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Laien gestalten Kirche, 2009
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies
Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret's Institute
Studies in Oriental Liturgy, 2019
Heroes - Repräsentationen des Heroischen in Geschichte, Literatur und Alltag, 2018
Labyrinth, 2019
Protestantism and Eastern OrthodoxyThe relations between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy span... more Protestantism and Eastern OrthodoxyThe relations between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy span five centuries and bear upon nu-merous aspects, hence, only some items can be dealt with here. First, I discuss the late-sixteenth-century correspondence between German Lutheran theologians and Patriarch Jeremiah II of Constan-tinople, the Calvinist leanings of Patriarch Cyril Lukaris, and the influx of Protestant missionaries into traditionally Orthodox territory. Second, I outline the rise of a 'counter movement’, i.e. the Ecumeni-cal Movement, and the aim and structure of the World Council of Churches, where Protestantism and Orthodoxy meet, as well as other inter-ecclesiastical organizations and theological dialogues. Third, attention is paid to tension and resistance to ecumenism; ecclesiological differences between Ortho-doxy and Protestantism; and the need for solid ecumenical formation. Fourth, I focus on the key role of worship reform and liturgical theology, inter alia, on...
Ostkirchliche Studien, 2009
Liturgisches Jahrbuch, 1995
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1995
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1997
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1998
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1999
Religion, State and Society, 1998
Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals
In many Eastern Churches, there is tension between the language that is used in worship and the a... more In many Eastern Churches, there is tension between the language that is used in worship and the actual vernacular tongue. This issue has to do with cultural and religious identity, questions of unity and uniformity of ecclesiastical worship, and with the intelligibility of liturgical rites. In this article, firstly, I sketch the current situation in diverse Eastern Churches (Syriac, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian-Eritrean Christianity, Byzantine-rite Churches, and the ‘diaspora’ in the Western world). Secondly, I discuss some fundamental theological and ritual-liturgical considerations on our subject.
Laien gestalten Kirche, 2009
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies
Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret's Institute
Studies in Oriental Liturgy, 2019
Heroes - Repräsentationen des Heroischen in Geschichte, Literatur und Alltag, 2018
Labyrinth, 2019
Protestantism and Eastern OrthodoxyThe relations between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy span... more Protestantism and Eastern OrthodoxyThe relations between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy span five centuries and bear upon nu-merous aspects, hence, only some items can be dealt with here. First, I discuss the late-sixteenth-century correspondence between German Lutheran theologians and Patriarch Jeremiah II of Constan-tinople, the Calvinist leanings of Patriarch Cyril Lukaris, and the influx of Protestant missionaries into traditionally Orthodox territory. Second, I outline the rise of a 'counter movement’, i.e. the Ecumeni-cal Movement, and the aim and structure of the World Council of Churches, where Protestantism and Orthodoxy meet, as well as other inter-ecclesiastical organizations and theological dialogues. Third, attention is paid to tension and resistance to ecumenism; ecclesiological differences between Ortho-doxy and Protestantism; and the need for solid ecumenical formation. Fourth, I focus on the key role of worship reform and liturgical theology, inter alia, on...
Ostkirchliche Studien, 2009
Liturgisches Jahrbuch, 1995
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1995
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1997
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1998
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1999
Religion, State and Society, 1998
Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals
In many Eastern Churches, there is tension between the language that is used in worship and the a... more In many Eastern Churches, there is tension between the language that is used in worship and the actual vernacular tongue. This issue has to do with cultural and religious identity, questions of unity and uniformity of ecclesiastical worship, and with the intelligibility of liturgical rites. In this article, firstly, I sketch the current situation in diverse Eastern Churches (Syriac, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian-Eritrean Christianity, Byzantine-rite Churches, and the ‘diaspora’ in the Western world). Secondly, I discuss some fundamental theological and ritual-liturgical considerations on our subject.