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ECCLESIOLOGY AND MISSION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ORTHODOX EVANGELICAL DIALOGUE

ECCLESIOLOGY AND MISSION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ORTHODOX EVANGELICAL DIALOGUE.

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ECCLESIOLOGY AND MISSION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ORTHODOX EVANGELICAL DIALOGUE

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  1. ECCLESIOLOGY AND MISSION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ORTHODOX EVANGELICAL DIALOGUE

  2. Preliminaries: a) common affirmations, views and approaches:-deepcommitment to Scripture, to the genuinepreaching of the Apostolic Faith (pure Gospel) and to an authentic life in Christ (ethics); -a «beyond confession» identityb) differences of emphasis and nuances due to historical, contextual and cultural hermeneutical keysc) towards a mission orientedecclesiology and itsdilemas in the widerecumenicalencounters

  3. The Church: its nature and purpose . An OrthodoxviewPar excellence, itis a pneumatologicalevent. Pentecostis the Birthday of the Church. Short definition: the realized communion of Godwithhumanity and creationthrough Christ in the Holy Spirit. It is a real thoughmystical/sacramental reality ratherthan a sociological, humanlyagreedupongathering.

  4. Biblical images and definitions:People of God(1 Peter 2,9) (ekklesia/qahal) covenant assembly, gathering (Dt 29,1, 9,10). Close to the word «synagogue» :exceptions Acts 7,38 use the wordekklesiawhenspeaks about the Jews in the desert and James 2,2 uses the term synagogue to define Christian community. Other images: Body of Christ united to Christ organically (John 14,16; 1 Cor 12,13, Col.1,18); temple (1 Cor 3,16); bride, new Jerusalem(Rev.21), one tree and branches

  5. OrthodoxHermeneutical keys to ecclesiology and mission. -The role of Tradition in shaping the discourse on the work of Christ whois the sameyesterday, today and forever. The importance of Patristicheritage and of liturgicaldoxologicaltheology

  6. The Church is a pneumatologicalevent but realizedthrough and in Christ. The Spirit is not separatedfrom the Son as itresthypostaticallyfrometernity in the Son. Spirit of the Son: (2 Cor 3,17; 1 Cor 12,3; Rom.8,9, Gal.4,6); Philip. 1,19). «The Church is full of Trinity» (Origen)In Christ and the Spirit, in the achievedkoinoinia of the Church, Godcomes to us and in us (life in Christ; theosis).

  7. The Church is One because Christ remains one and isholybecauseherheadisholy. There are not the memberswhichmake the oneness of the church or the oneswhosanctify the Church by theirlives. The memberscannot affect the marks of the Church.

  8. The Church, within the history of salvation is the «hiddeneternalmystery, unkowneven by the angels» (Rom 16,25; Ephesians 3,8-10; 5,32; Col. 1.27, 1 Tim. 3,16)The Church has a cosmic dimension as the work of Christ whois the Lord of the universe

  9. -In Him all werecreated and in himhold all things (cosmic Christ) Logos of God and the logoi of creation (St Justin, Clement of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessoretc- Humanbeing-synthesis and «laboratory of creation». Itspriestly vocation in the «cosmicchurch». «The paradisiacchurch…

  10. The «fallenchurch» and the mission of the Logos: theophanies to the patriarchs, prophets and even to certain fromamonggentiles (St John Chrysotomos, Gr Nyssa, Irinaeus, Leo the Great etc.Jesus Christ – the eternal Logos incarnated: the reestablishment of the whole of creation. The role of incarnation and its implications for ecclesiology . He came to bring «graceupongrace» ( John 1,16)

  11. The vocation of the Church within the missio Dei-laboratory to unity and transfiguration as preparatioeschatologica of the whole of creation

  12. The role of the members of the Church in witnessing to the good newsMissionis ontological rather than functional. It belongs therefore to the whole Church not only to some. It is not a function or an activity of a specialized group or agency. ”And you shall be my witnesses”(Acts 1,8): it is existential not legalistic. It is a criterion for authentic Christian life. It is not a luxury or an option, is not an action and activity that one may be free to choose or to opt for. It is, by grace, an ontological reality.

  13. HOWEVER-wewitness but Godconverts (Acts 2), Church growth and salvation of souls isGod’swork not ours. Not interest in statistics, success stories.- sensitivity for and respect for any local contextlooking first for the presence of the signy of the kigdomuponwhich the Church willbebuilt (oikodome)-interest in creatingworshipingcommunities as salvation comesonly in and through a community…-openness to the surprizes of the Holy Spirit

  14. Building bridges betweenOrthodox and Evangelicals: towards a new look to hermeneutical keysholisticviews and approaches (Scriptureagainst Tradition, clergy/laity, institution and charismatic, individual versus community, forensic, juridical and external justification versus an ontological change and transformation.The role of Pentecostaltheologies (Steven Land, Miroslav Volf, Clark Pinnock, Amos Young, Mel Robeck, Simon Chan, Veli-MattiKärkkäinen, Frank Machia

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