His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the Issues Concerning Eucharistic Communion: Excerpts from the Holy Synod's Working Session
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It is necessary that the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church reaffirms, on the basis of the unity of faith and the unity of Church as a whole, that it is not allowed for any member of the Orthodox clergy or laity to receive the Eucharistic Communion in another Church other than the Orthodox Church, and those who already did, should not repeat it.However, through this canonical disciplinary measure, we do not wish to defame, nor show arrogance and despise towards other Christians, or to interrupt the theological dialog and practical cooperation in the social-charitable area, but to the contrary, we consider that through a sincere and profound theological dialog, the dogmas which separate the Roman-Catholic and Orthodox Churches can be redefined. At the same time, it is necessary that Orthodox clergy, laity and monastics refrain from using with ease and with passion heavy words such as “heresy” and “heretics,” “apostasy” and “treason,” directed at other Orthodox or other Christians, because often under the pretext of defending Orthodoxy we are tainting our soul, by separating the true faith from the humble Christian love. In fact, we forget that we need to be “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4, 15), to defend and promote “faith which worketh by love” (Galatians 5, 6), as the Holy Apostle Paul teaches us.
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The Romanian Orthodox Church was always peaceful, has lived together for centuries with people of other ethnical backgrounds and religious faiths, defending the true faith without humiliating others. Our Church also knows how to respect the laws of today’s Romania, which forbid defaming and creating tensions between faiths, promoting the reciprocal respect between them. [...]
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