Divisions in the Church: today´s challenges for ecumenism

This article examines the divisions among Christians by retrieving the motivations and dynamics of the historical and theological events that caused them. It proposes a rereading of such elements as a way to overcome their divisive potential for the present and the future of the Church. The text con...

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Autor Principal: Wolff, Elias
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2015
Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/teoxaveriana/article/view/14544
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Sumario: This article examines the divisions among Christians by retrieving the motivations and dynamics of the historical and theological events that caused them. It proposes a rereading of such elements as a way to overcome their divisive potential for the present and the future of the Church. The text concludes that overcoming the divisions among Christians requires an evaluation of the Christian and ecclesial identity, healing the memory and performing a structural review or the Church´s organization.