Peter and Paul are interdependent, yet not in the same way We see in the Latin liturgical tradition an interesting thing: with the major feast today (June 29th) as well as the minor feasts, both Apostles are always commemorated.[1] If the feast is chiefly of the Prince of the Apostles, then St. Paul is also commemorated with an additional Collect and vice versa.[2] This … [Read more...] about On the Limits of Papal Infallibility
Greek schism
The Greek Schism is a result of rejecting the Latin Fathers
The Latin Church, centered at Rome, gradually lost Greek due to historical reasons. However, the Greek and Latin Fathers were always understood to be of equal authority. We see this in St. Thomas, whose Catena Aurea quotes freely from all Fathers Greek and Latin. (Because of this assumption, the Latin Church eventually regained Greek). Thus in the west it was thought that, … [Read more...] about The Greek Schism is a result of rejecting the Latin Fathers
My Short Apologia against the Greek Schism
One Peter Five has been gracious enough to publish my short apologia against the Greek Schism. I will have a follow up essay which will be longer to expand on many of the issues presented here. In Christ, Timothy S. Flanders … [Read more...] about My Short Apologia against the Greek Schism
The Council of Florence: No Scholarly Consensus?
The Council of Florence is a nebulous thing. It took place at the climax of two historical epochs—the western struggle through schism and civil war and the eastern struggle through civil war and Turkish invasions. The divisions that these epochs led to—the western division into Protestant and Catholic, and the eastern division into Eastern Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Russian … [Read more...] about The Council of Florence: No Scholarly Consensus?
10 Lessons the Chalcedonians can learn from their rapprochement with the Miaphysites
In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen. Suscipe, Sancte Pater. Since 1964 and before, the near-longest division in the history of the Church—between the Chalcedonian Orthodox and the Miaphysites, dated from c. 500—has had promising developments. These events challenge Chalcedonian Orthodoxy in its own self-understanding and can lead individual Orthodox … [Read more...] about 10 Lessons the Chalcedonians can learn from their rapprochement with the Miaphysites