false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185916624m/1615526.jpg 1615526 1 <P>In considering the issue which has divided Christians in the past and still divides them today, a group of Orthodox theologians from different theological perspectives reflect upon the scriptural passages which single out Peter among the disciples of Jesus. Koulomzine ("Peter's Place in the Primitive Church") and Kesich ("Peter's Primacy in the New Testament and the Early Tradition"), as exegetes, read the passages in the light of contemporary New Testament research. John Meyendorff ("St Peter in Byzantine Theology") looks at the history of exegesis: how were these passages read at the time when East and West split, quarrelling about the issue of authority in the Church? Finally, Schmemann ("The Idea of Primacy in Orthodox Ecclesiology") and Afanassieff ("The Church Which Presides in Love") look at the meaning of "primacy" as a permanent, through changing, factor of "catholic" ecclesiology. <P>At a time when an ecumenical reconciliation between Rome and Eastern Christianity appears possible'but when new tensions (or are they actually the old ones?) are surging again'these studies set forth the Orthodox position of the primacy of Peter. <P>CONTRIBUTORS: John Meyendorff is dean and professor of church history and patristics at St Vladimir's Seminary; Alexander Schmemann (&#134;1983) was dean of St Vladimir's Seminary and taught church history and liturgical theology (1962-1983); Nicholas Afanassieff (&#134;1966) was a professor of canon law and church history at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Nicholas Koulomzine is a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris; Veselin Kesich is professor emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Seminary.</p> 1609390 3 1992 The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church total:5|5:2|4:2|3:1|2:0|1:0| 5 21 8 2 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:45:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:51:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 18:24:17 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:24:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 15:54:44 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 15:54:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 17:36:40 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:36:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 04 10:31:48 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:31:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 22 12:27:59 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 12:27:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 10:52:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 10:52:46 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 31 14:17:17 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 14:17:17 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1615526