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ORTHODOX CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE WEST EDITED BY GEORGE E. DEMACOPOULOS AND ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS ‘New York + 2013, bx BAD OTF Qo Copy © 2013 Farhan Uy Pe ig marly hpi pel ee ‘oi oe acer bats pind ew whe estan nee Pam pny fete een ery of URL Fos Uses Ps pubis sk nx ty of dcr fms Sono ha syenn a mayo ee cece take ey Ging Cling iain Dae recon he by Ge Denki eel iy teamed nae 7 Spleen Chichen" Catcher tt Guch—Dacnns 1: Domapecan Cane, Pno Ale avons Pinel ate Un Ste nt CONTENTS Anwledgnens COntodlor Namingof the Other A Poseconisl Appeoach ‘Geog E, Demasplr and Arte Papaniblaon Perception anid Reale in Orthodox Cathal Relations “olay, Referons on the Pst, Prospects for the Fare Rabe F Toft SJ Brana, Aumenians, apd Laine: Unleaened Bred snd Het in he Ter Century Ta Kalba Ligh he We Bynanine Readings f Aquinas ‘Mar Peed Fram he Shield of Ontodny” tthe “Toe of Joy “The Aawb enern Seance of Deities af Jesse sat-707) ‘Noman tell “The Bardens of Tradition: Orthadoe Constructions of he ‘Wes a Raia (te thea 20h ce} Vio Sheane 2» 6 ‘8 n ® oroviky Neos Sess andthe Frure Was ‘of Oboe Theology Peal Geri Ease “Myc Theology” or Weern "Nowell Thai On the Compare Reepon of Denys he Avena jin Lossky and de Lubac_ re “Thiago he Wt in Cnenpry Grek hes ‘Panielis Kalaitsidir ” (Chios Yanna ond the Lea of ys? ‘Baile Prk Religion nthe Grok Poli Spare Debug Europe aBunce ‘Effie Fokas a ‘Shaking the Comfrabe Conc of theres Pll Scene andthe Sly of “Onhodor Constructions of te West” Flsalath H. Pdromon Eastern Onthodor Cosiracon ofthe Westin the ost Commuti Pail Dicoure: The Cae of he Romanian and Rasen Orhodon Churches Tacien Tues Pinay nd ee Te Sef te Quen _Jobm Panteleimen Manewssakis ° nay Ec: Dur Sie ction ‘ih ibe Wena Open Somes ‘Rad Bordeianu 7 No Lin ef Conia, Inde im ma a 1 Bs au 2» 0 2 37 ot ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Tz concn of the preset ve waned ats hey cone roc in une 2010, Tar cofnce logo a ena cote che se ved in 207, deed to + Wstoral and theologal ‘Sesigafn of te Exsern Orton and Roman Cathebschism In 2008 on and Macanon Paterson of Ane, Geng, provided he ‘rode Chat Sadie Cetera Fordham Univery wih fee Son it that enabled perma endonmre othe conkence sees Ss vdncqune pubs lis hg and outs that his ees {Tl low chp away atthe things thar eae rach ean demon Tet babe uso Christan unity Weare rofoudly mowed by {KeTunennntgecoy and indeed othe gutance for the eer ouenens Tn niin the Patenons, the 2010 conference had seve ether acon, Four fanding members fhe eter adviory couned—Drake ‘aval tn Geng Kencth ican, nd Gos Polopouks—made fever dna Within the une we rected suppor om the (Sices ofthe Dean of Faculty. the Dea ofthe Grae Sco of Ars tnd Scencen the Dean of Fordham College Rose Hill ad the Dean of Fordham Colege Lincoln Cecer, The Cone for Medien Studies di ‘ected Maryanne Kowal, ofred eset lial and tal suppor. ‘odie Deperiment of Theology seed aba cosposet. ‘We wold Iie to thank the many Fordham door salen who heed onal the conference inuding Michael Asst, Mathew Bl ORTHODOX NAMING OF THE OTHER: ‘A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Pepaniholaou ns Wester? Who ie Eastern? Arn "Easter commune in m Ease Orton prs n Toledo, Ohio? Am I"Weter™ {FT commune at an Easern Rite Calc path in Kee? Wha fl was oped in che Eastern Orthodox fh a ld, bu ve never earned se Earn language neice oie of te United Statesarn I Exe timor Water? Wharf am a convert oan Eastern ot Western ath? In ‘bore wha is thei berween regis confi and lotion, ad bow (othe consderatons of confession a lacatlon Impact the consuction and es cre? Tests even snore problematic are he questions that surround the scx lecaton of Eat and West Ts phys locatian? Io, certain isto atc one. What more, wherever hat Eas ard West belong tare map would er o shi aconing operspecve. sth locaton ti Ease and Wes inked vo igus andor curd ditacoon Fo the ‘Grins fate arcguity ad he Mile Ages, tis posible oleae with tee confidence those Chris who worshipped im Grek es those ‘sho worthipped in Latin. So to, the divson of the Chan word ito fre autonomous pattarchates a divion often known 2 he Penal) Pct alent bled ys cles a ed Sei eyo of plat Hwan ete cress sede tom te mote We ln! nd gn ate SUES pain eet Tle (2 Tex Sp ltr warn gol Alen Nanoiom 3 oe. pjranl tar Chr hea Mow Une ed SED cd hha soenpeny chitin went racecar te Oe Chea tat clin aces of i proch wt A oie cn Ber (24-70, ww fen cone sine ‘Sofie y Pal Valle fe hte ey, “One Tt tay tw Maer athe mate ose sericonempeny enters mate ket “hems pr asm of ange ath A ace he ‘Sesto or aden, Blin sheer ho ‘ching ume enc rte pe eo eer wth which he maintained, shee pacpnts ook up heed Thee times* in hive, be and he ike minded nade ex ged mastering Western enue of knowledge and wisdom in ow ‘theres and is Wye of Ras Telagy were engaged in 3 can sates wih each oe. “Betis ofthe ewo communications that Roronky dlveed atthe Fi Ganges of Orthadou Thesogan in Ans i 1936 ae epecally “login hs ead. The Bint communication, eed "Wesern Inf ‘alnReian Telos presente neat condasons of The Wor of ‘sen Trl in condensed form, while the second cousin, ceed “Pais and Moder Theology” san inpansoned ape “ck de Fathen” in ord t liberate modern Orton hoy, ie Werern cape” Teton that «Rusian thelga, brn southem Ukraine andreridng in France, would come to Gree ing Deft communication in Geman and hi tcondcommnieioe lh nore pretest che "Weser capi” of Ordo hey On ‘ig be icine ohik ha mach acelin “ch potest on mack lorry’ ewo volumes of pause ete and The Way ofan Theslog conse arog of sons: the “ight ad su” way ach the ist wo values the ways of ears andres, the way inn tions and dizordns, ar tized in the lst vate Te eg at Floovsky'sexposian of Bann helogy reals of in the hth c= tu ight at the point when the ory of Rusa’ conversion o Chis yb aboutto beg Florovakys Westrnzation and Haraac’s Helleization Meads bu ot in conten, lv acount oh Wee ition of Orholoethelogy bear rather expected silty © cif ven, Harnack’s (8511930) approach to the proces ee CChrisianiys Helesiatan. According to Harack’s Damn, lean amounts 3 comin ofthe orga mess of relly Grek mph Jer peached the mpl mse ft ae ood of Gd andthe brotherhood of men?" The Church bad dred ‘Hiemesagty atemping tft imo anes pisopical amen rskingin he pci encurdcens fication ed or ton Grosicien waa produc of what Harack led sue Heese tion The thoy ofthe Church Fathers did nr fre mach Bett ‘emptoe since toa, waste rea of « moe grads bat pel smagig,mpa of Hellen The opnal mesage of he pd sete onc adie Te tk sh ih at ever dg by hin” The tay ofthe hor of ee ‘pled the end of dogma On id dati! ior in err ‘enn the core hor by purging bial Chiao eet ‘cron of mesphysl alesse, Foray’ ape wth normative character of Chisian Hex a0 polemic uns Hare's and mane of Helin CNTR rene nk iin led oe eee cl arte ta ioe at rly an Non en ‘ora "New Hales” bt» leo dace cisened A ave durchiged sll nal ops be Ctan ‘Sig Sitter yeaa Was nt ft on some Helis serra mbt Chay in which he whl oy of SEiSdnon hd been ied snd dole Wasnt to hc ungy degen Ppa’ Tis was py thee “dept f A Haat Now in ei ofan eb ioedaady wrean poms me aren sn ising Sen Warot a hi dhe loeerterey Hanan wed teen Heaton ef Ci es Cerin of Hi hed vy sad Hele nox ve ben comer Te hain cp of Hellen ws oxo sep tf ounipened bet frags se acomerion of Seen ied ee” oy Chrian Hellenism was hardly» product of Tunbisea ‘a ay” Clea, Florvaky fee highly serve and aie gio of Osi Heleni in repons o Harnack’s equally une ‘Gopi denuncato of Hellz Chrinany If Herackayo- at deicleniaton of Protestant theology, Faron. en the ‘tray popes re Helenzaton of Ortndony.” Considered fom ‘huge pia, Haraky i Harack’s helo apd neve thology, che wo biorans bad mach in common: “eens a Froey' eqully devin etki of Rusia Tess tage played an explanatory function akin to that which Har ‘etacotdln Hlenination, Both German and Rusia oes a ‘eh of pic period at imeet rein by means of which lew eg wero be ged Haenack eed sch psiod to ‘he te of “pie” of “bial” Christan Forskys much ‘elitr vias ince the helo af the Greek Church Fa ‘evap the tine of Gregory Plana. For Froth, the eching of fafa permanent eegory of Chistian faith, 3 const and v- te meio tein fright bel a ee armck interpreted the development of Chron dative inh sponte prod a+ errepion the gal gop. Faxonly mata Siar insprcative mone by condemning the ior of Ruan ia thought aa sory of ierapione and fares, indeed a eyo pce ‘morphoss ad corruption ofthe Byzantine theology by varius Wen Influence. Like Harack, who diinguishedberweea aan ral elenisation, Feroky speaks of an acute ad ss severe "ain cf Rasianthosogy. arn’ shecegcal parpse in wing Degmengocbithe ws pe "fy German Laer thelogy a the ur of dete cena oe orb seen, Harack Fgh the Lachern enfin Sh lami ofhitime Tae htran om his view, wa toc and pope gure, someone who announced 4 new Heli paraig he er ‘on from dona As Tabowed etic, lorry tuted othe Fabs ‘ordre contemporary Onooxtheslogy fom x Ween tye orenome te Wenern predomi of Rosin Orhan As nore by John Meyer ara well documented by Als Ke sno, dhe bahyround of Floruky’s workin pati is his po. Iemic agaist che sopilogal wend in modern Rusanthesog.™ Haack wat a consent am Hellenist, Foor ian urbe s sophilgis. lorry i cnvinced tha the advocates ofa "new igo ‘ecounen.” who euned among themes Nila Brae Sg Bulpow, Semen Feank, Geng anon, and Dri Merci, swe pofnay ned by thee Werern source. To recent 9 0" Prion, both Harack and Flory wrote de especie histor wh {view of reforming the chelogy ofthe contemporaries Acoring Hama, any must of Chany wih Helis el the aberration ofthe oop. Harnack dacounted een the poy at CChisasized Helens could sein comity with dhe orginal me ‘age of Jesus The inal implication of Harnck's poo was ht Hellenism simply cul pot be Chrininied. Siar to Hanah Fo vay ols thatthe enouoter ween Ruslan Ortho ad the Wet Fad edo a slavish imiacion of Ween per of hough and gs us dsorions of Byeanine Chelny. An encounter wich the Wet sthch Eastern Orchosory would ant be subject to paameposh ‘ile ponies rnc ws yer ocut “Tae condi chap of The Way of Rasen Theol arses matter wth the allowing prominry nore Ftosovsers Neorssnisie Serna i | setae pli btn cheloy ma fers | MSSTnar Were pus opty Ths rgey mo Sree our own node oman pote canis ) i eernes of ecclesia experiznce inthe fullnes of pars ert | ee ths new sought afer Orthodox syathesi agerald expr | 2 atone eas acolo wh gener dpe Sty than aber doen our clog bee, Ti does | goxmean that we should borrow or accept Roman doctrines, or oth- ie nse Romani.” ttc sew encour wit he We sch a encoun bad | efpeon nel cng and without. rpc bone Hay continues to mainein ade a ol Eons ener hugh and shows ee nr a underaking epamol"he posible of Wester hogy in he lle FOESe aed cperiece” A decade a, Footy. ow a dealt inthe ecumenical mover, nts wih tistacton the ‘Sei he foal eedeton ef Se Vaimirt Oreo: Thal Seay } the Orthodox theology has, in recent decades, been speedily recor eg fm the unhapyy “peudomorphoi” by which ie was pra In fr rater oo lng. Bo ora once ve ks own Earn stand enper mui mean for he Orhan theology no detach rat fm che ret ofthe Christian word, Wht i 0 be recaed {al epi in the Wesenising school af Orthodox theology iishind sabserviene tthe fore adions ofthe school and ‘uti reson to the chllenge of other tadtons, apd not the faa speciation of what hasbeen achieved bythe others. All ‘eof the Orthos tration can be dilosed and cons ‘ed alin manding inercourie withthe whole ofthe Chis- ‘held The East ms face and mer the challenge of he Wet tale Wen perhaps wo pay mre stention wo he legacy Fhe which afer all wat abaye meane to be am ecumenical and hd eage™| 5s etch Frwy ofr capvaing and prophet vision of| ening of he East and he Wet ax eqeal partners in thelial pe g é 5 ; VF_DO.NOT.RFMOVE. “ aoe. Go “The Limitations of Chritian Helena Despite this lou vison, which encompused tern append wat ha been achived by hers” Flory wn theologian Tenge Fcsed onthe riage of the rec Fathers In hr ne ‘epetelly wren that kis his herhage, ot any eter, ht pass Taking igncance In 1936, be provokes mach daanion ang tO thodor theolgans ueed a the Congtss ia Athens ty sug he lowing ape Inasene th Chueh init Helen ea Helin Frain —ir fn other words Helen ia sending eatery of the rine dense And thus any telogan muse past an experience of ‘pital heleisatin 6 terhleiaton).--- Mary shore, in the modern developments of Orton Churches depend gay ‘pon the ln ofthis belle pie And the create ps ‘he nes are would be keh rw be more Grek Be thi be rly Orbos Flroviky wat not nctined to nuance hi poston over tne Abe sweny year ater in 1957, Flv adres the Grek Aran a ‘tof The Orhder Ober ch a pasos pen et ound es ‘arson on these chet: “The af out mga the Oda wall. ‘St rebuld he Chris lei eure, noo the eli pd mers sf the pst, bt out ofthe prensa spre of our Chur in whi ie ‘ales of elture wee rly visened Let us be moe nee ‘hac we may be tly Crna (Christian Hille see ofred «univers ranscairl ‘Fauthene Chistian en in al ines and place. ie by ed fa “let us be more Geek in onder wot wuly Ortho” she mine tng Flory's coxmopolianupbiaging would be tempted ele tic and eigous Ment. Taken oof context ih logan bemisead as am ivi to ele eumphalm, chal lo anda ceran phobia of the cgi "Oem aie that ‘cumenially engaged Foromky wold hae bee thea 10 re ‘One cou aif Cian Hees ete only Frm of aie (Crit, what sone o mae ofthe exstenc ofthe culo sion of Cnn fr eaple the ae repre by the Lata ath? Foray gies a tuling answer: "Whar the dieence berwee it fetal fs "eV he Pen ett arn es a te as poe Spee el a eegeton tes tnep res ee a A epoca cage | Suey mere wha: Foros ere cl is “ery” ini of ee er aca he riletatt se eee veel ow Ceo hsb wt I ees Se Nate cer ee a cousins agin tan Le ee een tec | eS a ee Ae Linc alee | pets onepig pelos ely es eee nena ee se cnet Se ey is en ce ear he SEES Lament ee ae re eatin of ee | Inga coeeibutions of the East and the West. Arnold Toynbee argued ste Chinn Wes was a separate “iveligile wad” which could ‘euneoodindependemy fom the Chistian East® Agnnst Toye ‘eFaay maintains cha che helogy ofthe Eaten (ead: Creek") Fates ara common foundaon bot forthe East and forthe Wes Ontirradog the Chetan pasnic Ea posse a degree of el . Px po cr sukieny sed canpshensivnces tat could noe be claimed by the Te Forty belever ha the theology ofthe Latin Fathers in the Sma ned fm tat of th rs Fes tas al re Wena these ater the Great Schism of 1054 represented ‘whut devinons om the Greck patric norm 1 flowed that ll ‘Yen thlogis were clare bound: Christian Hellenism alone had eae {Given Flory peculiar concenon tac he Latin putin ease (upto Auguatine faeces of Christian Hellenism, sundee why hie Se. Serge arson patiies donot contin spae pes ‘icing he cine contbutions ofthe Latin Father. Ta reid ‘he read the owo volumes of i etures wee publaed unde thet ‘The Eater ater of the Fourth Conary a Te Beane Father fe fig Comrie, Actual eter coud jt a wel be Th Gk ater ofthe Fourth Contry ad. The Grech Fates of Pf gh (Cerise the non Grek Eastern theologians di fae muchb terthan tee Lain cunterpare, For example his discussion of be Se {a ater, eleaed woe lt and shores chapter of eS ohne eid and demise "We hve slid grounds for bling that thes athe escent ves remand dear Flow sil the end of is ifn hi "Tal ‘WL ently publi by Andiew Blane, Farrah sums up ote ling comictone hu Sshaton hat come om the Jew” and as ben propped Ine word in Grek om, Ended to be Chin means be Ge, Since abasic shots forever a Grek book th New Tae, {hel Chan mesg has Bee forever ormlted in Greece fone. Thr war inno ene a lan reception of Hellenism 3 ch, bea discon of Helen. The ol Rad to di, bt the few ma sill Gredk—the CriienFelenism of our dogmatic. fom te New Testament wo St Grgery Palmas ny oo ie 12 sonal reed wo defend this thes, anon two diferent fins Frain the Bled vv of Heras and psn all emp ‘efomulte dogmas in exegvies of modem pilowphie eer ‘German, Dani of Pench (Hegel, Hedge, Keegan, Be soa, Telhard de Chardin and of aged Save mena ‘What ioe 1 mao the chi tha be Christian mew Grek? which Pero een with ong perience How ld ‘cinerea ofl and ious ey Gristan Helen + oneal eyes wp cst ‘such mee amped a Ta arc, ete Orda bie esi ae ons Jes? The preclmstion of al hegemony ofthe rope ‘eed enum Fmy dae depart ex in ether cts cling th of he scene see Chicana here roy ef hin He Me papal pene hed ade of maeri? Se aps rr ep Keka Ha Sec eps a he hres we tine Sif catne Hels ito be nied ne Ector nny heh tes peda Tbe qe: When ach raps eed ere ag he Over ato he omen cori ‘The Ending Vale ofthe Neopatiatic Synthesis etn pean: woud shin, dsb wake Broa ‘ein dein th cn ae ‘St cleonpleng Flory nope pms A the eat Stine ies rota inde locaton of Hel pas felch npg erece td poclimaon of Chit. Chris elnino ssh xeon ra pri fr aco prea omeson filet clure Sach comerson is ohing Cee istcne of Helen by he sword ofthe Words of the Ghia Role yes chain he proce of undertaking uch a coneson deh abe eed tempi” which wt quie inet 5a ming th ogan Helene plongers had wo oe The ‘el cin the Cah gave yt the igh 2c of Godin lube ncrion of cvned ermal cosmos wos eplaced with Seiruln of erode fhe csr contingency and de alec pon Gods th metal primacy ofthe unreal oe the ‘val war hale by Chri empha onthe uniqueness roms he damit acomf dv sd haan gene Wer Fe dined Grail freedom cretion 0 ee ‘Savelathchaman rem coer with he dine gace™ Feros eth aw pup ve be» Chistian php pe pean phy, hich icenly waste el ecorded esos em in Shlatcm Tn cont rvs Ws ‘Shs ekg ara specie of nail Chea Hele "ia apy deh overndalece in the pny of Aro) ee ae "sae i mt Cam an omer cathay Sascha alate ent ente epi ty ece ben ld soln gt alent tn iat steno aloe ane neces ip Rae om ea et octet cou open aa ‘md TIS. aa te eg nin edie aise aisessra ome cate pes gue a seein lnnoe anena imide Eh haem bec ect ug, nef Toaaa tare Sale ee amt pa ae ey tele mae SRL areas seem Sep Nace Shien roe iene hehehe enon ptt cara te Seed een reas Sa cig ce Daan Py scien aetna wooed fs Bee toronto ee bere Spat ini ena re bes Seip, prope seking” By eing ad ni- se ila he Chak fe Wher lew grip Cnt sinandinoes Spe ce lees aes shal incon see cued wth en feb Ace Schema. ee einen tte rel being ra tn cay nn te mind of te Fn ee nn mind ofthe Church Fro wndecans thse. nla lan cen cine eh a efor pes peda pata aon ee fe ardent feces eel the STE tipne tat wee pepe by Cane ie Canada le Ran lover of Sone The Fars Pipe me pec nti okerde SESE ic ded he cecil ences pire Boe pcrftebomit nen ep iso heb fal lpn epnemolgy, Vii Louky aceon esl bgh spe pebin eel trogen athe atm FED Ln pep ino lg lng ‘imap cle pepo th mind ete cone ‘Sol Lenencene ih plate ovny sensing evn dn Lonly etn chance dopa be Che _ncmticky of the divine revelation. Florovsky’s theology begins and ends "SG Frieda ofthe Couch ea chpt of Cosa ‘Sve ecg and is charge ry Chic Sitpte api lcenphasnon he wake aS kang Eck dst of Chie cain techy cpm Scr sed Fey in tat ‘roy Ras Orde cng meee ly genes ‘Ect dpa fh hcl won, pec sh aan ‘ete ine Cec athe Chen itn snd oo Sanend sh peas mepyace nd Gpued dd fee hcg Py Raion psig psyche ‘Rad woe recipe wih sn ney es id Siva erento i malig Lees 5 Sonne ‘evil pcp of Gado endaonalf ht ‘ialnnems Freshy Insts has by eneting nt the mystery of VE__DO NOT REMOVE Chris ft ha one ca pope survey he est ofthe meri i, ncn the Tiny and the Church roviky propose tht the Chakedoian Chsology prop a» ered, america Wheres the divine nature of Chis ely pps its own divine byporai the human nature of Crit hy posted inthe incaration'* Hare Flrosky dasa 0a Leni Byam’ delopment of Chalcedoian Christology in ack cu ‘er Baeakovs ci that Chess humanity is exalt hn ‘ning, ote nthe divine. AS polemics, Flory praca cular dato ad rein of men Chrinolois tha ere, toy ose, om the patti norm. Thus he speaks ofthe Gre Caracter of Resin sopbiology, of the “Monophysie™ tendency Protestant eo-Orthoony as wells of che"Nenoranis” of Pret Mirai ‘Asa sora, Flory stands on che sould ofthe Raia evlutonay pati hala, eapeally Vasily Belov, Niki Gai [owl Alder Gort, Alc Lcbofe, Viktor Nesodo andAny Spay, at wells his contemporaries Lev Kanan, Miu Poss ed ‘ter Forres equaly wel acid with he Earopens ie ‘hoa ofthe ate nner an early enemies emai He fds fealty congenial the work af the German theologian ad cho icon Joana Adam Mable (1796-1838, who isued an pel 9 ‘um he Father which went largely unkecd inthe Carbo ‘fhe ead nieteeth cerry* Tee al sig cha he publication of hi patie leurs The Way of Raion These coincided with the Bn ing of them surement movenect in Fach Cathal theslgy eeseel by figures ax Gustve Baty, Louis Bouyer, Hen de Labs, Jean Dani Hans Un von Balthasar, Yoer Congar, and Marte Dominique Cs “There war machin Le nwo tle that resonated with Pro new syne ofthe Esther The raurcomrnttesogians anno runt hepatic orcs in drt challenge he inlet ha mony of ne-Schlsic einai in atl heolgy© Chen ised fn the primacy ofthe hina revelation over speculacive meio Sand eophasned the cena of the history ofan for he Bakfusr spoke ofthe ned eapprpene the fundamental ad ct Soin which direc the ene expen of [psi] tough“ Ae ‘coding e Dando, the publaton ofthe pisses Soares Ort a1 ad hep ce hn arr sw os tae net el wn Fret tn cnr ure en Foe scan mero cg se ee tng ond tl ey SREUT mre rentnfoe yore abe ee Fae pes wih te he ce rr oe te Femi he te orem pect ne Woutiee SC noha mop me, dei ser en ed by te lo ee arcs Ply pind ae a bere imma nooo ee a Outen st nd Neder SESS SEIS Car enmain cf tor noel ES havnt ines nd tance Cie SRE TE dette esi Est cculhe mor demme onureot tie SEEPS Titty oe inp enced eS ean untried roth cetera bys pete cog ey cattery Crenicllhow wey yu enti in the prac The of olay. Hy pes te ed ern pt thea scion he rng sping of cate npn” Allowing 18mg edecy eo aa the nlc eres of is ine tage im oh wn thelial end, xn be dosed ‘ate gy tenures moveene ave age! pe ‘ie Or pcecnfocner For these meeting Pro” ‘Side wth Jean Dai, Hey Chadwick nok wo danse xl sed telogans ory slay syed am ee ‘wey Chisum an Bynsine ens a his merous Fes lo wee European Lngunges ae The fc hat 80 any LDO. T.REMOVE. VE. REMOVE __DO NO COnhodon heslogins today wear the hat of pati hl nr leat at mach to the revival of atic inthe Wet dose ky von. ‘AGeneration ater Horoekys Two Ways Forward Fron’ revel of Christin Helen can be taken in wo plas pal drezins. On the ane hand, Ferry program cn enor {ong the Onhodor an alle familar ccs hampton no ‘setae anWealnation of the pas rshing in render w bk the wot ofthe Holy Spt inthe Church's pes pone pa ‘peony vs the Wencen “Orbe” and a cencetant pl {mle ulatnime a deep ted pha fal things on Ort 21Sege mental which fom time 10 ee, pel i the moe ‘ile nds is oe in minguiedapclypecs rton perch io bets Grek or Slave exping on ay aebctance conker se illeush ect and mot dlemmar four messes, teal encouraged by wat on might cl pris fndamestsn—A ian ade of oling on fo the pre and denying eet heel aly of ection which tl purayes Orton Jn the aes of bbls, poll helgy ol egy. 2 cece and relig.toname oly a few cmp Such be ‘eto tha fds sopra veal min of Orc ee ind ib ‘On the exkr hin, propery anderson, Forovsy von ad nto hg n'ont fermion fo stor jog iumphalim Flory's etching cic of Resin rps ‘hough vies an emt elexamination meni of cel sceunes which ss need inthe ape chron fares of and [eadenhip and oben with he ical des in cl Orbe doshas Float clon ur acquire the nd of the Fb ‘eembolened bythe enampie tw on n the annus wrk ist Inge eds of th Gorpel in our neigh roc the Fates ae hot oar inl eacer,bu rahe or to fades to Csi, In this comexe Chitin Helen tans rs or Ini von hates osiordinte the hiner die es 2 spl tha compromies the cena ofthe dn ara espe Fri milan hens atthe curl gen sun ean bth Chit of he Gap se Chri be Soon ee he Chr oa eee Th sve eee eof many manson Thee wil hse nei aia eae entre ws TERE SE tus te wpe toe we pb char Si igo i a or Se ten ey pte eo ao a ea ingen conbons nad Secrmiaen han SEA ont mene “evel eh aoe sa ate Orcs cl chp Weeds seer tical and poise ogy ened ane eer ante gee bl nd ea: a etapa he tape ae pn TEUeapigage We eed ee Cypser. ‘Eosiinhe Conte hp Sete mop creinlnc nso crime e Weeder neon Sip een hc dmc of er Bh ciac ia comin ting pete fee te br oc eh i de teres wo anew te sxe i East Wem nse ot Severn nnenig pelicano sc ‘Sorel hen wold pea paso Tn nr ma a aye en oe me Oe can hl en one ofr Geneon doing nthe teil ocean of dhe Wer would bea ‘efor hoi atu when we begin to este oni gues ie een selogial adton-—Avostine, Ani Aquinas, Lar lean Bath se oheenoer comes eh she“ ura paren ory ef erin ego Ue ‘ected tarred yoda oe pe atari is poy ‘Neto. some encoun sips hse sk of ng sie ert beng aneraken byte Odo aro ny ‘nay gain Mic rer woe nea tobe ane ie ‘uh ron, Forsampe wold bes od es pe awit nis og ted “Ease wali oe ‘| DONOT REMOVE DO NO VE__DO NOT REMOVE 4 Pau, Gavanvox mos scant expen of th Ween selegal a ths we eed epi dcson sour cuca hangs noe lg ot The manner in whch the Onn enicr proenylnvaduced Yo Wexer thelgeal ues ech {tloaly Orhodr lands, ewes ruth be died Te ‘eid eed in i sn ad we ed ed “Wend w rome the fila tapston fhe hi andthe msgid Wat i or chnking The dif kw help” fh Esse he We tar pd tortor ging ar thenogy span all Wess nore Ee nt Western thle! beet fen sede ‘he pounds ha they are Wer. Tis gene lay ha pod cur hepa hiking to lng If meee Wee OR? ‘iow making an foto unde the “Oth pun Ieleengeute be mor depot ont “Oe ea ‘Src anWenen Oboe whe ed ep ing er deo pe the Wen, ven hs dependrce ec el we ‘te tion The earch fr rath canna ented by popnin tthe cla nigusen of Earn Chia bu edo {en aperinedby the Crh ta shad a tem ‘Ontebey We nad ocr hls of oes ‘phy in ont fall hs xtra wen, EASTERN “MYSTICAL THEOLOGY” OR WESTERN “NOUVELLE THEOLOGIE"?: (ON THE COMPARATIVE RECEPTION (OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE IN LOSSKY AND DE LUBAC Seraly Coakley Tore is deed othe ieiguing ropicaf Ortho coastue- acl he Wes Tver erm conrraion ofcourse gg tren nemeecas of upon: What Orthodoxy onto” cul ‘ert nein, eu mia. But caution mux be exe atopy ot overeating I an ponte danger tat of re fang all Eaten characeraone of the Latin tdiion 10 be ‘mogul oe mystery projections. Perhaps especial in ‘Seman psi, muna and compet imeacrons and dependences Seen cle Ear nd Werte autor have been mote common Si peal allowe, even at spposdlyunbidgebl djunctions torte deorally announced between them. Ths has bean the ease ei ase Orton contac hae been forged in very cle ‘awh the We and indeed ofen with the Ws al rll ar be the cent he ofthis paper ea thee i no such olen “Othodoecomerction ofthe West that i ot alo nd ‘lesan impli reponse conversation with Catolico Prot ‘ent melcary, often animated by unrying sands of Wesern Shiga andrea tha the two ses Hoicaly sare. Only ch & ‘mnliy rvs the active max for & salle Orbodoe ‘usacion ohne and nigh Amd conver only auch a com ‘ele aks an Ondo constrecton memershean luminaing ‘Tere themes i Pe yy IOTREMOVE__DO.NO| AD VE _DO NOT REMOVE. “ore hs pol sal in chipper fos on one memes fn signieance In the tweneth-centary Forging of schon Onin Consrcton i the form of Vadim Lowy’ eleation of thea srk of Dany the Aropgit vet and agaist Weses Sc gy! The new reception of Pieodo Dionysia France ee ‘hrsgh the 196s wl nf, frm the unin there is seu thal ear ith succinct eterno Lowy postion on hie Impl egy, cal and hi sekngy arc, bat star mangle, wt of Dogs a costing His wk va hse av coune sendy ben ge schaleiyatenton aan el see deal? Buel wan sug hehe vera certain bien Coe ‘mens wo Lk aera, and gu, consrction of he Wen th oud td cle isi anas than hey Be pci ‘reed in thee elie weet of Lasky own work. lo pate ‘Sing Leaky in te Pai of he le 1920p the ae 150 ing Ene Gio wa his onging mento and dor aie ‘efeting on the nearsialaneus gowth ofthe inure oda ad [is Jou ce en wha wel ater comet be called ene le! sea bghe op agit he pardons of pall and shred ate ‘xem reaction of Dion edition 3¢ thir imporast ut Inthe modern developmen of rach Chistian thought Key ftin fi he Catholi e was ofcourse, 2 new acing ee oe tery telogy of Thomas Aguas, and epecily & recone “hors ction tothe epi thes fhe Diya cep Te bal: Win Ls sd the bareoning proponents of the Can vile tile shared ward Lok’ tracing poem ‘Weremand nha crag more than wat von olay my carson the te tthe ust them, Lean hkl fr ‘mon propulions between Loy an hie eforming Cable omen fas ich Iwill eae thuphou he paper Father wa Ibthing of hed and rani rendon of Thomas inh Ce seinaty textbooks of the ponder Prise? eco he Wt shared ecosiderion ofthe importance ofthe Grck pie ano ily sea. cheaogyeadior be 4 renewal of tining soe Imecphyscsof eeaion hi thre ms shared concern ee eed fpr pacce andi elton o ame om ofvibane ode ‘elim which waco dence the new aig ‘um atthe time) ouch—and pape mat nrg ee ee seh er aden fetter ip nel op cra Noe rn td om scheme SPE Spin stan po omc oy, lr, Fo ee ohoetens Sopa et echt a a esr noe ce es coat ee ee ee oe oad a i cmc ee eee pircipepre ee eerel eee nr erin ee ee ee eee a eee oo a een Pinel e e apepeea eae eee eer ene ee Stag ar ee ee ee Se ea era Sree eee ree Sacer runes Sees wee ei eee eres eee ‘Louky' Rendition of the Dionysian Corpus Lay ase in Pai in 1924 noc as an mie ut aan ile, sisson ‘Nels Louky wat ner concerned co ates? He wat Being tot jf >| 3 =| al cx le oj 2 1. Ni rom he perc of icc in the new Soviet Union (he a [eiiplcmainle menber fhe Moscow parka bay ay ery young man he wil and execution of Meeps ay Pe efse Pecburyll ot before his people to i deh these actng om the pilsoptieal agenda Bulgaov, which hii OES Wels Lasky. shared” The younger Louky ole ‘hasan he Sotbone fom 1927, and sare hey of puri od {cnc} Scholae helgy under the retc Ferdinand Lal (tsar yonepes Cah cbolar Eenne Gio, who wa i dace recs htmpersor ina dtr dion Meise eta sn onbls there fo underenimte de exer vo wich only are Peay Free wa inueced by holly develope ina pee thetime even his sinilaon af he importance of hehe (Cepocy of Nys for ntance, wa be mediated hough Pc a fecal che) a ery leraction with Danian bt ‘Docc how ks eating of Donan, which was o Become corey (Phnom pulemiea count of Easter hough, was ogy phe new French edstons and randaions of Dion wi ap re Pars in the 1904" Thi war an oxctng iment ew Can eimpes owls pti enurement, 0 Lasky Wa 00 8 isinpas Tut Sox plication wat i om Dinysis ims realy announced many ofthe Gsinesve aet-Wesem acu it {ih lc Mad Tel of he Ese Church ig chy I incl, se pr ofthis sic ae dey reposdaced in Che? ("The Divine Dance’ chat me rope are enact fhe cn theme of this enya (bat more lyf ask ‘iensen) thology in away har draws atin ote Wes anc of Lan dicey en Weser posture. Fists emphased imi in hiss pus aia again ia Te Mpa Thy? te Dionysian corps fr Lay = ‘es noranasamiion ro Neola emanations, bt anche ttaranends nc only Neoplanim ba any posse rena ‘hn revi opisepic or rational explication in human ese 1 Lowy Bret and olde pronouncement ard c ainates hi we pret eis also, fan. one of his east defensible claims End ecu ere. Connie nied herein ese rt ul ‘talons ef Dons ay telrence vo Prats and bi pol pee Danian cour ie which ital dre would sa ead ead roan acknowledgement of rong exc eee eal ependccy Instead sis who forthe meat etry acceptable whipping bop and Losky makes the a nheres Parimas"teaches otf the One, beyond the l= Se Syng and thaw ef him a neti union with the One that Pee isepic goal), Dionyi, i const, insists on the ‘renner of God, an thus on te esac pig orth of he segon ta eo met Ged: “The God of Pins Is nt incor TEAC ycere” writes LowkyforThe esas of Dionysia i going [Skt Sang snsuh Thr of Platina rater a redaction of being 0 svelte” Whatever we make of his cae disunction— ‘haben Los ie aco admit comes with some “sriking recm= Tian bce he two uth! —the teraction enshins [fol eb centel ci that Dionyis representa dsincive and ‘hm vise of Chetan revclasion and Chraam anthropology that ‘lin bekothe Cappedocins and hen om ose eventual alamite (pots he Gad of een i not she Gad ofthe philwepbrs Toy cence a0 “Ie this eecogalion of His fundamental lnendliy whch mark the Boundary Berean the wo conceptions Ibeven Poni plilouophy and Chetan” Any resemblances be ea Eaton and Chvstanty ae “outward” ones thn, which “do tosh or ofr Father] aching and relate only toa ocabu- Ley war common tthe age Jus superclass Sed rm unig + poi clon on hp Feri meanine leu tarde the misleading sore and eal lg nuncned ber although we shall rear o them late What Thm her mare reilly, oe tention wo for my preset pr eth eically Ween and Pain contest in whieh Lossy is mac te, Noconly ee sing eablhe, aed verre, Westra ‘lisipea Neopstonim and Dionysut as his oir of rean, Dat Wivaetnroanhepouiy of Pa poopy ay pileohy—Inappeepiatly inerating with authentic Chri ‘serelaion He des ot here eve conde the posit ha equal fty—an Origen (hom be enchant ern) of s-Dionis Ina ree nchaninericton might have been ead a both ‘ea nd whlly unproblematic. For inthe Background we mist VE DO NOT REMOVE ee Sanur Conmusy sun us icone ors of rvuson asin chp reps ponte angle with even. “Gia eecethin chia! See exsntons cme ind iemupbe ara fhm paying some pen Loy etn {idee fim, Loy ection ofthe Bulgakov Shoal ggg Se Seiian Wenn plophy and Ordodony ely en ape Pea pon cor wet aly soe and wa hd mite wa ish Bar do not ink wens re hcupalcance of wo kr apc of he Ween Exo he iat cte cnr oP which may lve been el rem Caeser tony stinking ste. One carol pce etch: Clot exhing and wring we shal cn SSF dont er cut tnig a cia, Ricca ‘qarlfron he spp of he Roman exboca hea rola esd pnp rll upland fot atone ‘hump! Hew hen aoghinadifeene way from de ie Snips eel te Ween Ruri raison, heer Sancta even wh mde pnp bs wat inl Ine qution twat be ne oy nce wing of eae lings Os th era Ka ah (norm Ls ei ‘ke iom hi ed Flory) ad ef con Beer asso tae mean cen rede eee the es tht ea fly could in any soe pwnd eatin. nse his ad Flo Loy constant of Earn hg Grits ct inconpatly of Nelo llosophy and ster eit ‘lin hl hn ol ad bee uso agi the Ur Wan inclectualbakdep, Whee for ean of ot ‘eo Ontodoy or of Cua enenmert of neo Tein lt Shai Sy callson betwen non Chriian pinogh => leon web ened with ve spon irs eer Leni ay pr char cei ype ES “The gunna he ean ween elegy a pg (cal ann he Et he en be concing ina Os! oF Te Mca Tl But acondy and ols impor, se noxon of he Wt skye pts oi he acre serie is ae wold gee uly eeling fh own Wess 1 tet ofthe Strand Me Fort ar, gan rend hao eS a iontsice mie AMLOPNGITE w LOSHRY AND OF LUBE swt t as some echoes ofthe emerging Cathal eistance cave gal aed elings of Tomas and vo the myth of eat could exeche alli the preeeatory bling of honda ath We mighty tha Loy Pate he eee de of his ean of Dionysus othe se ie acheype, Tefal aw of Western Crisian thought fr Tees in se mess the ibs ofits theca opi iSite f waar and of ration mos nororeuy, where EES tansm i cncerned, such chaLain hls fist coo- TeEtenotre inland fly then] proceeds to the age The etc pb ofthe flog then ro hee, merely eve more Shing oe Lay of hie iva in tating poie fr the Wes. x "Hefeace fr subeace and unity er and aguas prion eer the Facer, he Son, andthe Holy Spc are no mone chan “Be moliiier ofaunique ubtance™* Tory so aso face the manifleevidence of Dionysian infar expec inthe Wes tel, Hove could dhe manifeations hare be (Soe bominhol by the ppd misakes of Wesem exci? ‘Sewn Losky ater put ke sccnclyin Te Vaio of God) shat “Beitce of Dyas Um the Wes inde more skin cave eaten wo ka" Bur becase ails wo make the proper Eastern Unicon beweenincmpecenuble enence (ow) ad divine pom ‘cs ei opr fallback zo 3 ow 9 of piesop hi ‘ewan the Fat the radon of Dionysus mara define ‘Soho Hato Helene, nthe Wen on che contrary the werk of Dia pry anid, wl often Became the while for Neo a ineces"™ Nove hese paaos that i council here: A ‘ngin Loy, ore approaches clove othe tah oly atthe ik ofthe ‘orp of The sme ei mistaken Wester Dionysian prods Lky’s keris smpahee eng of Ear inhi laglded and pouhumoly pblsed doco thsi Agun, Ec lar ral is cen to che Dionysian eralsion and is lar we of nts Dine emer and ical Tel, as acon o Lesh ‘ells y Thora rerion of Being the ine es beces ‘nda’ of vine unkowabiiy for Eat ahr than divine ckowlyvaaly dealing eve™ The One rather than the Gm meh ihe princi fx Echar ays Lesh, and 0 Neo ‘a in ums over authentic "mysial” Christan.” QNOT REMOVE _DO.NO] x VE DO NOTREMOV. “Ache ad further wan which Lowy constuction of he Wig soe yuri ee yh owe Ween cone fa ie Dunan aphasia Westen ina ante jogy bane Hove sbore wd bpd aad te nc boot Ged Lay ee png atm fing ayn deg a epancs Lasky git ight re 0 FE ey ce sen nd ie yor nation” Ba at ast he ed a al Delgo te Ear Crh te wy Liye ro Mo hee dine penny Een rat Fr ewe oun in Tuomas as omehing “eee eon tug ad eve beyond eps fd FR pears s rata sophie kis (or Dp Pees e icp rau nse far aieconces the die sorte, eae lh eimel ceed thign oder nace i pe umena: a mre cote rato aig he le eee wld Kn Gal sbi an epee snd ee cms yal expen” nihe Ves ec oe Se Spy test poi xc aa ee het urpane all undsndng”® The acount Day SES Thomas bee sun emai a cones ol cer eetic meeting sncaanlangage nosy oes eT peices aang wi he demand to te bed ‘Shes tr mon asocntos ofthe Heiegeran pce of Std Saeco aly mem pb she ie! Lacy re it Pole hic en enc hat Loy hime ed Hee rsa kne poplar uch he Jewish piso a TDi vor rd?) who id Ande shard new 9 ie (page cena theron sa of Go byond borg” wbx Fee tf fat wth ann, Heer pus Si, fibtnptal fakin I ao ica the Weer ‘mee o the pros of nian thug Bewen belet ovina coment incarnation, wit See? Kprbchn a, am uneiing eb of Kier.” Tory ad aly we shuld endear how giant Lh censuctnn of an Ear heparin ‘Baris d tndion on hee fund sn of ereporing kd vest ely develops of aster Chesian sought and is. et ing wowtds mature Palms, on the och. “Amnon” scantily Kansan echnical notion athough Losky Tas hnaw remarks on that obvious erminologcal fit. (re roms the erm fo expres wha he sees athe ieslable epee of Dionysan theology of simalaneousy denying FESR a ol and arming contemplative and ec intimacy er Galcof ining on th radial unknowaiiy of he divine "e TAPE on ihe eal radial and esve revelry presence ofthe Eine es Kanan acnomie eso se within he ey TieFGat tl nog lng he aimee ofthe church's chron. (Biter der asap of develpnen tonal he ut; be we icyecdent a more Heplan euch ofnfance. Ieestingy.Cl- sehen Onge,especvey represent for Louk the di ‘Tete mates whch mus be suse by Dons, who ica ‘cpl amit yes whereas Jon Mende (oho bad Fepdifer asesmen of Dionysia) would ler reeset Bragrat ‘ier pall polar eden ined of sack Palamite oe” ‘Se vlconplcn Neo Heplan dls! hvoopapie of his soe (reefs he skint of oral exbooks rom the ninsenth {Sree ui ery cee but the pate and the conven of ich ‘tims ane clly Western n provenance aed ot. Ty bakiging so fates four central dimensions of Lossy’ r= seca reson of Dionyisforthe purpeses of his construction of te Ve hs sing of Dionysius oer saint Nplate, tu out denn of Donyan revelatory darkness ver Western esenalis chin fran pep Dionysian experiential beyond Western pte end eae helogis at his defense of an antnomic ont [pal iction bermeenesence and energies in God, have By m0 sen snenpel ful coun of Lnky' hand crete thelial dopam. [e concentrated ere only on shore ners of Lossy wit ya geal sige a important, feed, conection with his ‘sore Westen octn, with excng ne philosophical and theo- ‘ga riage Fy naj seme largely eal, not ely that ‘St whieh [imend to dominate here: Ls doc indeed masa his taney wll wae ines ad he os daly ecg ad sing the Weer eet who See Bate iy Fak, that eleifaton that caughe Lossy 4 DONO O. NOT REMOVE__I h dine, not eae because was 0 generative of responsive tage ‘ur we should not presume tit Lowy himself wa ema fn tc o dogmatically Incapable of reering i and br we mee {niet refeton on how he may lang have been nitrate cee ton wih Gites and with wome of his other Pench Catholic es tom Int, Len was tere adi am explice hange of nid ot Tex some ef wat he ad enter enuacated sone Donan ede 2 The Moca Teg (Lam no sure bow mach tis hat ben eet pon inthe secondary Irate to date Fo inte, by he ine ‘wring thee essay e was gathering few months blobs deb [epubied prhamouly as ln tbe Dmapeand Lens of Gade 1 les wo importa concerns o ccs and reviewer, Fite ecamted~ia he eof er xcs rom Gandia a oie Nivea insistence that a great and nbedgeal gl Bed bes the spoplatcam of oir and that of Dionysus ed ‘hath Ester dca of war he now els" non ppotin di stein meg way sper otha of reducing the Tay ea {oa rarspencal Uni” she Round in Neoplatonism Second ‘tow ali acknowledged hat he should not have pen urge hiseaer wings of Danian spephaicim a ivatinga poste sence” "In Diy he wl, we ar “concerned lt wth i xprence of estan than with dogmatic speculation’ bi imei hears this canceson i anther ries dare ei oni thea Wes afterall hari eded towards dating ayia 90° ‘ext More propery the Ese, wth ony, ater the nsf ‘Banking out even af tha expan: God beyond being and het ‘beyond ay erpecrtion fam ects of ene “Ate end of isi then, we see Lon eons thee ception tha seater work hed engenored. But one tour ‘Where eater an dome theese infuenc of Lasky’ Deine and longterm menor and fend, Eenne Ge, nthe etna ‘jecony of Lost ant Wester polemic nd his levaon of Diet ‘uperiny? And was Loky Bimal, contarwise, no ve 97k on Glos own though im thie ae? Apart fom Cie ot ‘nd somewhat peti mart on the eenely deceased Los in ‘todetion othe thesison Eee we ret speclting on i ‘eran on “hinshalf aed” But cant be ca the woe eer teil Shs cnt thei se cpl be nad ingen bah Se et ln And sd cher Cle tare dn sping bar ange th Loy et ion te Wea he pm: May at Teac vay cole fe dca cn 2 de aig Glan’ own wk hain deal es sete Sate sey tepals k [Ee atc soa gual hanging ed fig ee iaicice oe Diptera TEIN then he We Int th clin ok Dine (5 rman tiene yas de apace of Lays Be pe ais pps mre gut ve yn be rom Ll cuneate on ch eat a ln ced wa nw pnd no Dy ‘sink o hme ne et pc ly nyse Eni Wehr caning Mp Lacy be he at {Cala Dewar bbe “On” f Neopaontim me Lays tnt ters nth ponte nM ey wet ato Tome inp ieee ace ely compe “ities nba pie nm feng Do wee ao icacgnse dines wih bk ty, nt on ‘Sse srt pon orp rece pee Sica Le Bound oannldg hat Ge coe a ‘cl epenon of Dana ed Thomsen of Galt pn has pda nado Dyson spat ‘ese conn har egy eco an be teat ul bint ng th oy ae si eater adel nel she decion ‘Snead he Dison eps Ae se ne pire cnn tect bog Lay 2 ‘ham yp weld be iced ion i oy Sheep difeos baer of cpio ay ‘tern Wet Tel ths abe how smear ci we mg ‘eho ssme! Dennen ene Bom ie ince 1933 and pd a 10 ipl oe Bon snes Ls 1O NOTREMOVE DO NO 1944 monographs Tie Motel Tel ofthe Basern Cac sa pled rpose tis own decor avs? ‘ur ace frsaingly we ave actual correspondence em, Lonky and Gian we ae eso Jo uch devecive work whines Teen out hype sbout mal inBuence. ile ta 196 on eold remark, and somewhat untepentety ha Sem relly no need fr al his bine recourse to the Grech prises tage when Thomas bimulf contained all ce best bis from Ga fees suck + Gregory of Ns, and fom Dionysia, sey he fed ia height way? He lo expend only bate and mish Chios fis adlegemen of Heidegger ew phil ine ‘ong, emaring ror Frchurg Yet mach nr and caring Tena cerepondence with de Lbsco* mos fo he tik and 70 shows growing sexpectve allegiance, pos Vain the cena golf le eel lp a an acknowledgement ae fad eater unerinted the importance of Easter pis rane tne. href othe crac of de Labac and wo bow Cipro ofthe Dionysian beige, semingly 0 een fom Lah ‘eich we mus tow turn ors be contraption. amis Ake Lec and Loy shared many gol azo inky hy ane secmed abe acon quite diverge paths of Dionysian recone (Gio who farmed se ige Been them. De Labac' Assimilation ofthe Dionysian Corps “Thereit oevdence hat Loy eer comesponded wth de Lb che gute een with Fr, Charen, the biographer of ibe ‘ho hastily soe did and whether the two men even tao Iles angel uncer de Lbac wa, afer al, mos in Lyons [esl house at Fouvitze shee fom 1929 on except when fe mas ther inthe Restance during the wa, wheres hs youge Foch league Dail, del wel oewn eo Lossy, was ct halt ats Ye gente pli aro occasoned over he pbx of lr bac conten monog ph Surarrelin 1946, hs ube bat om 1950 uel 1961 by his Jt supers and by Rone (are Se quesoning of the agra hegemony of the ort of neo Sl® thigh Lest lo abomiated, and pve alo his eepening et lh Giton i surely cannot be dat de Lacs work emi et esse, And we do ow that both men wee inven the Pa veers Vent cine and journal ™ Yee nacing in Los’ foo ten ON ec sugges sacha ecopiin. Thi one of the many (ee ref omisian [have bad vo acknowledge in my research forthe “sw sal oe sin ache end ofthis paper, Loskysson was (rr ep de Labo a one of his father friend” Gn islck explicit communication beeen the men. wish aly ‘eLonteton het wo, sameuha pardon led, densont (Bites orn asain of the Dionysian mystical heitage athe see fru Louk Inerrettion was being publ, Like Gin, de [nc ans w have changed and developed his views on this Beage ere deel snd one cannot bep but wonder whethet va Go, ne aprecirion of Dionysus may have gradually emerged 2 nina wo ce Luboc'sInly Avgustinian impeas to healed en “efi oto vodencre isha in the xignal heady years of Greek perc ravemen in Fac om the exly 130s on leading wo the ‘lini 40 wth Darin), ofthe Somer Chrétien it w28 Or {pvt fr de abe the pie ecvered ery and long with his Sopa Ny nd he, among afew exer inthe Greek ice Confse These were the wees who were tegied a the ley Eaten autor in eed of rerea by the Wes according to the de lubed Von Balthasar who wat armed under de Laci he Jesu Stat Fours in the ny 1930s, els charmigh that while other ‘me ei mer ting af weno the acer Fld ofan sernoon Duin and Build, among other, died the tes of these pu Se Grek autor in ei orignal Grek frm under the geneout ‘kgf de Lab, who “refered us beyond Scholsiciamtthe Church Fale rely making his note and excrps aaa w™ Von dat of une, wast write monograph on each of thee hallowed thee Origen, Gegry of Nya, and Maxims” Dionysia in contrast teed fora ery lng ie mith some reserve by de Lbae—and ‘naka forthe very tre udeiing reasons tat Lasky whlebeartedly ‘xtc in. For whar bach men could aceon war ha any sellout 0 Seplueismina Christian author wasa mask decadence and danger ‘he anky exooeaed Daya fo the Nexans int hen de lahe~filoving the more sandal schlatiy prenmpeons of the Soe-made pei the oppose assessment. We ae this poi sil 10 2 a a sanan Counce cexpreud wi fc in an my de Lab wrote much bs i SEES Niai and Mystery” and dedicted to 3 Jes coe Raves fr his Feschit volume!” Hee, de Labs scowl apni en leer Chea, ving been promt ‘Talon wel belorep- Days bur in ts gene ode he ‘Gos uw sins lne aque Neoplatonst varie, hls pratging ‘Gone heya as wells he posto rst good: "Mpc i festa hingy ad can bore she wont a ew thane sren—coul equly wel have Been expres by Lowy a aioe Tis pra emo the wort according de Lobe wen de touted fon the ue myers af the Gospel which eo bereinds Ppa pit tom God and in Chr ever cbecores from te ication, the, and from meditation oa hal Some tends toa perene cure! This jadgmen too, might uta elie teem writ by Lasky, but whereas Loy chides Origen oe eae te pllloaphy and erate Dionysian to the tre sas of wer soe thsog de Lb nly eerie the peernc aa eno be reeved for hi pra nigh is pervs me Joga sions andthe Bigatal dee of his Septal eae ays io be supe for his callson with Neoplaoain ae nadine Chrisaogy® naar vei, ben de Labae devoted the yes of is ibe fiom aching whi farce say, Mdina! Exp Spies fer of Denys an is inence in the West oan epi st etl oe wo Neoplaonians hare was escent Spank ae ‘retool crphasy and cat rom thei {ary on, his nBuence inthe Wes eed in wat Mate Dos ‘Chene--vhor de aba flow on his potnt—called pst ‘nyse undcsanding” wanumuted ino false “specie 29 ‘am The oy in this analy ofcourse, sha preci only’ ewa aaa onthe eruption of Dionysian in is Bet medieval varias. What inky appear to be seaight cit Seneca Looky ad de Lae on che semen of Dian ‘ton cls insecto, be mori an one conegece, xt Ince, perhaps, ithe Force lle “ecumenical” ryt hs ‘tique of Dione meapycs ve against Biblia serum ‘que expicily lowed by de Latac at his pin, draws apecish = [Andes Nye denial gape end Eno gain me 07 inl Presa hog wa ot ao Farin che parila ‘ial akon of sine scam foyer tobe de aba’ on constr ices Ha mon cottorenil book, Sure (940), Teta Dentin I any conc foes sce the iinet See Crhbak was alin fs deadend eo Scolici ‘Sock napoin, and tos new sna of he periparry giof Pema all Ay eal only fds sach is chron Ee Donyan corps wa thus att be ound in de Lc Scie amor ahs es inderd-ss Job bank ar ecy inet ban oral cymes in Serna bouche exer Stony der nny al: de bac’ pon oh erin sy Sun Maso of eteselogy? pedal pack eres “feof pu immaner: ing proper wo pio on he one and, Mie bud he rocatry even proper to thelgy on the ker Here ith shih hs poston cul! be mando by i Eocors fare tocrnd the pardon definition of man are ‘Sosy id hovel othe pert’ of diy Even {Toul wees aed arog coke here fm he Do Sas Ml Tg and ode Lac’ ae e Myre di Sura ih pl foward he se inthe le part of Sunenord ‘Singh nw chest Btn Dyas Diine Nama (hap S33 ahr pecan le pug, mth Dy von tern of “peed Life Windom, an Goodcss owing ans Teg ew a tena iting tha ceaon wo preps HaldeLatc dint changed hs min, then? This igs 04 ful petapucrpeced. reson ny dea ley ied it <2 caalvwr bot the soph tations in Chiat ne fatal implly there sour Daya ts wel Like ln and Gabe ntl spi, nd cha eal aupicion of Din ‘lin bal nove compel eb like iso 0, oer ‘eye ania pons ccf Surat who ad minded king op puny immanent gral bis ciace ewsympthy 0 apophate esl move generally {cif Laing aly rel. immanent coer Oe Ik A\Doed Gromer show in hacen on de ae" ‘Luc boc e150 and le The Dery of an the i ae ry suaan Coucury secon on “The nefible God") and The Chitin Fait he cage ihc Unty of ah) tht new apophatic en bepn nen de Lab’ speach wo woperastaralm, and wo pervade witha ‘ene of aceen vine mystery. "He who canst be ead nd beyend nr teach, a secre at once dissing and ine ies in The Dory of Gado again The Crénon Fh Wg Ter tundesood hgh knowledge it dled by the ure ‘lth one who knows Sof ou ave understood, in Gol Ing however, de Labse dacs nor direc appeal © Dies ha ‘then be makes hese new cli isten, ro on of Ds ee ribet ow given new credence For de Luc, the sey ge Pic does ot have eo be sought chen inthe “ysl” Ea ‘ber bas nach sali in Ars Thora Css Whe hd Fg ara poco acquit Mise with he Easter es de ‘wth the Angin talons of preveniee grace, tha endl tac witha new apreition ofthe divin nea sey ald inthe Weer exons of Dongs. CConcosons Eat and West and the Dionysian Paros Lec me conc, Ihave inthis paper Been intent on pla Vs oul Orthodox cosrucon of de Wen ily to ts ge Fad CCtliecomeat Wik we have see ha Los’ elevation Don ‘am to he satuf the exemil corof Ester hclgy wat insne ightymaniplce ine exgeas of Dionyie bimse is pot sea sane congrt, deg with he sialancus np the erg and fon of Schl thinking bing andere ‘Gon, de Lac anders Had sneane reat 4, ee ‘on the fist appearance in Fass of The Myce Thay of th Ber (Chr htt chow woul oe day beep taco cs ing pro coming bere Carli Church Coun emit ben met with lok of ncampechenson. Ye the ple ane ‘Wes in his pinesing bok were set, as we ive now arly es suated, gin ther eens whom Clean and de Labs Moree she place of he Donan harage and inerpreion Eas and Wes proved wo be she hermenevalyacpin ths bob wi and divided thet de aT hope Fare aio show Tei the ing of his pape that dee 9 modern Orthod ensracion es utenti, and simultaneously, "an impli reponse conver Toei th Wer, ofien animated by undeying stands of "Wess? Sere eveeal which the ew ses ronicly share" Pea this Se ptm Meyenorf am talk of a emashabl atenig that Trap tipped word shave round him in is ls yeas perhaps. Lecce why Niclas Loy, Loy’ son, am ii that is Ehtecatealla get Weert mie nd can conde hisrvey ‘Paco Thesogy and Splualiy” of his ahr wih hese emake ‘Towle Fs. Conga Danilo, de Labse, Damone apd many others ‘ley far eds, afer helo uss conducted nthe purest ‘Piste redial armaments where the ‘aver’ profoundly r= ‘Foc cteancher and always dsl pefct inlet honesty" [Topemtal Ondo conarocor of he West, Lasky was ia many r= (pena reale product of THE IMAGE OF THE WEST IN CONTEMPORARY GREEK THEOLOGY Panels Kalaiteidis “Tecra ren i yan ie et hn thos nen one of wale On te oe had the Ge has shown | rnc ection snd radii of ean countrys which ha In ee tified in he name ates Sd fone Ordon ad analy acompaned yr ae final agin Weer ees on the thet ht Siogy aly ple wih vere ard engl nc bore ing fom the We, wich wometnes orton acre so {be sccmglahmens dynmion, nd hgh elt andes Aids of Wem dso Vir the Wen, rec hey ms {ial tee song recy Fm the was even the fost Snd he at-unioisobrwen the Then heat the ee cere of Beane would eer apie ofan ed ‘Wevenzon dating the Tih oceopain, owed bys ped dyadic Sholom yn of ‘ston ete 130g ong pei and mols od imported Fom Ee ad exe inte Cian lewis Zee Folie etrs othe Ee tht pepe ty te Fie Cane of Onhoin Scho helo held in em ® 1236—but whch war Become she denna cogil ui? rec ser the 160+ Grehtnlogytedsoveed Orr > ‘yan wan in he ir of on mers Orth ot and etc etre al hig thee gua on condone ros west m Comrturonane Gusta Tatotocr 18 fon al Ween ace, more that has come tobe knowns bers Oto Babylonian eapivig” sect wan Weseriam By means should be taken a 2 rth ofthe leiimate Orthodox erga ofthe Wes oe doe ep tdnapeenene wth moderate semen ofthe fundamental et hewen te wo Branches of Christianity andor the leis fell ipa plaguing he Wes. What we are een t,ather, ‘peuple elgal constuction, she one sided nacutte, and ‘nnn gue that ses inthe West nothing bu ero and here ‘Seti sing the Eastern Church forts doctrinal prey and up ‘Ginn and which conitucs ro ser EaseWetelations in terms of ‘Shed cannon and disor fen in Bagrane divegaed for his ‘a ecw chr deousig en cents of common Chistian ie ‘aceasta communton, Sich wie are spol blvous Tera beth tobe cla cai, buch radon ae ned, fe thy fay conte Cian’ rwofld lunge “Siamese ‘ein Fe Farah’ own ers? eva twoui beanie chide the shelopansof he 1960 for aie ‘ein bead sok: Fist, because the generation as whole was Iie dlgily nox st by the Rasian sheloias ofthe Dae ry mj works coming rom Wesern thelial schlashipas ‘elaeeeued yO. Callznn, J. Danilo. Congas H. de Laas. pT e Chardin, D. Boahoeft, H. on Baas, K. Barth [kma, K Rebar, P.Tilish ad ache. OF coune, a mater of aver tb 196s heli dd in fact convere wih thee grand ‘Goes fue and thir sucess (. Molmann, W. Pannen HL ig} Mild cc) openly and sincerely. Scan chug, woud ‘ei bcne naval of the Greckthecogans ofthe IDs share cis ga Rte ecient Inde, we would be serous emis if we arise and inpotaedfrences among the mal epee ‘yah thelogal generation vies their atu tonnes the "ex Th veo this macer fun actos wide spectrum ranging 2 fy doen the ee absence of an Est Wes polarity andthe crcl oF = aly dloge wih he Wet (szlly accompanied by the aop- ‘moti tclogel agenda ad ks academia method) down ‘era donciton and demoniation ofthe esr Wenn tition, ‘daig-rneed enteachment, ad the promotion fan aniWesers snl pi 0} Zz Q a 5 a = a a 5 4 QO a) VE _DO NOT.REMOV “Te sale “helical generation of the 19605" howe ws ead ag the pth ofthe cll wo return to the Fathers abe eg Inoue in eas both othe agenda and race of omens (Geck tbesogy, aod wih respect the ater curent nage ha ‘Wi the exception of Bilal stdls on underdendeped ad ele tmugiliced diilin in Gre Orhodo ce, nt ised fas be the dominarecelogal paradigm in Gree. Theo {iy rewrn the Paha” wat inal exposed by che wa py theologians ofthe 1960s, sch + Nikos Nis Jobn Zino, Oe ton Revoumbis, Cos Yanoars, Fe John Romani, spat Felix Nikos Masothas and Fe Vailos Gotta rin ch eon endl vp becoming a commonplace tcfeence Indeed an Aria pin forthe teclopcalshoaly te Church the average eon cs ‘kal and theo eerie nd soon. But swe hae indie Stor, the ft reins that despite Fe. Boros’ own eon ta Te cid one ofthe Invi consequence of chi movement 9 tum to he ater wae the acute polranson of the East Wt es ‘he ealaton of a ant-Western.ant-ecumenicl sentimen.?Thisp perl acu onthe ow mos influential an Weer heogsLie Fhe paina ofthe 1960,” Fe. John Romanides ad kis Yeoman Fr Joho . Romaides and the Rivalry becween Romisryne and Franconyne “he theology and over int of Fe, John, Romaies (20 inakes ora apeiron of Grek Onhodoe an Wes gs i Bor in Paes rece, 1927, 40 fay of Greek apse Cappadocia and eased inthe United Snes, where his fm val ‘emigrated Fe Romanids studied with Fe Georges Hy an tpaced wih promising academic career beginning 2 Haly Crs Ge ‘rho Scola Thesiogy in Boon, He fiat nde an mga Ge Ortho slash wih te 1957 publica of his sk he Ane ‘Sint which had been speed ara doctor dseration (wil ‘onrove) by the Faulty of Thslogy of he Univers of Aes thihighy acclimed work, Romanies reminded Grek cel “the ov ofthe ancient Church, which x preserved inthe Ease) ion, elit but being tnd companions in naar i ae “rk hs wo theres, adon his posi the Sheny of Thalonit Schoel f Theslogy foe 1990 ier a for well aver Secadea visting pera al 2 Sad ene of Thenloy in Lebanon, he rae inthe re an deere aswell i equa pation a oe tS dager oa seperate af the Chtchof Giese, esis staing ssl ver Orthodrtheloy Grek om. efile Hi ant such sn etn, nf that ume, ke Fe (Mean of the Nana and Kapedirian School of Telogy {Fike he gone 0 a0 alk abot pe ad poe omaniisn Oe nol the Pench Ou i ar cha Pac Ala wa wou bore on say, ced Romanier"the peste tig een i ha meg "Sle wl be semi filing to mension shat Romani had sity poe hil sept snd poner hele Spel lowing sve of imporane pape in Engl plied fin ihe Grek Cod Tha Rv ree 156d 985 np onion eco he elope Alcs Kho. he ja Mary and he Furth Gospel alam and she Chri Shahn of Mopar Se Cyl of Alenia aS Job of Bauch ea hi ey American prod of shay elie wih 19602 sd he cal aie wh ‘he Rane’ thlgicl nr are wide and bonded, 2 Geen bsnheren nthe eaueeal movement which he ‘sex prineyand omc ar sligun clorn andcen ich hegopirar bn.” Nims, Ramanidetsboadmindencs aed # dramatic sxe 75, when is ck Ramone we ple nti work, ‘meow ef Grek Onhdn Ea vers Lac (Reman Cac Kx pes nay he ral and able chasm bese slid rns Renny” Grek nd Latent on hand and ‘tet Fancnne” onthe oh From he appearance of Rmx ‘roma Raman cere hs thing conon ih he al ‘ed aly ule pone of Tae Anca Sin ad ther exly Sela wings Heater, the West is wholly demonited and edie pone for al the miu ofthe Oto, both SelgualadNnraliaoal DONOTREMOVE DONO ‘ede epee inh it pbnton of Boia tee plu mobs ope The totaled Cons Teton” ety pce othe Grek pone des ave anil tewpper Orda pe? a ip Tamer en 17 cela pape ened “eat SF Gi me: wo edi Or Tet Romane per sir sapped yea say pled a El in 16, unr he a Pa ek Fe and Dine py Ben Tron in ings enrmic oo is he pli Len rom ine on emai ers woul be cu tat cats fey earl boy cai ae pei Tre te chien. coding snag pp mt Proved “bamenetal La rele fra hop no {el hg an tino hey pong eure ey ad carb tes ln ad ie char Pe gs ooh ‘es Raraie pyr lon tha pe Trucdisener ogc wir ond Green of ed Sx? whe ins feted one song eine of py so thes Beach anc of conn apie Romy Os thay. The oping les oft pou ae Bg igri 0 Rerun arma of lcpering rp nt {Snel hie loge we “The presen stay dates rm atime when ees were mae i> lecherous on Orthodox theology. and digesnns ttradston wee allo evden Nowa wae ins {> aceune fo the pla td thokgial ci whch och cero initia the atin of Romine and he tiation of Onhodony. Lborating smehat on his ference 0 thee “pli mane futher spl: Back when hs work was writen, noone yet raid ht fi ‘hin aks hd desiged no ony the snniaon of Remit {he dinoriun of Orthodoxy as well according © wes pis Today reac ends cai © Napoleon and isa chit architec thi plicy™ er co fining i ae dn may ig a iefconing te eran. In Romi von Nope Sera agian the foe fhe Frch Reson of we tivcsose acone wnnahig bt ong ote Le tema ai he Face Fanci” On sei {erste tenon mb devel mo rr of Roma vera th Face wer sede feck rehtnaes e799 wee prude beng Safoeande Ropnnce™ Tas py ages ich Grey Pla x Oo ssi Toph ped by Romain ees of piers Sete Roma or Romi Chueh Faten wold be See thoekanend indie in-wfnsbonco hop ‘ites pel peepee, a cen nw nics” om “eset pps Roos a Gok hoof he Enlihenmen ae te ult reponse he raumaton of Romie Smee gh ading hecho he very en ‘Sel er neha ed xl ploy T the ne we, ls Imi ens nh + foe sat on Eupan, Rass {Inn Gea x ne Fano ei whe ld espe fried of Rony tn ending ts al comes ‘Wamlctn then ons ith eal dec al gre Romans eck hi eakrip nd unfe Remiyoeom en pal ime “Kelana edgl hemeneGr and Lan speking Auman Father, Reena, ct tee ag hy prc ok Scents aed by Romande othe dice alma of Ole wet um lth in — ‘tect sue daniance i Romani cau 1 will Sid edejd al of reating txt repre ofp ec ‘bg gmat a come he resin eter ah and cite cand erent dope wih Gece hbo ‘re teriep bree pon and Orta been ‘=+d Ona) The ube irybewen Romany aed ion te cocoon stupglet Get Lxinspong Yep Fok warps Ramet hee td he soe Ate ere tel epee (punto, eigenen DO NOT,.REMOVE__DO NO 3 = a co Lm 9 2 o a w Aicain/theoi wae bound to be Romanidese permanente ter the 1970s his ermeneatieal key for understanding nd ely ‘Slknds of prolems concerns, and calenger helo ei Geel ‘inch exception of Christos Yannara, who wl appa liye selec th hermerci har Become pop get Grek thelogins and even cult scholars (uch 4 Mev trrbes Visor of Nafpaktos. Fr George Meclnos, Anas {la Revat Zour) ar wel at Otbodo elses in Labanoo, Syria, Jrslem, and ao comets frm Noth Ane ‘Oxindory who popularized and further dewloped Fr. Rom fale and ideas icone of Romani ety hee en Roan mold equated verti by the forme brpalisn De near andthe at hop of Athens. Chrisie From the piceding brie analy should became det dhe be maids ely bas domiraed the Gres theological and Woe ‘leat see Icha ad devi impact onthe hoe ane Tasos, pee and empecily mocks, but alo lay helps merous lus groupes wel, inasmuch ac rise 2 cmein {nd coming conspiraorial explanation fo he hire wos > ‘hdory and Remioryne. Aran explanation, of couse ii devil Slut races fel cic sice lame is abays place yo oer ‘heer the Franco ating the Pope, Westerners, Naplen Bary the Slo, and on. ‘Small woder, the, that Romanidess theology bas wo shag and wide flloring ang conservative cts nthe Cathe 1 the Far Righ In wath he Bateed theres fsa ‘ics ad peyhohgeal compas of the history defer (Greeks othe eer of ealvating helo selfs ctl ‘coven agresio, andan intemperate ese of spin Hats ‘on Romioaya ave eer been rested challenged by aos ‘eso, or hati ele ied took bee abject serous eonmentary, ven thir fe yas afer sis appearance.” Whe ‘us hve, with regard wo Romanidrs ents a caching, het -denonizing ofthe Wes the chills canfaion of Onhodey a ‘walty with Romaniy/Roiopyne, ad last but by no me ea ‘eciregeoprapial Mencaion ofall hoe graced wh he vind (God andthe uneeed liphe with the sled chiens of Ronit ng nse carcterie words of Meopolian Hirtheos of (pide Vason oe fF John Romani mos fl fe NaF Ramanies had devoted Rimslf ently othe cus of etic was he quinesence ofall nine spiuai the TET fom selon mater las, and every other exprenion (ian tamarind ™ un the eran of Romisye—Greck o Latin—Romanies sees apy fe ach things a epetane, spires rupl, bliss kao een sation Kacems ashe delimit al thse wo ‘Sumcihwral dann, Therefore, based upon his own defnicon of Ror ‘Sefeand hoa," we ca ature that nthe cys of cis Gree [rota heli ins the rion of God, apd Orchodoy in ts eet istsallyneowined wih a ceain empire: be, the Roe inp and its ceten, Ths, even Orchodor people who formed Spwtl tis engie by chance or choke, sch as the lr fr instance, {rer goued by Romande o openly denounced as eallbores ‘ibe Fac and wos of Romonyne. Beran oe scien ‘haw deaatam swat, nowhere docs Remasides make reference $icaeRonsn intr or tiv Likewise, nis ambidous nd grand ps ce(gltal bith of Romanity/Roniosye, heindades— Sede care, language, and nana ymbols—the presen counties Ere, Abia, Romania, and Cyprus while abo lnclding athe Sara" or “Raman Hendy che Osbodox populations of Syria, laa Pein, adhe descendent ofthe Latinspeaking Romans of zn Ep, pect ‘Tsar the pace claborate on Romande noxious tela ‘lace eat f the Church a 30 of pital hospital and * Onde athe spre method of pctaherapy and dil pi ‘a hin all krown for thei powerfl apes to many tio ‘dele ad hogan Iwill have osc to indice ere, or ‘x ret pups the existence of deeper undying ink beween “ers pela esl ligchy Te, hi demand ors proven ‘jet von of God ar a prereqline for doing thesogy. athe ‘cen of i poebliy to “Romane and che peal and Rein hat his ebeolgy bas promulgated ‘sald beaded that Ranier poial involvement a «cane ‘evr te Ft Right in the 1977 paamenvarycleions in Greece: 2 ‘exh ye afi teil he Greck jin wih he veal 5 a = a oe a Z| oO a eas and eenypes that hi corp conveyed init ee. Thema Metis his unwavering poston towed the “Othe” pec ce cor "Other (Weserrrs, Francs et) evn ova th One (he Ones", Russ) we ae fred admit that isa. ‘henenFar Righ polis could arly have been an unorunate, ‘Some of hissopporers ave aed in is dems” Traum, kes bey ad that Fe Romaniless over theory ec lng Romyne may wl ere perfect. bu not unigueisaet ce pomeal venteaces in twenih-entury Orthodoxy: On ee and. embodies the pernicnar side fom the sheslogel pe te Rota and here onthe eter, eempis dhe roman ey ‘IM pecan wempeacon of many Oxtootwolng fr pena ed Fuser and sractres, whi found 4 vie 2d espn a Be ‘Rane an-Wesern nana ha 20 savagely damaged sown ce, nd beyond tha, the pence and work of the Ono Cahn {Gree sd inthe broader postmodern wold ene? SiractualAnt-Westernism in the Corpus of Christo Yanna Fer allots popula nse marinated seing of he Gre ie zl in coarse Chuch ces, FJ 8. Romane wey toe ued nunc eyed orn moc ne aed {nw guitare pbc soon re or dd sone wit ellos {Icey or eld anes a rece, While sl ein ee “luienbie apeiron cen scion groups th iis byte ick cor neler ay lado htt toma yron filename and Healer f= (peompenato Sach at thes omc ih rpc Cie ‘aan wine pcr in Grek sia ea back oe SD. “Te immencty dese work of Geek ehengin an pet ‘Ct ana hate ese fc ne deg tholpal nd Chauhan in rece sce he 19705 and ir ted fm he 901 ona, ring pt in Yr ee (Ser drng wich be became poly demon wey ead eat 18 Gece Begin in the 96s, hi work aly bse BoE Shing of» masesd ea wie cd of Grek llc sn it otic wo anti tte One ‘pee Yonaratoupa pnd mere poplty ght AH ua usr Conreurotane Cassa Tweotocy St scion orange tan mn ey oe rh Cen he Se ce ee ser sec ey ta Se sie en nee Cotes rine eer Sem sl ln tre CE Se celica ae tere ee ee dalenging theology. se ei vt inked “iopabic ae ate nmin pment tremer erase er nn od ei Seater aaa rasa eee eee eatin aa ae eae asec ate ae re ee ees eee ee Seen encore ae a ra ite spear en ecules mdi oat steer heme ie pte mele en erence et Se es Shanes eld oh see eects crema om tee Seem ecient Socket ne ‘orate frre reeenne acest eet Seeeasets in eeah e eee pes /E DONOT:REMO\ DO NOT REMOVE DON a single unary Gieck approich © phsopicl quetind\" al ee. ‘lhc pelar hemo advocating am unbreakable cong ‘he Gregor thauphow th ear ns conepton ohn ‘Cesta eommunion nd parsicpsion ini allastume an abl ay ‘TYinnso Lerthough othe extent even of vehadowing es ey poe ‘Here ust point out that, hough Yannara fen span heanistonm delogian par excllence in Greece, and we tees ‘Soman fer the ation of Orhodny from he Wesera Sebi eae Inbuness no es than the eicovery of rue Oethodar en ‘Seal emai the lla and backbone of his thelgy.w ie ‘Coin fm reaching evrpledssesment fi ped ye ‘Seen we wuld be pat at emo assume har Yanna hae is uafeed by mj developmen in modern Westen tel nh ay boll peso, at lent, no only doe he tee abs td ‘tin an sina endence, but he seems more ameralew ‘Rntal dulgoe and prodactve conversions with Wesen Ge {ans Vanna xy buat we shall ee—dicoinuou, ones fecomemporary Wes Chri thought accords 03 der pte rence io hi ently works ro cortbtions made by Ws ‘Etlognssch areas Danidou, Henide Lub, Hans Use Bi, Yer Conga Endre von rank, Olivier Rossen, Rage Shut La Boye, Thomas Meron and oters™ Bot end bythe ae 19705, eal nd in parla, Grek tad become so cemal go Yaonara hough Ut had cnn ‘Aiedenareuiteent and citron of ecesasca inept Choi Byte ame ken, Geek cule Beeamea as rex From te ecenccal een, atin the ease of ese mel i ‘on and clue, which i Yanna view was deve hap bt invasion of afar ter and aces in che Western Korean Emit le ‘een the Furth apd sth centuries AD, a even that ed bi 9 = the We in ems fbararirand curl infin. For Yams bo prune, slishnen, lack of epee, oe the pina log of this wo Gee Romans 1221 Pee ih “abe wat wat with thew fey ina Pal says (Roi Zh ‘hat ecls ur rom the Church, bor her the ee of ot ge ture. inded our cultural preconditions fr which we ae note ‘enon responsible in view of the acon and cull coup se Ne at pr me nl Le eee ed Seemann pais at es S eireceemne toed ee pete octet er Sane ek ii rer peace diets Ta eg re nerncgntpae dibe ccerhege SoD ete nd Ca cn se eee ean tment a trating were tsacmimd Secs sent gy ee Cech eects Spates kpanic abe ene serait jae ee wend cy ena eer a sifccebsne hese online yi ae Semi esnteatapey a Stes Cima cuin feelers Sheng rae Smisson eS Serta Sohacytaoy een mebetaiemy nites temo seeder moe oe ae eit helene es stash npn eg Sonnets see ct /E DONOT; DONOTREMOVE DONO Gaon, archisran Erwin Pal, nd historian Gears Daya nowt to them and dpe thes ova ition, a poig wy ‘oun work ll he hievel and heoreteal mati eed ra, treaty destacive cis, ad ultimately the rejection oth trey fad todern Wen, There is aed single cal of ey py annus air 1970, once e ad acquainted hire wih he wi, that fet quore them in sopor of his basi thes te th ‘eal peeondos forthe inpasses of modem Ween ce al ‘or af gos consumerism mse be traced back 10 Wein nang ‘eagy and pllowphy. As Yannars himself pois ox inhi ani rape bok On Him in the proces of highlighting the pie thisdscoery: “There ar nnethcles, cern books which pve rede ps repo Vou ce them over and over gaa in yout wag of yout bibl lfemation has oped withthe, Tye ‘ome hye to mterpeting an em ea ot 3 culation sete ‘ent erp every hola an aingle och ook opel "phisor et min’ ees as if they were writen ust for hm Sh bas ay have been widely red, but wat up t 3 indi series bring othe oe eda, vehi si ‘ical you may even fel that he ver author ofc ee took wa unswat ofthe tru magnitude of tor er a ‘hey dil, hey woul! have certainly reached radial cod ‘un ars the sch ey bokrin Pats the al igues at hora Erin Pasi, ended Arterure oe ‘elnigu?” MD. Chee sald and impeccably aid welt ‘hog comme sence oxXile stele ae sense Gon ae Lappe ax moyen de Shr before dept fam = Tadeo my roster key work Georges Duby’ hee lan "es Adler del yin cider — Bure dct = Fandemen den nosed bamaniome® Ae boom ofthis yemacc mltenling ofthese shh 21 (who were obviously ead outside heir proper ctxt and Yon ‘rel get de Wes theres the elope hemes ‘al conrast bermen Ortdony andthe West and he Lined ‘io a view ofthe mode wold a prodac ofthe Wes it ‘Ags Tobe sre, Yaar isn the cco ofthis icant even Ed We twa however who earned iin «ye \Sadiwiha heel a yound:te wh suenped ound 2 Varn Oto sues (bon, Cen, arf, Dub Fae nt per eee consror ot atthe Wenn Tie ge be Weer canon a « nooo clara ue er tt and mon contingent deri and who ail cas in bi Siivring (her morappis wey cdma shat any of Sil ele allneno—incding otramcnle som wale ‘Sot al te woes ofthe wo mod ware the clogs ‘Teeuing dee consumer and elgial biewahing 2 wel ‘tian snd thon of human penonood—mac lk ‘real deh holga rr and ecclesia and ial wr: toons Wott dd Age Dr Ynuares et Weserien ety ‘tpl oh Helroceetan—cs tone qus on peau eae ofl cack perspec a Yannuras corpus on yelp eng fhinary ond esi hve odin a “ol alsin ofthe Onhodor pst andthe consequent inure {Shes acm w wo andweadio, hit mireading of hisory and oct sn mene seri hae inn ed hi oop ‘ey thle widen poplar ang be Oro: ue au he mos infos ad ied pure ofthe Wes wh che shi ‘Ted poste wero of Ondo. The Won that Yana ‘Sivan demuncs bof moc ear fee We Inapea isoraieaemen ola depen on ferences sel mrp hw of Tamas Aguas Ari, nd A {ie lt net any important contemporary Waser heap ‘vn the ft ht many Weer telglns re Keely ‘Su iho pi helogy td the fndament ofthe Renn dbl fe Dasgrs. and ate nowadays ply ened in Eucharsi ob ed cles iclaing che theloy of pesonbond Ts sletaces to Aginy, Ansl,Abca Aun, ad ees ‘onion wok ference tothe il calengesposd by cao Ronan Cale theo ofthe twentieth cer ‘tpl sender i extemy areinYnmara ete cops includ pg find eee a anergy Wo nels, Ox Calan Jan Dann, Yes Conga Heat {tld Hn vn Balbus Ru Bulann, Ke Ras al Ti Jig Maman, Ware Paneer Hans Kang, Ja Mare oS Zz ° a w > 6 = a a b 38 z ° a 5 Pansat Katatzz0%e “illad, Ande de Hu, Her Legrand), min ances os ubaelneracton with hice en Ease the problem of Chrisianky + iclignlatin” rekon eg {lieniato ofthe Chuc from rion, of be ee fom ea gos way of if, which has minted Yannte agenda re dee, Ewen. ens ad which Re abit te ol pl, is Cou lio abe ly he Wes, iam aie Hed tac persed excel to Wc Chiissiycr wie nin hal Became Western Yana sonal preeineo wc vo makes single mention of Ka Barthad i wd {istncon betwen region nd revlon, He sho ign Dice ofr and is dep rial ana ofthe posbty cs unde Cain, made abi pineal rir whi xeon by eek "anna erly convinced thatthe Wenn Mile Agen semancre dent the rel deepen of Ween wea ad [gti plnopical and cela courses machi Sa ‘Sec as hep do ilu with the a ded Cheslogal psa the expense of the pe ya of Wenn ed gp. reste of malo and very ingen hag ee, ‘imerpreation and disputes have log bee aking pice Todd comemporay Wester checogy can igh bos ‘ha Yanan (dha among the Greek elias othe Boe ing his rerwblingantWeneeis simply docs nt fall ese thing, neo Scblisichm and neo-Thomian have Both cel w ‘mand any eon n Renan Cali hla ig eit Spins Acne Were choise illacking rome. ‘tiem problems and clege in metal holy ad ern wiom. The dacs ot mean that soil ea alaol ed weds isan at alow eb onthe coe ais ve tloomed sine the ate 1980s epi in Fr ‘aden, Catboliad clr ake, where eee ee ‘ral pilsopy and hedogy ha been manfee But ren a Irae exci aademic a mater of concern othe hse leony, onthe es fn corto eile» log-in it 282 pal pad forthe pret aps Fey sey cla et ‘ould dream of delving ino Sclin the way Yr ‘psi inthe aermath ofthe Seeond Varn Counc be ied ‘erance of ible and pain nudes, andthe Cas 8 Tmotoer 157 cf aotn mene methods. Mich les would anyone a: eel telogy the beigeed role aged wo kin Yanna asec obvious dat Yanara oppose awraw man, long Trey tar ascend exer materal influence in eomtempo- Seria herely makings mockery out of his implacable ese (i2SScandasnns on mee bough with almst comple disegad ‘fetnceends in Ween teclogy and taco his orvision hat the (en wispy the em of the Middle Ages and cannot be ade- (iy coed uns tis se thorooghly studied and understood EE pp of characterising and defining the Mentty and scl (sess of Weer Chey. ‘Sh ef Yanna problematic premises ach ato ju ou Ina iv be expected hahaa of ase West rations woul be Ia Sa and onesie Fer ramp, the dior and progres: 2 wigeouaon” (rakripltd) of Cian with al the oer ‘pieces arachd thet) ae wll ated othe ‘Sevvlethe reck Eat cere ofl le excep forthe canal ‘nf epeed wo docialthealogical fares to measure upto ts wane andarls Acsodinghy, the Sci of 154 AD, which severed (Gea iy, sen a the torical analogue ofthe Gospel’ ame ‘sbeen t fillen "wo andthe "Kingdom of Hewven heal ‘Sinaaion Derwent Church andthe "loin? of ks Gospel, ih bea eral Gin dhe eae ofthe West ad ts church) 0 the [in wd and even death Aceon "the grands and only surviving Sen (Chistian dsigurng “lgoniation”) thes tou ofl ig hess codigo Yanna, ace abd the Wes Titsingh, Yanasas har mitigated somewhat his rweeping an ‘Yorn emi ia his 2006 work Conte Reign, wc he akon cies ig of elgoniaion” even In pefourtecnth-cenury Eastern Ory, dova ko the very core ofthe Orthod radon: He sexs soci patisiweing in the sya anon. hyemology ad were ‘Sinai, poplar pty, and etin aspects of Chueh aii in, Chiang thee inter a, for example the Beginnings of ‘nivale anderanding of the Euchai, the deronicaon of "aul he insistence on the postnatal gin of the Theookoe, the ‘lsh of Christan atthe “oc eligion” ofthe Roman Ee ete “iolaioa” of eeeutal Ontodony a sacl put ‘deen the neary gent ofthe Pla, and oon Butin peo his smal yer importa recamaion, Yanna abe rant ols tbe barbaric ivason of northern tes ey repost Teeth “ignition of Orisinity in the West and eventual he Shins cl whch he abet the cael infer of eh Tahir view the barat nes hat ewatned the weser par the Re Than Emp simply liked the level of opisicaton need cone Tend and aprecte the Greck mode af being andthe fundamen the Chisian pod news of avaton, and inmead tured ine 5 [onlays finda ownerip of the uth, alee ee ‘Stnycand sj ebjetve moral. Thi ermenea i epee i Sronthing frequency in Yannarast works” but mores in the Gok ‘Signal a is werk Onley ond he Were Hells Seley ie ‘Morn Ae! inch be cits Grek carl spent othe Wt tart bn of his inerpeation ofthe ler igi in barber, tea carl backeades ‘Sch an eral seeping esto ofthe Wea vce che We sal zen by mary Onbevor tthe oe ofall ewe beng js aed ‘prc tame ques asa cet objet of desir rune tought Yara ‘wok I fs In prey with hi wel-Laown ideas abou he sien Trnculural spemary ofthe arson ace ofthe Grek he ain Farber median of hisrian Conse tie Paparigopol o> Joga contro ofthe bres cont of Hellenism frm ani tu and Byers dh made Gree, the oman Hae the psa catalan cial eondins ofthe Tari csp 2 Hd the “tno he eum othe ated aon which in ‘rope eminent ofthe cl "eur the framers ce sh Tre eel he soecton of mneriy’sacompishments I wa dy of tha which I ome vo place Yaar work, abo wih be brotder mee Orthodon monement—of which he the most coin Sure —in the toner of fundamen dacrnes and even toon Sir vein ac and Josh io ardamentalins. Asbo ‘woul ae anaes oe dan ths of tener inclu hae ben ged ur the inBoence of Garman Rost rut vo fhe ation, which exe the aeton oh Gh Tligeia vi tbe hough of the Rasa tenons ofthe Disoa® ded the question ofthe ources of his an-Weserias “The Sinope movement ofthe ween century and he ed Alocumenedinlscual dee off representative Figures (Khonishn tient Geman Romans which inl Yannarshoughe ene gos plonphy an theo he Dispra 7 fam Downy sche ben highly ramen hp eer Nene, Vera wih he Soi the ie eae ore Were tbe mapa amos mesa pore Tee pin th commen fle ad hi alleged ison the arena ad genous aon the asprin EGE Nese onlin yrs Ese Orbos mpi, West iam vow Ease commanaraniem, Weer Seb Sitter Eovem pice talon, and om ae as abundant {listen the Stopes nh idence comes ror TOSS item celia rier German pooper of be igh (ese nimcnh cen The Sav rig of th Wen ‘Giada oer hgh wth Marin Heeger riquf Wee mops choc td hi oa longing fr the pine ‘heat advo fn ee tens ofthe peor Yanars sein ‘Ble te pest nepal power he Wes seta ceca yan wh pe hugh sd expecially Wi the spo ich fhe ape Chita edit (he Grek piey {Tacenyand mile Chan perindorYantras alsin ist Sed ese Heyer, mores, a someone who understands he ‘Sony Ween eli eso nd phe an ead diy Enepaa nin hn anal more ara wed ne Tgrand be drepie bu guy sma a eer wks SEC Tein mek enya) Dep being ie fe of an Tce asmprony edger cum provided Yaar with he Fences othe tuable arguments and authori fe fev hich wo const his ow von, wich a 0g an ‘son ene een en he ery Begining” ee (Css pray ofthe en sad te fom of ex wbegpet Polar, Vadnit Lowy. fr hi prt. wih bs empha 0m "cl shlgy and spac, hi epreiaion of the Arcop ‘pic ngs ed by Lossy ashe premier athorave test f the Erm Chan radon, and his eee phasis on the liu a2 Spal nar of Ean dlrs see co ve eed 38 section nw dae a hah sin age the Darn ce ely ified oa form shone ees DO NOTREMOVE DONO DO NOT. REMOVE: i /E ‘Any seme to undensand Yannarass an Westerism wil ope fur wilt hivoreal gees of Ortbodory 2nd Helene tes ‘Ruhat she Fourth Crude of 1206, the Frankish Ral the fil ee sole e 453 the Tork accapation, the inleaton of mise qin Gece he Aa Minor ater in 1922, the occupation rates {Gyponby Taisho nce 1974, NATO's bombardment of Sta dsb Nlacedoian dsp) ate eri aken ie account. Geb ‘pur weely columns in prespous Greck newspapers rial nan ince 1994 in Kathrin he wierd cua i ‘ics and comments tach promoted by the Frequent badasingo Ti vow in he media by the narra charm and foc fis ge Encore the prodigious lr oF his books, these isn quent ‘Belmpuc ofa Hellgocenicand an Weneradscouse on ase ‘epee af Greck cy wig 0 nd a et such “eon in (Tepes for el-aatance Even sy he ange of Yanna a (before than that ashe views ave Been espoused and inf ‘Mjosted by derymenthesogans, ad ilu nthe om ‘hemi aeial a Grek iy and in the Church Ging Se lnc nehbiop of Athens, Chrinadoulon Fr, George Meals Kase ours Thenotos Ziska, Theodoros iis ec thereby ing {os powing ate Weseriu tha ness polarization rece Ghd equiv hiricl memories, but wore chan that shan i> ihe eey prospect or eoncllaion,sregshening 2 it does > ecumenical entimene already rampant in Greece and though de Ontodon word” Tate fom Modern Grey Haralabe New ited by Fe Greg doe of Ini esr gal he sally acom Esser ‘ "heiress he ecient” ‘aeration of Niet ‘ua coneanly present aus LUI UNVEnDIIT UDRAruED DONOTREMOVE DONC the esk of heresy. Consequently, one might ask: What ithe conman co teitemten ico Sickest retennmenvccrcn ie cy rin tar er ee erro re Liane a iotoreee reentrant hac ee anpamnninormeniney scence neta thilopy this wten Inthe hese Bar eee Fane ei ga Sateen rey bin ae eee eee wee aioe eins =e RELIGION IN THE GREEK PUBLIC SPHERE: DEBATING EUROPE'S INFLUENCE | Efe Fokas I 9 Pt Begs, enowoe sco of ein dl smething integer Erpepetet rom snare ameessnaree Surndn agers emetic Sree ee ea Eivomninretan en Retest ne ee om ee ste eer sear cat ae atop ec Dat Somer pocciig emerging Crirerifaesatatramree eo Sob ceneeasteen er es Doeaeaitte erate oe eiepend rice Neanaark Sein econ ioe DONOTREMOVE DONO 10. NOT. REMOVE E (Di ‘guns heb of Beg pectin he cl vn twas het whee Ere tcl peel he £0 mayne hinge caring ince et Odor Gen oe Earpean zljon cmos, anda Gres velo one tega® A eed que, wich pts more diy w de heed ‘Bey. is whu re the Grok Onbedo ese hs Eager en cnfned wi Wener—infunc? Tn sleeing the questonn, ne wl make reece w pay especies tn of For Berger, drawing on the Hero ang {cen vow isthe Ocodry ent an po es Titan ts il ten ses he val th perpen Ingen thats fm the Grane Ral hgh tec tt Grek Orhan owe prea ua fic, Eavope pened ore wll rw ings abou ane canted scaiaion ‘Questioning Orthodox Secularization Far more prevalent among scholars chan Peer Bere psec ‘Orthod sculzaton i oe that pont instead to Ortho fives rendering the fh restart wo secularization oleate Iason ar we know it in Wenern Europe. Indeed, «mashed scholas beat acca ae ro Berge’ perspective, longa pea oF dfernce. Divié Martin, who wth Peer Berger wat of ka ing sochlogies wring abou secularization nthe 196s 4 Tt prominent vice in the lier category, diferng from Beg Iain pint of whether Orthodary rests adipr 10 seo on caming fom Western European special from she Eu Union? ‘Marin peaks in wrme of difring dees and kind ofulstin In the Onhodoe werd and considers wheter here ight b= ss Eastern Eutopean vein of selarizntion, and oe parila © O90 doy! Marin contends that thee are sgnicene diflece typeof wecularzation, and that hese dference hing the had ‘experence in parlar county, and especialy on whe cm an was pose asocaed withthe origins and myth of oe mn the elton of religion o class rata 0 power alo see te Sowa a cede apectlion vith Pres fring ail een Cry fr np Te ef hr, Main a Be il ren Thigpen pre of calarizton, withthe operative Hak bing ‘Peony hrs wimolared by ubjugtion oa alin empire of ‘Mion cignein the Grr case he (Maslin) Oroman Empire: ‘be Orndc can, the Ge communi Soviet Union. Matin Fanci thee mor counic whe ign wa renee ther | Scent by wbjgatin, "thas gringtheimpesion hat pesca Set pod fe reign, and xing what locks kes common Eater Fg te i, Invi col decibel "mui claret perspective, iene he mlipe molemities approach in suppor of his argument Coking ince a presequse o odezaton and vo ‘alan Mart esos tht i prey ob many owner {il pce frm a rather organic Knd of clleivs nial Tr nd his nether to demacacy or Seculaszation* He rie ‘Grek eam cxplilyand wonders ser thre an Orthod cla testing aidan ‘Be knd of cular sepecned by Weer Estoy, and more pls by the EU. Greece har ben inthe EU for sometime, bat reais estan othe ind of ecularityexplicly pomoed by [REEL One apes of ha svular shrat would be the Fill cep ‘er lout plarlom, and in mest Ortho counts hee ‘poe caret of opinion by no means eid othe ess ‘lheny and icing oe elvers that eine las a | Menefeural ion? eth ene equation fr Marcin the “unproblematic and di Seen” nature af the relason af Oxhodary Yo national ent: “Caan gion, in Geece and Orthodoe Esra Europe geal seven without eam throughou"™ Two ing that Marin econ he ements pepe: ‘seine of Smad Hurting “lsh f cians” thes ba prs thar One doesnot ned o tke on boul he geographical "npn fh map to explore the poy of diferent mde of | aokiy in che apere of Eascin Orhotony. Nor does one Rave ee REMOVE 5 /E |DO NOT, ssume an adamant estan to demociy sce mos Balan sae {Sebo ta dee democratic” ven defender of culation theory enter the idea dhe hodony might ena an excepon tthe they issih hela prediat «decline inthe socal sigcance of tion. Ft carga {oak Halen and Vee Draulns, weting on the bai of Eumpae ‘Values Survey ek ako draw che concation tha the wee ‘ance of rion wil ao Jecine in ese where rion pie tears for defénding the atonal, local or ec alte td da ‘hrche may remain as strong postion do to his gode ton such aif church ‘provide 3 ceea foc of cla ei spertion oan inperiicnighbor which ought ro imgoe mnt ‘Socal vale and Menor Benue religion ees. ‘eof mana" Tarthr slog the pcr of diferece rom Pee Bags sve he poly ofan Orton spo ae en Soa Jello arc that in “lle Christan? a Orden tomer ign ta cnninae cement in pope's cece mea. The ogg of sendin ape by regs tbe hac sete winded eer shan chosen bythe nd oe ced a dct hana cangeble™ Ths rm his pegs, She canends ha Europe shuld bce il fra sige wad change eecoonersincreneBerwecn ecilatEumpeaas aed ‘echt Infact his armen echoes the core hes of tb Bye and Kee sin cx Region in en Expanding Burp, sds by Per Ke ein inthe book codon exeward EU enlargement inet ‘new clus vay ino Europe's pola nd socal iho Ping away at is excepionl secularism "We have then. ange of perspectives whey Otho ie ‘anc oseclarteton snd may infact, eat the penile uropesn declaration, Indeed, academic erature on Ort fen characterie by an exc fcu on such ception” he cick However, ven further along the aforementioned cn Aiference, im many cases sch leruce sige a inevibiyo ‘nab of Orthodony to conform vo Western Europes norm 6 ingscclaraton. For example, one scholar in Reliant a ESO Enrpe wie cdo tha iain which—to quote Shakespeare—“loks aeaepeand acer aks" —noreven when shouldbe What artnps may impact the wor dhe Orthodox Church rises, ‘dem puro accommodate el change, sanding fed Ete Bahps gue ted onan “ilic pas” which eves as thee “eres he broader arguren that Orthodoxy generally aes ‘Minne f eral, commopoliaivn, universalism, and democrcy. ‘Eaten th same laos T,Bynermgget thatthe ts bere [Epis iad onion ee much mere pronounced 2nd organi inthe O- faci ”* ‘Sd enepns of Orthaony aacamless and sms, and wih “o- pink etecnteligon and atonal ens, ae often taken for fren nbd in bach media and cade repre of OF aya acral ith Weer or European arms. For example, teashu sgt that the cata and changing acre of Otho- ‘Eloas prone aetinelcralm aod ac and xenophobia fuse! Frusngon the Grek ate another auchot args that "Gres ‘ie ncn of scety embodied lathe nats a0 thee tlio Onksory makes scammodation to Europe dc at bot. tee Gece i socty “in which the eos, rion and the wate ‘orien organic wbole™ And Ortdory’ rato to pla if tee ef the shove dsrpions a lab Podomes Epi “ambalen ac bes Contesting and Nuancing the Accounts ‘ith png eles cones the view of Onoda ta ou ler rane to eal, or he view shat Orcas mil cade Wenem Euopena contagion of cation? Gey lr seminoma hat ‘preted Te hahha cen teen pects ihihing Ordon feces fam Wenn Europ oot ofthe ecard the emp ‘py and mncetngey. on the oie Te ge of pps sn beeen ge cy. Bow nity ten ‘Setar Man which eat the tnd fhe pet ‘DONOTREMOVE DONO Sana DO NOT REMOVE® i Ee SAINT LOUIS Seco, we mu dining betwen thre diferent mesg i ccm eal elsieaton a dee of regis ee eps te wcalaruaon panto ign be ae pra ede lato neice ™ Dewing thaw disintins im mind bare cen ssw sep o bth popes o Orthod claritin pred ‘wilde on llseutons fom te Grek ce specicay bt mys Tens hn bode resonance or eher Ortho cote ae, a ‘ing Dvd Man's arguments thy my be rend omg ks {ctu mova i he latrhip bern ego ded ‘Ect Te eaonsipBerween religion and national dey > tsinly poner and deepened, bats nt epic At many thn ives hans as Been prinkingy and cy tmnt hough the peduction sed proche le me {iy manged and aan by cog, hela nd aden pop “ec thrugh fil specter, comment ts ade el she dpicedchogh th chaleur an bea ik eee clgen and sacl ery alo mined ps (Ss ying so Catch promo, pray around dn tae? Sich tends veered precy hibition ied ‘Secor ee fll pron fdas ate hy he ‘cred ep rigion pubic and th Church very vl Ander evan hye sonic congene cs, Te eet hk trecan gee about thee of clive monery eri alan ar epiue bf an proce i dif mec” ‘Send, Marin deste the reasons Between tga sd onl enya unpobemaic” among he poplin nib erin the Gack cto be dened highly pols wf problemas ser ge number of chore bush cen le ‘sy, cers, and thesis ft parse wort ot os cnn te ye i wih he aonb = nd ratios nt cert perpen ce rani bee hrc and exe and Int vce ein ter word te ole ‘ani rsn thew tw lie ogo a ato thycon the ne hand; and of church and wa on he ee I {ie mechenm ong the ater tha ae amy sew we weed telooko undertind pestis in Orbos scar zte—A° tmp gemcy (oth pla andi pay pli and Soh nin leaton ses and lea stems And certainly thes mecha care vc highl coningent and thas complete notions ofc, py od the ihe Paty ah rence wo Matin’ observations on Orthodoe ais phon the Grech cae fe wih supporting listeatons fom re (ite theenblshmene ofa mozue in Athens 0 the Grek tae ‘Retain vires the Easopean Court of Human Rights (ECHR) nigel Geedom” However et this fact be aed asa marke ‘Foniodr exceptional fom Wescn Europe, we shoul a east e- ‘hat dene stances wo plralinm chewber ia Europe, no lest ‘Pine eo am i several counties dat thi aie ves have ‘elisa poral and wrance bye whowe satus 28 such vay be gcse Tipe Peer Berge prediction that Weer European secular ‘oe weld ead xan if by secularization he pls he deine ok ‘ips belo practice orth pation of rlign, den this ea fein tbe added though longzainal quaneaive and qualie erench seal sunning he length of partion a he European ‘kan pj oe Greece ron 1980 rch dara nforntely ‘sealer Grece bt wl befor newer Otbdox member ates ™ Hwee fe culation contagion feet ison difeen- ‘hn espoctat Berger ie corece One, perhaps banal example ‘te thatthe European Usion directive om the protection of pe fal di seve a a mucraceed excise for she removal of eight ‘Bien fom Grek national entity eds in 2000 In ctr wos i ‘san EUdict hac hejed make polcally Fase an action chat ‘oul teria hae been dicl for Grek pola 10 ake, gen ‘each reince pond by the Church, Another example the po ‘linear on Greece ofthe Leu decison ofthe Eutopean Court «ana igh, where the Court ued that the diply ofthe cele ian aston vation ofthe European Conversion on Hi ‘un Rg shld that deco ld flowing the esas ofthe Grd Canker eng lathe Grek cs, he presence frig syns eames in ‘Ser dasoms rnc regulated by Grek legation buts wleoread 5 rapa wil Again, che Leu veri iil sobet wo ape but ‘tll and, Geek Junie Miniter Haris Kasai as cared that Gee wil have wo comply by semoving gous sbolsfo pubi DONOTREMOVE DONC sprcee™ Aconingy, West Exropean legal and poll aor an {nd do ofuenceselaraaton a diferesiation in Orbolx Gree Greck Orthodox Reactions to Earope’ afscce 1 would now tke w addres bil reactions wihin te Church ode to inlarne (pena perceive on rel fm “Europe the ety ‘dsue and the elias symbol ie sould nate that by “Cnt Team a isiion represented bys hare athe than abe Ieee Far ech ese te conte pret coves in the sa we Immediate lsc are.” Te Identity Card eae ‘The dels ofthe enc nue hae been mh discus pb lhe and replied in along li of tents For ny purposes ‘ufc fo daw on js few major charset ofthe Chtcheae tothe auc deco remove rence to eli itn ee ona ey ca “The goverment argument the dion wa that Gee need ‘anor wo the Eutopean Union Directive om te potato of pd di, in accordance with which efrecet igus flan copa acum Gch as entity cad) ves the adil igh prs ‘he Church, in reponse, and spadaliy Archbihop Chee pe seed che a het natal ey, gen dat eee OF thodoxy Gor the nisetysome percent of he csc) woul! dpa ae the mioal entry cade Chiodos argued ha lion iia ‘were remoed fo the Hey can “chen the poole wil be io ect om Othony which epee us Grek cota ike ‘mera clone fou ey “We wl nx bce pvediegeele ‘thinos® be deed. "We ae more han they who wants estoy 5 county The Pope endo a} what I my. Lt teen bea > umn pie of instence bythe presen af th Repel eae dum could nx becaled on uch abu the Chars gered r= from the pblc operon reed, The repented eget 2 ‘ional frend wa that “te tioriy cans ace a eon Joi Im ation to gabring sme she milo signature he ‘lo eld two mast alles, one in Aces and nein Thnaon eg. mexiring ict forthe Church frase dren Seaton spect shen o chur rato th (tormrhptened bythe fae hat the dso was an bythe poe ‘Seow honing te Church Chrisedoes comple ‘Bert peal ating that he pine mils paced ick Seep to sang che dccion wl the thay tn fe Aen Besides he gnernmen hough, the main ager of Set aed —epeilly“Chrsedoubs Inignton wat Eu ‘athe EU Infect he Church ndehip were betwen Sa ‘rg the pron, and Gresknlicas wha coding (ce ere European shan he European Chance of ‘Svmerig” wes Chitodoulors seme dig one of the a been peaking again te backdrop af msn EU fa behind Serge he decd thet “Europe may il eur poche, bo tensa” Aso haar fam ale pon to Ew serrate a thats umber of dca gay informali on iat ofthe Chur) sok the et the European Court of Fumen isin apes of “suppor fom Europa which, howe died scot of he Grek nate™ In the dcr sca Fe Geog Melos fered eau the Enya Coat “Our vce” Bat een when te cue was Sesed asin the et for wing he EU dvs av a ena tat ulm SGcuteelatns eae Chur knee heer slid hat the BU dct was onbidig) wl he ft ta ‘PHSEU drecive on which the goverment ned fe devon ‘ton ngs far many des compas ht “Europe sce Wag en on Cre " Be Religious Sb lane “sNene of 209 nw pore easton ef ov atop inthe orm ofthe Lav Hay exe, Thugh the 0 ine tly empath Ln sew ea oe ‘esa ef wring tll open) the “ligule wee ofa ‘eng jl the erty se or under he ef tis than Chron, wo fcr ad avery welche ‘uso asa ppl ener ha penchant Sr nding ara es ed for ugling oii cect 'DONOTREMOVE DONC Under lronymos, very diferent characte rom Chie ae nigh expecta mimewhat dierent hiding of ch ses Whee og fr eared, che media coverage heralded» ew ca for he se fen inthe Grek publi sphere” Th change intrdce by ess ‘war eure theme inthe newsppe: coverage, where ke emt age ctrl prominently. One ottalin wrote ae "e sce pp the back ofthe Chirchof Greece seems ha wil diesel oe" Anaher indicted that “the Church, fo te ye ed the dynamic but alo exuberance af Cried Now th hialy Judged char the Church ad to mave fom the Teo hoe dens {0 Ks syodal couse, wih + pret, low key nein) [ao art bed™ "Thi show we want the chuch see member of pulamene How: then, wa the au cae recive in the Ironymosee! Theat conspicuous characterise ofthe Church response epi in pasion withthe response othe entity carde—wa it ed hrc “The Church bear was rately calm and mess ints amen “Toa age degre this was duet plan toma ake the cate wo icing an expectation thatthe decison would not al up in he bg tun, $a ental cataceiticaf he responce wat domi. Fr > ‘le leroaymos decried the dixon onthe ue at "eda ‘ated that "ights ae neon fr minors Bal frth mjten® ‘Ave chatacters ofthe response wat defnavenen wih eae (Gee atonal identity: Leonymon rnd at -prvocave the acd cern people who serge forthe duspearace em oie eth hy symbel and the eboe wh which our ton flowed pk" “These things re unacecpabl in Grck tain and wil foun ot happen” And, leony emphasized All Gre wl aed nize tha cers fg a European our cannot deve fr a" Fk hen tke diet by journals what his econ io he nine Gee will implement the Lewd decion if i vp ia tee Terorymor responded has ‘Th Church ot ther the fulfil ave many ways of etn hit eran dhe Church oppored, br we sould nota Ee the prec frei ymbls was ensured by lw —the Case ds ard sich I Greece emerge fom everyday ied prac ‘The questions what is more importane—the ing of tbe aor eit our waon and history? As we pursued our European {fice they fen od ur athe ent ad radon a [Rib pected: che ling songe han the enti oa Fone The epic expres hee wil dough aefrendum® Aurich on his cae he Chacha de ‘inaccynfe iting yar aya ef vaoal ety (na pc srg yet acne oc cen ‘esd on Grek op pr be proce” om “European im Tone veel uth time fwrkn och with eel 0 Hh Cand Chant dco rd owes ia heed he de Sol cul be ilemened in Gece. Br fhe deco hols poh wink ola to of tha dei af th Grok Mss weds ro be ohn iy he he au deo (rill jr acter cn ling ine fm Ee ‘Seaton inion difeetaton Noch hough, be free Tle cnet on the ry inplonenaton oe al vot $l eflowing wor “ly incmmancn with che Charch ‘peeing pete nor eared or che ene Char ee gle ‘reset cases eho tur conan he Chu, ‘Site ed lta con of eben confomasn” wet med sheep Lae ae Sppronal bth of dino snd de poral ndoece m Euop al cet inthe Gch pone. The Chur acto alata peed ine cs dey cars ad eligi yl as Devd Marin decked his apes ut onl among Ch ech ita min he broader poplar. And in bth an hey enh onthe trent etal eniy posed bye ater sens aand Other ing mes Chur shang ‘tect the ee nthe rt the jv hwo ‘etn he perched he chores eats un che wate ‘cata al he ste i on ingen eden change elt dite sh ois f Chil a ey seree mane fe lignan bk oly se Teeiranece och Euapern clang neces Bt i Ss [Ac

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