EXAMINING THE RULES OF CONSENSUS FROM THE CANONICAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Alexander RENTEL Assistant Professor in Canon Law; John and Paraskeva Skvir Lecturer in Practical Theology, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, New York, USA. Email: arentel@svots.edu. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-1102

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2017.1.02

Keywords:

canon law, consensus, eucharistic ecclesiology

Abstract

The rules of consensus posed problems for the Holy and Great Council both prior to the council and during. This paper explores some of these reasons and examines the canonical witness for a clearer understanding of consensus within the canonical tradition. The paper concludes with a call for greater conciliar activity in order to foster a more robust culture of consensus within the Orthodox Church.

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STUDIA UBB THEOLOGIA ORTHODOXA, Volume 62 (LXII), No. 1, June 2017

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2017-06-30

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RENTEL, . A. . (2017). EXAMINING THE RULES OF CONSENSUS FROM THE CANONICAL PERSPECTIVE. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa, 62(1), 17 –. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2017.1.02

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