Economic Trinity With Respect to Deification

Great to see a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Deification (an excellent collection) in the hands of the Holy Father, presented by one of the editors, Paul Gavrilyuk. @OUPAcademic @OUPReligion @Pontifex @Pontifex_ln @OU_TheoReligion pic.twitter.com/rrwO7R4Kpr

— Andrew Davison (@AP_Davison) June 9, 2025

Who Will Budge First?

The new Vatican document “The Bishop of Rome” clocks in at around 43,000 words.

That’s somewhere between three to six hours of reading.

Here’s a brief guide for busy readers: https://t.co/dgUZn4hcNU

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) June 13, 2024

Why? So the Orthodox Could Disavow Their Participation?

An ecumenical musical event in Beirut featuring 400 singers kicked off the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a praise and worship night dedicated to praying for peace and unity in the region. https://t.co/EXP7EBvRZd

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 22, 2024

The Honor Is Irrelevant

to ecumenism when Latin ecclesiology is the obstacle.

As Pope Francis announced last October, and made official today, St. Irenaeus of Lyon has been made the 37th Doctor of the Church, with the title of ‘Doctor unitatis’, Doctor of Unity. pic.twitter.com/9MZFUc1GbI

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) January 20, 2022

What Serious Orthodox Bishop Would Accept?

The Vatican has issued a letter asking Catholic bishops to invite local Orthodox and Protestant leaders to participate in the diocesan stage of the two-year process leading to the 2023 Synod on Synodality. https://t.co/tx2nQKoX5R

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 18, 2022

Bergoglio's Ecumenical Moves

“Let us not become paralyzed by fear of openness or bold gestures, or give in to talk of ‘irreconcilable differences’ that in fact have nothing to do with the Gospel.”https://t.co/d3qi5inFV9

— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) December 3, 2021

Pope Francis apologized for the ways Catholics have contributed to division with Orthodox Christians during a meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens on Saturday. #PopeinGreece https://t.co/gOCZwuiJCZ

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 4, 2021

On his return flight from Athens, Pope Francis said that a second meeting between him and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, is being organized. https://t.co/kJmCC1buGA

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 6, 2021

Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference en route from Greece to Rome. #PopeInGreece https://t.co/cd1q8067Di

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 6, 2021

Great Reset Language

Pope Francis welcomed a delegation from Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew I of Constantinople on Monday, urging Orthodox and Catholic faithful to not “squander” the “dramatic crisis” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.https://t.co/ywA4bfWIl5

— Crux (@Crux) June 28, 2021

Centenary of the Malines Conversations

This year marks the centenary of the Malines Conversations, which gave rise to the idea of an Anglicanism in communion with Rome, “united, but not absorbed.” This was an explicit concept in the development of the Ordinariates and we give thanks for the way this has been realised. https://t.co/bGYp2y1u9P

— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) June 11, 2021

John 17 Movement

“Together in love, we Christians can change the world, we can change ourselves, because God is Love!” @Pontifex https://t.co/cJYisEWrFg

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) June 9, 2021

Intro:

THIS CENTURY, WE ARE SENSING THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGNLY VISITING HIS PEOPLE WITH A FRESH OPTIMISM AND DESIRE FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCH. This is A UNITY NOT BASED ON UNIFORMITY OF DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE, BUT RATHER A RECONCILIATION of relationships CALLING US BACK TO JESUS’ PRAYER IN THE 17TH CHAPTER OF JOHN’S GOSPEL—THAT HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD BE ONE. THAT PRAYER, WE BELIEVE, EXPRESSES THE CLEAR PURPOSE OF SALVATION. SIN’S GOAL IS DIVISION, ENDING WITH EACH OF US BEING ALONE, SEPARATED FROM OUR CREATOR AND EACH OTHER. SALVATION’S GOAL IS TO BRING US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY BACK INTO HARMONY WITH OUR CREATOR AND EACH OTHER. DISPLAYING THAT HARMONY IS A MAJOR PART OF THE CHURCH’S CALL. IT IS OUR SENSE THAT AWARENESS IS ALREADY AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CENTER STAGE DURING THIS CENTURY. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS STIRRING AT THIS MOMENT, CAUSING A FAITH TO RISE IN THE LORD’S PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, REMINDING US OF JESUS’ WORDS TO HIS FIRST DISCIPLES, “YOU KNOW THE SAYING, IT’S FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN PLANTING AND HARVEST, BUT I TELL YOU WAKE UP, THE HARVEST IS NOW.” (JOHN 4:35)”

But there is no salvation without following God's commandments, and His commandments are part of doctrine, as well as the truth of the Incarnation and many other truths. How can there not be agreement on these? And if they concede that there must be this agreement, then how can they allow such a lie to be printed as Christian?

Ines Angeli Murzaku on Bose

CWR Dispatch: Troubles at Bose highlight need for authentic ecumenism, monasticism
by Ines Angeli Murzaku
The focus of the Bose community in Magnano, Italy is ecumenism, but it is not an authentic unity where theological, ecclesiological, and historical differences are discussed, prayed for, and lived out.

"There is, according the Rule, no need to change or convert or change denomination, because one belongs to Christ through the church of his/her baptism to the end."

Baptism without the Gift of the Holy Spirit is incomplete.

Speaking of ironies, the day (July 22, 2014) Pope Francis appointed Br. Bianchi as consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, this how Bianchi responded to the unexpected appointment: “The Pope will reform the papacy, and this will favor the relations with the Orthodox,” adding that “the reform of the papacy means a new balance between synodality and primacy…This would help to create a new style of papal primacy and the government of bishops.”

What Is the Agenda of the Greek Churches?

An Extraordinary Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 18th Plenary Session of the International Joint Commission on the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Lutheran World Federation was held#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/Hdnh1nRU9H

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 9, 2021

WCC Gen. Secretary Fr. Ioan Sauc: Throughout the centuries, the Easter greeting Christ is risen! has always infused Christians with the power and courage to confront death
.@BasilicaNews #orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/NOYTXf9ZN3

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 9, 2021

And their allies?

The Easter greeting has always infused Christians with power and courage: WCC Gen. Secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca.https://t.co/vPGN35nwdx pic.twitter.com/4Ufa8SW4nN

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) April 9, 2021

Eastern Christian Books: The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies

Eastern Christian Books: The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies

OUP

Interview with Jared Ortiz

“Deification is not an exotic doctrine,” says Jared Ortiz, “but one found from start to finish in pretty much every major Christian thinker, east and west. The problem is we do not know our own traditions and have bought into a false narrative about them.”https://t.co/K2beJ4tXxj

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) March 26, 2021

CWR

The Enzo Bianchi Affair

Sandro Magister: Enzo Bianchi, the Pope, and “That ‘Fox’ Herod”

Are Other Latin Bishops Going to Declare Him Schismatic?

Head of German Catholic Bishops: ‘I Do Not Deny Communion to a Protestant Who Asks For it’ https://t.co/IavE65JD8X @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) February 26, 2021

What Is Cardinal Czerny Going to Do About the Papacy?

After #LaudatoSì, #Fratellitutti and #IDHF, after Jesus showing us how to pray “Abba, Father! Our Father”, how can “our” possibly mean less than all of us?
Abba, Father, please be Our Father so that we can all be brothers and sisters together, caring for our common home! https://t.co/wJostkLG5q

— Cardinal M. Czerny SJ (@jesuitczerny) February 23, 2021

Byzantine Ecumenism

My recent lecture on Byzantine ecumenism for the International Hellenic Universityhttps://t.co/sOqIBzSGPn

— Cyril Hovorun (@cyril_hovorun) February 21, 2021

Koinonia

We’re on the lookout for articles for the next edition of Koinonia, to be published in late May. We’re particularly open to submissions from budding theologians with an interest in ecumenical relations between Anglican and Orthodox Churches. 🙏🏻

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— Koinonia (@JournalKoinonia) January 25, 2021

50 Years Ago

#7dicembre #storia Cinquantacinque anni fa, la fine delle scomuniche fra cattolici e ortodossi #chiesa #ecumenismo
Approfondisci 👉🏻 https://t.co/TEqnyRTIou pic.twitter.com/CfjhqyFc9B

— Vatican News (@vaticannews_it) December 7, 2020

Today is the fifty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the excommunications between Paul VI and Athenagoras - "committed to oblivion" https://t.co/LTW1q4XfeC

— Fr Alexander Laschuk (@byzkanonist) December 7, 2020

Intercommunion?

How can the schism be healed? One Ukrainian-Catholic pov:

We believe in unity! https://t.co/OAc4RI4m3o

— Edmonton Eparchy (@EdmontonEparchy) December 5, 2020