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The work of OCDJ is proceeding on the basis of regular online seminar discussions by Orthodox Christian theologians in consultation with our Jewish and ecumenical Christian partners.
Please get in touch (info@ocdj.net) if you would like to be involved and would like the Zoom link for these online seminars.
In the autumn of 2023, we are holding a series of seminars to review aspects of the work in Christian-Jewish dialogue and theological reflection of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, considering how the process and shape of this work may inform our own Orthodox Christian consideration of similar issues and themes.
We reviewed God's Unfailing Word, written by the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
We reviewed Preaching and Teaching
“With Love and Respect
for the Jewish People”, written by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
We reviewed documents from Catholic-Jewish encounter and dialogue, including the watershed Nostra Aetate, a section from Lumen Gentium, and the 2015 document, “A Reflection on Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic-Jewish Relations on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate.”
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
The findings of the first consultations will be reviewed at a further seminar in January 2024 along with assimilating the work of Orthodox Christians who have preceded us in the work of Jewish engagement and theological reflection (as represented in our resource library).
On Saturday 3 February 2024 at 12noon EST, we will hold a public presentation and discussion of our work to date.
In the next phase of our consultations, we will give critical consideration to the contributions and legacy of key figures in Christian-Jewish dialogue over the last century.
We will review the work and legacy of the Jewish historian Jules Isaac (1877-1963) who played a decisive role in Jewish-Christian relations after the Second World War and continues to exert influence today
We will review the work and legacy of Father Lev Gillet (1893-1980), the French Orthodox Christian priest whose prophetic book Communion in the Messiah, written in 1941, presents ongoing theological and ecclesiological challenges
We will then review the work and legacy of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), the “Jewish Cardinal,” whose determination to hold to his Jewish identity as a follower of Jesus has profoundly influenced theological reflection on the Jewish heart of the Christian Church
Orthodox Christians in Dialogue with Jews is a project and working group of the Orthodox Theological Society in America (OTSA).
For more information please contact info@ocdj.net
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