Toward an American Orthodox Church: The Establishment of an Autocephalous Church
Description
The Orthodox Church is a communion of local churches, internally self-governing but united in faith and sacramental life. Orthodox ecclesiology aims at 'unity in plurality,' allowing Orthodoxy to adapt to new circumstances and embed itself in a variety of cultural contexts. But this ecclesiology now faces new challenges nationalism, communism and massive emigration to the Americas and other lands. Orthodox Christians in the West face the critical question of how to establish a local church. When Bogolepov's Toward an American Church appeared in 1963, North American parishione...
ISBN(s)
0881412279, 9780881412277
