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    STUDIA THEOLOGIA ORTHODOXA - Issue no. 1 / 2011  
         
  Article:   THE UNITY AND AUTOCEPHALY OF THE CHURCH IN THE PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-COUNCIL DIALOGUE.

Authors:  GABRIEL-VIOREL GÂRDAN. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The starting point of any study regarding unity and autocephaly must be the study of the nature of the Church in general. That is to say, that ecclesiastical practice must reflect the doctrine of ecclesiology. The ecclesiological principle of unity constitutes the basis of church polity. According to this principle, the Church is one because her Head is one, the Lord Jesus Christ. This fact constitutes a basic tenet of our faith and refers to the spiritual unity, which permeates the Church. Although the Church is one, she is made up of numerous local churches whose boundaries usually coincide with those of the lands in which they exist. These same churches are administered independently of one another. Starting from this theological and canonical point of view, we analyzed the most important aspects of the Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Dialogue on the topics of autocephaly.

Keywords: unity, autocephaly, Church, orthodox, Pre-Council, dialogue 

 
         
     
         
         
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