Category: The Ecclesiastical Institution
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Obedience and Disguised Servitude
Father Lazarus Abboud How do we understand obedience in the Church, how do we obey? Does the ecclesial institution resemble the military institution, so that the one of lower rank becomes subject to the one of higher rank? Is obedience a matter of command (receiving orders, wise leadership)? In that case, what is the difference…
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Metropolitan Hilarion and Questions Concerning Church Administration
Father Lazarus Abboud: The dismissal of Metropolitan Hilarion from the post of head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Church was announced, and his removal from permanent membership in the Holy Synod, in the session of the Russian Synod held today, where the position of Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Russia, was…
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The Nomination of a Metropolitan: Divorce.
Lazarus Abboud The Archdiocese of America became vacant following the resignation of Metropolitan Joseph Zahlawi, and the procedures for electing a new metropolitan for the archdiocese began according to its internal statutes (the Constitution of the Archdiocese of North America). It is noteworthy that this archdiocese is the only one that enjoys such an organization…