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Ὁ Ἀνάδοχος: A Conductor Guide for the Uninitiated Soul
Ὁ Ἀνάδοχος: A Conductor Guide for the Uninitiated Soul

Author(s): Marta Georgieva
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Middle Ages
Published by: Издателство »Изток-Запад«
Keywords: Ἀνάδοχος; surety; ministry; Baptism; the royal priesthood;

Summary/Abstract: The present text examines the traits of character of the ἀνάδοχος in Dionysius’s On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. Ἀνάδοχος (sponsor, baptismal receiver, surety, and godparent) is the leader of the way to the Hierarch and the mediator between the Church and the unholy person. The sponsor is a reliable conductor in the path to the light. The uninitiated needs surety to participate in religious performance and the initiated undertakes superintendence of his introduction and all of the uninitiated person’s life after the holy birth in God. The baptismal receiver possesses a significant role in the threefold ministry in the first step of the sacred elevation: first – acceptance of responsibility for another’s salvation; second – an unerring conductor by the Divinely-taught directions and the transmitter of the knowledge; third – the first possible attainable achievements according to the measures of perception of unholy sight. The conclusion is that the ἀνάδοχος, a spiritual father with the royal priesthood, is a minister of active love to the other and necessary qualification of Orthodox Christianity.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 45-52
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English