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| - (If either of the other two parties has a counter-offer, list the terms you've changed and post them here. I don't expect this to be a purely take-it-or-leave-it discussion, and am willing to talk it over.) TankOfMidgets (talk) 22:22, February 20, 2014 (UTC) The thing about priest marriage is redundant as orthodox non-monastic priests are unofficialy expected to be married before ordination-Lx (leave me a message)File:Azarath Flag.png 22:33, February 20, 2014 (UTC)
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| - (If either of the other two parties has a counter-offer, list the terms you've changed and post them here. I don't expect this to be a purely take-it-or-leave-it discussion, and am willing to talk it over.) TankOfMidgets (talk) 22:22, February 20, 2014 (UTC) The thing about priest marriage is redundant as orthodox non-monastic priests are unofficialy expected to be married before ordination-Lx (leave me a message)File:Azarath Flag.png 22:33, February 20, 2014 (UTC) The only thing the Romans question is the merging of the Armenian and Georgian churches into one, and as such would like to hear the rational behind such a decision. "This is not your grave but you are welcome in it." 03:10, February 21, 2014 (UTC) The Georgian Patriarch understands the hesitance of the Romans in approving such a shift in Church structure: the merging of two Patriarchates into one is not a decision to be undertaken lightly, as too much accumulation of power in a single body could enable another Bishop of Rome to overstep his authority and attempt to dictate policy for the entire Church. Indeed, the Georgian Church is willing to accept advisors from the Patriarch of Constantinople in order to ensure the purity of Christian doctrine in the newly-united Church. In this case, however, the Georgian Church respectfully notes that the proposed merger merely returns the Orthodox Church in the Caucasian region to its status quo prior to the departure of the Armenian Church from the greater Orthodox community in the mid-6th century. Prior to the Armenian Church's departure from the greater Orthodox community, the Georgian and Armenian Churches typically convened joint congregations of both churches to discuss responses to doctrinal questions and to coordinate evangelization efforts in the then-pagan Caucasus. As the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia formed the boundary between the Christian Roman world and the pagan Scythians, this joint administrative arrangement enabled the two Churches to more effectively respond to challenges from other faiths such as the Zoroastrianism of the Persians. Though this alliance came unglued at the Third Council of Dvin, in which the Georgian and Armenian Churches fell out over the merits of the Chalcedonian position on the nature of Christ, it nonetheless solidified this portion of the Roman frontier until the rise of Islam in the 7th and 8th centuries. The present situation in the Caucasus mirrors the ancient one: once more, the Christian world is beset by foes on all sides, and needs a unified religious response to resist the invaders. Given the historic ties between the Georgian and Armenian Churches, the Catholicos Shio II believes the combination of these two Churches into a single body offers the best chance of ensuring the continued growth of the true Christian church in the Caucasus. If successful, this initiative would also open the path to the reconciliation of the so-called Coptic Churches of Alexandria and the East with Constantinople - a prospect, we imagine, that should greatly please both the Patriarch and the Emperor of the Romans. TankOfMidgets (talk) 19:57, February 21, 2014 (UTC)
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