DIALOGUE OF LOVE This page intentionally left blank ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou series editors Th is series consists of books that seek to bring Orthodox Christianity into an engagement with contemporary forms of thought. Its goal is to promote (1) historical studies in Orthodox Christianity that are interdisciplinary, employ a variety of methods, and speak to contemporary issues; and (2) constructive theological arguments in conversation with patristic sources and that focus on contemporary questions ranging from the traditional theological and philosophical themes of God and human identity to cultural, po liti cal, eco- nomic, and ethical concerns. Th e books in the series explore both the relevancy of Orthodox Christianity to contempo- rary challenges and the impact of contemporary modes of thought on Orthodox self- understandings. This page intentionally left blank DIALOGUE OF LOVE Breaking the Silence of Centuries Edited by John Chryssavgis Fordham University Press New York 2014 Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the per sis tence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2014933701 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition Contents Foreword ix Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon Preface xiii John Chryssavgis 1. Pilgrimage toward Unity: Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem Based on Correspondence and Archives 1 John Chryssavgis 2. Breathing with Both Lungs: Fifty Years of the Dialogue of Love 27 Brian E. Daley, S.J. 3. “A Sign of Contradiction”: A Refl ection on the Meeting of the Pope and the Patriarch 55 Georges Florovsky vii Contents Afterword: Th e Dawn of Expectation 71 Walter Cardinal Kasper List of Contributors 73 Photographs follow page 48 viii Foreword Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon Fifty years ago, the historic meeting of Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem marked the begin- ning of a new era in the relations between the churches of Rome and Constantinople, and indirectly between Roman Catholi- cism and Orthodoxy as a whole. Th e signifi cance of this event can be fully appreciated only if placed against the background of a millennium branded with mutual mistrust, theological pole- mic, and, above all, estrangement between the two great tradi- tions of the Church. In the words of the late Father Georges Florovsky, these traditions are likened to conjoined sisters un- able to be separated from each other without infl icting serious damage to both. And, indeed, by following their separate and in dep en dent ways for a thousand years, the East and the West have run the risk of damaging the Body of Christ by acquiring a sense of self- suffi ciency that was absent from the consciousness of the ancient Church, which had always felt the need to seek and secure agreement on matters of faith through ecumenical councils comprising both the East and the West. East, where is thy West? West, where is thy East? Th ese ques- tions were demanding an answer, and the Jerusalem meeting ix