Decree of Union with the Greeks

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The Decree of Union with the Greeks was a 1439 ecclesiastical agreement issued at the Council of Florence that temporarily reconciled doctrinal differences and proclaimed reunion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Florence decree ⓘ
church document ⓘ
ecclesiastical decree ⓘ
union decree ⓘ
addresses Filioque controversy ⓘ
authority of the pope over the universal Church ⓘ
doctrinal differences between Latin and Greek Churches ⓘ
papal primacy ⓘ
purgatory doctrine ⓘ
use of leavened and unleavened bread in the Eucharist ⓘ
aim reunion of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
alternateName Decretum Unionis Graecorum ⓘ
Laetentur Caeli ⓘ
approvedBy Pope Eugene IV ⓘ
concerns ecclesiology ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ
council Council of Florence ⓘ
countryOfIssue Republic of Florence ⓘ
date 1439 ⓘ
declares acceptance of Latin teaching on purgatory by Greek signatories ⓘ
compatibility of Latin and Greek formulations of the procession of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
doctrinal agreement between Latin and Greek delegations ⓘ
recognition of papal primacy by Greek signatories ⓘ
effect temporary canonical union on paper between Latin and Greek Churches ⓘ
genre dogmatic decree ⓘ
historicalContext Byzantine Empire’s search for Western aid against the Ottoman Turks ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
influencedBy political and military pressure from the Ottoman advance ⓘ
issuedBy Pope Eugene IV ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
laterStatus rejected by most of the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
union not effectively implemented in the East ⓘ
opposedBy Mark of Ephesus ⓘ
many clergy and laity in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
partOf acts of the Council of Florence ⓘ
linked to: Council of Florence
placeOfIssue Florence ⓘ
promulgatedAt Council of Florence ⓘ
result formal proclamation of union between the Roman Church and the Byzantine Church ⓘ
signedBy Emperor John VIII Palaiologos ⓘ
Greek bishops ⓘ
Latin bishops ⓘ
Mark of Ephesus (refused to sign) ⓘ
linked to: Mark of Ephesus

Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople ⓘ
subject union of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
theologicalTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
titleOrigin opening Latin words "Laetentur caeli" ⓘ
linked to: Laetentur Caeli
year 1439 ⓘ

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Council of Florence → producedDocument → Decree of Union with the Greeks ⓘ
Decree of Union with the Greeks → alternateName → Decretum Unionis Graecorum ⓘ
linked to: Decree of Union with the Greeks
Decree of Union with the Chaldeans and Maronites → relatedTo → Decree of Union with the Greeks ⓘ
Pope Eugene IV → signedDecree → Decree of Union with the Greeks (Laetentur Caeli) ⓘ
subject linked to: Gabriele Condulmer
linked to: Decree of Union with the Greeks