(Now Archimandrite and Abbot of Visoki Dečani Monastery, Deçan, Kosovo)
Subject: Re: bishops
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 13:33:59 +0200
From: "Fr. Sava"…
Organization: Decani Mon[a]stery
To: Chris…
Dear brother Chris,
My personal opinion is that there
is very little chance that "official" Orthodoxy leaves its ecumenical
course. You have probably read St. Ignaty Brianchaninoff who said somewhere
that [the] official Church will one day surrender to the spirit of Antichrist
while the Real Church will continue to exist in form of various groups of
Orthodox Christians whose canonicity will not be based on the criterion of
obedience to the administrative and official Church organization but to the
Holy Tradition, holy Fathers and Synods. But now when all possibilities of
fight[ing] for truth within the official Church organization are not completely
exhausted it is very important not to be impatient and create unreasonable
schisms. I think this was the attitude of St. Justin Popovic who was a great
opponent of ecumenism although he never openly broke with the Patriarchy in
Belgrade and Greek Church of Athenagoras
In Christ
Fr. Sava
Blog Administrator question:
At what point will this rationale end? Or is communion with those who openly
and unrepentantly preach heresy acceptable in perpetuity?
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