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THE MESSENGER
CONTENTS
Issue Number 2, May 2007
Editorial
by Bishop Basil of Amphipolis
George Theokritoff
The Cosmology of the Eucharist
....in a statement that focuses on the work of God in the Eucharist, St Irenaeus summarizes the essence of the Cosmology of the Eucharist in a seemingly simple, yet profound statement. What I propose to do here is to approach it from a different perspective, drawing on what we know of the workings of the Cosmos. ....
Dr Mary Cunningham
Preaching and Emotion: Yesterday and Today
Emotion, or pathos, represents an essential element in Christian homiletics, just as it did in the pagan rhetorical tradition.... Christian preachers recognized this aspect of rhetoric too, and from the earliest period employed various techniques to arouse passion in their congregations....
Archbishop Gabriel of Comana
The Church is One: a Vision for the Future of the Archdiocese
The following extracts are from the Report given by Archbishop Gabriel of Comana at the Ordinary General Assembly of the Archdiocese in Paris ...... these passages express Archbishop Gabriel’s vision of the essential reality of the Church, and how that relates to the future of the Archdiocese.
Father Jaroslaw Buciora
Behind the Curtain of Moscow Patriarchate Ideology:
a Ukrainian Analysis of the Concept
of ‘Canonical Territory’
Many of the tensions found today in the Orthodox Church worldwide are reflected in the inability to achieve an agreed position on the role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate among the fourteen other ‘autocephalous’ Orthodox Churches. The divide is between those who believe that the Ecumenical Patriarch is not only ‘first among equals’ but has an important pastoral role in achieving Orthodox unity throughout the world, and those who believe that his traditional role has to be reassessed.....One area of particular tension is Ukraine, which has had a particularly troubled history. In the article that follows a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada presents his analysis of the position taken by the Patriarchate of Moscow with regard to the question of ‘canonical territory’. The article reflects the strong feelings that such a topic can arouse.
News
Paris: The Diocese of Korsun wishes to leave the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops // Athens: Accord reached over the dioceses of Northern Greece // Ukraine: Colloquium in Kiev // Athens: The Church of Greece reaffirms its support for the form of organisation of the ‘diaspora’ adopted at Chambésy
Book Review
John D. Zizioulas, Communion & Otherness, reviewed by Augustine Casiday, University of Wales, Lampeter
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