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"Fernando Q. Gouvêa" fqgouvea at colby.edu
Mon Nov 24 12:05:13 PST 2008


John Watkins wrote:
> I believe that the Orthodox Churches view Catholicism as a schismatic
> church, as Catholicism views the Orthodox Churches.  Schism and heresy
> are distinct.  There are very few theological differences between the
> churches (the majority of issues you names are not theological issues)
> and the ones there are, such as the Filioque, are relatively minor
> issues compared to the disciplinary and organizational differences
> between the churches.

Indeed. See the article by Richard Neuhaus in the latest issue of /First 
Things/.

Fernando

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