Cross at the Heart of the Church

Study in Ecumenical Recognition

AvPetre Maican,Petre Maican

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Can Eastern Orthodoxy apply the term “church” to other Christian communities? Emerging from the 2016 Pan-Orthodox Council, this issue sparked one of the most heated ebated in contemporary Eastern Orthodoxy. According to Maican, grappling with this question within the current framework of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology presents significant challenges. In this unifying work, he argues that neither the emphasis on the Eucharist nor the adherence to the Tradition of the Fathers is capable of accommodating legitimate Christian otherness. Instead, Maican proposes a cruciform ecclesiology, positing the cross as not only foundational to doctrines and sacraments but also as the primary criterion for discerning the ecclesial nature of a community. Through dialogue with Dumitru Staniloae, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Paul Tillich, this book employs a conversationalist approach to this intricate problem. Ultimately, Maican provides a nuanced examination of the cross in ecclesiology, yielding bold propositions for recognizing the ecclesial status of other Christian communities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-16
Mått:164 x 238 x 16 mm
Vikt:800 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:T&T Clark Studies in Orthodox Theology
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567720283

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Petre Maican is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Christian Studies at Radbound University, The Netherlands.

Recensioner i media

Maican provides a fascinating Orthodox engagement with Catholic and Protestant ecclesiologies, resulting in a dynamic understanding of ecclesiality as transparency to the form of Christ crucified, interpreted differently in the words and actions of each denomination. The author provides a meaningful way of recognizing the ecclesial character of the other, safeguarding intra-Christian diversity as the entire world moves towards deification – an eschatological unity in which creation becomes a cosmic church. Maican’s cruciform ecclesiology will surely have a resounding ecumenical impact.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Form and Diversity in Ecclesial Context2. The Form of Christ Crucified as the Centre of the Cosmic ChurchSection 1: Form as God’s EcstasySection 2: The Form of Human Ecstasy3 The Form of Christ Crucified as the Centre of the Universal Church4 The Form of Christ Crucified as the Centre of the Church at Denominational Level5 Unity, Diversity and Ecclesial RecognitionGeneral ConclusionBibliographyIndex