To Be The Church
by Julie Williams My vision of the Church has been derived from many sources and people, not least the experience of living... Read More
THE HERESY OF RACISM
Want to add a useful word to your vocabulary? The term etho-phyletism (meaning love of the race, tribe or ethnically-defined nation) was... Read More
The Given and the Unknown
by Sergei Chapnin / Nezavisimaia gazeta, 18 March 1998 "The question of the participation of the church in the ecumenical movement remains... Read More
Fr Vassily Kobahidze Interview
From the Bulletin of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, Moscow Patriarchate, 1 August 1997: Turmoil in the Georgian Orthodox... Read More
Toronto Statement
Highlights from the Toronto Statement received by the World Council of Churches' Central Committee in Toronto, 1950 1) The World Council of... Read More
Persecution of Christians Worldwide
A brief overview of some of the worst offenders and what you can do about it by Reader Daniel Lieuwen More Christians... Read More
The Orthodox Church and Peace
Some Reflections By Olivier Clément The spiritual and eschatological meaning that Scripture and Christ Himself give to the word "peace" characterizes the... Read More
The Teaching on Peace in the Fathers
By Fr. Stanley S. Harakas The following essay will appear as chapter 6 of Fr. Stanley Harakas' forthcoming book, Wholeness of Faith... Read More
I. Basic theological provisions
I. 1. The Church is the assembly of believers in Christ, which He Himself calls every one to join. In her "all... Read More