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We Do Not Wish to Blur the Faith
The spiritual head of Orthodoxy speaks some frank words to Protestants.
interview with Bartholomew I, archbishop of Constantinople | posted 4/01/1997 12:00AM
The bishop of Constantinople is also called the ecumenical patriarch and holds honorary primacy among the bishops of Orthodox churches. The current ecumenical patriarch, Bartholomew I, will make a pastoral visit to the United States this summer, marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America.
Christian History conducted a fax interview with Bartholomew I, the unedited transcript of which is reproduced here.What is the purpose of your upcoming visit to the U.S.? The occasion for our visit to the United States is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding, in 1922, of our Archdiocese of North and South America by the visionary Patriarch Meletios (Metaxakis). Patriarch Meletios, equipped with a first-hand understanding of the American milieu, undertook the task of organizing the canonical structure of the Church for the Greek Orthodox immigrants in the New World. In accordance with the tradition and canon law governing the Orthodox Church, he placed ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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