tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post4822779463345023242..comments2022-04-11T04:32:52.081-07:00Comments on Mormon to Orthodox: The Bishop of Rome in the Early ChurchSeraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847382426498944866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post-17774625252718148272013-08-09T12:34:09.671-07:002013-08-09T12:34:09.671-07:00Thanks for the comment, Devin. From my discussions...Thanks for the comment, Devin. From my discussions with my Orthodox peers it seems that Papal primacy isn't so much the issue. In fact, prominent Orthodox scholars like Met. Kallistos Ware and Fr. John Meyendorff have conceded that the bishop of Rome held an office of primacy among the early Christian community; the question is whether the modern Roman Catholic interpretation and exercise of Papal primacy is legitimate.<br /><br />My main question regarding this subject is: At what point should one concede that, although the information seems ambiguous on the matter, A seems more correct than B? To answer this question I think it is essential to look not only at what early Christians said about Rome and its bishop, but instead look at how the Church was governed, what sort of theology was prevalent (view of original sin, Mary, Purgatory, Hell, the atonement), how the liturgy was performed, etc. Even Fr. Taft, an Eastern Catholic, has stated that if the Pope of Rome had a supremacy of sorts in the early Church it was exercised in a much different way. Church governance was much more localized, collegial.<br /><br />I recommend listening to the recordings from the Orientale Lumen Conference.Seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847382426498944866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post-53062937991590816412013-08-09T07:04:33.135-07:002013-08-09T07:04:33.135-07:00The primacy of the bishop of Rome cannot be deduct...The primacy of the bishop of Rome cannot be deductively or exhaustively proven from the historical data. That said, it is a plausible interpretation of the data, and, in my opinion, the most plausible interpretation. <br /><br />Here is a bit more on St. Cyprian on the bishop of Rome: http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2011/02/the-chair-of-st-peter/<br /><br />and here as well: http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2010/09/st-cyprian-on-the-unity-of-the-church/<br /><br />May Christ unite us!<br />DevinDevin Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706894435441471620noreply@blogger.com