Neo-traditionalist ecclesiology in Orthodoxy

Modern anti-ecumenism in Orthodoxy is grounded in a sacramental or eucharistic ecclesiology which identifies Christianity and the church exclusively with the Orthodox Church and stands in opposition to universal baptismal ecclesiology. This neo-traditionalist ecclesiology stresses the unity of the s...

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Main Author: Ladouceur, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 72, Issue: 4, Pages: 398-413
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Orthodox Church / Ecclesiology / Baptism / Ecumene / Traditionalism
IxTheo Classification:KDF Orthodox Church
KDJ Ecumenism
NBN Ecclesiology
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Salvation
B neo-traditional
B Ecclesiology
B Eucharist
B Orthodoxy
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Summary:Modern anti-ecumenism in Orthodoxy is grounded in a sacramental or eucharistic ecclesiology which identifies Christianity and the church exclusively with the Orthodox Church and stands in opposition to universal baptismal ecclesiology. This neo-traditionalist ecclesiology stresses the unity of the sacraments of baptism, chrismation and eucharist as equally necessary for membership in the church, identified exclusively with the Orthodox Church. It exploits a weakness in Orthodox eucharistic ecclesiology, according to which the church, identified with the Orthodox eucharistic community, can be interpreted as excluding non-Orthodox Christians from the church. The article demonstrates that this anti-ecumenical, exclusivist ecclesiology is contrary to several major aspects of the Orthodox tradition.
ISSN:1475-3065
Contains:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0036930619000619