Core tenet of Eastern Orthodoxy
Councils, not one bishop, speak for the Church.
Conciliarity — the standing disagreement with Rome.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Orthodoxy is conciliar: the seven ecumenical councils are the standard, and no single bishop can define doctrine for the whole church. The Patriarch of Constantinople is first among equals with honor but not jurisdiction over other patriarchs, which is precisely the disagreement with Rome. The system's cost is visible in the current rupture between Constantinople and Moscow over Ukraine, since there is no mechanism above the patriarchs to resolve it.
The same ground, other faiths
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The splits.
Christianity · community
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In communion with Rome, not absorbed by it.
The Eastern Catholic Churches
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The whole quarrel may have been about words.
The Coptic Orthodox Church
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Who leads, and who is allowed to.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church · community
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The Catholicos of the East sits in India.
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
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The see came home in 2015.
The Assyrian Church of the East · community
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