“To Coin New Names”: the Imperative of Reform and the Danger of Marginalization

by Pantelis Kalaitzidis

As is known, the Orthodox Church defines itself as the church that preserves the fullness of faith and truth, deeming Christian catholicity and universality as its own characteristics. The Church’s tradition is presented by contemporary Orthodox theologians—such as Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, Nikos Nisiotis, and Vladimir Lossky—as what is new, what is novel in history and comes from the depths of the age to come in order to restore everything “once with Christ, and afterward continually with the Holy Spirit through the Church.”

Pantelis Kalaitzidis

Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis is the director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies. He has taught systematic theology at the Hellenic Open University and at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, and has been a research fellow at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, DePaul University, and KU Leuven. He edits the series “Doxa and Praxis: Exploring Orthodox Theology” (WCC Publications). Kalaitzidis is co-chair of the Political Theology group of the International Orthodox Theological Association, and an advisor to the ~Review of Ecumenical Studies, The Wheel~, and the ~Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies~.

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