Constantinopolis wrote:Tarsonis Survivors wrote:It's a fair question as to whether or not the Papacy must be installed in Rome, but until our churches reconcile the point is moot.
However, Francis and many Latin theologians have acknowledged and confessed a willingness to negotiate on just how the Papacy would affect the eastern churches should we unify.
Frankly my biggest concern would be how to organize missionary work. Historically, all new converts to the Catholic Church have been converted into the Latin Rite. That would have to change - radically.
As long as the Latin Rite is treated as the "default rite", Rome's claim to treat all ancient traditions equally is a joke.
Well, technically, that's not entirely true. It happens that historical missionary efforts outside of Christian areas have always been funded by latin rulers- especially spanish and portuguese monarchs- but eastern european and middle eastern missionaries have often converted to the eastern rites rather than the latin.