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Review of Book: Rome and the Eastern Churches

This book is a thoroughly well-documented historical account of the relationship of the Eastern Churches to the Church of Rome. Taking as his starting point the Council of Nicaea, the author guides us with great skill through the maze of history, giving us a wealth of information, first about the Non-Chalcedonian groups of churches and then the greater part of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Byzantine and Slav traditions, in their relations with Rome and the Latin West. His intention is that we in the West should know more of that history as we face the future in the wake of Vatican II. The author states his intention as a response to the crisis in the West, and the possible disintegration of the Apostolic Tradition itself. he sees an urgent need to share in the riches of Eastern Church life. This is expressed both in the Foreword and at the end of the book. Since the book is an account of great historical detail, it is impossible to summarize it in a brief review, but we are encouraged to view the long history of Church relations in the light of the modem Ecumenical movement in order to find out where it is possible to overcome inherited misunderstanding and mistrust. So much of the failure in the past has been due to cultural, linguistic, and political factors no less than to those of doctrine. The various attempts in the past to heal the divisions as well as the events which have led to the divisions are clearly stated in this book. In the opinion of the writer following Pere Congar, the concept of schism as a state of existence extra ecclesiam should be modified to suit modem circumstances. This is argued in the first chapter, and on the basis of the concept of partial schism the door is opened for a fruitful discussion of Church relations. It is pointed out that whenever there have been official discussions between Rome and the East the filioque has been the main doctrinal bone of contention. It is considered that Rome might