December 7th 1965: Catholic-Orthodox Joint Declaration
On this day in 1965, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I issued the Catholic-Orthodox Joint Declaration. The Declaration simultaneously revoked the mutual excommunications made by the Holy See and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1054. These excommunications were known as the Great Schism and contributed to the medieval separation of the Eastern and Western Christian churches, the former being Greek and the latter Latin. The Declaration represented an important moment in the reconciliation of the two churches, with both being represented by their respective leaders.
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