“Better Marry Than Burn.” In Second Marriages, Too by Sandro Magister
The Orthodox Churches apply the apostle Paul’s saying to the divorced. And there are those who also want to introduce this practice into the Catholic Church. Including a theologian of the diocese of Bologna, the same of Cardinal Caffarra
Saturday, April 04, 2015
Degenerate neo-Thomism?
Is it the case that some Thomist philosophers think they can do theology because they've read the theological works of St. Thomas, relying upon him alone without consulting Sacred Scripture and the Fathers, and thus reducing theology to some version of philosophical theology (or metaphysical theology, as it is styled by some Orthodox)? They may give attention to conciliar documents and papal statements as boundaries for speculation, but that isn't enough.
Friday, April 03, 2015
The "Old Rite"
of Russian Orthodoxy...
The commission which will consider the possibility of recognizing the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church took place in Moscows.
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Friday, April 3, 2015
Another Catholic Convert
The abbot of the High Monastery of St. Peter in Moscow, Hegumen Peter (Yeremeyev), tonsured the priest Constantine...
Posted by Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery on Thursday, April 2, 2015
Cappella Romana Sings Steinberg's Passion Week
Cappella Romana - Steinberg's Passion Week (LIVE)Wanna hear Cappella Romana's world premiere recording of Steinberg's Passion Week on #TheChoralStream? Tune in on Good Friday (4.3.15) at 2pm CDT.Listen Here ----> http://bit.ly/SteinbergPassion
Posted by Choral Music from Classical MPR on Thursday, April 2, 2015
Dying with Christ
We will soon enter quite profoundly into the mystery of our salvation in as we journey with Christ from the raising of...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Thursday, April 2, 2015
Thursday, April 02, 2015
Defending the Sufficiency of the Use of Hand Missals
Coming Clean About My Latin Problem by Steve Skojec
Related:
Spiritual Renewal Paul VI Spoke of Has Not Yet Materialized by Christian Browne
Related:
Spiritual Renewal Paul VI Spoke of Has Not Yet Materialized by Christian Browne
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Cappella Romana for Holy Week
"Good Friday in Jerusalem" featured prominently this week on the Harmonia Early Music radio show.
Posted by Cappella Romana on Monday, March 30, 2015
Ever been curious about spending a weekend on tour with Cappella Romana? Here's your chance to see behind the scenes!
Posted by Cappella Romana on Saturday, March 21, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
St. Maria Skobtsova of Paris
Today is the 70th anniversary of the martyrdom on St Maria of Paris. Elizaveta Pilenko, now known as Saint Maria...
Posted by Jim Forest on Tuesday, March 31, 2015
ECB: Mother, Martyr, Saint: On the Death of Maria Skobtsova
Feser on Denys Turner's Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait
Was Aquinas a Materialist?
I was thinking of buying the book but now I've lowered its priority on the wish list.
I was thinking of buying the book but now I've lowered its priority on the wish list.
Archbishop Chaput on Religious Liberty
Religious Liberty 50 Years After Dignitatis Humanae by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Would Like to Read This
From Potlucks, Eucharist, and Ecumenical Dialogue by Nicholas Denysenko:
"In the January 2015 issue of Worship, Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, S.J., appealed to Catholic and Orthodox Christians to reinvigorate efforts for an authentic restoration of ecclesial intercommunion between the two Churches."
Didn't know Fr. Denysenko wrote for Pray Tell.
"In the January 2015 issue of Worship, Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, S.J., appealed to Catholic and Orthodox Christians to reinvigorate efforts for an authentic restoration of ecclesial intercommunion between the two Churches."
Didn't know Fr. Denysenko wrote for Pray Tell.
Holy Week Homilies from Benedict XVI
Chiesa: Paschal Homilies by Sandro Magister
Exercises on liturgical preaching for Holy Week. From the archive of Benedict XVI
Exercises on liturgical preaching for Holy Week. From the archive of Benedict XVI
Monday, March 30, 2015
Feast of the Commemoration of St. Gregory the Illuminator's torture and commitment to the pit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-EQp8zh8pFk#t=0
МИТРОПОЛИТ ВОЛОКОЛАМСКИЙ ИЛАРИОН ПОСЕТИЛ КАЗАНСКУЮ ДУХОВНУЮ СЕМИНАРИЮ
МИТРОПОЛИТ ВОЛОКОЛАМСКИЙ ИЛАРИОН ПОСЕТИЛ КАЗАНСКУЮ ДУХОВНУЮ СЕМИНАРИЮ28 марта 2015 года председатель Отдела внешних це...
Posted by Митрополит Иларион Алфеев (Metropolitan Hilarion) on Monday, March 30, 2015
5th Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa
Fr. Cantalamessa's 5th Lenten Homily 2015East and West Before the Mystery of Salvation
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, March 27, 2015
Of course, he has some positive words about the Catholic Charismatic movement.
"The Catholic charismatic movement is one of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council, which, like a new Pentecost, led to an extraordinary flourishing in the Church's life of groups and movements particularly sensitive to the action of the Spirit. . . . How many lay faithful—men, women, young people, adults and the elderly—have been able to experience in their own lives the amazing power of the Spirit and his gifts! How many people have rediscovered the faith, the joy of prayer, the power and beauty of the Word of God, translating all this into generous service in the Church’s mission! How many lives have been profoundly changed!"
His second and third sermons of Lent this year.
Archbishop Ganswein on Pope Francis
Archbishop Georg Ganswein: 'Pope Francis is Full of Surprises'In Interview with La Nacion's Elisabetta Pique, Prefect of the Pontifical Household Says Benedict XVI "Impressed" By Successor
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015
Pope Francis on St. Teresa of Avila
Pope Francis said the life of St Teresa of Avila, characterized by “total self-giving to God,” is a “great treasure”...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015
Pope: Saint Teresa of Avila is "A Teacher of Prayer"Sends Message to Discalced Carmelites for the Fifth Centenary of Spanish Mystic's Birth
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015
Pope Begins 'Prayer for Peace With Saint Teresa'Address Letter to Order of Discalced Carmelites That Will Be Published on March 28th
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Thursday, March 26, 2015
God’s Martyr, History’s Witness by Father Athanasius McVay
Kyiv-Halych was present for the book launch, along with Bishop Borys Gudziak of Paris and Bishop Hlib Lonchyna of...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Palm Sunday with the Bishop of Rome
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 29, 2015
Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.His homily is at the link: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/03/29/pope_francis_palm_sunday_homily/1133038
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 29, 2015
St. Mary of Egypt
Each of you knows that when we do not have any particular needs, when everything is just fine, our prayer begins to grow...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Sunday, March 29, 2015
If we were in that mood we would, when we come to the doors of the church, be, however little, like Mary of Egypt. We...
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Sunday, March 29, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Pope Francis on Mar Dinkha IV
Pope Francis has sent his condolences upon learning of the death of the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Dinkha IV.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015
The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, died on Thursday at the age of 79.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015
Assyrian Patriarch Passes Away in MinnesotaIraq Native Patriarch Dinkha IV Brought Stability, Peace to a Church in Turmoil
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, March 27, 2015
Update:
Pope Francis Sends Condolences for Death of Assyrian Patriarch of the EastRecalls His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV's Enduring Commitment to Improving Relations Among Christians
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015
Ressourcement
While in the past I may have been wary of the nouvelle théologie to one degree or another, their attempt to re-engage with the Church Fathers was praiseworth in intent, if not in execution. In the last year I've gradually drifted away from "Thomism of Strict Observance," not that I ever really considered myself a member of that school of Thomistic theology, though I was willing to read its texts. Having had a chance to delve into the Church Fathers more in the last year, it may be time for me to re-evaluate nouvelle théologie the 20th century Ressourcement movement and its members. (I have been a fan of Fr. Bouyer for quite some time, so I am thinking more of the Jesuits.)
Ressourcement theology, aggiornamento, and the hermeneutics of tradition by Marcellino D'Ambrosio
“Ressourcement,” “Aggiornamento,” and Vatican II in Ecumenical Perspective by Eduardo Echeverria
Related:
A Theologian for Our Times – Rediscovering Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange
I didn't know the Salve Regina website is associated with the FSSP, though I had been aware of the website's existence not too long after it was created. "It figures."
Ressourcement theology, aggiornamento, and the hermeneutics of tradition by Marcellino D'Ambrosio
“Ressourcement,” “Aggiornamento,” and Vatican II in Ecumenical Perspective by Eduardo Echeverria
Related:
A Theologian for Our Times – Rediscovering Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange
I didn't know the Salve Regina website is associated with the FSSP, though I had been aware of the website's existence not too long after it was created. "It figures."
Friday, March 27, 2015
Fourth Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa
On Friday morning Pope Francis attended the Lenten sermon of the preacher of the Pontifical Household, Franciscan Father...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015
On Friday morning the preacher of the Pontifical Household, Franciscan Father Raniero Cantalamessa gave his fourth Lenten sermon in the Mater Redemptoris chapel in the Vatican.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015
Santa Teresa de Jesús
Rorate Caeli: On the 5th Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Catholic Reformer - Guest-post by Don Pietro Leone
Vida, Obra, Oración
More icons of the Carmelite saints would be beneficial for the West.
Vida, Obra, Oración
More icons of the Carmelite saints would be beneficial for the West.
St. John Chrysostom Church, York, PA
Brandon writes: I thought I would share a couple pictures from my home parish in Pennsylvania! I always love seeing...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, March 27, 2015
website
Thursday, March 26, 2015
New Syro-Malankara Eparchies
Pope Francis on Thursday erected the new Eparchy (diocese) of St John Chrysostom of Gurgaon and a new Apostolic...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 26, 2015
A New Dominican Saint
A new Dominican saint . . . Praised be Jesus Christ!
Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Related:
The student brothers of the Provinces of France and England meet at Oxford. Please pray for Dominican vocations and for all our brothers in formation throughout the world.
Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Vocation Directors, Novice Masters, and Student Masters from the four U.S. Provinces, England, Ireland, and...
Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Sunday, March 22, 2015
Vocation Directors of the four U.S. Provinces and the Provinces of England, Ireland and Argentina at the Interprovincial Formators' Meeting.
Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Friday, March 20, 2015
Η προσευχή και η νηστεία απαραίτητα στοιχεία, εφόδια στην πνευματική πορεία μας προς την Βασιλεία του Θεού.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Help my unbelief.
I believe, help my disbelief! Lord have mercy on me!
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
60 Minutes Story on Christian Persecution
The persecution of Christians is compared to the Holocaust. How long will the persecution of Christians in the Middle East continue?
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Gossip? Someone Needs to Squelch the Cardinals, Then.
GENERAL AUDIENCE: On Praying for the Synod on the Family"All the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, priests, men and women...
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Pope At General Audience: Synod of Bishops Needs Prayers, Not GossipLeads Faithful in Prayer for Synod on the Family in...
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Another icon of the Holy Family, "Byzantinized" with the Greek--
Here is the prayer recited by Pope Francis at today's General Audience for the Synod on the Family.
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Another Western Saint in Need of an Icon Depiction?
Quote for March 24th"He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things."- St Alphonsus Liguori
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Also to be published by CUA Press in April 2015
Knowing the Natural Law: From Precepts and Inclinations to Deriving Oughts
Steven Jensen
The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology
Thomas Joseph White, OP
Steven Jensen
The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology
Thomas Joseph White, OP
Keith Lemna
He has written on Fr. Bouyer; perhaps he would be interested in a conference on Bouyer?
faculty page
Related:
Rev. Louis Bouyer: A Theological Giant | An Interview with Dr. Keith Lemna
"Perhaps the most fruitful terrain for future study of his thought at this point would be in comparing his work with Newman, say, or with that of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Balthasar, near the end of his life, placed his own thought in the "school" of Bouyer and the biblical scholars Heinz SchŸrmann and Heinrich Schlier. He distinguished this "school," all of whose adherents were rooted in biblical theology, from Henri de Lubac's ressourcement theology, with which Balthasar has generally been associated. The coherence between Bouyer's thinking and Newman's is worthy of its own special study. Moreover, only Pope Benedict XVI rivals Bouyer in being both a theologian and a scholar of liturgy. There is much that needs to be said regarding the uniquely liturgical theologies of both of these great men of the Church."
philpapers: "Louis bouyer's sophiology: A balthasarian retrieval," Heythrop Journal 52 (4):628-642 (2011)
faculty page
Related:
Rev. Louis Bouyer: A Theological Giant | An Interview with Dr. Keith Lemna
"Perhaps the most fruitful terrain for future study of his thought at this point would be in comparing his work with Newman, say, or with that of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Balthasar, near the end of his life, placed his own thought in the "school" of Bouyer and the biblical scholars Heinz SchŸrmann and Heinrich Schlier. He distinguished this "school," all of whose adherents were rooted in biblical theology, from Henri de Lubac's ressourcement theology, with which Balthasar has generally been associated. The coherence between Bouyer's thinking and Newman's is worthy of its own special study. Moreover, only Pope Benedict XVI rivals Bouyer in being both a theologian and a scholar of liturgy. There is much that needs to be said regarding the uniquely liturgical theologies of both of these great men of the Church."
philpapers: "Louis bouyer's sophiology: A balthasarian retrieval," Heythrop Journal 52 (4):628-642 (2011)
Monday, March 23, 2015
Encyclical on Environmentalism to be Reviewed
Pope Francis To Review Encyclical on Ecology This WeekPontiff's Schedule Expected to Be Light, Says Vatican Spokesman
Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 23, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Still a Bugaboo for Latin Traditionalists
Rorate Caeli: Colloquium on Religious Liberty in Norcia
Even though plenty has been writing either reconciling Dignitatis Humanae with previous papal statements or arguing that previous papal statements were not part of Sacred Tradition.
Even though plenty has been writing either reconciling Dignitatis Humanae with previous papal statements or arguing that previous papal statements were not part of Sacred Tradition.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
The Feast of St. Benedict
March 14 on the Byzantine calendar.
Rorate Caeli: Fontgombault Sermon - Feast of Saint Benedict: "The Foundations of European Civilization are being destroyed by the liberally-minded."
Rorate Caeli: Fontgombault Sermon - Feast of Saint Benedict: "The Foundations of European Civilization are being destroyed by the liberally-minded."
Do we speak of evil acts being blessings?
Blessing for the Church? How she handled it may be a blessing for the Church, but the act iself?
Friday, March 20, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Jean Duchesne on Louis Bouyer
The second segment... "L'Esprit des Lettres accueille également Jean Duchesne pour son livre Louis Bouyer, édité chez Artège. L'auteur veut nous donner des clés de lecture pour comprendre et approfondir la pensée puissamment originale du père Louis Bouyer, souvent considéré comme l'un des grands théologiens du XXe siècle."
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Eastern Christian Books: In Honour of Thomas Hopko
Eastern Christian Books: In Honour of Thomas Hopko: The news has been circulating for more than a week that the Orthodox presbyter and theologian Thomas Hopko is in his last days. I met him b...
Figuring Him Out?
Chiesa: Vatican Diary / The two-step of the Argentine pope
Perfectly in keeping with tradition when he talks about abortion, divorce, homosexuality. But also open to changes in doctrine and practice. An anthology that intensifies the mystery
Perfectly in keeping with tradition when he talks about abortion, divorce, homosexuality. But also open to changes in doctrine and practice. An anthology that intensifies the mystery
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Actuosa, Again
NLM: A Note on Participation: What Can We Learn from the Word Actuosa? by Peter Kwasniewski
Funny that he cites Fr. Bouyer: "Louis Bouyer's definition is therefore perfectly on target: “Participation in the liturgy is the reception of sacramental grace through a living faith illumined and enflamed by the liturgy itself.”" After all, Fr. Bouyer was no Latin traditionalist.
Interior participation is nonetheless founded upon intelligibility of the liturgy.
Funny that he cites Fr. Bouyer: "Louis Bouyer's definition is therefore perfectly on target: “Participation in the liturgy is the reception of sacramental grace through a living faith illumined and enflamed by the liturgy itself.”" After all, Fr. Bouyer was no Latin traditionalist.
Interior participation is nonetheless founded upon intelligibility of the liturgy.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Progress in the Spiritual Life
As one makes progress in the mystical life, do the different roles of the Persons of the Trinity become more apparent? And does one become more explicitly oriented to God the Father?
Sunday, March 15, 2015
The Devotion to St. Joseph
Saint Josemaria and the Role of Saint Joseph in Christian Life
Devotion to St. Joseph and to the Holy Family - one can say that in the industrial west, with the loss of the family and misandry, there is a need for the devotion to St. Joseph as foster-father to Christ, husband to the Theotokos. Would it have gained such prominence if deification and supernatural adoption had remained at the forefront of Western spirituality, though? And we were thus properly engaged with Christ's and our relationship with God the Father? (Similarly, is devotion to the Holy Family as circumscribed as the Western devotion to the infant Christ at Christmas (which Louis Bouyer critiques in Liturgical Piety)?
Again, there may be a need now for St. Joseph as a role-model for men who wish to be good husbands and fathers. And perhaps depictions of the Holy Family, with Christ as a child, are not so out of place when we remember that icons of the Theotokos also have Christ depicted as a child. Is it part of Byzantine canon for St. Joseph to be depicted with the Christ child?
While there may be an older Latin devotion to St. John the Baptist comparable to the one in the East, it does not seem to be so prominent, at least in American churches?
The Importance of Devotion to St. Joseph
QUAMQUAM PLURIES
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH
Devotion to St. Joseph and to the Holy Family - one can say that in the industrial west, with the loss of the family and misandry, there is a need for the devotion to St. Joseph as foster-father to Christ, husband to the Theotokos. Would it have gained such prominence if deification and supernatural adoption had remained at the forefront of Western spirituality, though? And we were thus properly engaged with Christ's and our relationship with God the Father? (Similarly, is devotion to the Holy Family as circumscribed as the Western devotion to the infant Christ at Christmas (which Louis Bouyer critiques in Liturgical Piety)?
Again, there may be a need now for St. Joseph as a role-model for men who wish to be good husbands and fathers. And perhaps depictions of the Holy Family, with Christ as a child, are not so out of place when we remember that icons of the Theotokos also have Christ depicted as a child. Is it part of Byzantine canon for St. Joseph to be depicted with the Christ child?
While there may be an older Latin devotion to St. John the Baptist comparable to the one in the East, it does not seem to be so prominent, at least in American churches?
The Importance of Devotion to St. Joseph
QUAMQUAM PLURIES
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH
Saturday, March 14, 2015
St. Josemaria Institute Podcast
Opus Dei: New Prayer Resource
Talks and meditations by priests of Opus Dei. Recent additions include 3 talks on “Pope Francis: His Life and Papacy and the Synod on the Family,” and meditations for the Sundays in Lent.
Talks and meditations by priests of Opus Dei. Recent additions include 3 talks on “Pope Francis: His Life and Papacy and the Synod on the Family,” and meditations for the Sundays in Lent.
The One Christ
The One Christ: St. Augustine's Theology of Deification by David Vincent Meconi, SJ
Google Books
From earlier this year: Renowned Thomist Fr. Meconi Delivers Lecture to Christendom
At Steubenville: Being Transformed in Christ
He is currently editing a volume of essays on deification in the Latin tradition.
Google Books
From earlier this year: Renowned Thomist Fr. Meconi Delivers Lecture to Christendom
At Steubenville: Being Transformed in Christ
He is currently editing a volume of essays on deification in the Latin tradition.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Adam DeVille Interviews Fr. John P. Manoussakis
Philosophy, Theology, and the Search for Unity: An Interview with John P. Manoussakis
Is the local or particular Church the national Church? Or the church of a "city," over which one bishop presides? Is it a mistake to think of the national Church as the "local" Church? I think so... especially when it comes to properly understanding the office of the primate (or patriarch) and the limits of his office.
AD: I was of course especially interested in your chapter on Petrine Primacy, and I genuinely appreciated your direct but courteous disagreement (fn. 26, p.31) with my proposal (in Orthodoxy and the Roman Papacy: Ut Unum Sint and the Prospects of East-West Unity) for a permanent ecumenical synod, which I was modeling more on the "synodos endemousa" of Constantinople than the idea of a permanent ecumenical council which, following Zizioulas (with whom I agree) is indeed an event rather than an institution. Is there value for a permanent or standing synod around the one who exercises the Petrine primacy so that it does not become unilateral or unbalanced--that the papal "monarchism" of the past does not rear its head again?
That’s a good question. I think that the confusion here might be due to a certain equivocity. There are to different bodies that bear the designation of a synod: the synod of one particular Church, assembled around its primus or prōtos, and the ecumenical synod or council. The latter is indeed an event and not an institution and therefore it cannot be a permanent body. The former, however, is an institution and it is characterized by permanence. The difference is the following: the synod of a Church is comprised by hierarchs of that Church alone: a bishop who does not belong to that local Church cannot participate in it. While the ecumenical synod aspires to the maximum representation of all hierarchs of all local Churches (it is for this reason that no synod in the Orthodox Church has been designated as ecumenical after the separation from Rome). One needs to respect the difference of these two bodies, even though they both are synods of bishops. To create a hybrid third synod that would borrow the regularity of the local synod but also be comprised by hierarchs of other local churches, as in the case of an ecumenical council, is, in my view, problematic. Nevertheless, there is a point of cardinal importance implied in your suggestion which is the need to inscribe primacy within synodality (that is, the primus, even “the universal primus,” is always in reference to a synod) and, conversely, every synod (even the ecumenical synod) is headed by a primus. This principle, however, does not necessitate that the synod of the primus on the universal level be also a permanent synod: for whoever this primus is, he is also the primate who presides over the synod of his local church, and that is a permanent body of ecclesial governance. The risk of monarchism would be accentuated were we to grant to one primate the presiding role of two permanent synods at the same time, one of his local Church, the other of the universal Church.
Is the local or particular Church the national Church? Or the church of a "city," over which one bishop presides? Is it a mistake to think of the national Church as the "local" Church? I think so... especially when it comes to properly understanding the office of the primate (or patriarch) and the limits of his office.
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