Despite real progress in ecumenical relations between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians, recent years have seen a resurgence of bitter attacks on papal supremacy and infallibility. In this newly revised and expanded work, James Likoudis treats Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology in detail and replies to objections raised against critical elements of Roman primacy.
Likoudis employs his signature device of composing letters addressed to 'Euthymios,' a pseudonym representing the many Eastern Orthodox polemicists with whom he corresponded over seven decades. The result is a personal, engaged, and theologically rigorous account of what divides East and West — and what might yet unite them.
Philip Blosser has written: "Likoudis is ever courteous but never compromising. I cannot imagine a better introduction to the issues that continue to divide East and West or, conversely, point the way to reconciliation."
"Likoudis is ever courteous but never compromising. I cannot imagine a better introduction to the issues that continue to divide East and West."
Philip Blosser, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Sacred Heart Major Seminary