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Witness to the world / John Meyendorff.
LIBRA BX324 .M49 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--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
- Christian union--Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Christian union.
- Church and social problems--Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Church and social problems.
- Christianity and politics.
- Mission of the church.
- Church and state--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
- Church and state.
- History.
- Soviet Union--Church history--1917-.
- Soviet Union.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1987.
- Contents:
- Section I Ecumenism and Social Issues
- Orthodoxy and Ecumenism 13
- Let Us Be Serious in Religious Matters 19
- Ecumenism Today 21
- Orthodoxy and the Ecumenical Challenge 23
- The Ecumenical Dilemma 25
- The Problem of Ecumenical Bureaucracies 27
- The Uppsala Assembly: The Orthodox Response 30
- WCC Central Committee Meets in Jamaica 32
- The Vancouver Assembly: A Preliminary Evaluation 35
- An Ecumenical Advance? 38
- On "Secular" Christianity 40
- Ecumenism
- a Heresy? 42
- True and False Ecumenism 45
- Oriental Prelates Visit America 48
- Orthodox and Anglicans 50
- Anglican-Orthodox Relations: The End of An Era? 52
- Ordination of Women? 54
- Roman Council Ends 59
- Crisis in Roman Catholicism 62
- Patriarch and Pope 65
- Pope John Paul II: Clearing the Issues 69
- The Way to Christian Unity 71
- The Pope Speaks 73
- Rome and Orthodoxy: Where Do We Go from Here? 76
- Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue 78
- Is the Dialogue with Rome Really Beginning? 81
- "Normalization" in Poland 84
- Orthodox and Roman Catholics in Poland 86
- On Politics and Religion 88
- Peace and Disarmament 91
- Greece and Cyprus 93
- Greece Turns a Page 95
- Violence 97
- Church vs. Politics: The Moment of Truth 99
- Do Christians Have a Political Responsibility 101
- Honesty in Politics 103
- The New President 105
- The Church and Politics 107
- Revival of Ethnicity 110
- Freedom of Faith 112
- Human Rights 114
- Moral Issues 116
- Abortion: How to Fight for Human Life? 118
- In Defense of Life 120
- The Power of Law 122
- The Supreme Court and Abortion 124
- Abortion 126
- Pacifism vs. Responsibility 128
- The Church and Politics 130
- The Church and Social Issues 132
- 1984 135
- Is All This Our Concern? 137
- Creation vs. Evolution 139
- Faith, Science and the Future 141
- "Evangelical" Christianity and the Orthodox Church 143
- Section II Education and Mission
- Education: A Major Priority 147
- Why Theology? 149
- The Task of Theology 151
- A Time for Reflection 153
- Theological Education and Church Growth 156
- Knowledge of Orthodoxy 158
- A Sign of Orthodox Maturity 161
- Seminary Month 163
- Orthodox Theologians Meet 165
- Our Future Priests 168
- Pascha: Victory of Life 170
- Ethics of the Resurrection 172
- Responsibilities of Freedom 174
- Mission and Ecumenism 176
- Many Ministries, One Mission 179
- The Church's Mission 181
- On the Mission of the Church 184
- Mission to America 186
- True Mission 188
- What Mission Implies 190
- The Danger of Amnesia 192
- Repentance 194
- Monastic Revival 196
- Father Herman 198
- American Bishops 200
- Welcome: Orthodox Press! 202
- Mission 204
- Orthodox Christianity in the Middle East: Will It Survive? 205
- Christians in Egypt 207
- Arab Christianity 209
- The Orthodox Church and the Western World 211
- Section III Russia: The Legacy of Suffering
- The Legacy of Patriarch Tikhon 217
- Clergy, Laity, the Church and the World 221
- Christ in Russia 223
- 1917-1967 225
- The Legacies of 1917 227
- Humiliated Church 229
- Battle of the Spirit 232
- Russian Paradoxes 234
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Government and the Russian Church 236
- Solzhenitsyn and the Russian Church 239
- Again on the Moscow Patriarchate and Solzhenitsyn 241
- Orthodox Leaders Humiliated 244
- Freedom and Truth 247
- The Witness of Truth 249
- The Case of Fr Dmitri Dudko 251
- Persecuted Christians 253
- An Important Statement 255
- Russian Christians Ask fotr Support 258
- The Visit of the Russian Churchmen 261.
- ISBN:
- 0881410691
- 0881410705
- OCLC:
- 16649186
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