Random idea I had that may be good for EOPR

[RKO]

(Eastern Orthodox Public Relations)

Why not name each of the Churches that were started by apostles "Apostolic Sees?"

As in
Antioch, the Apostolic See of St. Mark
Constantinople- The Apostolic See of St. Andrew
Antioch- The Apostolic See of St. Peter?

It might make westerners and ex-Catholics looking for a church take notice, and talk about communicating your status as the original church!

 

[RKO]

One of the things that amazed me was that I found you guys also had claim to peter AND to everybody else! I don't western Christianity is fully aware of that.

 

[MariaRegina]

Rome would be sure to sue.

They claim to be the Apostolic See of St. Peter.

 

[RKO]

Who would preside over the case?

 

[Fotina]

You're too late, it's already done.

The bishops of these five sees consider themselves to be successors of those indicated in the following list:

Rome, in Italy (Saint Peter and Saint Paul)
Constantinople, now Istanbul in present-day Turkey (Saint Andrew)
Alexandria, in Egypt (Saint Mark the Evangelist)[10]
Antioch, in present-day Turkey (Saint Peter).
Jerusalem, in the Holy Land (Saint Peter and Saint James)

Other sees who claim to be founded by an apostle and thus can claim to be apostolic sees include:
the Archdiocese of Athens, Greece (Saint Paul)
Ephesus, in present-day Turkey (John the Apostle)
Seleucia-Ctesiphon, near modern Baghdad and the ruins of ancient Babylon in present-day Iraq (Thomas the Apostle, Bartholomew the Apostle, and Thaddeus of Edessa)
Aquileia, in northeastern Italy (Mark the Evangelist as one of the Seventy Apostles)
See of Milan, in northwestern Italy (Barnabas the Apostle)
See of Syracuse, in Sicily (Peter)
Philippi, in Greece (Saint Paul)
Thessaloniki, in Greece (Saint Paul)[11]
Corinth, in Greece (Saint Paul)[12]
Malta (Saint Paul)
Paphos, in Cyprus (Barnabas and Paul)
Armenian Apostolic Church (Thaddeaus (Jude the Apostle) and Bartholomew the Apostle)
Saint Thomas Christians in India (Thomas the Apostle)

Apostolic see - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[RKO]

I knew that it had already been done, I'm just saying it should be more prominent...

 

[buzuxi02]

Usually the number of local churches found by apostles are numbered at about 44.

Unfortunatley a number of these communities have become extinct mostly those in modern day Turkey.

 

[Kristos]

It was already a fad in the 8th century.

BTW - there is absolutely no evidence that Constantinople was founded by St Andrew - it's a fairly tale.

 

[Kyprian]

mmm...just my opinion, but seems a tad "hey, look at us! we're relevant!" type, seeker-sensitive thing. Then again, I could be wrong.