LA Coptic bishop considers how dialogue will restart

[Michie]

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says.

The road to Christian unity is full of stumbling blocks, and a new Vatican document on blessings has presented its own share of challenges. But a Coptic Orthodox bishop from Los Angeles believes a new way forward can be found.


Bishop Kyrillos, co-chairman of an international theological dialogue between the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches, said that it would be helpful to supplement the “official” dialogue with unofficial consultations, primarily with scholars.

Kyrillos and Cardinal Kurt Koch co-chair the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.


The Oriental Orthodox are a “family” of Churches that have not been in communion with the rest of the Church since a disagreement arose over the 5th-century Council of Chalcedon. In addition to the Coptic Church, they include the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahido Church.

There is a separate theological dialogue between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches, such as the Greek, Ukrainian, and Russian Orthodox Churches.

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Prospects for restarting ecumenical dialogue, from a Coptic perspective

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says, and not just over the Vatican's blessing doc

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[The Liturgist]

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says.

The road to Christian unity is full of stumbling blocks, and a new Vatican document on blessings has presented its own share of challenges. But a Coptic Orthodox bishop from Los Angeles believes a new way forward can be found.


Bishop Kyrillos, co-chairman of an international theological dialogue between the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches, said that it would be helpful to supplement the “official” dialogue with unofficial consultations, primarily with scholars.

Kyrillos and Cardinal Kurt Koch co-chair the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.


The Oriental Orthodox are a “family” of Churches that have not been in communion with the rest of the Church since a disagreement arose over the 5th-century Council of Chalcedon. In addition to the Coptic Church, they include the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahido Church.

There is a separate theological dialogue between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches, such as the Greek, Ukrainian, and Russian Orthodox Churches.

Continued below.

Prospects for restarting ecumenical dialogue, from a Coptic perspective

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says, and not just over the Vatican's blessing doc

aleteia.org

HG Kyrillos is one of two auxilliary bishops who serve under Metropolitan Serapion, who is the diocesan bishop for Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii. He is specifically in charge of education programs in the diocese, including the school of theology at Claremont Graduate University. He is also the first Coptic Orthodox bishop to have been born in the United States, and like his colleague, HG Abraham, was active in the St. Paul Brotherhood, which functions vaguely like an order of friars, and then shortly before being promoted to a bishop, was given the rank of hegumen (equivalent to archimandrite) and tonsured a monk at St. Anthony’s Monastery in Yermo / Newbury Springs, near Barstow.

 

[RileyG]

Praying for all Coptic and apostolic Christians.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says.

The road to Christian unity is full of stumbling blocks, and a new Vatican document on blessings has presented its own share of challenges. But a Coptic Orthodox bishop from Los Angeles believes a new way forward can be found.


Bishop Kyrillos, co-chairman of an international theological dialogue between the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches, said that it would be helpful to supplement the “official” dialogue with unofficial consultations, primarily with scholars.

Kyrillos and Cardinal Kurt Koch co-chair the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.


The Oriental Orthodox are a “family” of Churches that have not been in communion with the rest of the Church since a disagreement arose over the 5th-century Council of Chalcedon. In addition to the Coptic Church, they include the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahido Church.

There is a separate theological dialogue between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches, such as the Greek, Ukrainian, and Russian Orthodox Churches.

Continued below.

Prospects for restarting ecumenical dialogue, from a Coptic perspective

Theological discussions between Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches need fresh voices, Los Angeles bishop says, and not just over the Vatican's blessing doc

aleteia.org

I think they should make restarting dialogue conditional upon revoking Fiducia supplicans. Make it totally clear that it has to go before they come back to discussions. The next pope needs to know this.