The Dramatic Crisis in the Ecumenical Movement and the Awakening of Orthodox Anti-Ecumenism
by Archimandrite Cyprian Agiokyprianites
Translated by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna and Hieromonk Patapios
Number VI in the Series Contributions to a Theology of Anti-Ecumenism
| Date of Publication: | 2000 |
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| Number of Pages: | 161 |
| Binding: | perfect binding |
| Dimensions: | 7¾" × 4¾" × ⁷⁄₁₆" |
| International Standard Book Number: | 0‒911165‒47‒9 |
| Library of Congress Control Number: | 00‒109006 |
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A. The Dramatic Crisis in the Ecumenical Movement and the Awakening of Orthodox Anti-Ecumenism
I. Orthodox Resistance and Walling-Off
1. Persistence and Hope
2. The Patristic Foundation
3. Practical Expressions
4. Exactitude of Faith and Salvation
5. “Hope Maketh Not Ashamed”
II. The Crisis in the Ecumenical Movement
1. The Pan-OrthodoxAwakening of Orthodox Anti-Ecumenism
2. “An Ecumenical Winter”
3. The Essence of the Crisis
4. The Sacred Obligation of the Anti-Ecumenists
B. The Stand of the Orthodox Towards the Ecumenical Movement is Being Reassessed in a Charged Atmosphere at the Pan-Orthodox Level
I. The Thessaloniki Consultation
1. “Seeking Sufficient Support”
2. The Anti-Ecumenists in “Dialogue” with the Ecumenists
3. Complete Suppression of the Unionist Vision
4. “The Possibility of Fuller Orthodox Participation”
5. Further Observations
6. “Orthodoxy Has Never Been Betrayed”
7. Truly Pleasant Surprises?
II. The Damascus Consultation
1. Under the Aegis of the WCC
2. Increasing Dissatisfaction with the WCC
III. The Orthodox Ecumenists are Divided
1. An Intra-Orthodox Crisis
2. Evidence of Disagreement
C. The Eighth General Assembly of the WCC in Harare, Zimbabwe
1. A Unique Opportunity Lost
2. “We Went Naked to Harare”
3. The Orthodox Ecumenists Were Exposed Again and Again
4. “Unworthy of Our Calling”
5. Are the Orthodox “Threatened and Marginalized”?
6. The “Special Commission”
7. “The Battle was Fierce….”
8. The Orthodox Ecumenists Should Leave the WCC
D. The Orthodox Church of Georgia Gives Still Greater Impetus to Anti-Ecumenism
E. A “Memorandum Concerning Ecumenism”
F. The Recent Meeting of the Hierarchy and Dogmatic Issues
G. The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement
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