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==Primacy in Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue==
A joint commission of Orthodox and Catholic theologians agreed that the Pope has primacy over all bishops, though disagreements about the extent of his authority still continue. The Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue reached the agreement in a meeting in Ravenna, Italy last month, according to a document published November 16, in October 2007. [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=12208 Reference]
Papal primacy is often recognized as the greatest single issue dividing the Eastern and Western churches. Fr. John Meyendorff wrote that "The whole ecclesiological debate between East and West is thus reducible to the issue of whether the faith depends on Peter, or Peter on the faith."{{ref|3}} Pope Paul VI said that "the pope…is undoubtedly the most serious obstacle on the path of [[ecumenism]]."{{ref|4}}
