Description: The primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches. This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack...
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Archdeacon Maximos Vgenopoulos is from his daily ministry familiar with the intense ecumenical relations between Rome and Constantinople. This book takes up the central point of the controversy and outlines fundamental principles of ecclesiology, many of which are unknown to theologians on both sides. This book opens up new horizons for the dialogue and is a precious contribution for a better and deeper mutual understanding in order to move step by step from controversy to communion. I congratulate him on this excellent and valuable scholarship. -Walter Cardinal Kasper, Formerly President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, Vatican City