Dialogue of Love : Breaking the Silence of Centuries.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (98 pages)
- Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Series .
- Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Pilgrimage toward Unity: Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem Based on Correspondence and Archives -- 2. Breathing with Both Lungs: Fifty Years of the Dialogue of Love -- 3. "A Sign of Contradiction": A Reflection on the Meeting of the Pope and the Patriarch -- Afterword: The Dawn of Expectation -- List of Contributors -- Photographs.
In 1964, a little noticed, albeit pioneering encounter in the Holy Land between the heads of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church spawned numerous contacts and diverse openings between the two "sister churches," which had not communicated with one another for centuries. This year, fifty years later, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will meet again in Jerusalem to commemorate that historical event and celebrate the close relations that have developed through mutual exchanges of formal visits and an official theological dialogue that began in 1980.
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