Ku ekumenii realistycznej
Toward Realistic Ecumenism

Looking for the Causes of Difficulties in the Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the essential causes of the difficulties in the theological dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in the world. The topic has been dealt upon in four parts. First, the author is drawing the reader’s attention to the fact that the awareness of the disunion differs in these two Churches. Next, the author is making a general presentation of selected aspects of the “dialogue of love” and the “dialogue of truth” between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In Part 3, the author is discussing the circumstances of the beginnings of the theological dialogue between them. At the end, he is referring to the key ecclesiological problems which appeared in the course of the dialogue such as accepting the ecclesial status of the dialogue partner, understanding the category of “Sister Churches”, and attitude to the issue of “Uniatism”. Finally, the author states that the theological Catholic-Orthodox dialogue is a difficult one. However, the existing difficulties in the dialogue do not have to lead to discouragement, but – quite the contrary – they may become an incentive to deepen and invigorate the theological dialogue the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

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