The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome & Modern Eastern Orthodoxy: Letters to a Greek Orthodox on the Unity of the Church

by James Likoudis

Despite real progress in ecumenical relations between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, the last several years have seen an increase in bitter attacks on papal supremacy and infallibility. In this newly revised and expanded work, James Likoudis treats in detail Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology and replies to objections made to critical elements of Roman Catholic doctrine on:

The pope’s primacy of supremacy and infallibility,
The procession of the Holy Spirit,
The filioque clause,
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception,
Purgatory, and
The development of doctrine.

With The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome & Modern Eastern Orthodoxy, Likoudis contributes to today’s Catholic–Orthodox dialog by going back to the “undivided Church of the First Millennium,” where we see clearly the existence of a papal primacy of universal jurisdiction.

Genres: Religion, Catholic, Christian, Theology

531 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars. An amazing overview and response to the eastern orthodoxy attacks on catholicism from a convert to catholicism from orthodoxy. I really appreciated the breadth of topics discussed (the filioque, the papacy, palamism, etc) and the amount of sources used. The letter format was interesting. I wish the letters from the interlocutor was included but that would have made the book quite a bit longer.

[Andrew Mclaughlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is written in a format of answering specific questions regarding misunderstanding of beliefs from the Authors point of view.

It is an apologetics work and therefore clearly written from a strict perspective. However Likoudis does a nice job of carefully referencing and foot noting his sources.