The Role Of The Church In Orthodoxy Is To Reconcile Man

I think that the overall impact of the orthodox safeguards promoted the religion and allowed it to develop over the course of time, though there were several negative effects that resulted from their implementation. The safeguards successfully protected the religion and facilitated its spread throughout the world. A Christianity without an accepted, codified and canonized religious document would have had limited hope of unified survival in the face of other organized religions, let alone the opportunity to grow. Agreement on and distribution of a canonized text allowed for further organization through episcopacy, though the development of five bishoprics hindered the overall unity of Christianity. My opinion is that Harnack’s statement about

Bruce offers a solid explanation of the formation of the canon chronologically starting with the Hebrew scriptures (p. 21) until the 4th century where church councils started to present the first spoken finished canon (p. 97). Bruce shows the importance of the Old Testament scriptures, but writes most about the New Testament. He not only shows how the New Testament came to be a canon but offers a deep analysis of non-canonical scripture called the Apocrypha (pp. 48, 90-93).

“One has to consult the sayings of the Fathers of the Church, as well as other ancient writers. This helps us understand the historical changes which have occurred over the years. Reading the Fathers can give meaning to many of the rubrics, many of which are not carried out properly because of lack of understanding of their meaning”.

Nicholson's Repentances clearly outlines that there is only one true path, and only the church and authorities are knowledgeable on what is right and appropriate. Any deviation from what is perceived as the norm has to be destroyed, because it is seen as a direct insult to God. Mankind's primary duty is to see that the human form is kept true to the divine prototype.

Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Catholics once included a solitary Christian church with two focuses of force, Rome and Constantinople. Known as the Great Schism, was the official split between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Church. The Church split along doctrinal, religious, phonetic, political, and geographic lines, and the central break as never been mended. Though the Church split because of their differences, they still had some things that were similar.

The importance of Christian ecumenical movements and interfaith dialogue in Australia post World War II is of great significance to the broader Australian society. It plays a great role in uniting and celebrating the differences and recognising the similarities of the religions, as well as appreciating the uniqueness of the various religions. Ecumenism and interfaith dialogue have been an important feature due to a range of reasons including the abolishment of the White Australia Policy, the arrival of mass migration after WWII and the different ethical and religious views around Australia.

Why should one lie awake over the relation between canon and creed? The oddity of this question is the focus of Robert W. Jenson’s work, Canon and Creed. Produced within the Interpretation series that seeks to give resources to the church catholic, Jenson takes on the burden to show how the two resources of the church are enmeshed, interpreting and being interpreted by one another. The “bewilderment” that many contemporaries have over the interplay between canon and creeed, as Jenson sees it, has “slipped through our grasp,” probably causing modern Christianity to lose other parts of the church’s life (2). Before delving into the meat of his book, Jenson frames the context for the canon and creed by the analogy of the telephone-game.

The crises of the Catholic Church were the Great Schism. It started five months after Urban’s election of the thirteen cardinals, all but one of them French, formed their own conclave and elected Pope Clement, a cousin of the French king. The both of them insisted they had voted for Urban in fear of their lives, having been surrounded by a Roman mob demanding the election of an Italian pope. This became a scandal to Christendom, and the allegiance to the two papal courts divided along political lines. Like England and its allies acknowledge d Urban VI, while France and its orbit supported Clement VII.

There are many ways to approach the bible, and people have many reasons for the paradigms which they believe. The bible has been read for hundreds of years, so it is no wonder people interpret information in different ways, but one paradigm seems to hold much evidence for validating how to approach the bible. The bible should be interpreted literally, and with the view that Jesus is God because much of the new testament is written from eyewitness of Christ. Also, there are many individuals who argue and provide evidence that the Catholic/Orthodox Paradigm is valid. Another reason is the many passages in the bible that echo each other. The Catholic/Orthodox paradigm is correct and should be used when interpreting the New Testament because it provides the most compelling evidence for its accuracy.

Within Yves Congar’s The Meaning of Tradition, he sets out to define the traditions of the Catholic Church. Congar begins his analysis of the role of Tradition in the Catholic Church by defining it; his definition states that Tradition is a gift from God that is passed down subsequent generations. According to Congar the Church’s tradition involves sharing Christ’s revelation, so that God’s revelation can be passed down throughout space and time. Congar devotes sections of his book to the role of magisterium in the Church. The magisterium has a pivotal role in analyzing the doctrines of the faith and providing the people of God with an explanation of its meaning. By doing this, the magisterium is exercising its role as the successors of Jesus’ apostles in guiding the faithful. The Magisterium is essential to ensuring that the faithful create a personal relationship with God. Congar, attributes the magisterium’s role in the Tradition of the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit. According to Congar argues that the Holy Spirit has inspired the Church throughout history. The Holy Spirit also works through the people, giving them the gifts necessary for understanding the word of God. Congar continues to ascribe the Church’s tradition to its familiar atmosphere that allows faith to grow in believers. Congar goes on to state that the Church’s tradition does not stem from Scripture alone, the uniting force of God’s word. Scripture needs to come from an inspired source, alone it can

To understand how the Christian church filled the vacuum left by the passing of the Roman Empire we must first determine two things; which Christian church filled the void and what were they filling? The Roman Empire provided law and order for the people to follow, this allowed for their economy to be built and their power to grow. Yet, despite its power and prestige the mighty empire fell to an onslaught of barbarians, a people without a kingdom and mostly nomadic farms. Once the empire fell the kings of these tribes took over and began carving out sections of Europe as their own domain. However, doing this requires there to be some type of law, some type of order that allows senseless fighting to stop. This is what the Christian church did, it also begins to shed some light on which church was predominantly in power. The pope and all under him were predominantly the first Christian church to find their way into the various barbaric kingdoms that sprung up in the wake of the Roman Empire 's fall. Despite the church 's connections with the state of Rome it never held the power it would obtain in the Medieval Ages, so when the empire fell the church did not. Instead, it begin to grow. As mentioned in last week’s reading, the christians were not always welcomed in Rome, and some emperors like Nero would outright kill them without too much if any outcry from the Roman people; this was becuase the faith was unknown to the vast majority. Yet, this changes when Emperor Constantine

The false dichotomy that I have chosen to discuss is the current disconnect between the church’s religion and its relationship with a concentration on its influence within a lost world. The disconnect between these two dichotomies seems to be that one side has become comfortable in their current state of salvation, and has fallen into a tradition based worship that seemingly lacks intimacy, influence, and power. While the other side can at times, seem to be unorthodox, potentially lacking order and reasoning. In discussing this topic, my hope is to accurately portray both sides for what they are, and why I believe the church’s that are found more on the relationship principle align more with scripture’s depiction of Christ’s bride.

Just as it was in the patristic church the contemporary debate proceeds from a desire to be true to the teaching of the faith handed down from the apostles. The issue for the contemporary Church is not so different from the patristic church. There is a breakdown of functional oneness, which

During the early history of the church, there was no such thing as a New Testament “canon.” The selection of books that were to be included or excluded from the texts used by the church was the responsibility of each individual church body, and thus varied greatly from location to location. Because there was no canon – (books considered

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states “Sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture, then are bound closely together, and communicate with one another. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal.” Each of them makes present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to remain with his own always, to the close of the age. Being one of the oldest religions Catholicism has been very close to the scriptures and over time has developed many traditions, and over the centuries has also be the centre of controversy for those very traditions, as the origin was questioned.