When I was asked by the editors of The Wheel to write something about the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, I thought to myself: “What can I write about the Lutheran Reformation that might actually be useful to an audience of well-educated, open, and intelligent Orthodox Christians living in a Western context, who are[…..]
Section: 500 Years Of Reformation
Is There Anything Orthodoxy Can Learn From the Reformation?
The Reformation is often presented in Orthodox circles as a disaster from which there is not much to be learned. My intention is to offer an alternative view. Using the work of Romanian theologian Dumitru Stăniloae (1903–93), I argue that there is something the Orthodox Church should learn from the Reformation and especially from Lutheranism:[…..]