Tradition as Renewal: An Old Catholic Perspective on Renewal in Church and Theology

• Authors: Peter-Ben Smit
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper argues that precisely by focusing on the continuation of tradition, Old Catholic theology is able to arrive at theological renewal, especially in an intercultural manner and in ecumenical dialogue. As a case study, this paper considers the recent dialogue between the Union of Utrecht of Old Catholic Church and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church.

Keywords

EN

renewal; mission; tradition; ecumenism; old Catholicism; Mar Thoma; intercultural theology; church history

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 70-93

Dates

published

2015-04-01

online

2015-06-25

Contributors

author

Peter-Ben Smit

• PhD, extraordinary professor of Ancient Catholic Church Structures and the History and Doctrine of Old Catholicism at Utrecht University, assistant professor of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam, associate researcher at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria, assistant rector of the Old Catholic parish of Amsterdam;

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ress-2015-0005