<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents details pertaining to the dialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches. A brief history of the official bilateral meetings between the representatives of these two Christian traditions is sketched in the first part of the paper. The texts which converge by way of doctrine are highlighted. In the second part I present some of the difficulties which still prevent Eucharistic intercommunion between Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, in spite of the doctrinal agreement which has been reached. Finally, some possible solutions are drafted in the last part of the paper, with special reference to Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae’s proposal of broadening the dogmatic expression from Chalcedon.</p></abstract>

This paper presents details pertaining to the dialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches. A brief history of the official bilateral meetings between the representatives of these two Christian traditions is sketched in the first part of the paper. The texts which converge by way of doctrine are highlighted. In the second part I present some of the difficulties which still prevent Eucharistic intercommunion between Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, in spite of the doctrinal agreement which has been reached. Finally, some possible solutions are drafted in the last part of the paper, with special reference to Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae’s proposal of broadening the dogmatic expression from Chalcedon.

Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches in Dialogue: Reception, Disagreement and Convergence

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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This paper presents details pertaining to the dialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches. A brief history of the official...

Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches in Dialogue: Reception, Disagreement and Convergence

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 253 - 270

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0020

Keywords
dialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches, ecumenism, Eucharistic intercommunion, reception, Chalcedon (A.D. 453), Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993)

© 2016 Ciprian Iulian Toroczkai, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches in Dialogue: Reception, Disagreement and Convergence

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 253 - 270

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0020

Keywordsdialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches, ecumenism, Eucharistic intercommunion, reception, Chalcedon (A.D. 453), Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993)

© 2016 Ciprian Iulian Toroczkai, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
dialogue between Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches, ecumenism, Eucharistic intercommunion, reception, Chalcedon (A.D. 453), Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993)