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The Greek Orthodox Position on the Confession of Cyril Lucaris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

George P. Michaelides
George P. Michaelides
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Schauffler College, Cleveland, Ohio
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A small book appeared in Geneva in 1629 under the title, Confessio Fidei Reverendissimi Domini Cyrilli, Patriarchae Constantinopolitani. French, English, and German translations circulated during the same year. Two years later a Greek edition of the same book turned up in Constantinople under a more elaborate title,—“Eastern Confession of the Christian Faith. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. For the benefit of those asking and inquiring about the faith and the religion of the Greeks, i. e. of the Eastern Church, as to how they think of their Orthodox faith, Cyril, Patriarch of Constantinople, publishes in the name of all the Christians this brief Confession as a testimony to God and to men, in a clear conscience and without any reservations.” Below this were the words, “I, Cyril, Patriarch of Constantinople, wrote it in my own hand. Given in Constantinople, in the month of January, 1631.”

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Church History , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1943 , pp. 118 - 129
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1943

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1 The Confession in both Greek and Latin is found in Kimmel, E. J., Monumenta Fidei Ecclesiae Orientalis.Google Scholar

2 The Acts of the Synods of Constantinople (1638), of Yassy and of Jerusalem are found in Kimmel, op. cit., and in Messoloras, J., SymbolicsGoogle Scholar, Appendix to Vol. I.

3 Acts of the Council of Jerusalem, ch. 2.

4 Ibid., ch. 1.

5 Ibid., ch. 3.

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