Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
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The Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs is a
Epistle to the Easterners which had been issued in January (1848).[1]
The encyclical was solemnly addressed to "All the Bishops Everywhere, Beloved in the
schism
.
In the course of all this, it notably makes reference to the Fourth Council of Constantinople (879-880) as being the eighth ecumenical council.
Signatories
- Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople
- Pope and Patriarch Hierotheus II of Alexandria
- Patriarch Methodius of Antioch
- Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem
- The Holy Synod in Constantinople
- The Holy Synod in Antioch
- The Holy Synod in Jerusalem
See also
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Theological differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Ecclesiastical differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
References
- ^ Meyendorff 1996, p. 89-90.
Sources
- ISBN 9780913836811.