Communion in the Messiah

Lev (Louis) Gillet (6.8. 1893-1980), one of the twentieth century's greatest spiritual teachers and champion of an undivided Church, was born in Isere, France. After studying philosophy in Paris he became a 1st World War captive. On release he studied mathematics and psychology in Geneva, making the first French translation of Freud's On the Interpretation of Dreams. He then entered the Benedictine Order at Clervaux Abbey (Luxembourg) and was later transferred to Farnborough Abbey, under Dom Ferdinand Cabrol, and then San Anselmo (Rome), where he met those with whom he would later co-found the mixed Eastern-Western church monastery of Chevetogne (Belgium). He made monastic vows to Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky whilst a member of a monastic community at Uniov (Galicia), returning to France where he was ordained into the Orthodox Church by concelebration in the Eucharistic liturgy by Metropolitan Evlogy in May 1928. In 1938 he moved to the Fellowship of St Alban & St Sergius (London), continuing to preach and lead retreats for many Christian faiths in Europe and the Middle East. He was buried from the Greek Orthodox cathedral in London by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom. Many of his writings were first published under the pen-name The Monk of the Eastern Church. Publications: Communion in the Messiah, 1942 Jesus: Dialogue with the Savior, 1963 The Burning Bush, 1976 In Thy Presence, 1977

• Contents: FOREWORD BY THE BISHOP OF CHICHESTER AUTHOR'S PREFACE. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE I. DIALOGUE WITH TRYPHO POLEMICS AND DIALOGUE - JESUS AND THE PHARISEESPAUL AND JUDAISM - JUDAEO - CHRISTIANITY - JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN PATRISTIC TIMES - JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION: THEIR RELATION TO JUDAISMJUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE 17T11 CENTURYTHE PERIOD OF EMANCIPATION: LIBERAL JUDAISMCONVERGENT SCHOLARSHIP"- ATTITUDE OF MODERN JUDAISM TOWARDS JESUS. II. THE PERMANENT VALUES OF JEWISH TRADITION TRADITION IN JUDAISM - THE JEWISH FATHERS - SCRIPTURAL TRADITION - LEGAL OR TALMUDIC TRADITION - MYSTICAL TRADITION, III. JUDAISM AND THE CHRISTIAN CREED JUDAISM, HELLENISM, CHRISTIANITY - CHRISTIANITY AND JEWISH MONOTHEISM - THE WORD AND THE SON - THE SHEKINAH - THE HOLY SPIRIT - THE ATONEMENT - ELEMENTS COMMON TO JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. IV. THE MESSIANIC HOPE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MESSIANISM - MESSIANISM AND EXISTENTIAL THINKING - MESSIANISM AND SOCIETY. V. THE JEWISH LIFE OF GRACE AND ITS RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY JEWISH WORSHIP - FROM THE INNER LIFE OF THE JEWISH BELIEVER - HASIDISM VI. CHRISTIANITY AND THE EARTHLY PROBLEMS OF ISRAEL CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS JEWISH DIASPORA. CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS ZIONISM. VII. ISRAEL AND THE MISSION CHRISTIAN MISSIONS TO JEWS - MISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO ISRAEL - MISSION OF ISRAEL TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH - COMMUNION IN THE MESSIAH AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMUNITIES, JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN - THE IDEA OF, A JEWISH CHRISTIANITY. VIII. CONCLUSION: THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL SPECIAL NOTES: A. Jew, Hebrew, Israelite B. Martin Buber C. Criticisms of Pharisees in the Talmud D. Claude Montefiore E. The Qaraim F. The Samaritans G. Was Jesus a Rabbi? H. Talmudic Dialectics I. Jewish Creeds J. Bat Kol K. Jewish Messiahs L. The Experience of the Shekinah and Christian Mysticism M. The Seat of Moses N. Jewish and Christian Priesthood O. Baal Shem Tob P. Judaism and some French Catholic Circles Q. Yiddish and neo-Hebrew Literature R. Judaism and Philosophy in Modern Times S. Conversions to Judaism T. Judaizing Movements within Christianity. U. A Jewish Christian Liturgy V. Jewish Learning for Christian Students W. Jewish and Christian United Worship in a Shelter Y. Jewish Worship in a Camp of Internees Z. Judaism and Christianity as represented in Art INDEX