The papacy : revisiting the debate between Catholics and Orthodox / Erick Ybarra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ybarra, Erick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popes--Primacy.

Popes.

Papacy--History.

Papacy.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 762 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Steubenville, Ohio : Emmaus Road Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"The Lord Jesus Christ intended his kingdom present on earth, the Church of God, to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Prior to the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century, history tells of the most egregious division in the Church between the Latin West and Byzantine East in AD 1054 and following. How can it be that Catholics and Orthodox share a thousand years of ecclesial life together in one faith, sacramental order, and hierarchical government, only to have that bond of communion broken? Historians and theologians throughout the years have spilled much ink in recounting the causes and effects of this dreadful and heart-wrenching division, and among the many debates that exist between Catholics and Orthodox, none are as vital to the task of reconciliation as the subject of the papacy. In this book Erick Ybarra examines sources from the first millennium with a fresh look at how methodology and hermeneutics plays a role in the reading of the same texts. In addition, he conducts a detailed investigation into the most significant points of history in order to show what was clearly accepted by both East and West in their years of ecclesiastical unity. In light of this clear evidence, the reader of The Papacy is free to decide whether contemporary Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy has maintained the heritage of the first millennium on the understanding of the Papal office." -- dust jacket.

Contents:

Historical sources

Historical methodology

Epistemological considerations

Primacy in the Orthodox Church

Primacy in the Catholic Church

Development of doctrine

The papacy in Holy Scripture

The papacy in the pre-Nicene era

The papacy and the emergence of imperial councils

The papacy as divinely appointed center of unity for the whole episcopal government

The fifth-century papacy in North Africa

The papacy and early relations with the Byzantine East

The primacies of old and new Rome

The papacy and the Acacian Schism (484-519)

The First See is judged by none

The papacy and Emperor Justinian

The papacy of St. Gregory the Great (594-604)

Monothelitism and the papacy (Lateran, 649)

St. Maximus the Confessor and papal infallibility

The Council of Constantinople (681) and the tome of Pope St. Agatho

The development of papal failure and ex cathedra conditioning

The Quinisext Council (691-692), imperial supremacy, and the papacy

Iconoclasm, Nicaea II (787), and the papacy

Photian Councils and the papacy (859-880)

Rome versus Constantinople (1054)

Comprehensive historical analysis

Concluding reflections

Appendix: Donation of Constantine ad Pseudo-Isidorian decretals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 719-762).

ISBN:

9781645852216

1645852210

9781645852223

1645852229

OCLC:

1353820882

Publisher Number:

99993766801