The Church

Baptism and the Reception of Converts

• George Demacopoulos, "Innovation in the Guise of Tradition: Anti-Ecumenist Efforts to Derail the Great and Holy Council" (downloaded from here). "...no Byzantine canonist or apologist ever thought that Latin theological errors, such as the filioque, were so great that they required rebaptism. Neither Balsamon nor Chomatenos (the 12th and 13th-century canonists who were the first to deny the Eucharist to Latins), nor even St. Mark of Ephesus ever suggested that the Latins should be baptized before admission to the Church." In other words, it is a decidedly "innovative" reading of the canons and history to claim that "heterodox" baptism is always invalid.
• Fr. George Dragas, "The Manner of Reception of Roman Catholic Converts into the Orthodox Church, with Special Reference to the Decisions of the Synods of 1484 (Constantinople), 1755 (Constantinople), and 1667 (Moscow)", a paper presented at the Orthodox/Roman Catholic Dialogue (USA) in 1998. An excellent survey of the entire history of the topic.
• John H. Erickson, "On the Cusp of Modernity: The Canonical Hermeneutic of St Nikodemos the Haghiorite (1748-1809)": St Vladimir"s Theological Quarterly 42-1 (1998), pp. 45-66. Important background on early modern Orthodox-Roman Catholic relations, including the following:
• John H. Erickson, "The Reception of Non-Orthodox into the Orthodox Church: Contemporary Practice": St Vladimir"s Theological Quarterly 41 (1997) pp. 1-17.