Popes and Patriarchs: An Orthodox Perspective on Roman Catholic Claims
Overview
Popes and Patriarchs presents the Orthodox position on the role of the papacy in an intelligent, easy-to-understand style that will appeal to laypeople, priests, seminary students, and discussion groups. For any dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches to be fruitful, we must first understand our differences. Popes and Patriarchs covers some of the distinctions in theology and worldview that separate the churches of the East from those of the West, focusing primarily on the claims of papal supremacy.
Michael Whelton, a convert from Catholicism to Orthodoxy, discusses some of the theological and historical issues that led him to explore the teachings of the Orthodox Church, including the doctrine of original sin, the influence of medieval scholastic thought on the Western Church, and the modern trend toward evolutionary Christianity. He also examines in depth the true attitude of the early Eastern saints of the Church toward the papacy, an attitude radically different from that frequently attributed to them by Roman Catholic apologists. A final chapter is devoted to typical questions Roman Catholics raise about the Orthodox Church, including a comprehensive discussion of divorce and remarriage.
- Presents an Orthodox viewpoint on Roman Catholicism
- Compares the belief systems of Catholicism and Orthodoxy
- Examines both theological and historical issues
- Includes answers to frequently asked questions about Orthodoxy
- A Personal Journey
- My Anglican Beginnings
- The Roman Catholic Church
- The Orthodox Church
- The Landscape Is Different
- An Orthodox Perspective on Papal Claims
- The Petrine Question
- The Papacy Asserts Its Claims
- The Eastern Fathers and the Papacy
- Saint Photius
- Forgeries
- Frequently Asked Questions from Roman Catholics
Top Highlights
“St. Paul’s doctrine of justification as found in Romans did not become a dominant theme in the Eastern Church, which maintained a balance between St. Paul and the mysticism of the Gospel of St. John—hence, ‘There is little emphasis upon justification.’33 It was St. Augustine who took Paul’s doctrine of justification and created and defined a legal relationship between God and man.” (Page 42)
“To date the only church in Christendom that has retained the traditional fasts from meat, dairy products, fish, wine, and oil on Wednesdays, Fridays, and in Great Lent is the Orthodox Church.” (Page 24)
“first essentials were obedience to authority and disciplined control.…” (Page 54)
“taught that human reason was insufficient to explain revelation” (Page 52)
“based on the interpretation that St. Peter is the ‘rock.’” (Page 61)
- Title: Popes and Patriarchs: An Orthodox Perspective on Roman Catholic Claims
- Author: Michael Whelton
- Publisher: Ancient Faith
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 180
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891; Orthodox Eastern Church › Relations--Catholic Church; Catholic Church › Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church; Orthodox Eastern Church › Doctrines; Catholic Church › History; Popes › Primacy; Authority › Religious aspects--Catholic Church; Orthodox Eastern converts; Papacy › History; Eastern churches › History; Schism › Eastern and Western Church; Divorce › Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church; Remarriage › Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church; Bulgaria › Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Resource ID: LLS:PPSPTRRCHSNRTHD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:38:48Z
