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Posts about Church History written by Craig Truglia. I am just a run of the mill Bible reading, church attending layman. My wife and I are converts to Eastern Orthodoxy and have attended parishes in Ballston Lake, Herkimer. and Syracuse, NY.
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
1w ago
Pope John VIII’s correspondence has allegedly been interpolated and forged by Saint Photius and his chancery during the Council of Constantinople IV. This assertion is an interpretation of John VIII’s words in his letter accepting the eighth council: “it is a wonder to us why so many things that we had decided [in reference to ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
1M ago
Hincmar of Reims in his Annals includes a letter of Pope Adrian II which makes the claim Anastasius the Librarian stole many important documents from Rome and seemingly attempted to doctor them. Whether the minutes of Nicea II were doctored before or after is something I am still studying (I presently am edging towards before ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
3M ago
Herein are the extant Latin minutes of Constantinople (860-1), otherwise known as the “1st-2nd Council.” This is a “local” council which otherwise attained to Pentarchic ratification, though Rome reneged on their agreement with it in 862 (even after entering Saint Photius’ legates into their communion). What followed was a revisionist program where all of the ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
3M ago
Trying to devise a history of a doctrine that is subject to significant controversy is difficult. The chief challenge is not to read a present-day controversy into the past. When it comes to the Orthodox Pneumatology (i.e. “single procession”) vis a vis the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Filioque as dogmatized in the post-schism Councils ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
3M ago
As follows is a machine translation of the Lateran Council in 769 under the auspices of Pope Stephen III, touched up for the sake of being coherent. The original Latin is here, any improvements in translation would be appreciated, which is why I include page numbers. The council is fragmentary so I present it here ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
3M ago
As discussed previously, starting in about 879, Saint Methodius was accused of having a heterodox teaching concerning the Holy Spirit. Pope John VIII implicitly denied the Filioque when defending Methodius, claiming: Accordingly, we questioned this Methodius, your venerable archbishop, in the presence of our brother bishops, whether he adheres to the creed of faith [fidei ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
10M ago
There exists a letter of John VIII to Constantinople IV (879-880) which explicitly rejects the Filioque. Written presumably after the council as it is added afterwards to the council’s Acts in Mansi, John VIII asserts: we again declare to you that not only do we thus recite it [the Creed without the Filioque], but even ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
10M ago
In polemical debates over whether the first-millenium Church ever had a consensus view of Papal Infallibility, usually the letter of Saint Pope Agatho as read out during the Council of Constantinople III is cited as proof that the Church, East and West, accepted the doctrine. There are over-arching reasons that inveigh against this including the ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
10M ago
In the Sacred Texts group, anti-Chalcedonian David Kasabov published a post in which he assumed St. Leo the Great was a Nestorian [1]. First, David cites the Latin original of St. Leo the Great’s tomos: “Salva igitur proprietate utriusque naturae et substantiae, et in unam coeunte personam, suscepta est a majestate humilitas, a virtute infirmitas ..read more
Orthodox Christian Theology » Church History
11M ago
My book The Rise and Fall of the Papacy deals with the Synod of Douzy and the deposition of Arnulf of Reims. In both cases it cites these councils as consistent with consensus-based ecclesiology based upon the evaluation of secondary sources. Thanks to Evangelos Nikitopoulos of Scriptorium Press, excerpts of these documents have been translated ..read more