Kathodon, The Church Today, issue 10 (1995), p. 176.
In the 10th issue of Kathodon, journal there is an attempt, as spherical as possible, and examination of the position of the Church in the modern world and the problems and challenges it faces. In total, there are 14 articles published.
I. Petrou refers to the presence of Church in today’s postmodern society and analyses sociologically and theologically the way it functions within it.
N. Zacharopoulos analyses the situation that prevails in the Church and the forms of secularism and hierarchical structure that she came to know and adopts until today at the expense of its basic and characteristic element, the charisma.
N. Matsoukas presents the dynamic and dramatic advancement of the Church in space and time, stressing the role of theology.
The Metropolitan of Pergamos, Ioannis Zizioulas, analyses the theological sense of society, how it influences the identity of the Church, its structure, its ministry in the world and how this understanding of the Church as society can affect its efforts for a visible unity of the Churches.
M. Begzos examines theologically the Bishop-centrism of the Orthodox Church and the importance of synodality in its life, with references to relevant to the matter texts by Father G. Florovsky.
A.A. Tachiaos outlines the conditions under which the Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe came to be during the regimes of former socialism and the risk of secularism the Orthodox Churches face today.
N. Bougatsos presents the way of the ecclesiastical administration diachronically, detecting today the lack of participation of lay men in it and puts forward his proposals to overcome the problem.
E. Pavlidou, examining from a Roman-Catholic point of view the question of man’s salvation outside the Church, which is placed today on a different basis, explains the way and the reasons for which she answers affirmatively.
G. Basioudis, presenting the ecclesiological problem connected to the autocephalous and its declaration, refers to the relevant speculation that has developed over the last years on an intra-Orthodox level.
Father V. Thermos, in tracing the soul of the modern Greek society and the needs of the faithful, practises a self-criticism on the function of the priest in modern times and the old-fashioned pastoral providence that takes place.
The Roman-Catholic Father F. Leinung briefly presents the broader pastoral work delivered in the parish he runs in Germany and the active participation of lay men in the whole life and work of the parish.
S. Sakelion talks of the role of theology and theologians and the role of Bishops in the present and near future.
F. Steffensky describes the culture of memory and remembrance as familiarisation with the past and pursuit of heritage.
K. Zorbas presents the role that Churches and, especially, the Orthodox Church are called to play today in the effort to overcome the ecological crisis.
A. Momeni describes the position of women in the course of the history of Iran, a position divided in three basic periods when specific changes of a predominately religious character take place.