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The vision of unity / John Meyendorff.
LIBRA BX324 .M48 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyendorff, John, 1926-1992.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Government.
- Political science.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--United States--History--20th century.
- Christian union--Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Christian union.
- History.
- United States--Church history--20th century.
- United States.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- John Meyendorff, in his own words, "has dedicated most of this life to teaching and to investigating the past of Christianity, studying the ways in which the faith of the Church was confessed throughout the ages by the Fathers of the Church." It was during a more recent period -- from January 1965 to December 1984 -- that he was also editor of a church monthly, The Orthodox Church, in which he published signed editorials reflecting upon the growth and development of Orthodoxy in America. For him, this work was a blessed challenge. Indeed, he was forced to relate the permanent and unchanging faith of the Church to the changing circumstances of our recent history, and to the birth of a new Orthodox Church on the American continent. The editorials reprinted in Vision of Unity ask the question: Can we survive in chaos and disunity? They are presented in two sections: 1. the issue of Orthodox unity in America, and 2. the basic principles of Church structure. Throughout, the Church is revealed as a "conciliar" Church, the Church of all people, clergy and laity, old and young, men and women -- the "Catholic" Church, of all nations and generations.
- Contents:
- I. Steps Towards Unity
- Unity of Orthodoxy 15
- "Mothers" and "Daughters" 17
- Towards One Orthodox Church In America 19
- Towards an American Orthodox Church 21
- The Future of Our Church 23
- The Way to the Future 25
- St Vladimir's: 30 27
- Standing Conference Takes Step 29
- Towards Autocephaly 31
- Too Early or Too Late? 33
- An "American" Church 35
- What Is Autocephaly? 38
- Towards Unity 40
- A New Beginning 42
- Responsibility 44
- Building 46
- Coming of Age 48
- Against Myths 50
- The Real Issue at Last! 54
- The Forgotten Principle 56
- Where Do We Stand? Hope from Constantinople? 59
- The Standing Conference: Past and Future 61
- The Ukrainian Issue 63
- The Church and Ethnicity 66
- Orthodox Unity: Where Do We Stand? 68
- Ethnicity, Americanization and Orthodox Unity 70
- Orthodox America, 1794-1976 72
- Renewed Commitment 74
- Blind Phyletism 76
- A Fifth Step 78
- Orthodoxy and Ethnicity 80
- Canonizations 82
- Why Unity? 85
- Planning Ahead 87
- Voices of Reason in the Greek Church 89
- Let Orthodoxy Come First 92
- What Future? 94
- Orthodoxy, America and the Future 96
- American Autocephaly 1970-1980 98
- A Free Debate on Orthodox Unity 100
- What Kind of "American Church"? 103
- The Rusian Church and America 106
- Why Not Admit It? 108
- II. Debates on Church Order
- Conciliarity 113
- The Eucharist and the Church 115
- Do We Know the Meaning of the Word "Parish"? 117
- The Message of Pentecost 119
- Towards a Great Orthodox Council? 121
- New Moves Towards a Pan-Orthodox Council 124
- The Council: Where and When? 126
- A Welcome Public Debate 128
- Orthodoxy Needs a Center 130
- Needed: The Ecumenical Patriarchate 133
- Orthodox Churches Meet in Switzerland 136
- Church or
- "Diaspora"? 139
- What Is the "Diaspora"? 142
- Syndesmos, a Hope for Orthodoxy 145
- The Privilege of Freedom 147
- Bishops, Clergy and Laity 149
- The New Metropolitan 151
- For Many Years! 153
- Ethnicity 155
- Whose Church? 157
- Responsibility 159
- The Bishop and the Church 161
- Tradition and Traditions 163
- The F.R.O.C. 165
- The Church: One Body 167
- American Responsibility 169
- Parish Property 171
- Common Talk on New Statute 173
- The New Statute 175
- Electing a Bishop 177
- Growing Maturity 179
- Our Privilege 181
- Stewardship 183
- The Church Gathers Together 184
- The All-American Council Meets in Detroit 185
- Growth and Mission 187
- Women in the Church 189
- The Laity Includes Men and Women 191.
- ISBN:
- 0881410683
- OCLC:
- 16683578
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