Bridge-Builder between East and West: André Scrima and the Ecumenical Turn in Orthodox-Catholic Relationships

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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Formative Years in Romania (1925–1956): The Burning Bush Group
	1.1	Family Background and Intellectual Journey
	1.2	The Burning Bush Group
	1.3	Conclusion
2. The Flourishing of an Ecumenist: In the Service of Orthodox-Catholic Unity (1956–1964)
	2.1	Paris and Geneva
	2.2	India and Lebanon
	2.3	Early Ecumenical Activities (1958–1960)
		2.3.1	The Istina Center
		2.3.2	The Rhodes Incident
		2.3.3	First Meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras
	2.4	Intensification of Ecumenical Work (1960–1962)
		2.4.1	The Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
		2.4.2	Orthodox Observers at the Council: A Delicate Ecumenical Moment
	2.5	A New Beginning (1963–1964)
		2.5.1	Millennium Celebrations on Mount Athos
		2.5.2	The Meeting in Jerusalem
	2.6	Conclusion
3. André Scrima at Vatican II: Personal Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras (1964–1965)
	3.1	A Special Status at the Council
		3.1.1	The Third Session of Vatican II
			3.1.1.1	Hopes for A Visit of Patriarch Athenagoras to Rome
			3.1.1.2	De Ecclesia (September€15, 1964)
			3.1.1.3	De Revelatione (October 2–5, 1964)
			3.1.1.4	De Oecumenismo (October€1964)
			3.1.1.5	De Ecclesiis Orientalibus (October–November 1964)
	3.2	The Final Session of the Council
		3.2.1	Conciliar Debates
			3.2.1.1	De Libertate Religiosa (September€1965)
			3.2.1.2	Schema XIII (September–October 1965)
			3.2.1.3	De Revelatione (October€1965)
		3.2.2	The Lifting of the Anathemas of 1054
		3.2.3	Receiving the Second Vatican Council
			3.2.3.1	A Critical Assessment of Lumen Gentium
			3.2.3.2	Engaging Gaudium et Spes
			3.2.3.3	Reading Dei Verbum
		3.2.4	The Exchange of Visits between Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI
		3.2.5	The Aftermath (1967–2000)
	3.3	Conclusion
4. The Mother of God as Mediatrix: André Scrima’s Contribution to the Mariological Chapter of Lumen Gentium
	4.1	Mary as Mediatrix in the Western Tradition
	4.2	André Scrima on€Mary as Mediatrix in Orthodox Christianity
	4.3	Mediatrix in the Final Version of Lumen Gentium VIII (November€21, 1964)
	4.4	Conclusion
Final Conclusion
Bibliography
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