Conférence du métropolite Elpidophoros Lambriniadis
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(1) Cf. The Message of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the 19th Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality at Bose Monastery (September 7-10, 2011): “None of the spiritual principles and elements make sense or produce results without the fundamental principles espoused and expounded in the Holy Scriptures”.
(2) Op. cit. “… the Word of God is not simply something inspirational or influential. It is definitive and normative for the spiritual life, serving as ‘a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path’ (Psalm 119,105)”.
(3) Cf. P. N. Trembelas, Γραφ?, ?γ?α, in Religious and Ethical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, Athens 1964, p. 658.
(4) His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church”, The Vatican, October 18, 2008.
(5) Cf. Monk Moses the Haghiorite, Χριστ?ς χριστιανο?ς χαρ? χαρ?ζει (Christ grants joy to Christians), Athens 2008, p. 116.
(6) His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(7) “Scripture is the living testimony of a lived history about the relationship of a living God with a living people”: His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(8) His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(9) “Imbued with life of the sacraments and the purity of prayer, we are able to enter the innermost mystery of God’s Word”: His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(10)“Yet for this spiritual revolution to occur, we must experience radical metanoia – a conversion of attitudes, habits and practices – for ways that we have misused or abused God’s Word, God’s gifts and God’s creation”: His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(11) Cf. Archimandrite Chrysostom Papathanasiou, ? ?γ?α Γραφ? π?ντα ?π?καιρη, Athens 2003, pp. 33-36.
(12) Cf. Protopresbyter Vasileios Thermos, Ο?σ?α τ?ς πνευματικ?ς ζω?ς: μ?α ? πολλ?ς πνευματικ?τητες in ?κκλησ?α 7 (2011), pp. 444-445.
(13) His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.
(14) Fr. Dumetru Staniloae, Θεολογ?α κα? ?κκλησ?α, Athens 1989, p. 218.
(15) Cf. George Mantzaridis, Μ?θεξις Θεο?, Thessaloniki, 1979, p. 299-300.
(16)St. Gregorio the Theologian, Logos 41, PG 36,440B.
(17) His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Ibid.