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This article is the transcript of a sermon delivered by Father Georges Khodr in January 1960, on the occasion of ecumenical vespers celebrated in Paris as part of the Week of Unity. Belonging to the realm of theological and pastoral meditation, it examines the conditions for authentic Christian dialogue between separated confessions. The central idea is that ecumenical encounter requires a progressive love: first grounded in common belonging to the Body of Christ, then broadened to an intimate and communal knowledge of other Churches, and finally expressed in a rigorous dialogue excluding all polemic and sentimentality. The contribution of the article lies in its Orthodox formulation of the spiritual and intellectual requirements of rapprochement: visible unity can only come about in humility, truth, and a lucid acceptance of the reality of divisions.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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