tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post1826414930148866588..comments2024-02-13T03:24:07.880-06:00Comments on The Eye-Witness: Interesting perspectives on the meeting between Francis and KirillAged parenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-8535250915094268552016-05-15T07:01:38.219-05:002016-05-15T07:01:38.219-05:00Well said, Anon.Well said, Anon.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-80471914474068737082016-05-15T06:39:33.531-05:002016-05-15T06:39:33.531-05:00If we ignore the distressing doctrinal turbulence ...If we ignore the distressing doctrinal turbulence in the post Vat II Church, an almost equally disturbing occurrence has been the development of 'one-worldism' attitude within the Vatican machinery. It is almost as if the apparatchiks have thrown their administrative weight behind the UN program. This is potentially a gross compromise of the Church's traditional independence.<br />In the Middle Ages the papacy possessed independent power and wasn't afraid to use it against recalcitrant kings and emperors. Of course all that changed following the 'Babylonian Captivity' at Avignon. First dependency of the growing power of France, and then reliance on the financial largess of Spain.<br />The Russian Orthodox Church has always been, whether the patriarch likes it or not, a dutiful appendage of the Russian State. So it appears both the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox have much to gain from a rapprochement. In a world of powerful hostile forces they will need each other for a bit of mutual protection. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com