Boldişor, Adrian (2018) Reflections on the Mission of the Orthodox Church After the Holy and Great Council of Crete. Inter-Christian and Inter-Religious Perspectives. Orthodox Theology in Dialogue (4). pp. 118-154. ISSN 2668-5353
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The Orthodox Church has been given the fullest of truth by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, truth honoured and valued in the communion of the Saints. For men, to grasp divine truth is a progressive process part of a permanent development. Each and every person walks along this path together with other people, without being the same as the others. Every person is offered and understands truth according to their own religious experience and skills to understand. Ultimate truth exists and it has been revealed completely, but the way in which it is grasped varies from one person to another. “This is not a narrowly doctrinal vision of theological truth. However, it is an essentially spiritual vision for worldly reality, one that removes arrogance from authority and opens new ways of approaching believers of other religions. It presupposes magnanimity and charity, faith and hope, tolerance and reconciliation. It opposes forceful conversion and conflict, imposition and intolerance, aggression and violence”. This approach prevents us from assigning to God intentions and plans which are exclusively ours. Thus, whenever we have a dialogue with those of different beliefs and ideologies, we must always start from God’s sacrificial love for all men.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Orthodox Mission, The Holy and Great Council of Crete |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Evangelism/Proclamation of Gospel D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Central Europe Central Europe > Romania |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2021 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2021 12:43 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2411 |
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