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...contends that it is highly likely that in the early Christian period, churches with bishops recognized those without bishops on the basis of their apostolic beliefs, so that today's Pope could do the same. No such scheme is necessary with the Eastern Orthodox, whose priests and bishops Rome has always recognized as being in the apostolic succession...
...millions of Protestants-and not just in Britain-who staunchly oppose the very concept of the papal office. Even tolerant non-Catholics could not accept the papacy as it now operates. But there may be some basis in history for compromise. Before the llth century split, the Orthodox granted Rome's traditional primacy of honor within the entire church and its authority in settling disputes on appeal. In return, Rome conceded that the Ecumenical Patriarchate had jurisdiction over the Eastern churches...
...First Vatican Council of 1869-70 may have set back by several centuries the chances of restoring unity under Rome by proclaiming the Pope's personal infallibility-when he declares ex cathedra (from the throne) on a matter of faith and morals. It also insisted on the Pope's direct jurisdiction over each and every believer on earth. This was, perhaps, an improvement on the papal bull of 1302 that declared, "It is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff." The 1870 decree caused dissension even within the ranks of Catholic...
This spring's accord by Anglican and Catholic negotiators seeks to overcome these longstanding difficulties by the positive approach of examining how the single leader of a future reunited church might function. The Anglicans agreed that the Bishop of Rome could have jurisdiction to intervene in any part of the church under certain circumstances, and could issue infallible teachings on his own, with the proviso that they would later need to be received and recognized by the church. If anything, this accord was more unsettling for Anglicans than for the Vatican...
...party was "super-relativist," with only one guiding light: Italy. "Our myth is the greatness of the nation," he said, adding that it was the historical mission of an antiliberal elite to build and maintain that greatness. When he became Prime Minister in 1922, after the famous March on Rome, he made it clear that to him greatness meant conquest. He vowed "never to leave the Italians in peace," and, so far as he was capable, he kept his promise...