Originally Posted by: BrushStroke
Kenny, if that were the case, I would not have needed to been chrismated and Fr. Basil would have accepted my Catholic Chrismation. The Chair of Peter has no authority outside of the Diocese of Rome, per the Ecumenical Council of Nicea
2nd Ecumenical Council, Constantinople Canon II
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/const1.txt
2nd Ecumenical Council, Constantinople
CANON II.
THE bishops are not to go beyond their dioceses to churches lying
outside of their bounds, nor bring confusion on the churches; but let
the Bishop of Alexandria, according to the canons, alone administer the
affairs of Egypt; and let the bishops of the East manage the East alone,
the privileges of the Church in Antioch, which are mentioned in the
canons of Nice, being preserved; and let the bishops of the Asian
Diocese administer the Asian affairs only; and the Pontic bishops only
Pontic matters; and the Thracian bishops only Thracian affairs. And let
not bishops go beyond their dioceses for ordination or any other
ecclesiastical ministrations, unless they be invited. And the aforesaid
canon concerning dioceses being observed, it is evident that the
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synod of every province will administer the affairs of that particular
province as was decreed at Nice. But the Churches of God in heathen
nations must be governed according to the custom which has prevailed
from the times of the Fathers.