Citat:
În prealabil postat de Patrie si Credinta
Iar unii nu tac pana in ziua de azi despre Vatican II, desi acepta scrasnind din dinti hotararile lor, si incearca sa rectifice ce s-a intamplat acolo.
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Poate ca tot asa accepta, scrasnind din dinti, si melkitii si alti greco- si romano-catolici hotararile de la Vatican I. Dar trebuie sa le accepte, fiindca cine nu accepta o hotarare infailibila a unui Conciliu Ecumenic, ori ar spune ca acela nu este ecumenic, ori ca nu este Conciliu, ori ca ar trebui un Conciliu local sa aprobe ceea ce cel ecumenic a hotarat si ceea ce episcopii au semnat, acela nu este catolic.
Dar melkitii le accepta. Ei sunt, cu toate particularitatile lor, cu toata autonomia lor, o provincie de rang patriarhal a Bisericii Universale a lui Cristos.
Iata o scrisoare relativ recenta, pe care actualul patriarh al Bisericii Melkite din zilele noastre i-o trimite actualului Papa:
Most Holy Father
This letter comes to you on Good Friday, called Great and Holy in our Eastern tradition, while you are celebrating the first Way of the Cross of your pontificate, as Bishop of the Church of Rome that presides in charity!
I am writing this letter in Damascus, whilst experiencing a harsh, bloody, painful, long Way of the Cross stretching over all Syria’s roads and that all Syrians have been experiencing and living for more than two years now!
Like Jesus, who fell three times under the weight of the Holy Cross, and whom Simon of Cyrene was fetched to help, we too need a Simon, and even more Jesus, to bear the Cross with us and to bring to an end without delay our harsh way of the cross, by enabling it to reach the joyful goal of the Resurrection!
Holiness! You are Simon, you are Jesus’ Vicar! We turn to you as we need your help! Syria is imploring you! All our faithful, indeed all Syrian citizens are counting on Your Holiness, expecting an initiative from Your Holiness, the Vatican, the Catholic Church, the world’s billion and a quarter Catholics! an initiative that would set out a roadmap to bring the crisis to an end, stop the build-up of weapons, violence, terror, hostage-taking, ransoms, chaos and death!..
Scrisoare, publicata in intregime pe
acest sit oficial al Bisericii Melkite ne arata clar ca patriarhul melkit, scriind in numele si pentru Biserica sa, crede ca vicarul lui Cristos se numeste, astazi, Francisc. Si, prin aceasta, arata ca melkitii sunt catolici, la fel de catolici precum sunt catolicii din orice Biserica Particulara din lume, doar ca ei sunt cei mai incercati de rautatile istoriei care isi face de cap, uitand cine este Domnul vizibilelor si invizibilelor.