Communication from Father Professor Ion Bria of the Romanian Church on behalf of the World Council of Churches
Research and relations with the Orthodox Churches
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This article reproduces the address delivered by Father Ion Bria, representative of the World Council of Churches (WCC), at the second congress of Orthodox Youth in Western Europe. In the form of a speech, the text takes stock of the relationship between Orthodoxy and the ecumenical movement, identifying the Orthodox doctrinal contributions to the WCC — notably pneumatology, eucharistic ecclesiology and the notion of uninterrupted tradition — while acknowledging a critical phase in this dialogue. Bria analyses the causes of this tension: the strongly structured ecclesiological identity of Orthodoxy and the inadequacy of its own ecumenical preparation. In response, he proposes a rereading of the Orthodox vocation through a Johannine approach, centred on the cosmic dimension of the incarnate Logos, as the foundation for a renewed witness in contemporary interconfessional dialogue.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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