Theological aspects of J. J. Overbeck’s project of Orthodoxy of the western rite

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия

Alexey Chumichev¹ 

[1] St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities;

关键词: J. J. Overbeck;    ecclesiology;    Orthodoxy of the Western rite;    Russian Orthodox Church;    Holy Governing Synod of Russia;    interdenominational relations;    Orthodox-Anglican dialogue;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturI201879.28-40

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article deals with theological aspects of the project of revival of the Orthodoxy of the Western rite which was proposed by the former Catholic priest and theologian J. J. Overbeck, who fi rst became Protestant and then Orthodox. In 1865 Overbeck and his supporters put forward the idea of creating in England an Orthodox church practising the Western liturgical rite, corrected in accordance with the Orthodox faith. Overbeck’s project sparked a wide-ranged discussion in theological circles of that time. The main idea of the followers of the project of Western Orthodoxy, most of whom were Anglicans, was the search for a true church, which would preserve the Christian doctrine from the Apostolic times in its intact state. According to the theologian’s community, only the Orthodox church could meet such requirements. The article consists of two sections. The fi rst examines the views of Overbeck and the proponents of his project on the ecclesiological organisation of the Orthodox church, their ideas about the advantage of Orthodoxy over other Christian denominations: Catholicism and Protestantism, the identity of the faith of the contemporary Orthodox church with the doctrine of the ancient church. The second part of the study discusses the ideas of Overbeck’s community about the necessity to create anew the Western rite within the Orthodox church, the supposed place of the Orthodox communities of the Western rite among the Local Orthodox churches, and the reaction to these ideas from the world Orthodoxy.

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