Jan Paweł II i Benedykt XVI a dialog katolicko – prawosławny. Przyczynek do dyskusji
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2010
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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John Paul II and Benedict XVI versus the Catholic - Orthodox Dialogue. A Contribution to the Discussion
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Dialog katolików i prawosławnych od wieków był naznaczony sporami i konfliktami. Nie można było – i nadal jest to kłopotliwe - jednoznacznie określić, gdzie leży przyczyna takiego stanu rzeczy. Jedni skłonni są twierdzić, że po stronie Watykanu, który zbyt „natarczywie” pragnął utworzenia hierarchii kościelnej na Wschodzie. Drudzy uważają, iż stroną konfliktową jest Rosyjska Cerkiew Prawosławna, która dąży do zjednoczenia prawosławia i „detronizacji” Kościoła Rzymskokatolickiego.
Katolicyzm i prawosławie „ścierają się” przede wszystkim na terenie Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, gdzie co rusz to pojawiają się kolejne czynniki konfliktogenne – zarówno o charakterze religijnym, jak i – co częstsze – mające także podłoże polityczne (jak chociażby historyczny konflikt między katolicką Polską i Litwą a prawosławną Rosją; czy tworzenie diecezji katolickich w Federacji Rosyjskiej, uznawanej przez Patriarchat Moskiewski za terytorium kanoniczne Kościoła Wschodniego).
For centuries the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches has been marked by disputes and conflicts. It was impossible, and still remains troublesome, to clearly identify the reasons for this. Some tend to blame the Vatican for its excessively ‘obtrusive’ intention to establish its hierarchy in the East. Others tend to claim that it is the Russian Orthodox Church that has triggered conflicts in its pursuit to unify the Orthodox churches and ‘dethrone’ the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic and Orthodox denominations have mainly been clashing in Central and Eastern Europe, where new factors generating conflicts are constantly emerging, whether religious or – more frequently – political (e.g. the historical conflict between Catholic Poland and Lithuania and Orthodox Russia; or the establishment of Catholic dioceses in the Russian Federation, which the Moscow Patriarchate considers to be the canonical territory of the Eastern Church).Sometimes it may even seem that the dissenting denominations do not even try to communicate. The pontificate of John Paul II was ecumenical, but it did not produce the results the Vatican would consider desirable with respect to the Orthodox Church. At present we can observe slow changes in the behavior of religious leaders – Benedict XVI and the Patriarchs of Moscow (Alexii II, followed by Cyril I). The authors of the paper present selected issues in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue during the pontificate of John Paul II and the present Pope – Benedict XVI, and they attempt to answer the question of what changes have recently taken place in the mutual relations of the two denominations, and whether the steps taken stand a chance of resulting in a permanent conciliation.
For centuries the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches has been marked by disputes and conflicts. It was impossible, and still remains troublesome, to clearly identify the reasons for this. Some tend to blame the Vatican for its excessively ‘obtrusive’ intention to establish its hierarchy in the East. Others tend to claim that it is the Russian Orthodox Church that has triggered conflicts in its pursuit to unify the Orthodox churches and ‘dethrone’ the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic and Orthodox denominations have mainly been clashing in Central and Eastern Europe, where new factors generating conflicts are constantly emerging, whether religious or – more frequently – political (e.g. the historical conflict between Catholic Poland and Lithuania and Orthodox Russia; or the establishment of Catholic dioceses in the Russian Federation, which the Moscow Patriarchate considers to be the canonical territory of the Eastern Church).Sometimes it may even seem that the dissenting denominations do not even try to communicate. The pontificate of John Paul II was ecumenical, but it did not produce the results the Vatican would consider desirable with respect to the Orthodox Church. At present we can observe slow changes in the behavior of religious leaders – Benedict XVI and the Patriarchs of Moscow (Alexii II, followed by Cyril I). The authors of the paper present selected issues in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue during the pontificate of John Paul II and the present Pope – Benedict XVI, and they attempt to answer the question of what changes have recently taken place in the mutual relations of the two denominations, and whether the steps taken stand a chance of resulting in a permanent conciliation.
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katolicy, prawosławni, Rosyjska Cerkiew Prawosławna, Kościół Rzymskokatolicki
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2010, nr 4, s. 61-84.