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American Orthodoxy and Parish Congregationalism

[Hardback]

by Nicholas Ferencz

Author
Nicholas Ferencz
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Gorgias Press LLC
Published
February 2006

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Orthodox ecclesiology doctrinally and historically requires that all authority in the church be expressed by the bishop. The unity of authority, based upon the laying on of hands, is the lived expression of the oneness and catholicity of the church. American Orthodoxy, however, does not have such an authority structure, especially on the parish level. This study explores the divergence of practice from doctrine in the American church. The study concludes with a theological discussion of the problematic nature of parish congregationalism in Orthodoxy. It points toward the already-realized conciliarity of supra-parish structures as the paradigm for a reformation of parish authority structures.