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A crucial topic in Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical dialogue is the nature
What the Catholic Church understands about the Eucharist
For all who wish to develop a eucharistic understanding of the Church and its application to issues of current debate.
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Many Christians struggle to balance the religious and secular elements of Christmas, but the history of the feast shows that this is nothing new. The religious Christmas has changed over the centuries and, contrary to many critics, is thriving today. This brief, accessible account will explain that: The first Christians did not celebrate Christmas at al. The earliest mention of the feast occurs in the fourth century. In the Middle Ages Christmas moved into northern Europe where it became a major winter festival, competing with the pagan Yule. During the sixteenth century some Christians objected to Christmas because they claimed it had no biblical foundation. In England and New England the P...
'Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled?' In this wide-ranging study, the distinguished Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, seeks to answer that question. In his celebrated book, Being as Communion (1985), he emphasised the importance of communion for life and for unity. In this important companion volume he now explores the complementary fact that communion is the basis for true otherness and identity. With a constant awareness of the deepest existential questions of today, Metropolitan John probes the Christian tradition and highlights the existential concerns that already underlay the writings of the Greek fathers and the definitions of the early ...
"For the first time, Henri de Lubac (Roman Catholic) and John Zizioulas (Greek Orthodox), two of the most important theologians of modern times, are here brought together. In a rare spirit of true collaboration, they are seen as partners in a single theological enterprise." "De Lubac's insight that "the Eucharist makes the Church" and that the nature of the church is communion is, for both men, the means of a return to the Fathers of the undivided Church of the first millennium, and the key to an ecclesiology which overcomes the exaggerated individualism of modern times. It is shown that the exciting Eastern theologian from a younger generation can take up the baton from the pioneering Weste...
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"For all who wish to develop a eucharistic understanding of the Church and its application to issues of current debate."--Bloomsbury Publishing.