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The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church

John Meyendorff

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In considering the issue which has divided Christians in the past and still divides them today, a group of Orthodox theologians from different theological perspectives reflect upon the scriptural passages which single out Peter among the disciples of Jesus. Koulomzine and Kesich , as exegetes, read the passages in the light of contemporary New Testament research. John Meyendorff looks at the history of exegesis: how were these passages read at the time when East and West split, quarrelling about the issue of authority in the Church? Finally, Schmemann and Afanassieff look at the meaning of "primacy" as a permanent, through changing, factor of "catholic" ecclesiology. At a time when an ecumenical reconciliation between Rome and Eastern Christianity appears possible'but when new tensions are surging again'these studies set forth the Orthodox position of the primacy of Peter. CONTRIBUTORS: John Meyendorff is dean and professor of church history and patristics at St Vladimir's Seminary; Alexander Schmemann was dean of St Vladimir's Seminary and taught church history and liturgical theology ; Nicholas Afanassieff was a professor of canon law and church history at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Nicholas Koulomzine is a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Veselin Kesich is professor emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Seminary.

Language: English

Pages: 182

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Vladimirs Seminary Press

Release: March 31, 1992

ISBN: 0881411256

ISBN 13: 9780881411256

The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church

John Meyendorff

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In considering the issue which has divided Christians in the past and still divides them today, a group of Orthodox theologians from different theological perspectives reflect upon the scriptural passages which single out Peter among the disciples of Jesus. Koulomzine and Kesich , as exegetes, read the passages in the light of contemporary New Testament research. John Meyendorff looks at the history of exegesis: how were these passages read at the time when East and West split, quarrelling about the issue of authority in the Church? Finally, Schmemann and Afanassieff look at the meaning of "primacy" as a permanent, through changing, factor of "catholic" ecclesiology. At a time when an ecumenical reconciliation between Rome and Eastern Christianity appears possible'but when new tensions are surging again'these studies set forth the Orthodox position of the primacy of Peter. CONTRIBUTORS: John Meyendorff is dean and professor of church history and patristics at St Vladimir's Seminary; Alexander Schmemann was dean of St Vladimir's Seminary and taught church history and liturgical theology ; Nicholas Afanassieff was a professor of canon law and church history at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Nicholas Koulomzine is a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Veselin Kesich is professor emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Seminary.

Language: English

Pages: 182

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Vladimirs Seminary Press

Release: March 31, 1992

ISBN: 0881411256

ISBN 13: 9780881411256

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