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I am not sure but i bealive that all modern Patriarchs alreadz were bishops before election. I am sure for His holiness Pavle of Serbia and His holiness Alexiy of Russia. This was not problem in chalcedonian churches for more than 1000 years. I did not know that this is problem in Non-Chalcedonian Churches.
--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 01:53, April 18, 2007 (PDT)
:Yes, what you are saying is correct, and the article already states it as a counter-argument: "However, there are also modern day examples from other Churches of patriarchs who were previously bishops before their election as patriarchs, e.g., [[Theophilus_III_%28Giannopoulos%29_of_Jerusalem|[1]]], [[Bartholomew_I_%28Archontonis%29_of_Constantinople|[2]]]."
:However, in the Coptic Orthodox Church this is still considered canonical (against Nicea Canon 15).
:So both sides of the arguments are presented in the current version of the article.
:--Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 08:53, April 18, 2007 (PDT)
