For the Unity of All: Contributions to the Theological Dialogue between East and West

by John Panteleimon Manoussakis, Patriarch Bartholomew (Foreword)

For the Unity of All offers significant and new contributions for the furthering of dialogue and the path to unity between East and West. In this excellent example of ecumenical theology, the author utilizes the resources of contemporary philosophy in an effort to shed some new light on centuries-old debates that perpetuate the division between the Christian churches. "One of the most significant issues embraced in recent years by the joint international commission for this dialogue has been the difference in methodological and theological approaches to primacy in the Church. This book contributes to the ongoing discussion of this crucial topic." --from the Foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople "A timely and important contribution to the ongoing theological dialogue between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Father Manoussakis discusses in depth some of the crucial theological and philosophical issues that have traditionally affected the relations between Eastern and Western Christianity and throws new light on them, enabling us to approach them in a constructive way." --John (Zizioulas) Senior Metropolitan of Pergamon, author of Being as Communion "Manoussakis makes a significant and long-awaited contribution to the ecumenical dialogue between the two churches--a contribution that I expect to have a very considerable impact on the ongoing theological dialogue as well as on the academic fields of ecumenical theology in general. There is an urgent and immediate need for a book of this kind at this critical historical and intellectual juncture of dialogue between the major Christian churches. Manoussakis's intervention is patient, passionate, and prophetic." --Richard Kearney, author of Anatheism "This author is uniquely situated, linguistically, culturally, philosophically, and theologically, not so much to solve problems which have separated sister churches for over a thousand years, as to dissolve them. This book, slender as it may be, is a blockbuster." --Mark Patrick Hederman, Abbot of Glenstal, Murroe, Ireland John Panteleimon Manoussakis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, and an Honorary Fellow at the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy of the Australian Catholic University. He was born in Athens, Greece, and educated in the United States (PhD, Boston College). He is also a monastic ordained to the diaconate in 1995 and into the priesthood in 2011 (Archdiocese of Athens). His publications focus on philosophy of religion, phenomenology (in particular post-subjective anthropology in Heidegger and Marion), Plato and the Neo-Platonic tradition, and Patristics (Gregory of Nyssa, Dionysius and Maximus). He is the author of two books, editor of five volumes and he has published over thirty articles in English, Greek, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.

Genres: Theology, Catholic, Religion

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 5, 2015

About the author

John Panteleimon Manoussakis was born in Athens, Greece, and educated in the United States (Ph.D., Boston College). He was ordained into the diaconate in 1995 and into the priesthood in 2011, receiving the distinction of an archimandrite. He is a Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and he is the recipient of a Templeton Foundation grant. He is the author of three books, editor of five volumes and he has published over thirty articles in English, Greek, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

''A timely and important contribution to the ongoing theological dialogue between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Father Manoussakis discusses in depth some of the crucial theological and philosophical issues that have traditionally affected the relations between Eastern and Western Christianity and throws new light on them, enabling us to approach them in a constructive way.''
--John (Zizioulas) Senior Metropolitan of Pergamon, author of Being as Communion

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful contribution to the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue which does not shy away from the reality of the chasms and bridges that exist theologically between said dialogue. Manoussakis has a clear grasp on patristic texts which he expresses clearly and concisely in this artfully written book. Unfortunately, there are some in the Orthodox world who are blinded by their sheer disdain for Catholics. They like to say what the Fathers are saying, but they don't read what the Fathers were writing. This is where Manoussakis is different from many others. He does justice to the Fathers of the Church while also accurately expressing the views of Orthodoxy. Based on this work and his other works as well, one believes that he will be the next John Zizioulas.

[Ioannis Navera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Timely theological contributions by one of the foremost contemporary Greek Orthodox theologians to the Spirit's work of Orthodox-Catholic reunion and the healing of this temporary (eschatologically speaking) wound in the Body of Christ.