Christ in East and West

Communique
Christology Consultation Commission on Faith and Order,
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCCCUSA) vii
Introduction Jeffrey Gros,
Director COFO, NCCCUSA ix
Part I
Catholic and Orthodox Views
The Reasons for the Rejection of the Council of Chalcedon by the Oriental Orthodox Churches
Wilhelm de Vries 3
St. Cyril’s “One Physis or Hypostasis of God the Logos Incarnate” and Chalcedon
John S. Romanides 15
Ecclesiological Issues Concerning the Relation of Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches
Paulos Mar Gregorios 35
The Christological Dogma and Its Terminology
George Florovsky 45
Problems of Consensus in Christology:
The Function of Councils
Tiran Nersoyan 49
The Understanding of the Christological Definitions of Both (Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic) Traditions in the Light of the Post-Chalcedonian Theology (Analysis of Terminologies in a Conceptual Framework)
Aloys Grillmeier 65
The Christological Problem:
Some New Testament Aspects
M. V. George 83
The Relevance of Christology Today
Paulos Mar Gregorios 97
One Incarnate Nature of God the Word
V. C. Samuel 113
Part II
Protestant Views
Lutheran Teaching on Christology
and Its Implications for Lutheran-Orthodox Relations
William G. Rusch 127
Oriental Orthodox Christology:
A Southern Baptist Perspective
E. Glenn Hinson 147
Post-Chalcedonian Christology:
Some Reflections on Oriental Orthodox Christology from a Mennonite Perspective
Thomas N. Finger 155
The Meeting of Oriental Orthodoxy and United Methodism
Roberta Bondi 171
Does Chalcedon Divide or Unite?
A Disciples of Christ Perspective
Michael Kinnamon 185
A Presbyterian Response
to the Orthodox Agreed Statements
Patrick Gillespie Henry 195
Appendixes
Appendix 1
Four unofficial communiques from dialogues between Roman Catholic
and Oriental Orthodox theologians at Pro Oriente, Vienna 201
Appendix 2
A Working Paper from the Consultation of the Commission on Faith and Order with the Oriental Orthodox Churches
on Christological Concerns and the Apostolic Faith, 26,27 April 1985. 212
Contributors 218
Indexes 219