User:BoBoMisiu/Timeline of Catholic Church–Russian Orthodox Church relations

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caesaropapism









forced conversion to the ROC







forced conversion of the UGCC to the ROC,

"fundamental formula for ecumenical dialogue" "which has become foundational in the history of Catholic ecumenism."













Nikodim was, according to Paul Coyer, "in many ways de facto leader of the" ROC.

Coyer wrote that, according to the Mitrokhin Archive, "Nikodim was a KGB agent who used his advocacy of closer relations with the Vatican and various leadership roles in the World Council of Churches to further Soviet geopolitical goals among Christian leaders in the West."

John Paul II pointed out in the letter that freedom of religion is a fundamental right contained in the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and "in the Constitutions of each state. By virtue of this principle to which the Apostolic See has again and again appealed and which it has declared, it is lawful for each believer to profess his own faith and to be an active member of the Church community to which he belongs. The observance of this principle of religious freedom requires that the right of living and acting proper to the Church to which each citizen belongs should be respected."









glasnost and perestroika













The first meeting of its kind.









from: "ORIGINS", October 8, 1992











In May 1999, Pope John Paul II visited Romania on the invitation from Patriarch Teoctist of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This was the first time a Pope had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the East-West Schism in 1054, the event that separated Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism. On his arrival, the Patriarch and the President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu, greeted the Pope. The Patriarch stated, "The second millennium of Christian history began with a painful wounding of the unity of the Church; the end of this millennium has seen a real commitment to restoring Christian unity."







Both sides viewed this as a positive step toward improved understanding between the ROC and the Catholic Church.

However, the ROC continued to complain vociferously about the Catholic presence in traditionally Orthodox areas.





Representatives of both churches reported that the working group contributed to an improved atmosphere.



Kasper "described such an alliance as designed 'to help one another mutually in favor of common values, of a culture of life, of the dignity of the person, of solidarity and social justice, of peace and the safeguarding of creation'."
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