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296 The True Basis of Re-union.
side in negotiation was compelled to go back to
a period when common principles were held in
common. And temporary concessions, such as
that of the Pope Eugenius, permitting the omis
sion of the
"
in the services common
"
Filioque
to, and attended by both, were absolutely neces
sary to a successful carrying out of the policy
which sincere and earnest men on both sides,
like Doritheus of Mitelene or John the Domi
nican, so greatly desired.
When the precedent is followed, when men
are prepared and plans are ripe, then Ferrara
and Florence must be ever before us. All error
must be cast off and repudiated, and the prin
ciple of strict obedience to the QEcumenic
Councils scrupulously observed. Once more as
Bishops, estranged and alien to each other,
Eastern and Western prelates must gather side
by side, equals with equals, commingling for
the general good, waiving everything which
ecclesiastical necessity or commendable custom
has created, and only jealous for Divine right
and revealed Truth. Then may a blessing be
looked for. Then shall Unity become a reality
and a fact, never to be obscured, never by man
to be lost.