Ugly Church Politics

Mt. Athos fresco depicts St. Anthony of Kiev Caves with schismatic tomos of “autocephaly”https://t.co/h02Fv8lIPi

The fresco of St. Anthony of the Kiev Caves can be found at New Esphigmenou Monastery, which was founded by Patriarch Bartholomew in 2005 and is among the few Ath... pic.twitter.com/gUnp5WdIug

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) August 16, 2021

What Is the Future for Chalcedonian Orthodoxy?

This week: A priest we highly respect predicted a schism. His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios (of Greece) published a scathing indictment of the state of the Church. The Orthodox Church census confirmed large membership changes. Our world is shifting.https://t.co/Nk1sINeX44

— Orthodox Reflections (@OrthodoxReflec1) July 23, 2021

And Why Is Fraternity among Roman Catholics Wounded?

“Fraternity among Catholics is wounded,” said Cardinal Cantalamessa during his #GoodFriday homily. “Divisions between Churches have torn Christ’s tunic to shreds, and worse still, each shredded strip has been cut up into even smaller snippets." pic.twitter.com/SCo86gWYo3

— Ines San Martin (@inesanma) April 2, 2021

Is there a source of divisiveness in Rome itself?

"Brother vs. Brother"

Cardinal Reinhard Marx has rejected as “baseless” accusations he prevented a full disclosure of information regarding clergy sex-abuse cases in his diocese a decade ago — similar to accusations he himself has made against Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne https://t.co/f8hXziNLxY

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) March 17, 2021

Bishop Egan tells @cnalive he fears that the German Church’s “Synodal Way” is “very close to the point of no return” and that without papal intervention there could be “a de facto schism that will be very difficult (and theologically complex) to repair.”https://t.co/yscMUzuNcc

— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) March 17, 2021

Excommunication Is a Solution They'd Never Consider

CWR Dispatch: German Catholic bishops call for change to Catechism on homosexuality

Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz has suggested that Catholics with homosexual inclinations cannot all be expected to live chastely and the Church should adopt a pastoral approach that acknowledges this.

More Polemics. Scandalous?

Only satanically proud Orthodox “Taliban” don’t listen to Constantinople, says Greek Archbishop of Torontohttps://t.co/Yr53u1HEEW

Those who reject the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s claim to being “First Without Equals” rend the robe of Christ, lack an ecclesial consciousn... pic.twitter.com/5ZxK2uzP3B

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) January 27, 2021

Elsewhere...

Metropolitan Hilarion Said Kuraev Could Be Excommunicated from the Church | Metropolitan Hilarion said that he sincerely regrets what happened to Kuraev, who once did a lot for the Church: thanks to his books and lectures, people came to God. https://t.co/1d7zyaRSIg pic.twitter.com/o6EjOeOsHz

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) January 25, 2021

Metropolitan Hilarion Presents the MosPat Perspective

A Political Structure and an Unwanted Autocephalyhttps://t.co/GwJr3KDtLc

An interview by Kathimerini with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev). Part 2
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

How did any autocephaly in Church history begin? With this or that Church declaring its desire t... pic.twitter.com/x3d7BCdljB

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 22, 2020

Lord Have Mercy

Greek-Constantinople priest joins Russian Church due to Ukrainian crisis (+VIDEO)https://t.co/EJ5kPzA3zZ

Yesterday, Fr. Ioannis, who was previously a fervent supporter of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, published a video explaining why he changed jurisdictions. pic.twitter.com/Gr55VAnIsE

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 30, 2020

A Correct Ecclesiology

Patriarch of Alexandria calls for “correct ecclesiology,” respect for boundaries of Local Churches in Nativity epistlehttps://t.co/xRh6N96QJY

The Patriarch’s epistle becomes more pointed: “The infinite Church, as the Body of Christ, has the bounds of the sacred regulations o... pic.twitter.com/qBcsLksTZd

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 25, 2020

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

A Review of Runciman's The Eastern Schism by Fr. Georges Florovsky

Book Review: "The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the XIth and XIIth Centuries" by Steven Runcimanhttps://t.co/lHzLEG8hlE pic.twitter.com/iP41gQ1nbt

— Mystagogy (@mystagogy1) December 5, 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

More Criticism of Constantinople

Constantinople created the most tragic event in recent history, says Met. Seraphim of Piraeushttps://t.co/prewF7ySjt

The creation and “autocephaly” of the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU) is the most tragic event in recent years, believes His Eminence Metropolita... pic.twitter.com/81TGzmd7og

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 1, 2020

More "News"

Schismatics’ formerly canonical hierarchs now looking to advance in Constantinople’s Ukrainian Exarchatehttps://t.co/vvCprGBUph

On the occasion of what would have been the 85th birthday of His Beatitude Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine, the previous primate of the canonical ... pic.twitter.com/6WMft4jvza

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 24, 2020

Pettiness or Necessary Response?

The #Russian Church will not commemorate the name of Archbishop Chrysostomos II of #Cyprus#orthodox_times https://t.co/4RbeEnXGEQ

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 20, 2020

Fr. Peter Heers on the Cause of the Great Schism

THE CAUSE OF THE GREAT SCHISM & Differences between Orthodoxy & Catholicism
(Excerpt from Interview w/ M. Sisco)https://t.co/NbHAQn62Wy
QUESTION:
What was the cause of the Great Shism and consequently what are the most significant differences between Orthodoxy & Catholicism?(1)

— Orthodox Ethos (@frpeterheers) November 17, 2020

The Polemics Continue

Constantinople-schismatic apologetics published in Georgian on eve of Pompeo visit to Patriarch Iliahttps://t.co/yQ2mpZjpsg

The work, published by Pantocrator Monastery on Mt. Athos, goes so far as to accuse the Moscow Patriarchate of creating the schism in Ukraine in the ea... pic.twitter.com/eAyOdMhiLB

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 16, 2020

Patriarch Bartholomew: Without a “First Without Equals,” Orthodoxy risks falling into Protestantismhttps://t.co/QYy3KY3Wb6

If the Orthodox Church does not clearly proclaim the ecclesiology of a “First Without Equals,” in which the Patriarch of Constantinople enjoys not only ... pic.twitter.com/GmwS4RlVZ5

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 16, 2020

"There is one ‘First’ not only in terms of honor but also in terms of special responsibilities and canonical competencies assigned by the Ecumenical Councils," said the @EcuPatriarch #orthodox_times

https://t.co/VqJ83Kmn5V

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 14, 2020

Rome: "Heresy is Preferable to Schism"

Could this be extended by Latin traditionalists to possible criticisms of Rome's negotiations with the Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Orthodox?

For Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the prevailing thinking of German bishops and an increasingly radicalised laity is more akin to modernism than Protestantism but the Vatican won’t issue any serious ultimatum because it wants to "live in peace” https://t.co/tRbtZ3gmLe pic.twitter.com/H6u87d50Fn

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020

Now Look at the Other Powers the Bishop of Rome Claims

Rorate Caeli: "A pope would be schismatic... 'if he if he were to change all the liturgical rites of the Church that have been upheld by apostolic tradition'." (Francisco Suárez / Klaus Gamber)

He would be schismatic if he assumes to exercise a power over the Church Universal that he does not have.

A Severe Lacuna

No discussion of the schisms affecting the Church in the first millenium and after. (First between the Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Churches and those with the Church of the East, and then the schism between the Chalcedonian Churches of "East" and "West.") The discussion of the Protestants is very much slanted towards a Latin pov.

The Church’s history has not been, as commanded in John's Gospel, a record of a united community of love ushering in the kingdom of God & thereby transforming the world as a whole in an enduring way. Its history is much more mixed... --Brad Gregoryhttps://t.co/6RUnreDfJX

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) June 3, 2020