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Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad: A Great Council of the Church - When and Why The purpose of publishing the papers presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of Orthodox Christian Laity is to improve "lay and clergy literacy" on the conference topic of "The Need for a Great and Holy Council." The papers are presented with the hope that the information will motivate the faithful to participate in the conciliar decision-making process that moves the Church forward on the issue of developing the council or another appropriate meeting. The forces, factors, and history that inhibit calling a council are presented in these papers. The hope of what can be accomplished when brothers work in synergy with each other and the Holy Spirit is also evident. The renewal of Orthodox Christianity and the renewal of its witness in the contemporary world of global religious pluralism depend on such a meeting. The calling of a council free of worldly, political, power, turf, ego and ethnic considerations will renew the "Living Tradition" of Orthodoxy, which is its Apostolic calling. The world is looking for this "Living Tradition," which cannot be well-expressed by a fragmented Orthodox Church. A

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Author

George E. Matsoukas

Publisher

iUniverse, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781440128486

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion