PRIMACY AND SYONODALITY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH – PATTERNS OF A COMPLEX CONTEMPORARY PROBLEM Cover Image

PRIMACY AND SYONODALITY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH – PATTERNS OF A COMPLEX CONTEMPORARY PROBLEM
PRIMACY AND SYONODALITY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH – PATTERNS OF A COMPLEX CONTEMPORARY PROBLEM

Author(s): Iuliu-Marius Morariu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Editura Academica Brancusi
Keywords: primacy; synodality; pan-orthodox council of Crete; John Myendorff; communion;

Summary/Abstract: DUE TO THE RELEVANCE OF THE TWO TOPICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL SPACE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO FOCUS THERE ON THE WAY HOW THEY CAN BE USED IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECCLESIOLOGY AND ON THEIR RELEVANCE FOR THE ECUMENICAL FIELD. LITERATURE LIKE THE ONE PROVIDED BY DIFFERENT MIXT CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX COMMISSIONS OF DIALOGUE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ATTENTION TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SCHOLARS FROM SPACES LIKE THE ORTHODOX, PROTESTANT OR CATHOLIC ONE. IN THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TRIED THERE TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON DIFFERENT ECCLESIOLOGICAL ASPECTS NECESSARY BOTH FOR THE SELF-UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHURCH AND FOR THE WAY HOW THIS ASPECT CAN BE VALORIZED IN THE ECUMENICAL DISCOURSE.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 163-168
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English