scholarly journals Benedict XVI’s Ecumenical Dialogue with the Eastern Orthodox Church

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 187-210
Author(s):  
Józef Warzeszak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Ecumenical Dialogue ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

The author of this article presents Benedict XVI’s ecumenical dialogue with the Eastern Orthodox Church as a whole through the speeches, declarations, and homilies that he delivered to representatives of the Eastern Church. This dialogue is undoubtedly significant. As a pope, Benedict XVI fostered and authoritatively promoted this interchange by initiating meetings, participating in communal prayer, teaching, treating those who he encountered with fraternal friendship and charity, and overcoming various obstacles. The Holy Father emphasized the theological studies that the two Churches share in common, because complete and visible communion cannot exist without unity of faith. As always – and particularly as the theologian and as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – he taught that both Churches could celebrate the Eucharist together only when they are fully united. When would this happen? According to Benedict XVI, such union is a gift from God for which the faithful must pray and toward which they must work by: evangelizing together, mutually resisting ideologies hostile to Christianity and humanity, ensuring peace and justice among Christians and those who follow other religions, and cooperating in charitable care of the poor, the sick, and the needy.

scholarly journals Benedict XVI’s Participation in the Ecumenical Dialogue with the Orthodox Church

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-88
Author(s):  
Józef Warzeszak
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Ecumenical Dialogue ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

The author of this article presents the involvement of Benedict XVI in the ecumenical dialogue with the Eastern Orthodox Church as a whole based on speeches, declarations and homilies delivered to representatives of this Church. Undoubtedly, it is significant. As a pope, he encouraged this dialogue by his authority, fraternal treatment filled with friendship and love, meetings, communal prayer and teaching. He overcame various difficulties and contributing to the progress of this dialogue. He emphasized joint theological research, because without the unity of faith there is no complete and visible unity. As always – as the theologian and as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – he taught that common celebration of the Eucharist could take place only in full unity: when will it happen? It is God’s gift for which we have to pray and work at the same time: to evangelize together, to resist ideologies hostile to Christianity and humanity, to care for peace and justice among Christians and followers of other religions, and to cooperate in charitable work for the poor, the sick and the needy.

Ecumenical Dialogue in Slovakia in the Context of Ecumenism of the Catholic Church

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Andrej Slodička
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Short History ◽  
Ecumenical Dialogue ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Catholic Church

Ecumenical Dialogue in Slovakia in the Context of Ecumenism of the Catholic Church This contribution describes basic moments of ecumenical dialogue. It desribes short history of ecumenical dialogue from the side of Catholic Church. Main scope is to point on the relationships between Catholic Church and Orthodox church. This contribution decribes prognosis of the ecumenical perspectives in Slovakia in the dogmatic field and how looks practical ecumenism in Slovakia and in general also. In common proclamation with Athenian archbishop Christolodoulos, pope Benedict XVI expressed his desire to travel together along the arduous route of a dialogue in truth with a view to re-establish the full communion of faith.

Ideological Attempts to Build a Sustainable Program of Ecodomical Decommunistization in Post-1989 Romania by Promoting the Notion of National Identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Corneliu C. Simuț
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Political System ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
Religious Convictions ◽  
The Way ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

In December 1989, Communism died in Romania—if not as mentality, it surely met its demise as a political system which had dominated almost every aspect of life in the country for over four decades. Thus, at least in theory, an ideological vacuum was created and concrete steps towards filling it with different values and convictions were supposed to be taken as early as possible. The Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church seized the opportunity and initiated a series of measures which eventually created a distinct perception about what culture, ethnicity, and religion were supposed to mean for whoever identified himself as Romanian. This paper investigates these ideological attempts to decontaminate Romania of its former Communist mentalities by resorting to the concept of ecodomy seen as ‘constructive process’ and the way it can be applied to how the Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church dealt with culture, ethnicity, and religion. In the end, it will be demonstrated that while decommunistization was supposed to be constructive and positive, it proved to be so only for the Romanians whose national identity was defined by their adherence to the Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church and its perspective on culture, ethnicity, and religion. For all other Romanian citizens, however, decommunistization was a process of ‘negative ecodomy’ because their cultural ideas, ethnic origin, or religious convictions were perceived as non-Romanian and non-Orthodox. In attempting to reach decommunistization therefore, the Romanian majority still tends to be xenophobic and even anti-Muslim, as plainly demonstrated by the Bucharest mosque scandal which rocked the country in the summer of 2015.

The Eastern Orthodox Church

1965 ◽  
Vol s3-VII (173) ◽  
pp. 321-322
Author(s):  
Bibliothecar Chetham
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church
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