The 1920 Encyclical of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Proposal for a “League of Churches”: Translation or Interpretation?
In January 1920, the Ecumenical Patriarchate issued an encyclical - “Unto all the Churches of Christ Wheresoever They Be” - which has played a key role in the history of the ecumenical movement and the engagement of the Orthodox Church in it. The document was prepared by a group of theologians of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 72, Issue: 4, Pages: 673-682 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDF Orthodox Church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Orthodox Church
B Germanos Strenopoulos B Visser ’t Hooft B history of the ecumenical movement B Ecumenical Patriarchate B 1920 encyclical |
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| Summary: | In January 1920, the Ecumenical Patriarchate issued an encyclical - “Unto all the Churches of Christ Wheresoever They Be” - which has played a key role in the history of the ecumenical movement and the engagement of the Orthodox Church in it. The document was prepared by a group of theologians of the Ecumenical Patriarchate headed by Metropolitan Germanos (Strenopoulos). At the time of its publication, it had an official English version; however, it is usually referenced according to its later revised translation, undertaken in 1959 by W. A. Visser ’t Hooft. A significant difference is that the 1920 translation did not include what has come to be seen as the central feature of the 1920 encyclical: that is, the proposal to create a “League of Churches.” The article explores whether the revision is a more accurate translation of the Greek original or rather an interpretation of the encyclical that enshrines in the text its key concept - which was, however, not contained in the original document. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12557 |