Faith and Love: Shared Doctrine Reached on the Basis of the Dialogues of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Russian Orthodox Church

AbstractThe purpose of the article is to analyse the degree of theological diversity and coherency displayed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in theological dialogues with different Orthodox churches in the 2010s. The ELCF engaged in a bilateral dialogue with the Orthodox Church of Finland and the Russian Orthodox Church. Theological diversity and coherency are dependent on the composition of the delegations, in which gender balance and the chosen theological lines both play a role. The chosen theological line and gender balance are also interwoven.

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Contemporary and Traditional Voices: Reactions to Same-Sex Marriage Legislation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Orthodox Church of Finland

Exchange ◽

10.1163/1572543x-12341488 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 230-257

Author(s):

Pekka Metso ◽

Laura Kallatsa

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Sexual Minorities ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Same Sex ◽

Same Sex Marriage ◽

Early 21St Century ◽

Lutheran Church ◽

Evangelical Lutheran Church ◽

Evangelical Lutheran ◽

The Church

Abstract This article studies the debate on same-sex marriage in the early 21st century, within the two national churches of Finland, the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church. Legislation facilitating the so-called “gender-neutral marriage” came into effect in Finland in March 2017. In their official teachings, both churches emphasize marriage as a union between a man and a woman. An awareness of the rights of sexual minorities has, however, increased in both churches, and has given rise to the debate on how same-sex marriage should be perceived. While holding on to the traditional view of marriage, both churches have sought ways to recognize and affirm the position of sexual minorities. This has caused tension within the churches. As the majority church, the Lutheran church in particular faces strong pressure to accept same-sex weddings in the church. For the advocates of sexual minorities within the Orthodox Church, recognition of sexual minorities seems to be the main objective, rather than promoting same-sex weddings.

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Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard in the Context of State Censorship: Problem Statement (with a Postscript on the ‘Hostage Syndrome’). Part I.

The Dostoevsky Journal ◽

10.1163/23752122-01401007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14-15 (1) ◽

pp. 65-109

Author(s):

Irene Zohrab

Keyword(s):

Soren Kierkegaard ◽

The Other ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Problem Statement ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Lutheran Church ◽

Imperial Russia

Readers of diverse persuasions have viewed Fedor Dostoevsky (1821- 1881) and Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) as precursors of existentialism. The intention of this paper is to reconsider this perceived affinity between the two writers in the context of State censorship operating during their lifetimes in their respective countries, one writing and publishing in Imperial Russia that upheld the official Greco-Russian Orthodox Church, and the other in the Kingdom of Denmark with its State Lutheran Church.

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Christian unity: the search for ways to achieve

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/2001.18.1150 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 91-100

Author(s):

Yu. Ye. Reshetnikov

Keyword(s):

Catholic Church ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Turn Of The Millennium ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Christian Churches ◽

The Press ◽

Christian Unity ◽

Future Policy

Last year, the anniversary of all Christianity, witnessed a number of significant events caused by a new interest in understanding the problem of the unity of the Christian Church on the turn of the millennium. Due to the confidentiality of Ukraine, some of these events have or will have an immediate impact on Christianity in Ukraine and on the whole Ukrainian society as a whole. Undoubtedly, the main event, or more enlightened in the press, is a new impetus to the unification of the UOC-KP and the UAOC. But we would like to focus on two documents relating to the problem of Christian unity, the emergence of which was almost unnoticed by the wider public. But at the same time, these documents are too important as they outline the future policy of other Christian denominations by two influential Ukrainian christian churches - the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. These are the "Basic Principles of the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to the" I ", adopted by the Anniversary Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Concept of the Ecumenical Position of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, adopted by the Synod of the Bishops of the UGCC. It is clear that the theme of the second document is wider, but at the same time, ecumenism, unification is impossible without solving the problem of relations with others, which makes it possible to compare the approaches laid down in the mentioned documents to the building of relations with other Christian confessions.

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