THE DOCUMENTS OF THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL OF 2016 CONCERNING THE INNER LIFE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCUMENTS’ CONTENT
THE DOCUMENTS OF THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL OF 2016 CONCERNING THE INNER LIFE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCUMENTS’ CONTENT
Author(s): Andrzej KuźmaSubject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: The Great and Holy Council; Importance of Fasting; Autonomy; The Orthodox Diaspora; The Sacrament of Marriage.
Summary/Abstract: The present paper examines four Documents of the Great and Holy Council of 2016 concerning the Inner Life of the Orthodox Church: 1) The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today, 2) Autonomy and the Means by Which it is Proclaimed, 3) The Orthodox Diaspora and 4) The Sacrament of Marriage and its Impediments. The author note the significant evolution of certain texts and assumptions that appear in the documents in the process of preparation.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa
- Issue Year: LXII/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 29-38
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English