stratos έγραψε: Συνεντευξη Πατριαρχη Μοσχας και Πασων των Ρωσιων Αλεξιου
Απο την επισημη ανακοινωση της Συνοδου των Ρωσων της Διασπορας για τα ζητηματα που προκυπτουν από την επανενωση με το Πατριαρχειο Μοσχας.
Πααραθετωμονο ενα τμημα που αφορα τον Οικουμενισμο:
"The Russian Orthodox Church strictly adheres to the teaching set forth in the Creed that the Church of Christ is one.
"As the Body of Christ is the sole vessel of salvation, as the pillar and foundation of truth, the Church never divided itself nor disappeared, but always, over the entire history of Christianity, taught the pure teaching of the Gospel in the abundance of the grace-filled gifts of the Holy Spirit.
"[A] significant portion of the Protestant world in the course of its development embarked upon the path of humanist liberalism and is losing its bond with the Tradition of the Holy Church more and more, changing by whim the divinely-established norms of morality and dogmatic teachings and placing itself at the service of the interests of the consumerist society, subjecting themselves to notions of earthly comfort and political goals. As 'salt that lost its savor' (Matthew 5:13), such communities have lost their power to resist human passions and sins.
"Such tendencies evoke profound anxiety, and have motivated the Orthodox Church to reexamine its relationship with various confessions and inter-confessional organizations.
"A condition of the participation of the Orthodox Church in inter-confessional organizations, including the World Council of Churches, is the exclusion of religious syncretism. Orthodox Christians insist on their right to freely confess their faith in the Orthodox Church as the One Holy Universal and Apostolic Church without conceding the so-called 'branch theory' and definitively reject any attempts to dilute Orthodox ecclesiology.
"The Orthodox Church excludes any possibility of liturgical communion with the non-Orthodox. In particular, it is considered impermissible for Orthodox to participate in liturgical actions connected with so-called ecumenical or inter-confessional religious services. In general, the Church should determine the forms of interaction with the heterodox on a conciliar basis, stemming from its teachings, canonical discipline and ecclesiastical expediency." ("On the Attitude of the Orthodox Church Towards the Heterodox and Towards Inter-Confessional Organizations").
In a recent published interview, His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill, President of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, says:
"I wish to declare with absolute clarity that for Orthodox Christians there can be no doubt that the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church is the Orthodox Church. Throughout the history of the WCC, none of its Orthodox participants support the so-called 'branch theory,' since it fundamentally contradicts Orthodox ecclesiology."
"After many Protestants embarked upon the path of the extreme liberalization of theology and morality, decisively abandoning the norms of the faith and life of the Apostolic Church, representatives of the Russian Church declared that they cannot participate in joint prayer within the WCC."(δλδ αποκλειει συμπροσευχες με τους αιρετικους)
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In conclusion, he says:
“Also, if key participants in the WCC continue to depart from the fundamentals of Christian theology and morality, we will reconsider the forms of—and even the very fact of—our further participation.”
As far as the reasons for participation in the WCC are concerned as expressed by Metropolitan Kirill, we understand them, but in no way does this change our negative attitude towards participation in ecumenical organizations. Fully sharing the tenets outlined on this matter in the joint documents, we confirm what was declared in the Resolution of the IV All-Diaspora Council: “the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches evokes confusion among our clergy and flock. With heartfelt pain we ask the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to heed the plea of our flock to expediently remove this temptation." ]
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http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/syn ... ntion.html
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