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1438
 
     
The Byzantine emperor John Palaeologus and the Patriarch of Constantinope, Joasaph, arrive in Ferrara to attend a council of the Roman Catholic church        
1439
 
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Florence acquires first-hand experience of Greek culture when Greek Orthodox priests join in a debate on theology, in particular the question of Filioque        
1439
 
     
The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council moves from Ferrara, because of the danger of plague, and sets up in Florence        
c. 1475
 
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With Constantinople in Turkish hands, Moscow begins to see itself as the centre of Orthodox Christianity - or the third Rome      
1964
 
    
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras meet in Jerusalem, in the first such meeting since 1438       
1964
 
   
The Second Vatican Council issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy and apostolic origins of many of the beliefs and practices of the Greek Orthodox church      
1965
 
    
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras preside over simultaneous ceremonies, in Rome and Istanbul, revoking the mutual excommunications of 1054       
1967
 
    
Pope Paul VI visits the Patriarch Athenagoras in Istanbul, shocking some Catholics that this visit has preceded one by the Patriarch to Rome       
1967
 
    
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras issue a joint declaration, emphasizing mutual respect for each other's traditions       
1978
 
  
A Catholic-Orthodox joint commission acknowledges the long-term aim of re-establishing full communion between the two churches