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xxxvi Introductory Essay.
This coincides with an impression which some
of us have entertained, that the restoration of
union might be more easy with the Gra3co-
Russian Church, because we have only to
satisfy each other as to our orthodoxy ; while,
in other respects, each might live according to
its own traditions.
Nor are these mere vague o declarations of
kindness, destined to melt away jipon nearer
acquaintance with each other. The learned
and very thoughtful Metropolitan of Chios,
Gregory of Byzantium (already known for his
well-considered plan for the Re-union of the
Armenian Church), in a letter which he has
allowed to be published in Greek and Eng
lish,* while reserving details for hereafter,
lays down the broad principle, that our agree
ment in the authoritative rule of faith must
in time,
"
according to logical necessity and
consequence," insure
the rest. And this
our agreement as to
agreement of
principle
he finds
herein, that both the Greek and
English Church "
accept as the supreme and
infallible criterion of Christian truth the
Word of GOD, that is, the Holy Scripture,
interpreted, hosvever, by sacred tradition as
embodied in the
writings of the Godlywise
Fathers of
every place and time (which
is the expression of the Catholic mind of
* Paper iv. of Eastern Cliurch Assoc., p. 10.