FASTING, THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD

Rev. Dr. Michael G. Azar, Elizabeth Theokritoff, Very Rev. Dr. Harry Linsinbigler

Reflecting Jesus’s own Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7)—a passage which has been and remains the standard of Orthodox Christian ethics—the preconciliar document, “The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today”, carefully balances two points:

ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC DIALOGUE

by Very Rev. Dr. Harry Linsinbigler

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Scripture describes ecclesialdivision as harmful to Christ’s flock, and something that requires correction (1 Cor. 1.10-13; 12.25).