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A Little Light and the Darkness will become Heaven (Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos)

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Our secularized age aims at involving us in the pleasures of consumerism. It has even turned religion into a consumer item. This is why the latter has been restricted in its functions to customs, symbols and metaphysics. Society doesn’t understand, and doesn’t want to understand, that faith in God provides meaning for the hearts of those who are struggling to live it. These days our participation in the life of the Church is limited, since that requires time. This limitation is achieved by offering temptations that recall the trials of Christ after His baptism in the River Jordan. The society in which we live shows us that it’s indifferent to darkness within the soul. In any case, it doesn’t recognize ...

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St Justin the New (Popović) on Papacy (Vladimir Cvetkovic)

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St Justin Popović’s critique of papacy is one of the most recurrent themes in his entire opus. One may detect in Justin’s view of papacy several elements, some that remain permanent in his works and some that depend on the historical context and circumstances. For example, Justin’s criticism of papal infallibility and of the papal claim to universal jurisdiction are recurrent. However, his views on the Vatican’s ecclesial policy, expressed as a critique of union, concordat or joint ecumenical activities are not a constant element in Justin’s approach to papacy. In the following lines I intend to focus on the early, middle and late period in Justin’s life and to explore the similarities and differences in his approach to papacy ...

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