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      Towards the social doctrine of the Orthodox Church: The document 'For the Life of the World' of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (2020)

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          Amongst the recent documents released by the Greek Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the one titled 'For the Life of the World', published before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, touches upon an important section of the life of the Orthodox Church, namely, the social one. As a result of the fact that, so far, there is no official document of the aforementioned Church dedicated to this aspect, whilst the Reformed Churches and the Catholic one have already issued similar documents, I consider the existence of such an article, with all its minuses, important. Moreover, it can constitute a bridge and an invitation to dialogue with other Christian traditions or backgrounds. Being aware of this fact, I have decided to analyse this document in this article to emphasise its influence and its elements of novelty and to speak about both its utility and its weaknesses. As a result of the fact that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has had an important contribution to its drafting, I will also try to present this aspect and to show how the ecological vision that he has, amongst other aspects, influenced its content.CONTRIBUTION: Considering the importance of the recent document 'For the Life of the World of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople', I will try to analyse it and to present its social relevance and meaning

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                Journal
                hts
                HTS Theological Studies
                Herv. teol. stud.
                University of Pretoria (Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa )
                0259-9422
                2072-8050
                2021
                : 77
                : 4
                : 1-6
                Affiliations
                [01] Cluj-Napoca orgnameFaculty of Orthodox Theology orgdiv1Babeş-Bolyai University Romania
                [02] Pretoria orgnameUniversity of Pretoria orgdiv1Faculty of Theology and Religion orgdiv2Department of Systematic and Historic Theology South Africa
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                S0259-94222021000400058 S0259-9422(21)07700400058
                10.4102/hts.v77i4.6545
                592505c4-3b95-479c-b67a-99846ed7e237

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 16 February 2021
                : 19 April 2021
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                Patriarch Bartholomew,The Ecumenical Patriarchate,politics,social ethics,Pan-Orthodox Council of Crete

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