Elias Zoghby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop
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Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
About Elias Zoghby
- Elias Zoghby (January 9, 1912 – January 16, 2008) was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Baalbek and a leading advocate of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenism.
- He is best known for his ecumenical interventions during Vatican II and his 1995 Profession of Faith, known as the Zoghby Initiative, which attempted to re-establish communion between the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church while maintaining communion with the Roman Catholic Church.Zoghby's views on topics such as Catholic–Orthodox "double communion" and dissolution of marriage were controversial.
- Critics labeled him the enfant terrible of his church, while supporters lauded him as an energetic visionary who sought to re-unite the Eastern Churches.
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