted on 07/23/2010 7:20:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cantabile
tc is attempting to seek common ground with the Orthodox. This is not possible for Calvinists to do so as besides faith in Christ they have little in common. The Orthodox don't hate the Pope like the Calvinists do -- they dispute his administrative authority but have no doubts to his spiritual position of respect.

I have no issue with Protestants "discovering" the Orthodox and joining that branch of the Apostolic Church (overcoming the historical antagonisms against the Catholic CHurch may be difficult for most).
134 posted on 07/23/2010 8:02:07 AM PDT by Cronos (Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
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