RE: 3 Secrets of fatima
June 28, 2017 at 9:47 am
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2017 at 9:49 am by FatAndFaithless.)
(June 28, 2017 at 9:40 am)snerie Wrote: by the way what is the Vatican's stance on the eastern orthodox church?
That it's wrong. It's an error. The prophecy said they would be converted...to the Catholic faith (Immaculate Heart). This didn't happen, so that part of the prophecy is out. Although that didn't stop the Catholic Church from claiming 'victory' and saying that Russia was in fact consecrated (see Pope John Paul II in 1981. The Russian Orthodoxy didn't much like that though..
Quote:They (Orthodox Christians) tend to interpret the Fátima consecration as an encroachment by Latin Christianity on Orthodox territory while Catholics tend to see the matter as followers of Christ vs. atheistic Communism. Orthodox Christians and especially members of the Russian Orthodox Church object to the concept of the Consecration of Russia for two reasons: (1) Russia was already Christian at the time of the alleged Fátima apparitions and had a long history of devotion to the , and (2) the concept contains what appears to be an implicit proselytism of Russian Orthodox Christians to the Catholic Faith.
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