How Bad was the Metz Agreement? A Russian Catholic Perspective
The Greeks had true Vera, but no Pravda.
The Greeks had true Vera, but no Pravda.
The bishops and the entire people of God, according to this document, oppose this homogenising, with the Pope's direct approval.
Above: the Dormition Cathedral of Moscow, built in 1326, was the cathedral of the Catholic Metropolitan Isidore of Kiev and all Rus’ (1385 – 1463). Russian Catholics of the Byzantine rite do not normally interfere much in the affairs of the Roman Rite, except in cases where it is truly necessary to speak or act…
Unfortunately, this divorce has a high probability due to different experiences of East and West with the Second Vatican Council.
Will that ‘ad orientem’ alliance between Western Traditionalists and those who belong to Eastern Traditions split?
In Russia the opposition to all things ‘gay’ lacks a solid metaphysical component or social ground.
Solovyov considered it possible to be completely Catholic, without ceasing to be at the same time completely Orthodox.
Putin's words were designed to persuade the Anglo-American community that his version of the Ukrainian crisis’ nature and history is right.