Hey!
Just a few quick question.
I stumbled across a quote from Irenaeus that read as follows (emphasis mine):
What is the Orthodox view on this statement of Irenaeus in relation to:
1. The claim that Rome was pre-eminent in honour but not in authority.
2. The claim that Rome was not pre-eminent in authority because of the founders of the Roman See, but because of the fact that it was a great city.
3. Any thing else.
Additionally, do the Eastern Orthodox believe that the Roman Church - ie, the Church in Rome - was founded by Peter as the Catholics believe and Irenaeus says above?
Just a few quick question.
I stumbled across a quote from Irenaeus that read as follows (emphasis mine):
"Since, however, it would be very tedious, in such a volume as this, to reckon up the successions of all the Churches, we do put to confusion all those who, in whatever manner, whether by an evil self-pleasing, by vainglory, or by blindness and perverse opinion, assemble in unauthorized meetings; [we do this, I say,] by indicating that tradition derived from the apostles, of the very great, the very ancient, and universally known Church founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul; as also [by pointing out] the faith preached to men, which comes down to our time by means of the successions of the bishops. For it is a matter of necessity that every Church should agree with this Church, on account of its pre- eminent authority, that is, the faithful everywhere, inasmuch as the apostolical tradition has been preserved continuously by those [faithful men] who exist everywhere."
What is the Orthodox view on this statement of Irenaeus in relation to:
1. The claim that Rome was pre-eminent in honour but not in authority.
2. The claim that Rome was not pre-eminent in authority because of the founders of the Roman See, but because of the fact that it was a great city.
3. Any thing else.
Additionally, do the Eastern Orthodox believe that the Roman Church - ie, the Church in Rome - was founded by Peter as the Catholics believe and Irenaeus says above?