Decree of Union with the Greeks
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The Decree of Union with the Greeks was a 1439 ecclesiastical agreement issued at the Council of Florence that temporarily reconciled doctrinal differences and proclaimed reunion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Council of Florence decree
→
church document → ecclesiastical decree → union decree → |
| addresses |
Filioque controversy
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authority of the pope over the universal Church → doctrinal differences between Latin and Greek Churches → papal primacy → purgatory doctrine → use of leavened and unleavened bread in the Eucharist → |
| aim | reunion of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches → |
| alternateName |
Decretum Unionis Graecorum
NERFINISHED
→
Laetentur Caeli NERFINISHED → |
| approvedBy | Pope Eugene IV NERFINISHED → |
| concerns |
ecclesiology
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sacramental theology → soteriology → |
| council | Council of Florence NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfIssue | Republic of Florence NERFINISHED → |
| date | 1439 → |
| declares |
acceptance of Latin teaching on purgatory by Greek signatories
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compatibility of Latin and Greek formulations of the procession of the Holy Spirit → doctrinal agreement between Latin and Greek delegations → recognition of papal primacy by Greek signatories → |
| effect | temporary canonical union on paper between Latin and Greek Churches → |
| genre | dogmatic decree → |
| historicalContext | Byzantine Empire’s search for Western aid against the Ottoman Turks → |
| historicalPeriod | late Middle Ages → |
| influencedBy | political and military pressure from the Ottoman advance → |
| issuedBy | Pope Eugene IV NERFINISHED → |
| language |
Greek
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Latin → |
| laterStatus |
rejected by most of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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union not effectively implemented in the East → |
| opposedBy |
Mark of Ephesus
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many clergy and laity in the Byzantine Empire → |
| partOf | acts of the Council of Florence NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfIssue | Florence NERFINISHED → |
| promulgatedAt | Council of Florence NERFINISHED → |
| result | formal proclamation of union between the Roman Church and the Byzantine Church → |
| signedBy |
Emperor John VIII Palaiologos
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Greek bishops → Latin bishops → Mark of Ephesus (refused to sign) NERFINISHED → Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople NERFINISHED → |
| subject | union of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches → |
| theologicalTradition | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED → |
| titleOrigin | opening Latin words "Laetentur caeli" NERFINISHED → |
| year | 1439 → |
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