APOSTLE SIMON IN THE WORKS OF ST. EPHREM AND MOR JACOB OF SARUG
APOSTLE SIMON IN THE WORKS OF ST. EPHREM AND MOR JACOB OF SARUG
Author(s): JACOB TEKEPARAMBILSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: MITROPOLIA OLTENIEI
Keywords: Simon Peter the Apostle; St Ephrem; Jacob of Sarug; Images and Names;
Summary/Abstract: We do not find our authors mentioning or pleading for the pre-eminence of a successor of Simon. This silence from their part, however, should not lead us to hold that Peter's successor has no role to serve the unity of the Church. Both are God's gifts and grace: Simon's preeminence and the apostleship of each of the apostles. In such a context, it would be unjust to hold one and to deny the other. In short we need to wait for Christ's own grace to understand and believe in both gifts given to the Church. God is three and one; it is up to us to accept what He is and what He has given.
Journal: ORTHODOX THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE
- Issue Year: 4/2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 53-72
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English