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ORTHODOXY

ST. GEORGE

COPTIC

ORTBOlJOX

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OF

SPORTIKG -

ALEXANDHIA

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edition:

St. Mark

Coptic

Orthodox

Church 1971 Church 197ft

of los Angel ea· fT. 2

nd

• A.
Orthodox

edjtion : St. George Coptic of Sporting -

Alexandria

His

Holiness

POI)e

SHJ~NO[fnA
Pope of Alexandria and

III
patriarch of

St.

Ma.rk See.

Book :t : The Church in the OrthodoX

Book 2 : The Church & Tradition. Book 3 : The Church
&

Conoept.

Rite.

Book 4 : The Church

Building .

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What is Orthodoxy Ortbodozy

~ collection of teaehings nor or religi"ug a set of rites

is Dot a

dogmas, not is it a. philosophy with God in Jesus Christ by

or morals. the

and ceremonies .,. Orthodoxy is a new life I It is a fellowsbjp Holy Spirit, a living and ju his (faily life, and praetical fellowship

that man
through

practises

that he aeknowledges and the spiritual .May God our studies

the true faith. the living tradition

ritual ...

besto""r upoa u.s the perception of this new We in

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of :

The Church and

: its ritual

orthodox and lellowship

conception, it as with Him •.

its the

relationship with tra-lltion

House

recognize

or

God, in which We experience

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THE CHURCH
IN THE ORTHODOX
CONCEPTION

The Church kind, comparable

is a heavenly in the

and Ii,.ing soul. but

lire,
it is

unique

in

its

only with it5elf, and cannot be seen elcept b,r indefinable. sufficient but cannot be descriped rt h

raith. It is a life. revealed

It can be experienced
to say,
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Came and See •. «In O:JT OWn ~ sourees

s

Fr· Schruemann says,l

the Fathers,

the Councils. the Liturgy - we do not find any Iorms! definition of the Church anrl this is not because oJ any lack of eeelestelogical interest and consciousness, to ber-does distinct, but because the Church=-Jn not exist .part in other as such, presence knowledge, terms. is not us the an
and

Orthodox approach content of her

0:

ft·om the veTy

liie.. 1:he Church,

II

essence

or

beinz

>

Irom Hod, man, and action

the world, Christ, a

but is the very reality new !)IorJe of God's and unity,

of Christ in us and

in

in his and form, ill an

J.

creation ... She is nod's gift and man's

response and apprapl"i.tion communion

the
r

or

this

gift,

union

transfiguration. for precise

And. since apart from the. Orthodox eeclesiology

content" rather

has no meaning ... att~mpt to present 1

tban

lookiug

de6nition or forms, conditions anll modalities,

an .ioon of the Uhurch as lire in Christ

:

'THE CSDRCS, rNITY WITH con

The Church as a new life, is a unity of which man through returns to his Father's hi; ab!~illg in le ... Clldst. us

ma.tl with God. in

HoI)' Spirit, of the

Bosom by the

This il> the essence

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to Him. AnI! cv ry one tba.t hath this as Fie also is holy. Th Apostle

t f:h ristiauity is an imi.j;ati on of the divine nature .

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in the divine nature who stamped

'VI

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Ilis seA.J in tht'l Itfly

fWIll en~I'~'

d Iiv: .rance

h en we were washed

stain and Ire 18(1

from all iniqiuty .

~t, \ :yril

of Alexsurhia 5

THE CLlURCH, ROnY OF CHRIST

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'with Gon ;lwl our becoming ttl*'

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or

Christ

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saucWJ'ing

us. rleclare the noJ~ of Chrhit. of

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t The Holy :::'cripturcs

3nimaLp.d U .• 'inee

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soul revives amI moves the borly wh ieh of itself

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Tile Church The

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01 tile Church

apart

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Lord Jesus Christ. from the Pather and the Holy Spirit. Fr, John of h:ronstadit

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Jesus Christ. the Saeramental

the Head ol the Church. We. especially work in a

is the Paradise, receIving

stat!', but

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da.y by day. unceasingly

through

tbrough

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Body a.nd Blood. Tills we

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of struggle

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victories with betraying

ralls. without
80

being isolated

source of our sa.lvation.

long as we do notesclI.pe

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:1- lHE ( H1JHCH. nUInE OP canr 'f The unHy hetween spirit-al and eonjugal the one. LOrr! and His Church
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II.

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HLI.; Bride.

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The Holy Scripture subject of the creation

and the Church Eatliers of Chrlst's

aUlf

have treaterI

the

Bride at lengtli . give glory to FJim; Ior the hath prepared

t Let us be glad and rejoice

maniage herself ...

of tbe Lamb is eome, aurl His wife

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supper

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1H • :.ll sinner

t This is the milr!, of

ODC

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aml epouses bel' to Ilimself ' And what doth He give her :' a siguct ring I Of what nature? He says «Tholl
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the gar.len and he ( the

uevil ) cast thee out : behold I plant thee in mjsel

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but something

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01'

I carry thee in myself who am the Lord thee ann the wol to approach.

The shepherd carries rather I permit our nature him

no longer comes:

And so

the Lord carrieth 10

: and the dey!1 approaches

anl! is worsted,

St, John Chrjsostom

Whence it
words that

Was

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A<[flill (

to

Christ the For thus that

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had

Eph 5 ).

will it he most- certainly out of His bones

tLI~ Word ... Came down

that

the Church is lermed

to llis wife: aud

ani! flesh;

it was for this cause

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FOl"

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e is
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the Churoh could

believers

and give them empt)'itlg 13

new birth by the laver of regeneration. Himself Ior their sake ••• 4 - THE CHURCB, St. Irenaeus FULNESS

unless Christ.

Fr. Methodius OF SPIHIl'

51)'8.[4

-whete the Church is. there is the Spirit, .

domain

alld Where the Spirit is, there is the Church, The Cburch, as the Body the Sph it of Cbrist lives per Iecti ou.
!.lay, uniting every

of Chrlst, and works Ilimsetf

fuJness

is the

where for its upon

as a

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to bear the

every

as their HeR,1 and bestowing

of the Chllreh.

member

wt.o~e body, fie communicates

create Church
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to
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Dew me mbers, Spirit

nut

merely
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to

but He nestuws
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every

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of the church-the

the whole

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words,

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HOly Spirit creates

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the whole whole

elmreh,

WIt

hy collectiug
in every

the parts

to~{,thtlr is

but borne

the

is truly

present

pa It, as the pnrt

by

the whole. This is the mystery its catholicity! The of the life of the church. 8piril; its unity and

lends
», j

her

from

the

~ mllltipJicity and egoism

that is Iiahle to the Jesus

to corruption in

e from in.Iivi.Iualiem

new multiplicity. ChI'ist, so

which member

fill

are united
J)lItsOD mine and

with God in
in His .. ". I ant his

t.hat

eaeb

"Cb rist

wholeness without St. disregard member

". saying losing Clement our

"My

beloved

'IS

his personality

.
<I'

01 Akx9.tJ.I~rja says, l5
persoun.lities, but fits in with him,
8.

This

unity

dOM
upon

not

the Spirit bestows meanwhile

every

the gift which

each member

eontluues

t.o exist at!

personal

heing ,.
• As we are divided, of which rooted in some such in a, one

St. Cyril of Alexandria

sort. into wel l-s-dcfiued

t6 sa),s,

personalities,

in virtue

one is Peter,
body in (:hrist,

JO!ln

Thomas,

or Matthc"v,

we, are

feeding

On one

r lesh

D,

In brief, we say that the lle.ly Spirit

the ch ureb, arc not many create:" the Church's but there
c
II

who is the. fullness

~. so that which

of

nity of nature

there

churches

is One church,
l> •

is above

the limits many

church,

of

• t.ime" an.1 eve

space
i.e.

However

I:le creates
01 the

the
0 ue

~ multiplJCit.y 01 the persons persons

each
1")'

J,

lifO, comraunicates Hew members

Himse ll' to

d~l,~'. to create

baviJJ!; his gilts

an I pe rsnu alit 5' •

5 - TIlE CI:iUnCiJ,
Through adoption to the t;od,

MOTHJ':n
church we

OF Tift: l'aITHFI
1'01',eh'6

:LI.
w birth. to i.e enjoy the the

the tile

ne

by whicb

we

llnve

right

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uuceasing

unity

with

the

Bridegroom

of

the ehurch , through

bel' seven saeraments,

In experience cannot other the words,

Pl'UYUS,

hymns, rites and rloctrines

the
c

etc ' .•
»,

through

church

motherhood says, I 7
c

we

Fatherhood

of Goj.

St Cyprian

A man

have God as his Father, .

does

if he does not have

the church

as his mother»
Each church but he as

membrr a also with son

not only enjoy

tWa of motherhood the church.

this

motherhoorl of he his

of

the

is g-ratHied with the kindness

as ais the spirit

mother, in

practises

behaves

accordance the spirit

mother,

besriug

of love towards the

c

all meu , motherhood

J> I

He bears he will become

church

within

himself', others,

50

thRt

~ ecumenical extends into

man.

who loves infinitel y Ilves os

Ilia iunet of his church

life in Jesl1s Christ brethren. Be lives

itsp.lf

into the lives the whole

their

lives in him.
Thus, church every motherhood member ~, as lives his with the spirit

or

the.

whol De

heart loves
salvation

all mankind."
together with of in

struggles not only for ills

of incessant unity with love the whole his brethren divine grace. Spirit world at that last,

OWIl

by obtaining
corrupt

the blesslng his

Goo, but he also gathers

has become attain the fullness

sin. so that
glory bJ the

may

The is opened, creatures, as one

of the church

has

no limit, to love,

as

the

inner

sight

and the hca I't is wldonel but church also to the heavenly One

not only heaven united onr s .

the visib le and earth

Vi' ith

ones. he

Ile sees becomes earthly

llluist:

tho

beaVC\11y creatures,

as wcl]

H8 with the

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0-

THE CHORCB, A HEAVENLY

The church

LIFE:
work, an invis.hle and the
f or

is a divine and supernatural

and heavenly limits actual

0

life that surpasses

every human sensation it

time and space ", mea n while it is Irr mus,

us,

and in us, we, the humanb ..ings, and we experience We on earth ,., into eternity, but We practise

in rur

It is an entrance

it while

we

arc still on earth !

It is an eternal life, but it is a tangible reality like

.ll

~-eaities here on earth, it has its limits in time aha space! l It is a living, sacramental
spiritual laws. anrl has and invisible being, but it exists

in the visible· .. It is a society that bas its eharaeteristic.f

zites,

its

histOlJ and its earthly

being , it li fts Creator. and his of

In brief. it is the bridge be.tween earth and heaven: up man -from through existence ritual, and his boay • The living church nor does it disregard
b~)rly ••. Therefore

nay to da.y-to

unity with

God,

his

his actual life. as a man on earth, worships {~od by spirit

who has his through the through

hody

receives spirituality

traditi011 and subjection

does not ignore her actua! the reality of mall as and ritual
A.

life on earth: who place has in

being

the traditi()n

have their

the spiritu a. I worshi p . And now, what is the relatlon

between

trarUtion

and

the Church? What is the relation between ritual' and the Church
'l

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- 26--

(l) O'Brien: (3)

The Convergence

ol Traditions,

p 11,12.

(2) 1 John ~: 6 • 3 : 2 • ~ •

r. G.

4,6: 244 G •

(4) Heb 7: 19 . (5) P. G, 70 : 1144 CD, (6) Against Celsus 6 : 48 • (7) Timothy Ware: The Orthodox church, 243.
(8) Ep. to Sym 8: 12 •

(9) Bulgakov : The Orthodox Church, (10) ANF. Yolo p-

ch 1 •

. ~v ,

0'

V"

4~'.~ .~~.C_JI

(11) £ph 5: 26, 27. (12) Gen 1 : 18 . (HI) Quasten : Patrology- vol 2. p 1R2/ B . (14) Against Bear 2: 24: 1 . (15) Against Seal' 4 : 33: 44. (16) p, G. 74 : 56u. (17) Tl'catise on lTnity of Church.

Book 2

THE CHURCH

& TRADITION

THE CHURCH

8:

TRADITION
are hut two aspects we cau't for the J fe

The church and Tradition of Faith, without They are inseparable; the other, the church practises

know one

of them

By Tradition

has her existence,

aeknowledzes

bel' Bricte~roomt

His BQring IIpe"l and RlTrpts His divine

mysteries ... By Tradition

we discover the church gospel, ac<:ept it.

preset ve it, live its rules and preach it ... By Trarlition we recognize life, the
ChUNh

the sacramental

and ecelesiastieel

liturgies,

hymns. rites

etc ."
Fathers,

By Tradition

we meet with the Church Saints and

discover their
blessings

lives their

in Jesus
prayers

Christ. their wrHin5s,

fellowship

tn,I.e t.lle
with them

or

and elljr)J our

In Christ .. ,

By Tradition

we nn-terstand

the CI.Hll'ch

caDOUS.

come in

touch with it:;; holy councils

and their works He "'"

i the core of

In brief. we say t;hat TraJition

\~'jthOLlt

the ohurch . practlse her

Tradition •..

the

chu roll can't renewal,

exist,

can't

apostolic life. her coutiuual Cbaracteristtcs

nor. live with her genuinp.

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T[lE

HOLY THATlJ nON

Some look at the tr<1dHitJoal chureh what as a solid. is old simply is simpl) a worship
,

obscurant
f01"

and

retograde By

one, this

attached notion,

to

its

antiquity. mechanical without

Tradition without It is,

hjjal! and without behaviour . «ar,ti ~ and

111\\ S

obedience to the past, in a routine

understanding, spirituality» and ancient deposit!

r OI·ma.1

ceremonies
v..

spirit, literal in their view.

opennr ss of heart

. This notion presents ceremonies;

Tradition

as a. scientifie forms,

precise catalogue

of a set of definition,

coctrines,

le. a museum foJ' antiquity

or a dead

This view is too far New Testament-

from orthcdox

concept

of

Ti aditlou.
in the over
e

For the word .. Tradition ~. in Gl"e~k-as is 4Plladosis.,

c

it is mentioned banding

which does n(lt mean

I

imitation •• verb Is

Its cognate verb is • paralamhanos Thus tile past

»,

paradidomi

which means a thing

c

or delivering a thing by hand» . The closely that means

or

associated imitation

c
I

receiving

or tailing it» •

word

Paradosis

does not mean

c

or

the I\.

but it means

biblical.lj

delivering

BDd

receiving".

grneratil)D delivers Iaith and another receives it . THE TH,-I.JJITlON

or
with

CHBIST
Be prepared Spirit anrl anrl

Ghrist did not deliver his disciples a book, but men who delivered lived tuem Him, filled for them with the ir lives Uoly His saVing deed

to practise

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preach

it. This is the

Tradition

of

eb rist,
in tbcir

• the

raith once
as a gospeJ.

delivered unto the saints» 1. The apostles lived in ChI'ist and with Ghrist, written in their hea 1:t9, and printed
in their

recr iVeu

it

lives,

engraved

bshavlour .

This tradition unto their through

is a living thing, the disciples ought 1:0 de liver

ant

disciples,

only

tbrougb

their writings

Jnt

1-1150

their behaviour .• rituals in the life

in our

an [ deeds. ",

by tl-:e action of

the Holy Spirit.

of the Cl111tch ,
COll001Jt,

Tradition,
Spirit in

OrtborJo~ of Ghrist,
1t

is the

We

of

tb e [Jol)!

the Church

the

8piTit

Who

discovers

tllf~

Tradition al ways ton:onow-.

of Christ, preaerves lives and acts inspires her Ir'e

through

generatious.

This 81)irjt today of and IHe,

in the
lID!1

chIlTch-yesterr!ay. repetition

makes it a continuity

fa,fth and love, and not a mechanical Tradition is the stream

of the past 2. of the

8

of the. One Lire

ohureh,

which brings up the past with all its aspects as and extends the present and not to be perfected the church for her It is a book writteD by the church with bel' life
by history,

living prese ut, through ages, history

towards the morrow without deformation. hut continues through

with the perfect Spirit ... , the Spirit of the Iullness .

Lord Wbo acts in

Thus every Iivlug member spirit of the ecclesiastical

heart,

or

the church
50

ou~bt to belr • the himself,

JJJ

Tradition ~.

Within

his

his worship and tradition. St.

in his behaviour, he would

lose

as to be a

Jillkeu

riua in tr.e ehain of the ecclesiastical

hilDseJf Irom

b.h;toI'Y. But if be isolated his of membe rship the

or the

church,

as

Irenaeus+-the

lather

ecclesiasrleal

tra,'jti()J] "- says.

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!Uoreover. brethren,

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also ye have received

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tJ1e the

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When ye received the wor.I of t;od which

j'(l

heard or us,
the

ye received

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word of I .od, which

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the Church

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on paper

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tradition

as well as the written

one. was founded of Jcsus ,

witness

Iticharrlson

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reeliag

011 the Old Testament passed from mouth was very strong

tl.e livin~ trarHtioD

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Bruce, the professor, the University tend other,

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with paper

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it!

Paul unto

commands his others,

discipls of mouth which

1;0 the or be of

keep up with from

i;rarJitiolJs which

they

were taught either withdraw themselves

by word

everv brother

disorderly anrl not according to the tradition

bad received from us 9, TIe also charges

us to be aware of evel'.v to the elements

or

men

against

faith,

according

world aod not according

to Christ 10 •.

TnADITJON

PHESERVES THE I3IOLE is the it

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As Tradition generation

passing

or
the sa.l'

the livioi?; oauOlJicaJ

wor'[

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I would not. have beleived in the gospel. unless the voice of the catholic church eonvinaed me . St. Augustine. t 1 If we try to dismiss unworthy, element of preaching; merely a name . Tradition the unwritten that traditions
as j f they are

we disregard

thus we desdain

the important

an,1 rna I{e the

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preach i og

St. Basil The Great

is shield of the tru e e:xegises of the Holy Bib', • bhe spirit of the Bible. its mint! Ilnll concept, their sayings and the works in order by the lives of our Fathers. cerermmiesal1'i to

for we receive explained writings.

«through through

lit tJI"gics. through

rUsregard

of the local and ecumenical tried from the first centuries

councils. POI' this reason the beretlcs Tradition, to prove their heresies

that they might Iin-I the opportunity

their deformed esegises of some verses of the 801y Bible.

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(Ignatllls

or

Antiocb

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them

above

11.\1 to fast

bp:

especially traditlon

on their guard against

01

the heresies th~t

were then t.) tbe

beginning to prevail,

an,J exhorted 't.be.m to hold

. Eusebius

the apostles

or

Caesarea 1:2

t It is within the power of all. therelore , in every Uhurcb ,

who may wish to see the truth, to complete clearly the tradition of the apostles manilisted t'1rougbollt the whole world, St, Irenaeus 13

l'RAUlTION pnE$EUVES Bytr3.ditiou

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OF CHRIST the

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d.edp; and words of flhrist. but
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and apostles heard many sayings, preserved them, lived them,' but did Dot record all of them in the gospel". For instance we mention what the apostle Paul says 15: Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach gospel should Jive of the gospel ~ •
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The disciples

Lhf'l

AmI unto the marrier! I command,

yet Dot I. bnt the Lorrl,

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lrcm her husband

these

received

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.Iisciples them

awl the

Lord's commandments and apostles who heard the Lorrl

and delive rc.l t~em

examined

by Spirit,

preserved

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the cfer.fls

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says.16 «For I have received J deliverer! unto you, that the

nigbt in which receive He tbis hut

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Lord

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llis suff ering, fiY"ios " hen; Jesus.

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did receive rlelivererl many direct by the Lor.l v.sions

concerpinJ!
Church as that the ' or

The apostle deed was

a.nd revelation, the

but this What the

throush

is wonderfn L is that the anclent

Truditiun of St. B~ppoJytas

liturgies,
quoted

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Tradition

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and Ctuist.iao eurrleulam

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received (par.lm_no)

Jesus Christ

the Lord, walk ye ill Dim» •

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receiver!

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how )'ou ought

to Vi'llk

and to please
t;

God ~ • In the name of our LOrd whieb they

And we charge you, brethren,

yVI1

Jesus Christ, th.t

withdraw

yourselves from every brother

walking disorderly and bot according to the tfaditjoll

have received of us » •
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The things whieh you. have both l~.rne.d and received and

heard and 3ecn i. me, these do ye ••

Thus the apostle declared that

contain the whole spiritual

his ,vritings alone did nob

in Jesus Christ.

and ethical scheme

but the chureh must keep what she had reeelved Qrally Ind ,.haa

seen in the disciples all a part of tbe ecclesiastical ullditlon,

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1 - TRAnITIO;-': & LIrrHGY

Tradition off'ers us the Iiturgies of Baptism. element EuchaJ'ist . .Marriage etc ... as a living and essential worship, which is offered in the name by the Holy Spirit. If this worship declare the spirit of our salvation, growth, of the. church it will

of the whole community which we ac/mowJedge the mjstery the continual

is offerer} In spirit,

or

trsdition,

through in our hirtb,

the work of the Holy Trinity

We. practise
examine

accept the new

and enjoy the fellowship oLber words, through the

with saints. the participatiou of heart, m all the liturgy touch

to

In
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service, which we received depth, through theologians etc •••

hy tradition,
simplicity eccleslology

the faithful muriology

what the eschatoloj Y

study in theology.

2 - TRADITION & !lITE

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family

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things and Our love and fellowship with Saints . ::1- TRADITION
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COUNCILS
which are kept by or from the

St· Augustine says that all th e traditions

the whole Church were received from the apostles ecumenical .eouneils .
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tbe dogmatic teaching

tl'.dition.

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very organ or the Church's of the Holy Spirit 19.

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of certain the wind process of

tv he recited and kept in iuin.], but truth which must truly shape the We assure

• it is a Jivillg

of the Church and

the difficult alll1 creative

• entering into the Truth» 20 . 4 - l'RADIT[Qr\ The writings represent

Cllllrch &

FA 1'0 EnS collectively of them

and sayings of the Church Fathers of ChUlch Tradition.

reason

a part

Yet anyone Church

.lone cannot eomprehend the Truth in its fullness as the wbole

does. For this

the Orthodox

hILS never

canonized established

patristic theology a compulsory

in its eVer_)' word and has not even mind

list of the Fathers and their wrltings 21, their spirit and attain the patristic

She asks us to penetrate THE

FATHER'o

SAYINGS to set

CONGLRHNG
dOWIl

TRADIrION
my interpretations

1 will not hesitate

along with
fOT

all the things derived from the elders, and bal-e remembered trutb.l"nlilte those who
who

I learned

them well of their not Lord in

them well,

anti am confident leach givee the truth; but the by truth

the majority. I did not 6ud pleasure recount other the men's commandments from the

in those who in those

have most to say but in those who recount commandments

commandments

which proceed

itself. -.. For

I did not suppose that what I cou IrI get from books woul t! be so helpful to me as what came from a living anti abiditlg voice.
J aplas 22

I remember the events 01 those d:lyS rnor e clearly of recent date. for the things

tban

those [Yom it. So

that baTe been learned Polyaarp

cbildhood grow up with the soul aud become one with I can, diserjbe even the place where the blessed

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St. Cyril of Alexflllllrla24

As the teaching of the church. transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaininz ill the churches to the present day. is still preserved, that alone is to he accepted as troth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastieal and apestolieal tra,lition .

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t If our reasoning be fouud unequel

t" the

problem,

keep for ever firm and unmoved the tradition received by succession from the Fathers. St. Gregory

we must which we of Nyssa 25

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Tradition ghout history

&

ECCLESIASTICAL ECUMENICAL MOVEME:NT 27

is the

me

of the Holy Spirit in the church

throu-

It neither

becomes old nor aged. It fits every age. throngh their seudles of the ecumenical church ill What is the true Traditioa in the whole

The theologians, movement aiming

to attain

the unity of the catholic

the whole world. face this question: 'Which the chu rch had
""adr{ ?

received to liYe its rules

If we return church traditions traditions For this

'J

to the apostolic

age we find

• many But all our

local these

that afford varities of culture. Lord. and one aim, Le-, Bishops were did

have one mind. that is the mind of Christ: reason Alexa.ndrian not

one spirit. salntion. hesltate in iu one in

i e-, the Spirit of the participating

'With Roman. Antioch, Jerusalem's even H there

Bishops,

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some

differences

the dEtails or the rites or traditions. For

all of them recei'Yed

but one shape for the worship with one spirit. All tbe apostles lived with one opened spirit
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preaching. the sf\rVant

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I was free as to all.

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the One but of

their

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in true apostolic spirit,

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lights during worship

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which declares th at Christ is the
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arts were clearly shown in making theirs. Thus, although every local her church rites, the Orthodox Ghrjstians in the whole tradition as a living truth, expresses hymns, tbis faith by her saCTed vestments of the Church. of tra Htions. in details of the unit), and world but

have unity of faith and preserve liturgical

own language, etc .• · without

dismissing the unity or Faith- The church the universal heavenly character

localitJ has Dot hidden,

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Alexandria.

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Fathers, Jl 21,

Tradition

: Old & New. p 37 •

1. : 5 •

(1) 2 Tbess 2: 15.

(8) 2 10 U' ; 3 In 13. 14 : 1 Cor 11 . H4 • Tit

(9) 2 Thsss

a : ti .
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(IS) At:v. Hear 3 : 3: 1 .

(14) Ja 21 : 25. (15) 1 Cor 9 : 14 ; 7 : 10.

(16) 2 Gor 11 : 28 •
(1'1) Fcottish Journal

of Theology 8( 1950). P 180.

(18) Col 2: 6:
(2U) ibid 23,

1 Tht'ss 4 :

r.

2 Thefis 3 : 6, Phil 4: ~ .

(19) 0' Brien. p 23 .

24 •

(21) ibid 24, (22) Eus. U. E .3 : 39 : 3. (2R) ibid 5: 20: 4-'1 . (24) QI)8sten (25) ibid 285. (26) Ep. to Serapion 1 : 28 . . (27) Meyendorff : Orthodoxy & f:atholici'y
: Patrology-

vol 3, p 156.

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