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Are the problems with the Pan Orthodox Council reflective of a power struggle in the Church?
Isn't this just a power play between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Patriarchate? Question: Isn't this just a power play...
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


The Myth of Pan-Orthodox Approval: Does the Primate or the Synod speak for a Local Church?
Published on Jun 17, 2016 Question: What is happening with the Council? We hear that several Orthodox Churches have pulled out and are...
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


Text Revision at the Pan Orthodox Council: What is Possible, and Probable
Can the texts be changed at the Council? Can the texts be changed at the Council? Aren't the bishops attending expected to contribute to...
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


The Myth of Pan Orthodox Consensus (B)
Will the Dissenting Churches Still Have to Sign the Final Texts (As Patriarch Bartholomew has said)? QUESTION: Is it true that the...
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


Ignoring Orthodox Principles in the Organization of the Great Council
How NOT to forge greater Unity On What Basis Were the 24 Bishops of Each Church Selected to go to the Council?
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


The Myth of Pan-Orthodox Consensus (A)
The Myth of Pan-Orthodox consensus QUESTION 1: So, are you saying that there is no PAN ORTHODOX SUPPORT for the Council without decisions...
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 18, 2016


The "Relations" document that didn't exist before 2015
(and wasn't even made public until Jan. 2016, after the date for the Council was already set).
The Orthodox Ethos Team
Jun 17, 2016
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