<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the last century, under the influence of the theological personalism (theology of the Person), the Orthodox Church felt the need of a universal and uniform approach to different pastoral questions. Among those we find also the question of inter-confessional (mixed) marriage. This question was approached during the preparation of the Holy and Great Council of Crete. In 2016 the Great Council of the Orthodox Church, finally convened, specified and confessed that inter-confessional marriages are forbidden according to the traditional canon-law (akriveia), but the salvation of the person must be kept in mind and permission could be given in the spirit of pastoral discernment (oikonomia). The history of the Council shows the struggle for finding a balance between canon law and pastoral care, regarding many pastoral issues nowadays, including inter-confessional marriage.</p></abstract>

In the last century, under the influence of the theological personalism (theology of the Person), the Orthodox Church felt the need of a universal and uniform approach to different pastoral questions. Among those we find also the question of inter-confessional (mixed) marriage. This question was approached during the preparation of the Holy and Great Council of Crete. In 2016 the Great Council of the Orthodox Church, finally convened, specified and confessed that inter-confessional marriages are forbidden according to the traditional canon-law (akriveia), but the salvation of the person must be kept in mind and permission could be given in the spirit of pastoral discernment (oikonomia). The history of the Council shows the struggle for finding a balance between canon law and pastoral care, regarding many pastoral issues nowadays, including inter-confessional marriage.

Interconfessional (Mixed) Marriage: The Theological Dimension of the “Person” and Pastoral Care in the History of the Holy and Great Council of Crete and Related Documents

Institute for Ecumenical Research of Lucian Blaga

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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In the last century, under the influence of the theological personalism (theology of the Person), the Orthodox Church felt the need of a universal and uniform...

Interconfessional (Mixed) Marriage: The Theological Dimension of the “Person” and Pastoral Care in the History of the Holy and Great Council of Crete and Related Documents

Published Online: Dec 28, 2018

Page range: 373 - 387

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2018-0029

Keywords
Inter-confessional, mixed marriages, Holy and Great Council, Pan-Orthodox, personalism, person, pastoral care

© 2018 Alexandru-Marius Crișan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Interconfessional (Mixed) Marriage: The Theological Dimension of the “Person” and Pastoral Care in the History of the Holy and Great Council of Crete and Related Documents

Published Online: Dec 28, 2018

Page range: 373 - 387

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2018-0029

KeywordsInter-confessional, mixed marriages, Holy and Great Council, Pan-Orthodox, personalism, person, pastoral care

© 2018 Alexandru-Marius Crișan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Inter-confessional, mixed marriages, Holy and Great Council, Pan-Orthodox, personalism, person, pastoral care