The Metropolitan of Pergamon Ioannis Zizioulas [the theologian John Zizioulas] has raised alarm bells about divisions between the Orthodox Churches. Some have reduced Christian unity to an alliance between religious hierarchies formed in…
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We are most grateful to a friend of the Society’s for translating this important and closely reasoned answer to the Moscow Statement in favour of the present efforts of the Joint International…
Following on from the last post on Filioque, featuring Modestinus’ thoughts on what needs to change between East and West, and Adam De Ville’s 9-point programme for rapprochement on both sides, here…
There has been a constructive conversation on the blog Modestinus about the Filioque clause that appears in the Nicene Creed in the Latin rite – “I believe in the Holy Spirit ….…
Rome, January 31, 2014 (Zenit.org) This will be a crucial year for ecumenism, particularly concerning Catholic-Orthodox relations, the head of the Vatican’s Christian Unity council has said. In an interview with charity…
Dr Adam A J De Ville writes: Nearly three years ago now, I published a book on Orthodoxy and papal primacy and, at risk of being immodest, have since felt more and…
Our friend Dr Adam De Ville writing in CWR for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, asks, “What Needs to Change for East-West Unity to Happen?” Read online here: Roman Rights…
The view from an Orthodox priest: In my previous post, I mentioned some of the internal problems besetting the Orthodox Church, causing dysfunction (which I termed “implosion”). I noted how it affects…
There are many reasons to be hopeful about the direction of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue but it is threatened by tensions emerging within the Orthodox Church. As the Week of Prayer for Christian…
There are many reasons to be hopeful about the direction of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue but it is threatened by tensions emerging within the Orthodox Church. As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…