Re: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

John Uebersax a écrit :
> Annualy from 18 January to 25 January is the Week of Prayer for
> Christian Unity:
>
> http://www.weekofprayer2008.org/
>
> This is a worthy thing to pray for.  Last week I was doing a little
> research on the Monophysite and Nestorian schisms of the 5th century.
> What a tragic episode in the history of Christianity!   You may
> disagree, but to me is seems that even today the various divisions of
> Christianity are set apart by what seem like abstract, technical
> theological differences.

There's nothing abstract in Orthodox theology. It is the scaffolding
upon which we build our life in Christ.

>  Christians are divided by scholastic

Scholastic is a thing of the West, foreign to Orthodoxy.

> arguments and definitions, despite the fact that the mysteries of
> Christianity are such that they cannot be defined in words anyway!
>

Yes, they can and they have. Seven ecumenical councils have just done
that. Read Justin Popovich.
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