{"id":7817,"date":"2013-03-21T09:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2013\/03\/21\/is-church-sewing-up-her-schisms\/"},"modified":"2013-03-21T09:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:21:42","slug":"is-church-sewing-up-her-schisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/is-church-sewing-up-her-schisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Church Sewing Up Her Schisms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=254,169 254w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=507,338 507w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=534,356 534w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=324,216 324w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=648,432 648w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=82,55 82w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=164,109 164w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=412,275 412w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=347,231 347w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=693,462 693w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35216.jpg?resize=160,107 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><em>Photo: Reuters \/ Osservatore Romano<\/em><\/p><p><\/p><p>In a meeting yesterday, newly minted Pope Francis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecumenicalnews.com\/article\/pope-forges-closer-ties-with-orthodox-after-meeting-patriarch-21908\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">met with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew at the Vatican<\/a>. It was the first time a Patriarch of Constantinople had attended a papal enthronement since the Great Schism of 1054.<\/p><p>While their double-pontiff hug doesn&#8217;t herald the healing of the divided Christian church (a prospect that seems impossible in any scenario short of the eschaton), it does highlight a surge in ecumenical hope that&#8217;s been encouraged by the new pope.<\/p><p>Francis has received unusually enthusiastic support from church leaders and organizations outside the RCC. Besides the Orthodox, protestant representatives of Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and other denominations have expressed their pleasure at the new pontiff&#8217;s appointment. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2013\/march-online-only\/new-pope-praised-by-evangelicals.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Ur&#8217;s covered this before<\/a>.) <\/p><p>Evangelicals are relieved by his commitment to conservative doctrine, mainline\/liberal Christians appreciate his devotion to social issues and emphasis on environmental stewardship, and everyone likes his posture of humility and pastoral focus. It seems that we all can find something to love in the new Vatican.<\/p><p>In his address yesterday to a gathering of non-catholic leaders, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecumenicalnews.com\/article\/francis-meeting-with-leaders-of-churches-and-other-religions-full-text-21907\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Francis said <\/a><\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Yesterday morning, during the Mass, through you, I recognized the communities you represent. In this manifestation of faith, I had the feeling of taking part in an even more urgent fashion the prayer for the unity of all believers in Christ, and together to see somehow prefigured the full realization of full unity which depends on God&#8217;s plan and on our own loyal collaboration.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><p><em>What do you think? Are we entering a fresh era of Christian unity? <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Reuters \/ Osservatore RomanoIn a meeting yesterday, newly minted Pope Francis met with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew at the Vatican. It was the first time a Patriarch of Constantinople had attended a papal enthronement since the Great Schism of 1054.While their double-pontiff hug doesn&#8217;t herald the healing of the divided Christian church (a prospect <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/is-church-sewing-up-her-schisms\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"tax_ctp_authors":[2655],"tax_ctp_books":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[154],"tax_ctp_field_guide_subcategory":[],"tax_ctp_field_guides":[],"tax_ctp_format":[131],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[156],"tax_ctp_tags":[],"tax_ctp_topics":[],"class_list":["post-7817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tax_ctp_authors-paul-j-pastor","tax_publications-leadership-journal"],"acf":{"scripture_references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is the Church Sewing Up Her Schisms? - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Probably not. 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