{"id":257180,"date":"2019-10-25T20:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=257180"},"modified":"2019-10-25T20:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:14:23","slug":"patriarch-bartholomew-christianity-is-a-religion-of-love-and-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-bartholomew-christianity-is-a-religion-of-love-and-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Bartholomew: Christianity is a religion of love and dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christianity is a religion of love and dialogue, and the Church\u2019s unique contribution to our modern world is precisely its openness to meeting and having dialogue, Patriarch Bartholomew said in a recent interview with the Romanian outlet\u00a0evz.ro<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a unique and contributing element of the Orthodox Church for our time and our world, this would be the meeting and the dialogue. This is the spirit we want to convey to you,\u201d the Patriarch said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our belief and, at the same time, our hope that Christianity can be viewed as a religion of love and dialogue. The visions of the Gospel are what the Orthodox Church seeks to incarnate and support in the modern world\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Dialogue is vital especially in a country like Turkey, where Islam is the dominant faith, the Patriarch said. \u201cWhen we meet openly and honestly, brother and sister in a conversation, and communication begins with our mutual respect for humanity and our common belief in God, then we are able to break down barriers between religions and nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

And speaking of his election as Ecumenical Patriarch in 1991, Pat. Bartholomew said he understood and understands his task to be one of creating and safeguarding unity between Orthodox Churches and working towards inter-Christian reconciliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we must constantly remember in the Church is that such an inheritance is not a luxury or privilege, but a burden and responsibility, which have little visible or external reward, but only conscious conviction to care we answer, respecting and preserving a tradition and practice of twenty centuries,\u201d the Patriarch said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the Church has the same interests as society, the prelate of Constantinople said. Many have the mistaken idea that religion has its own interests and concerns and society its own, but this is mistaken, useless, and dangerous, Pat. Bartholomew believes. \u201cEveryone must work together to improve the conditions in our world,\u201d which therefore includes religions working together with society.<\/p>\n

Translated by Orthochristian<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Basilica.ro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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