In Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians, he commends the letters of Ignatius of Antioch: “The Epistles of Ignatius written by him to us, and all the rest [of his Epistles] which we have by us, we have sent to you, as you requested. They are subjoined to this Epistle, and by them ye may be [...]
February 13, 2008
Categories: Catholicity, Church Fathers, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Uncategorized . . Author: quodvultdeus . Comments: 4 Comments
In his “Preface to the 2nd Edition,” Zizioulas states part of his objective in republishing his dissertation–he wants to help restore the ancient authority of the bishop in the Eucharistic assembly. He writes:
“Unfortunately, many Orthodox have it firmly entrenched in their mind that the bishop is in essence an administrator, and that in his liturgical [...]
February 12, 2008
Categories: Catholicity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Liturgy, Protestantism . . Author: quodvultdeus . Comments: Leave a Comment
In the introduction, Zizioulas states his broad project: “… our theology can no longer fall back on the sources of its own confessional riches. The gradual abandonment of the confessional mentality of past generations and the recognition of the need for our theology to be an expression not of one confession but of the one, [...]
February 11, 2008
Categories: Church Fathers, Eastern Orthodoxy, Liturgy, Protestantism . . Author: quodvultdeus . Comments: 11 Comments
What really prompted me to start this blog was reading John D. Zizioulas’s Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries. This book was originally Zizioulas’s doctoral dissertation, done in the sixties, but recently translated and published. In order to give some structure [...]
February 11, 2008
Categories: Biblical Studies, Church Councils, Church Fathers, Eastern Orthodoxy, Liturgy, Medievals, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism . . Author: quodvultdeus . Comments: 16 Comments