On Ecclesiology: Vatican II and Neo-Papalism in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Peter Heers discusses the impact of the papacy on Orthodox ecclesiology, contrasting Orthodox beliefs with Papal and Protestant traditions. The podcast explores the challenges of fitting divine elements into human logic, Vatican II's implications on the Catholic Church's views of the Orthodox Church, and differences in beliefs regarding apostolic succession and the Eucharist. Topics also include the significance of the Eucharist in ecclesiology, Apostolic succession in the Orthodox Church, differences in views on the papacy between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and critiques of ecclesiological views and challenges to authority in the Church.