Vatican City, January 13, 2014 (Zenit.org) | 208 hits Pope Francis has encouraged a Vatican-run organisation aimed at fostering cultural collaboration between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches. The…
Tag: theology
This post contains the strongly worded response from the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the Moscow Patriarchate’s Statement on Primacy in the Universal Church, itself a negative response to the Ravenna Statement of the…
Kirill met with the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, and proposed closer collaboration with the Vatican on the Middle East and traditional values. Moscow (…
“Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence…To eat is still something more than to maintain bodily functions. People may not understand…
SSJC Western Region USA President: Toward Healing Apostolic Church Disunity: Speaking with One Voice
Fr George Morelli writes: My Fall 2013 Society of St. John Chrysostom-Western Region (SSJC-WR) newsletter Light of the East President’s message should be understood in the context of St. Paul’s instruction to…
Some wise and illuminating reflections on making a journey in faith, from Ryan Adams, writing on Patheos: 4 Things That Are Not Reasons I Became an Orthodox Christian
The famous dialogue between the Greek Nicetas and the Latin Anselm in 1136 divided strongly over the papacy, the Filioque and other things, but concluded that (1) these divisive matters did not…
The Eastern Catholic Tradition Today * “The Eastern Greek Catholic Tradition and Heritage” – Wednesday 29 January 2014, 3.00 – 5.00 pm Revd. Dr Robin Gibbons, Research Fellow, Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop…
“The word hell has had a checkered career in the history of the church. And it wasnt hugely important in the early days. It was important, but not nearly as important as…
7 November 2013 Joint release with the Conference of European Churches (CEC) Orthodox and ecumenical scholars presented the Orthodox Handbook on Theological Education and Ecumenism at the World Council of…