The "Ecumenism" of the Desert Fathers. The Relationship with the Other in Apophthegmata Patrum

Ecumenism is a 20th century concept that cannot be directly transposed in the everyday reality of the Desert Fathers, but the authority of the desert ascetics is still crucial to the monastic milieu of the Orthodox Church as well as other denominations. For this very reason, the present paper inten...

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Published in:Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
Main Author: Siladi, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2019]
In: Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KDJ Ecumenism
Further subjects:B Apophthegmata Patrum
B Desert Fathers
B Patericon
B Spirituality
B Ecumenism
B Asceticism
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Summary:Ecumenism is a 20th century concept that cannot be directly transposed in the everyday reality of the Desert Fathers, but the authority of the desert ascetics is still crucial to the monastic milieu of the Orthodox Church as well as other denominations. For this very reason, the present paper intends to investigate the stories recorded in the alphabetical collection of the Egyptian Paterikon in order to understand to what extent they may actually offer a guide to the complex relations with the Other. How do these stories illustrate denominational or even religious alterity? What types of rapports can one identify therein? Rejection? Separation? Acceptance of the other's difference? These are all legitimate questions and their significance is amplified in the context of our times - a period in which we see an increase in fundamentalist movements and tendencies, including in the Orthodox community.
ISSN:2359-8107
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2478/ress-2019-0004