His Broken Body: Understanding and Healing the Schism Between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ChurchesA comprehensive, objective, scholarly and yet easy-to-read presentation of the differences, both historical, theological and liturgical between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. The ideal complement (or even antidote) to such books as Upon this Rock; Jesus, Peter and the Keys; Two Paths; The Primacy of Peter; etc. Discusses Peter's Primacy and Succession, Ecclesiology, Infallibility, the Filioque, Celibacy, etc. |
Contents
NOTE________________________________________________21 | 22 |
TERMINOLOGY______________________________________26 | 29 |
Seeking the spirit of truth in love | 35 |
St Vincents principle | 41 |
Apostolic Tradition | 48 |
Beyond Apostolic Tradition | 54 |
UNITY IN THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH | 70 |
THE STRUCTURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 77 |
A different ecclesiology | 258 |
Apostolic Tradition? | 259 |
The Rocks of Matthew 16 | 262 |
Peter and the Keys | 265 |
Primacy in the New Testament | 269 |
A word about Peter and John | 274 |
Apostolic Succession Apostolic College | 275 |
THE MIND OF THE FATHERS 276 | 276 |
UNITY IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH 102 | 102 |
CAN HIS BODY BE BROKEN? 121 | 121 |
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ___________ | 140 |
EARLY TENSIONS147 | 147 |
NICEA A NEW ERA FOR CHRISTIANITY162 | 162 |
UNITY AND PRIMACY BEFORE 1054205 | 205 |
THE GREAT SCHISM OF 1054214 | 214 |
DOOMED ATTEMPTS AT REUNION226 | 226 |
VATICAN I237 | 237 |
THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE _________ | 242 |
Resources | 244 |
Peter as Chief Steward | 245 |
Simon becomes Peter the Rock | 247 |
Other key Petrine texts | 249 |
Peters Successors in Roman Catholic ecclesiology | 250 |
Romes primacy in the early Church | 252 |
Eastern recognitions of Romes Primacy | 253 |
The weight of Romes testimony | 254 |
Summary | 256 |
UNDERSTANDING THE EASTERN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE257 1 Resources | 257 |
Ignatius of Antioch c 110 | 278 |
Irenaeus of Lyons c 120 | 279 |
Origen c 250 | 280 |
Tertullian c 220 | 282 |
Cyprian of Carthage 258 | 284 |
Athanasius of Alexandria 373 and the Church of Rome | 287 |
Hilary of Poitiers 367 | 292 |
Gregory of Nyssa c 386 | 294 |
Gregory of Nazianzus 389 | 295 |
THE ISSUE OF PAPALINFALLIBILITY 310 | 310 |
OTHER OBSTACLES ____________________ | 320 |
APPARITIONS AND PRIVATE REVELATIONS 347 | 347 |
CLERICAL CELIBACY364 | 364 |
THE REALITY OF DIVORCE386 | 386 |
THE NEW MASS415 | 415 |
THE VISION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II422 | 422 |
A VISION FOR UNITY_________________ | 428 |
CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES _______________ | 435 |
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