Yannaras, Christos Truth and Unity of the Church Translated from Greek by hierom. Ignatie Trif and Uliniuc Ionut Dumitru Church unity is a manifestation of God’s grace, His charisma bestowed upon humankind: it is granted to man, just like life is given every moment, existence is granted by natural birth, the world is offered in all its splendour; all are potential gifts. Church unity is grace, charisma and the possibility for man to partake of God’s life, thus achieving existential truth and authenticity. Man enters the reality of ecclesial communion through the great, initiating gift of the Baptism; he takes part in the breathing of the body, which is Church’s praying; he is guided by the saints’ intercession, he prays with the words of their prayers… He is fed from the Eucharist chalice, the very food of thousands of martyrs and confessors of faith: the gift of Christ’s Body and Blood, the bread and wine uniting heaven and earth. The Holy Eucharist reconciles our disunited existence, our fragmented nature, our biological life as well as our spiritual life, the living and the dead, the sinful and the righteous „in a spiritual unity of thought, a single and unique soul.” Format: 13 x 20 cm; 256 p. ISBN: 978-973-136-129-1 “Theological Studies” «« back