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In a piercing yet accessible way, Fr. Georges Florovsky expresses the Orthodox Church's understanding of her catholicity and the dimensions of catholicity in the life of her members. Common misconceptions, even those sometimes held by Orthodox Christians, are addressed. The listener's mind and heart will be nourished by Fr. George's prose. As St. Justin Popović said of him, Fr. George was an "icon on the iconostasis of orthodox theology of the modern age.”? This reading is from "Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View" by Fr. Georges Florovsky, p. 37-55. Purchase here:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bible-church-tradition-georges-florovsky/11312011600:00 Intro0:12 The Theanthropic Union and the Church6:43 The Inner Quality of Catholicity12:25 The Transfiguration of Personality20:03 The Sacred and The Historical35:45 The Inadequacy of the Vincentian Canon44:14 Freedom and Authority? A brief biography of Fr. Georges:https://www.centenaire-archeveche.org/en/george-florovsky? Georges Florovsky: Russian Intellectual, Orthodox Churchmanhttps://svspress.com/georges-florovsky/?srsltid=AfmBOoqIHp8yEU-OmRjwiFs-Ydbe9xjs7rMUS1gdI6U6vKoS1_8IOrwK? "Fr. George Florovsky on The Boundaries of the Church" by Athanasius Yevtich, bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovinahttps://www.orthodoxethos.com/post/fr-george-florovsky-on-the-boundaries-of-the-church? The Attributes of the Church - St. Justin Popovićhttps://youtu.be/JylEF69Ix28? The True Church of Christ - St. Sebastian of San Francisco & Jacksonhttps://youtu.be/OYCdb-gT-RA⛪ FIND an Orthodox parish and monastery near you: https://orthodox-world.org/https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/_______Fr. Georges writes:The catholicity of the Church is not a quantitative or a geographical conception. It does not at all depend on the world-wide dispersion of the faithful. The universality of the Church is the consequence or the manifestation, but not the cause or the foundation of its catholicity. The world-wide extension or the universality of the Church is only an outward sign, one that is not absolutely necessary. The Church was catholic even when Christian communities were but solitary rare islands in a sea of unbelief and paganism. And the Church will remain catholic even unto the end of time when the mystery of the "falling away" will be revealed, when the Church once more will dwindle to a "small flock."The catholicity of the Church has two sides. Objectively, the catholicity of the Church denotes a unity of the Spirit. "In one Spirit were we all baptized into one body" (1 Cor 12:13). And the Holy Spirit which is a Spirit of love and peace, not only unites isolated individuals, but also becomes in every separate soul the source of inner peace and wholeness. Subjectively, the catholicity of the Church means that the Church is a certain unity of life, a brotherhood or communion, a union of love, "a life in common." The image of the Body is the commandment of love. "St. Paul demands such love of us, a love which should bind us one to the other, so that we no more should be separated one from the other;... St. Paul demands that our union should be as perfect as is that of the members of one body."It is quite false to limit the "sources of teaching" to Scripture and tradition, and to separate tradition from Scripture as only an oral testimony or teaching of the Apostles. In the first place, both Scripture and tradition were given only within the Church. Only in the Church have they been received in the fulness of their sacred value and meaning. In them is contained the truth of Divine Revelation, a truth which lives in the Church. This experience of the Church has not been exhausted either in Scripture or in tradition; it is only reflected in them. Therefore, only within the Church does Scripture live and become vivified, only within the Church is it revealed as a whole and not broken up into separate texts, commandments, and aphorisms._______This channel is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ!
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