"Many Primates" "and even more Hierarchs" do not have an Orthodox Ecclesiology!...

 A noteworthy confession / self-criticism

● Ecumenism and 2016 ●

The church-destroying heresy was openly revealed in Crete.

 

...Those who have criticized the Ecumenical Patriarchate until now on other matters found the opportunity to criticize it also on the issue of Ukraine, while at the same time carefully absolving the ecumenist views of other Orthodox Churches and the Patriarchate of Moscow. This demonstrates a lack of objectivity and ecclesiastical education, and indeed reveals personal animosity.

I observe that those who until now criticized the decisions of the Council of Crete in 2016 have now automatically ceased that criticism and are criticizing the Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting Autocephaly to Ukraine. This shows that their issue is with the Ecumenical Patriarchate and, primarily, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

I find it particularly striking that, while many Primates who attended the Council of Crete and most Hierarchs accept that Roman Catholics have apostolic succession and perform Mysteries—and even uphold this view at least for the Anglicans—they nevertheless criticize the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the restoration of the Orthodox schismatics and deposed clergy in Ukraine and express reservations about it. Thus, they apply double standards.

I believe, however, that this ecclesiological position needs to be clarified. Their opposition to the schismatics and deposed clergy of Ukraine must also be expressed regarding the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Protestants...

 

Source: Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Παρέμβαση, Metropolis of Nafpaktos [of the Official Church], no. 277 / August 2019, p. 12.