Date of Award
Summer 8-15-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA Theology
Department
Theology
Advisor
Rev. Msgr. John A. Radano
Advisor
Rev. Msgr. Robert Wister
Keywords
akoinonisia, ecumenical movement, East-West schism, Schisme des deux Serge, jurisdictional principle, sister churches
Abstract
The ecclesial act of December 7, 1965, by which Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I, in their Joint Declaration, “regret and remove from memory and from the midst of the Church” the mutual excommunications of 1054, was an event par excellence among the efforts to eliminate from the Church what is in the way of unity between Orthodox and Catholics. This thesis ascertains the psychological, ecclesiological, and juridical consequences of that ecclesial act for the communion between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches and illustrates the very new situation that now exists between them. This thesis also explores what has been done, as a result of this new situation, to resolve conflicts over the canonical problem of the filioque, a lasting problem that continues to challenge the Church.
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Rosanna, "The Lifting of the Anathemas of 1054: What New Relationship Has Developed Between Orthodox and Catholics? What Progress Has Been Made in Resolving Conflicts over the Canonical Problem of the Filioque?" (2018). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 4424.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/4424
