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TRADITION
&
ORTHODOXY
ST. GEORGE
COPTIC
ORTBOlJOX
cannon
OF
SPORTIKG -
ALEXANDHIA
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edition:
St. Mark
Coptic
Orthodox
• A.
Orthodox
Alexandria
His
Holiness
POI)e
SHJ~NO[fnA
Pope of Alexandria and
III
patriarch of
St.
Ma.rk See.
Conoept.
Rite.
Building .
• (.9 ...
is Dot a
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
ritual ...
of :
: its ritual
its the
recognize
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THE CHURCH
IN THE ORTHODOX
CONCEPTION
is a heavenly in the
lire,
it is
unique
in
its
only with it5elf, and cannot be seen elcept b,r indefinable. sufficient but cannot be descriped rt h
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
essence
or
beinz
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of Christ in us and
in
or
this
gift,
union
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tban
lookiug
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
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with
of His flesh and 1119 bone . Cb.urcb is the. Living Never tbink Vine, nourished and growing in Him.
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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the depth or which we enter, Communion receive. not unceasing tra.nsrigure, altercate battle,
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being isolated
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unless Christ.
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alld Where the Spirit is, there is the Church, The Cburch, as the Body the Sph it of Cbrist lives per Iecti ou.
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t6 sa),s,
personalities,
in virtue
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body in (:hrist,
JO!ln
Thomas,
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feeding
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r lesh
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of
nity of nature
there
churches
is One church,
l> •
is above
of
space
i.e.
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the
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J,
Himse ll' to
d~l,~'. to create
5 - TIlE CI:iUnCiJ,
Through adoption to the t;od,
MOTHJ':n
church we
OF Tift: l'aITHFI
1'01',eh'6
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w birth. to i.e enjoy the the
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uuceasing
unity
with
the
Bridegroom
of
Pl'UYUS,
etc ' .•
»,
through
church
motherhood says, I 7
c
we
Fatherhood
of Goj.
St Cyprian
A man
the church
as his mother»
Each church but he as
this
motherhoorl of he his
of
the
mother, in
practises
behaves
mother,
besriug
church
within
himself', others,
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thRt
man.
itsp.lf
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
OWIl
by obtaining
corrupt
sin. so that
glory bJ the
may
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
ones. he
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LIFE:
work, an invis.hle and the
f or
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
.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
zites,
its
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
hody
receives spirituality
does not ignore her actua! the reality of mall as and ritual
A.
being
the traditi()n
have their
between
trarUtion
and
the Church? What is the relation between ritual' and the Church
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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 •
ch 1 •
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(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
aeknowledzes
bel' Bricte~roomt
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
discover their
blessings
lives their
in Jesus
prayers
tn,I.e t.lle
with them
or
In Christ .. ,
By Tradition
we nn-terstand
the CI.Hll'ch
caDOUS.
come in
Tradition •..
the
exist,
can't
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attached notion,
to
its
r OI·ma.1
ceremonies
v..
opennr ss of heart
Tradition
as a. scientifie forms,
precise catalogue
of a set of definition,
coctrines,
or a dead
from orthcdox
concept
of
Ti aditlou.
in the over
e
it is mentioned banding
imitation •• verb Is
paradidomi
associated imitation
c
I
receiving
or tailing it» •
word
Paradosis
or
the I\.
but it means
biblical.lj
delivering
BDd
receiving".
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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Tradition
of
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• 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 .
disciples,
only
tbrougb
their writings
Jnt
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an [ deeds. ",
by tl-:e action of
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~
through
generatious.
in the
lID!1
chIlTch-yesterr!ay. repetition
makes it a continuity
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,
or
the church
50
Tradition ~.
Within
his
as to be a
Jillkeu
church,
as
Irenaeus+-the
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Our fajth in the l\1rssian, the Saviour of tlle world, i.e. the gospel of the church, more the" than one place, is the core or Tradition the apostle and its centre. In told his people that he had
or
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the Church
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on paper
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in order
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unto
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tradition
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011 the Old Testament passed from mouth was very strong
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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
evangelic
preach i og
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
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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
lei; not the wife rlep art The apostle Paul sayings ami from
•
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the
.Iisciples them
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by Spirit,
preserved
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Christ. the apostle Paul also of the Lord tbat which also Lord ( Kyrtos ) Jesus the same
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of
Lord
in the night
concerpinJ!
Church as that the ' or
throush
liturgies,
quoted
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from
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we repeat
conceruiug
or
the
had refused
WOJ
tradition of
is contrary
age in
spiritual
as singlug
Hours, the
( Agabt' ) etc ..• the church hears all tl-}e aspects eanons. u true
or
worship
church
is offerer} In spirit,
or
trsdition,
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examine
In
the
hy tradition,
simplicity eccleslology
study in theology.
family
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persoual worship, for it means the participation and spirit In worshipping Cod .
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or
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by the
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the
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we also
hymns,
J1ractiae the
the Church Bnildfng and all merely an art living traditions. which
we do is •
acknowledge
of architecture
or precious aecuraeely
but we receive
Thus in every kind of the Christian spirit of Traditlon. For instance, lire of the Church through
art, we meet
with
the
offers
us the
visible things tha.L help us in worship nor for the temple. but we taste iu them
011r
religious
decorations
things and Our love and fellowship with Saints . ::1- TRADITION
&
COUNCILS
which are kept by or from the
the whole Church were received from the apostles ecumenical .eouneils .
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tl'.dition.
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the Orthodox
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canonized established
list of the Fathers and their wrltings 21, their spirit and attain the patristic
FATHER'o
SAYINGS to set
CONGLRHNG
dOWIl
TRADIrION
my interpretations
along with
fOT
all the things derived from the elders, and bal-e remembered trutb.l"nlilte those who
who
I learned
them well,
the majority. I did not 6ud pleasure recount other the men's commandments from the
commandments
which proceed
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.
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I remember the events 01 those d:lyS rnor e clearly of recent date. for the things
tban
cbildhood grow up with the soul aud become one with I can, diserjbe even the place where the blessed
sat
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- 54:lorl held discourse, how be (arne in aud went out, hiR msnner of We ::In r[ p"l1'!onai Rl1J1ea ranee, th~ discourses 'Vhi.c" hf'l neliverf'd to the people. And bow he reported his intereoorse with John and with the others who had seen the Lord. how he rl'callerl their words. and what be hail bcarrf f10m tbem about t.hp, Lord, !Jis mighty works nor! His tMchiu'l'. how he Polvcarn , hl'lri receiveu those things from tbe nyewitnes,c;es or the wor.l of lif e a nr! reporte [I them All itl con f ormi tv wi tf-t th e ,c;crirtu ·e F;, Even then I listened €II,1lprly to !lhose thinlTs by the mercy of Go(1 which was g'l"Rnted to In!', maklne oot,-s or them not on papyrus but in my heart; am] by (101.l's grace I always rurninate on them truly . St. Ire Dacus 23
t I am «a lover
footsteps
or
treading
in the religions
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 .
Odgen
t" the
problem,
keep for ever firm and unmoved the tradition received by succession from the Fathers. St. Gregory
As last. we mention the commanrlmeut of St, Athonasills ~6 to substantiate c the vel')' trarJition. teachings. and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning', which the Lord gave, the Apostles preached and the Fathers kelJt '.' , •
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Tradition ghout history
&
me
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
to attain
the whole world. face this question: 'Which the chu rch had
""adr{ ?
to the apostolic
age we find
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
Bishops,
some
differences
but one shape for the worship with one spirit. All tbe apostles lived with one opened spirit
c
or
For, whereas
I made myself
of all. that I might gain the more - 28 • Whe n St Mark preached in Egypt, he spoke about Christ; and the EgJptiau'i . worshipped through
and wltb
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