Flesh of Our Brethren

In the 19th century the Syrian Orthodox Church provided bishops for discontented Anglo-Catholics in Britain Portuguese Catholics in Ceylon and Old Catholics in America. In 1933 it responded to a crisis among the Byzantine Orthodox in Hungary by consecrating a bishop for these congregations too. Although now a Metropolitan of the Coptic Orthodox Church Abba Seraphim believes that there are certain parallels which may be construed to aid a more generous evaluation of these bishops and his detailed documentation the fruit of 40 years research provides the basis for such a re-assessment.