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**MP+4** · 06-25-2010, 07:10 AM

I agree with most of the content of the article. But i still reject the modern EP interpretation of canon 28 of universal jurisdiction of barbarian lands. It only granted the right to appoint bishops to those asia minor churches whose roots extended over the border. The OCA has never acted like an autocephalous church, and a strong case can be made that the OCA is NOT the heir of the russian mission but only a schismatic offshoot of ROCOR in 1947 not recognized by anyone until 1970. I think the example of the Alexandrian Patriarch in terms of its african jurisdiction is poor. All this occurred during the time of Meletios Metaxakis who used politics to take the greek parishes with him from Athens when becoming EP then uncanonically assuming the Alexandrian throne, he remained in a position of power because of his british friends.

06-25-2010, 07:10 AM	#4
MP+4 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	I agree with most of the content of the article. But i still reject the modern EP interpretation of canon 28 of universal jurisdiction of barbarian lands. It only granted the right to appoint bishops to those asia minor churches whose roots extended over the border. The OCA has never acted like an autocephalous church, and a strong case can be made that the OCA is NOT the heir of the russian mission but only a schismatic offshoot of ROCOR in 1947 not recognized by anyone until 1970. I think the example of the Alexandrian Patriarch in terms of its african jurisdiction is poor. All this occurred during the time of Meletios Metaxakis who used politics to take the greek parishes with him from Athens when becoming EP then uncanonically assuming the Alexandrian throne, he remained in a position of power because of his british friends.
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