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This work provides a comprehensive history of the Orthodox Church
of Georgia and begins in the year 1811, which marks the removal of
the church's autocephaly. It gives an insight into political and
cultural life in Georgia as well as the persecution of religion by
imperialist and communist Russia.
This work provides a comprehensive history of the Orthodox Church
of Georgia and begins in the year 1811, which marks the removal of
the church's autocephaly. It gives an insight into political and
cultural life in Georgia as well as the persecution of religion by
imperialist and communist Russia.
Grdzelidze’s study evaluates the present state of ecclesiology in
the Orthodox Church, focusing on the history of autocephaly and its
relationship with the rise of religious nationalism. To date, the
Orthodox Church has not sufficiently addressed the pressing problem
of religious nationalism. Tamara Grdzelidze’s Ecclesial
Boundaries and National Identity in the Orthodox Church fills this
lacuna, offering a solution to the ecclesiological problems posed
by the rise of group-related sentiment in Orthodox communities.
Grdzelidze’s monograph begins with an examination of the history
of autocephaly and synodality in the Orthodox Church. As she
explains, the political autonomy of local churches in the Eastern
Roman Empire, which was later transformed into autocephaly,
instinctively carried the kernel of group-related sentiments,
whether national or ethnic. Over time, such sentiments have given
rise to religious nationalism, which has further resulted in the
inability of autocephalous churches to disengage from their
national political involvements. Consequently, Orthodox Churches
are unable to conduct a conversation on the hermeneutics of
authority. After sketching this historical background, Grdzelidze
offers a solution to this ecclesiological problem, proposing a
eucharistic hermeneutics by which the concepts of autocephaly and
synodality might be preserved from misappropriation by religious
nationalists. This proposal is centered on the principle that the
Church represents the Body of Christ and thus embraces the whole
people of God and the whole of God’s creation through the
sacramental life. Ultimately, this eucharistic mode of visioning
the Church furnishes a solution to the crisis of borders and
boundaries in the Orthodox Church.
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