Abstract
References
- Apostol, M. (1961) The Liturgical Epitaph and its Use in the Orthodox Church (Epitaful liturgic şi întrebuinţarea lui în cultul ortodox) issued in Glasul Bisericii, XX, No. 1-2 Baumstark (1934) Liturgie comparée în Irénikon, t. XI, No. 1-2 The Bible or the Holy Scripture (Biblia sau Sfânta Scriptură) (2008) Tipărită sub îndrumarea şi cu purtarea de grijă a Prea Fericitului Părinte Daniel, Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, cu aprobarea Sfântului Sinod, Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing House, Bucureşti Bouwen (1969) Pour une renaissance liturgique dans l’Eglise byzantine în Proche Orient Chretienne, t. XIX, fasc. I Branişte, Ene (1969) Current Problems of Nowadays Churches. Development (evolution) and revision (adaptation) in the cult from an Orthodox Point of view (Probleme de actualitate ale bisericilor de azi. Dezvoltare (evoluţie) şi revizuire (adaptare) în cult din punct de vedere orthodox), issued in Ortodoxia, XXI, No. 2 Branişte, Ene (1993) General Liturgics (Liturgica Generală), Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing house, Bucureşti Branişte, Ene (2013) Some opinions, attitudes and proposal regarding the “revision” of the Orthodox cult (Câteva opinii, atitudini şi propuneri în problema „revizuirii” cultului orthodox), issued in Liturghia, sufletul etern al Ortodoxiei în rugăciune, Andreiană Publishing house, Sibiu About the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church held in Crete 16-26 June 2016: Questions and answers (Despre Sfântul şi Marele Sinod din Creta 16-26 iunie 2016: Întrebări şi răspunsuri (2017), Basilica Publishing house, Bucureşti. The Encyclic of the Holy and Great Council (Enciclica Sfântului şi Marelui Sinod), https://basilica.ro/enciclica-sfantului-si-marelui-sinod/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Missionary counsels (Îndrumări Misionare) (1986) Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing house, Bucureşti Larchet, Jean Claude (2015) Sacramental Life (Viaţa sacramentală), Publishing house Basilica, Bucureşti The Message of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Mesajul Sfântului şi Marelui Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe), https://basilica.ro/mesajul-sfantului-si-marelui-sinod-al-bisericii-ortodoxe/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Meyendorff, John (2012) Marriage – an Orthodox Perspective (Căsătoria – perspectivă ortodoxă), Cluj-Napoca Miloşevici, S. Nenad (2012) The Divine Liturgy, the focal point of Orthodox Cult (Dumnezeiasca Liturghie, centrul cultului în Ortodoxie), Deisis Publishing house, Sibiu Papaghianni, C. (1968) Mordening the divine cult (in Greek) (Modernizarea cultului divin (în greacă) issued in Grigorie Palama, Tesalonic, Year LI, July-August, No. 602-003 The Holy and Great Council: the Importance of Fasting and its Observance today (Official document) (Sfântul şi Marele Sinod: Importanţa postului şi respectarea lui astăzi (Document oficial), https://basilica.ro/sfantul-si-marele-sinod-importanta-postului-si-respectarea-lui-astazi-document-oficial/, accessed on May 17, 2019 The Holy and Great Council: The Holy Sacrament of Marriage and its limitations (Official document) (Sfântul şi Marele Sinod: Sfânta Taină a Cununiei şi impedimentele la aceasta) (Document oficial), https://basilica.ro/sfanta-taina-a-cununiei-si-impedimentele-la-aceasta-document-oficial/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Orthodox Moral Theology for Theological Institutes (Teologia Morală Ortodoxă. Pentru Institutele Teologice), vol. II: Morala specială (1980), Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Publishing house Bucureşti Vintilescu, Petre (1940) The Principles and Being of the Orthodox Cult (Principiile şi fiinţa cultului ortodox. Curs litografiat de liturgică generală,) Bucureşti Vintilescu, Petre (1943) A Historical Approach to Byzantine Liturgies: structure and set of rules (Liturghiile bizantine privite istoric în structura şi rânduiala lor, Bucureşti
THE EVOLUTION, REVISION AND ADAPTATION OF CULT, FROM AN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE, AS REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE COUNCIL IN CRETE (16-26 JUNE 2016)
Abstract
The
main interest of nowadays Christian churches and confessions is searching for
the Christian unity, to which another major issue has been added, which
torments the Christian world, namely, the need to adapt the practices of
religious life to the conditions and the evolution status of contemporary
society. The pace in which this adjustment to present reality is prepared, as
well as the means being used differ, without a shred of doubt, among churches
and confessions. For instance, the Roman-CatholicChurch, tributary to its
unifying and centralizing spirit and organization, has dealt with the
fundamental principles of this "aggiornamento” in the decrees and
"constitutions" of the Second Vatican Council, which the following
regional synods intended to put into practice, according to the local
conditions of every national Church.
The
Orthodox Churches were supposed to prepare for a fairly long period of time a
Pan-Orthodox synod already known as the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox
Church held in Crete between 16-26 June 2016.
There were six approved documents: The Mission of the Orthodox Church in
Today’s World; The Orthodox Diaspora; Autonomy and the Means by which it is
Proclaimed; The Sacrament of Marriage and its Impediments; The Importance of
Fasting and its Observance Today; Relations of the Orthodox Church with the
Rest of the Christian World. All denominations in which Christianity is
currently divided consider some action should be taken in order to prevent and
bridge in some cases the increasing gap between the traditional forms of
religious Christian life on the one hand and the goals, forms of life and
aspects of today’s world on the other hand. In light of these general needs and
trends to renew Christianity, to move with the times, the idea of “modernizing”
the Orthodox cult has also been contemplated. It has been questioned, in a
justified manner within the Ecumenical movement, whether the Orthodox cult and
its traditional forms, approved by practice and governed by the regulations of
ritual still corresponds to the religious needs of the human soul on the
background of the circumstances and possibilities of today’s social life.
Keywords
References
- Apostol, M. (1961) The Liturgical Epitaph and its Use in the Orthodox Church (Epitaful liturgic şi întrebuinţarea lui în cultul ortodox) issued in Glasul Bisericii, XX, No. 1-2 Baumstark (1934) Liturgie comparée în Irénikon, t. XI, No. 1-2 The Bible or the Holy Scripture (Biblia sau Sfânta Scriptură) (2008) Tipărită sub îndrumarea şi cu purtarea de grijă a Prea Fericitului Părinte Daniel, Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, cu aprobarea Sfântului Sinod, Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing House, Bucureşti Bouwen (1969) Pour une renaissance liturgique dans l’Eglise byzantine în Proche Orient Chretienne, t. XIX, fasc. I Branişte, Ene (1969) Current Problems of Nowadays Churches. Development (evolution) and revision (adaptation) in the cult from an Orthodox Point of view (Probleme de actualitate ale bisericilor de azi. Dezvoltare (evoluţie) şi revizuire (adaptare) în cult din punct de vedere orthodox), issued in Ortodoxia, XXI, No. 2 Branişte, Ene (1993) General Liturgics (Liturgica Generală), Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing house, Bucureşti Branişte, Ene (2013) Some opinions, attitudes and proposal regarding the “revision” of the Orthodox cult (Câteva opinii, atitudini şi propuneri în problema „revizuirii” cultului orthodox), issued in Liturghia, sufletul etern al Ortodoxiei în rugăciune, Andreiană Publishing house, Sibiu About the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church held in Crete 16-26 June 2016: Questions and answers (Despre Sfântul şi Marele Sinod din Creta 16-26 iunie 2016: Întrebări şi răspunsuri (2017), Basilica Publishing house, Bucureşti. The Encyclic of the Holy and Great Council (Enciclica Sfântului şi Marelui Sinod), https://basilica.ro/enciclica-sfantului-si-marelui-sinod/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Missionary counsels (Îndrumări Misionare) (1986) Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române Publishing house, Bucureşti Larchet, Jean Claude (2015) Sacramental Life (Viaţa sacramentală), Publishing house Basilica, Bucureşti The Message of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Mesajul Sfântului şi Marelui Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe), https://basilica.ro/mesajul-sfantului-si-marelui-sinod-al-bisericii-ortodoxe/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Meyendorff, John (2012) Marriage – an Orthodox Perspective (Căsătoria – perspectivă ortodoxă), Cluj-Napoca Miloşevici, S. Nenad (2012) The Divine Liturgy, the focal point of Orthodox Cult (Dumnezeiasca Liturghie, centrul cultului în Ortodoxie), Deisis Publishing house, Sibiu Papaghianni, C. (1968) Mordening the divine cult (in Greek) (Modernizarea cultului divin (în greacă) issued in Grigorie Palama, Tesalonic, Year LI, July-August, No. 602-003 The Holy and Great Council: the Importance of Fasting and its Observance today (Official document) (Sfântul şi Marele Sinod: Importanţa postului şi respectarea lui astăzi (Document oficial), https://basilica.ro/sfantul-si-marele-sinod-importanta-postului-si-respectarea-lui-astazi-document-oficial/, accessed on May 17, 2019 The Holy and Great Council: The Holy Sacrament of Marriage and its limitations (Official document) (Sfântul şi Marele Sinod: Sfânta Taină a Cununiei şi impedimentele la aceasta) (Document oficial), https://basilica.ro/sfanta-taina-a-cununiei-si-impedimentele-la-aceasta-document-oficial/, accessed on May 17, 2019 Orthodox Moral Theology for Theological Institutes (Teologia Morală Ortodoxă. Pentru Institutele Teologice), vol. II: Morala specială (1980), Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Publishing house Bucureşti Vintilescu, Petre (1940) The Principles and Being of the Orthodox Cult (Principiile şi fiinţa cultului ortodox. Curs litografiat de liturgică generală,) Bucureşti Vintilescu, Petre (1943) A Historical Approach to Byzantine Liturgies: structure and set of rules (Liturghiile bizantine privite istoric în structura şi rânduiala lor, Bucureşti
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| Publication Date | September 15, 2019 |
| Submission Date | July 15, 2019 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019Volume: 5 Issue: 14 |
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