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By the early twentieth century, a genuine renaissance of religious
thought and a desire for ecclesial reform were emerging in the
Russian Orthodox Church. With the end of tsarist rule and
widespread dissatisfaction with government control of all aspects
of church life, conditions were ripe for the Moscow Council of
1917-1918 to come into being. The council was a major event in the
history of the Orthodox Church. After years of struggle for reform
against political and ecclesiastical resistance, the bishops,
clergy, monastics, and laity who formed the Moscow Council were
able to listen to one other and make sweeping decisions intended to
renew the Russian Orthodox Church. Council members sought change in
every imaginable area--from seminaries and monasteries, to parishes
and schools, to the place of women in church life and governance.
Like Vatican II, the Moscow Council emphasized the mission of the
church in and to the world.
Destivelle's study not only discusses the council and its
resolutions but also provides the historical, political, social,
and cultural context that preceded the council. In the only
comprehensive and probing account of the council, he discusses its
procedures and achievements, augmented by substantial appendices of
translated conciliar documents. Tragically, due to the Revolution,
the council's decisions could not be implemented to the extent its
members hoped. Despite current trends in the Russian church away
from the Moscow Council's vision, the council's accomplishments
remain as models for renewal in the Eastern churches.
"Destivelle's study is a much needed and timely examination of the
historic All-Russia Church Council of 1917-1918--a council that
marked both the culmination and the beginning of a new epoch in
modern Russian Orthodoxy. The English translation of the council's
definitions and decrees, as well as the 'Statute of the Local
Council of the Orthodox Church of All Russia, ' along with
Destivelle's exceptional commentary and annotations, will remain a
foundational work for scholars and students of modern Christianity
and Orthodoxy, as well as for scholars and students of Russian
history for decades to come." --Vera Shevzov, Smith College
By the early twentieth century, a genuine renaissance of religious
thought and a desire for ecclesial reform were emerging in the
Russian Orthodox Church. With the end of tsarist rule and
widespread dissatisfaction with government control of all aspects
of church life, conditions were ripe for the Moscow Council of
1917-1918 to come into being. The council was a major event in the
history of the Orthodox Church. After years of struggle for reform
against political and ecclesiastical resistance, the bishops,
clergy, monastics, and laity who formed the Moscow Council were
able to listen to one other and make sweeping decisions intended to
renew the Russian Orthodox Church. Council members sought change in
every imaginable area-from seminaries and monasteries, to parishes
and schools, to the place of women in church life and governance.
Like Vatican II, the Moscow Council emphasized the mission of the
church in and to the world. Destivelle's study not only discusses
the council and its resolutions but also provides the historical,
political, social, and cultural context that preceded the council.
In the only comprehensive and probing account of the council, he
discusses its procedures and achievements, augmented by substantial
appendices of translated conciliar documents. Tragically, due to
the Revolution, the council's decisions could not be implemented to
the extent its members hoped. Despite current trends in the Russian
church away from the Moscow Council's vision, the council's
accomplishments remain as models for renewal in the Eastern
churches.
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