Name: The Catholic Church and Its Orthodox Sister Churches Twenty-Five Years After Balamand
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Author: De Mey, P. ; Skira, J. Z. ; Teule, H. G. B.
ISBN: 9789042949386

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The Catholic Church and Its Orthodox Sister Churches Twenty-Five Years After Balamand

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Physical Book

Publisher

Peeters

Author

De Mey, P. ; Skira, J. Z. ; Teule, H. G. B.

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Weight

5.44 kg.

ISBN13

9789042949386

Synopsis "The Catholic Church and Its Orthodox Sister Churches Twenty-Five Years After Balamand"

In 1993 the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church promulgated what became known as the Balamand Document, "Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past and the Present Search for Full Communion". While the first agreed statements of that ecumenical dialogue aroused great enthusiasm and hope for Catholic-Orthodox unity, the Balamand documented interjected a period of instability in Catholic-Orthodox relations that has persisted to this day. These sixteen essays by Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic and independent scholars bring together studies on the quarter century since the Balamand document was first proclaimed. The first section of this book presents the historical and theological context of modern Orthodox-Catholic ecumenical dialogue. What is often at stake in movements of reconciliation are the healing of painful memories of the past. The second part of the book examines the reception and, in some cases, non-reception of the Balamand Document in Central and Eastern Europe, while the third section engages the reception of the Balamand Document in the Middle East, with chapters on the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East. The various authors reveal the great diversity that exists in the spiritual, theological, historical and liturgical traditions of the Eastern Catholic Churches, especially in their relations with the Orthodox Churches. The studies also examine differing perspectives on both the benefits and problematics of directly engaging Eastern Catholics in ecumenical dialogue, and the role that they might play in a vision of full communion so that reconciliation and unity have a truly authentic and lasting significance.

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