A few remarks on truth
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This article by Olivier Clément offers a theological meditation on the notion of truth from an Eastern Orthodox Christian perspective. Drawing on the words of Christ — "I am the way, the truth and the life" — the author develops a relational and personalist conception of truth, irreducible to any ideological or conceptual system. Truth is not a possession but an encounter: that of Christ, the divine Person who reveals the Trinity as a communion of love. Clément examines the ecclesiological and ethical implications of this vision, particularly through the Gospel figures of the Samaritan and the adulterous woman. The theological contribution of the article lies in its critique of the twin contemporary pitfalls — fundamentalism and relativism — in favour of a post-ideological Christianity grounded in the deification of humanity and catholic truth as a dynamic of Trinitarian communion.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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