This article considers how the Holy and Great Council of the
Orthodox Church faced challenges such as how the gospel relates to a
pluralistic society; the Christian message in a society marked by religious
pluralism, ethnic diversity, and cultural relativism; whether Christians
encountering today's pluralist society should concentrate on evangelism or on
dialogue; and on how conciliarity relates to the unity of the church. The
article examines how the council attempted to respond to, or at least reflect on,
these challenges in relation to the theological dialogue of the Orthodox Church
with the other Christian churches and confessions. The bilateral theological
dialogues have also increasingly led to bearing Christian witness, and an
atmosphere of mutual appreciation, friendship, and fellowship has already
become at least a reality. But has this development also led to a deeper mutual
theological understanding? Have the profound differences between the Orthodox
churches and the other churches in bilateral dialogues been clarified
theologically?
The previous
abstract is on the Wiley Online Library published by the Ecumenical Review of
the World Council of Churches, and from the following:
The Holy and
Great Council of the Orthodox Church: An Assessment
Orthodoxy
in Unity and in Conciliarity
Challenges
Faced by the Holy and Great Council in a Pluralistic World
Metropolitan
Gennadios of Sassima
First
published: 09 August 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12523
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full text at the following link:
Orthodoxy in Unity and in Conciliarity - Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima - 2020 - The Ecumenical Review - Wiley Online Library
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