PRECISION AND ICONOMIA IN USING OF EPITIMIA OF THE CHURCH RULES
/AKRÍVIA A IKONÓMIA V UPLATŇOVANÍ EPITÍMIE CIRKEVNÝCH PRAVIDIEL/

Pavol KOCHAN

lecturer, Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Prešov in Prešov, Masarykova 15, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia, pavol.kochan@unipo.sk, tel. 0517724729

Abstract

Church always used two ways of using particular canons. Epitimia comes out of ecclesiological principle at saint mystery of repentance and it has a therapeutically character. Thereafter her using was and always is to view at condition who is receiving epitimia. We are not talking about juridical principle but about effort to really recover, let us say by visible way to confirm unity of Church or with Church. Unity is a base attribute of Church so even a communion of individual is matter of whole church communion. Saint Fathers were observing on this matter, so they were using precision or. Theirs ecclesiology were coming to the soteriology.

Keywords

Church, epitimia, ecclesiology, precision, iconomia, soteriology

(Language: slovak)

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