دانلود کتاب Orthodoxy and Ecumenism; Towards an Active Metanoia

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Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Orthodox journey after the Schism
The constant fight for survival
Internal disagreements
Nationalism
Ecumenism: A very brief historical outline
The Edinburgh World Missionary Conference
Faith and Order
Life and Work
The Orthodox initiative
The Anglican ‘Appeal to All Christian People’
The World Council of Churches
Roman-Catholic participation in the ecumenical movement
The Special Commission on Orthodox Participation within the WCC
Chapter 1 Orthodoxy and the Orthodox
Orthodox/Orthodoxy: Historical appearance and development of the term
The Orthodox: Non-Orthodox antinomy
Orthodoxy as exclusive unity
Orthodoxy as sacramental/Eucharistic communion
The Orthodox Church as inheritor and continuator of tradition
Orthodoxy as a ‘breathing’ tradition
Chapter 2 A fresh theological vision of ecumenism
Reflections on the beginnings of the ecumenical movement
Ecumenism as quest for unity
Ecumenism as a spiritual state
Ecumenism as theology and action
Ecumenism as return to the one Church
Ecumenism as a permanent calling to all theology and as an ongoing process
Ecumenism as participatory endeavour, theological and spiritual process
Ecumenism and (pre-) methodology
Chapter 3 Problems faced by Orthodoxy vis-à-vis ecumenism
The predicament
The simple rationale
The Orthodox Church is the one true Church
There can be only one true Church of Christ: churches that are not Orthodox are outside the one true Church.
Reunion of Christians would mean re-joining the one true Church
Anti-ecumenical positions from the Orthodox
The Protestant ethos, the ‘parallel’ ecclesiology, the ‘dilution’ and ‘double-thought’ of Orthodox ecclesiological understanding
Radical positions
Non-Orthodox errors: The Thyateira Confession
Loss and neglect of the Holy Tradition
Interruption of apostolic continuation
Denying honour to saints
The purely scholarly interpretation of the Bible
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
Chapter 4 Negotiating Orthodox discomfort towards ecumenism
‘Basic Principles of Attitude to the Non-Orthodox’
The Orthodox Church is the Church
Unity as reconstitution of the One Church
Inside/outside the Church
Orthodoxy as matrix for unity
Revisiting the themes so far
The Orthodox mission for humanity
Chapter 5 A new Orthodox paradigm for approaching ecumenism
Four essential themes
1. Journeying together. The ongoing engagement
2. Unity as core of Christian life and identity
3. Ecumenism as spiritual enterprise
4. Ecumenism as a koinonia of diversities
Journeying together: The ongoing engagement
Unity as core of Christian life and identity
Ecumenism as spiritual enterprise
Ecumenism as a koinonia of diversities
Chapter 6 The consubstantial humanity
Reflections on the paradigms that inform a new ecumenical vision
The consubstantial humanity
Conclusion
The study
Orthodoxy and the Orthodox
Ecumenism
Orthodoxy and ecumenism
New paradigms
The thesis
Possible directions
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Other Sources
Index