Богословие

Современная Церковь должна стремиться к единству с другими Церквями и христианскими общинами. Такое требование перед верующими поставил II Ватиканский Собор. К главным требованиям, которые принцип экуменизма ставит перед христианином, следует причислить знание учения, богослужения и форм благочестия других христиан.

 

I first visited the excavations at Magdala in April 2012. I was fortunate to be able to see the excavations in both the Franciscan area, to the south, which had just been discontinued, and the Magdala Center area, to the north, which have continued until now. My overwhelming reaction was: Magdala is really important! It is very important for all who have an interest in the historical Jesus and the Gospels. It is very important for all who have an interest in the archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman Palestine.

 

Разговор этот не есть полемикой православных людей между собою. Это — собеседование, при котором высказываются убеждения сердца. Защитнику софиологических положений о. Сергию Булгакову уделено меньше места, чем одному из сторонников несходных с ним воззрений.

 

This book is especially indebted to Seth Brody, a Kabbalah scholar only a few years my elder, who shared with me a hometown, a childhood synagogue, a love for spiritual endeavor, and a passion for ecology. His very straightforward understanding of Kabbalah as a search for cosmic blessing and as an expression of human responsibility for Creation is what encouraged me to go beyond an academic vision of what Kabbalah means and to find a deep well in this field of scholarship.