Facts and Rumors…
A Third Council of Nicea in 2025?
Do Francis & Bartholomew want a new Ecumenical Council?
Rumors are making the rounds in the blogosphere today as AsiaNews.it released a story according to which the Eastern Schismatic (“Orthodox”) Patriarch Bartholomew I revealed that “Pope” Francis and he “agreed to leave as a legacy to ourselves and our successors a gathering in Nicaea in 2025, to celebrate together, after 17 centuries, the first truly ecumenical synod, where the Creed was first promulgated.”
The full story can be read here:
- “Bartholomew: With Francis, we invite all Christians to celebrate the first synod of Nicaea in 2025” (AsiaNews.it)