Part 2: For anyone interested, there is some discussion of this issue among the Orthodox, but there has never been any real debate about whether the priest acts in persona Ecclesia. The great theologian Paul Evdokimov wrote about the issue in some detail (i.e., priest is not in persona Christi) and most modern Orthodox theologians take his position, but Evdokimov also acknowledged that the priest acts in the "name" of Christ, something I can accept. Rather big difference.

I hope I have cleared up this matter. I am not a "latcher on-er."

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