
Résumé
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It was during the dark year of 1940-1941 that Nicolas Afanassieff began L'Église du Saint-Esprit, this 'hymn to the glory of the Church which alone can unite, through Love, a humanity rent by hatred'. He carried this book with him until his death in1966, without however managing to give it its final form. It was his wife, assisted by one of his most faithful disciples, who succeeded in getting it published. This work is not only the fruit of a long reflection but also of a life of prayer, meditation and service to the Church. 'People generally imagine,' he once confided to his wife, 'that I write thanks to my logical and abstract spirit and my erudition. Certainly, those are very useful. But I begin writing with the blood and tears of my heart.' In these pages, we find all the themes developed by the great Russian theologian, whether in his teaching at the Institut Saint-Serge or in his articles: his vision of a 'Eucharistic ecclesiology' which he had sketched out in a greatly admired contribution to the collective work La Primauté de Pierre dans l'Église orthodoxe (1960) his belief in the primacy of Love and last but not least his conviction regarding the charismatic nature of ecclesial life. For him, the Church begins in the Holy Spirit, living through and for the Holy Spirit the gifts it receives are not granted for their own sake but with the ministry of the Church in view, in order to constitute the Body of Christ. The principle is, in effect, not one of anarchy but of organisation of the Church. The translation of this huge ecclesiological work, prefaced by Dom Olivier Rousseau, one of the pioneers of the ecumenical movement, satisfies a wish often expressed by Father Congar: that the voice of Orthodoxy be heard more often in contemporary theological research. So it is not surprising that the broad charismatic vision of the Church presented to here should profoundly echo the movements of spiritual renewal that are currently emerging in Christian Churches.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Afanassieff Nicolas |
Collection | Orthodoxie |
Parution | 27/09/2012 |
Format | 13.6 x 21.9 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 458g |
EAN13 | 9782204099387 |
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