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Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae’s View on Laymen’s Participation in the Infallibility of the Church Cover

Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae’s View on Laymen’s Participation in the Infallibility of the Church

By: Alexandru Roşu  
Open Access
|Jan 2015

Abstract

Though Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae did not address the topic extensively, a certain view on laymen’s participation in the Infallibility of the Church could be extracted from his writings. While professing the traditional teaching of the Orthodox Church, i.e., insisting on the role of hierarchy in preserving and formulating the faith, Stăniloae alluded to a specific charismatic role of laity in preserving and strengthening the faith. The dialogue with the ecclesiology of I. Karmiris also led Stăniloae to the formulation of a personal theory concerning the limits of Church infallibility. The collaboration between clergy and laymen, as witnessed by the Liturgy, appears to be a suitable description of the manner in which Church infallibility functions.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2014-0103 | Journal eISSN: 2359-8107 | Journal ISSN: 2359-8093
Language: English, German
Page range: 29 - 48
Published on: Jan 27, 2015
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2015 Alexandru Roşu, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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