Rola laikatu w procesie udzielania autokefalii

• Authors: Andrzej Borkowski

Title variants

EN

The Role of the Laity in the Process of Autocephaly

Abstracts

EN

The fundamental principle of the system of the Orthodox Church is the equality of the laity and the clergy who belong to the mystical body of Christ. The clergy and laity are invariably participating in the deaconia of the Church, in varying degrees and ministry, yet they are always equally among themselves brothers in the universal priesthood. According to this triple dignity, laymen participate in the following spheres of church life: ritual, teaching, administrative and legislative. One of the main conditions for autocephaly is the will of the laity. This fact should precede the process itself, by which we mean a clear declaration of the will of the laity, that is, the faithful of a local church striving to achieve autocephaly. In almost all resolutions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the 19th-20th about autocephaly of a particular church periphery there is clearly underlined the fact that the faithful have asked for it. There is no doubt that the term “believers” is understood to mean the same clergy and monks, as well as the laity. One-sided operation of one of the mentioned groups does not fulfill the above condition. In spite of this, the form of fulfillment of this condition can not be precisely defined, because it is strictly dependent on the political or other situation prevailing in a given place.

Keywords

PL

laikat; autokefalia; Kościół prawosławny; Sobór Ogólnoprawosławny; patriarchat ekumeniczny

• Publisher: Akademia Supraska
• Journal: Latopisy Akademii Supraskiej
• Year: 2018
• Volume: Rola laikatu w życiu Cerkwi
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 18-29

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Andrzej Borkowski

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2168705