Defense of The Faith
The Lord is King!
The proper order of Church governance flows from a simple truth: Christ Himself is the Head of the Church
In online debates over the past several years, Catholic apologists have made much of the present break in communion between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The conflict arising over the canonical situation in Ukraine, they claim, has fractured Orthodoxy into “two Churches.” This is simply untrue.
Temporary interruptions of Eucharistic communion between Local Churches have occurred throughout history. However, these breaks do not create parallel Churches, nor do they dissolve the single Body of the Church, whose Head is Christ.
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