"Indeed, Ecumenism
- in the manner that the meaning of this term has
prevailed - is certainly a heresy, because it denotes a
renunciation of basic characteristics of the Orthodox
faith; for example, the acceptance of the "branch
theory" - i.e., that each Church has a portion of the
Truth and therefore all "churches" should unite, by
placing on a table all the segments of the Truth in
order to complete the whole. We believe that
Orthodoxy is the One, Holy, Catholic (=overall)
and Apostolic Church. Full stop. There can be no
argument about this, and subsequently, whosoever
believes the opposite can be called an ecumenist, and as
such be a heretic."
Archbishop of Athens, Christodoulos (†)
From an
interview at the Radio Station of the Church of Greece,
on the 24/5/1998.
«Accept no illegitimate dogma on
the pretext of love»
St. John Chrysostom (c. 349–407)
( PG 62,191 )
