This article takes its starting point from the fact, that among the churches the often quoted notion of “baptism as bond of unity” is still questioned. Especially from those churches which practice believers’ baptism there are doubts, whether we can talk about one baptism. And from the Orthodox churches this notion is questioned, because their requirements for unity are going beyond just...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2009.
This paper refers to the sacraments of Chrismation in the Orthodox Church and Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church, focusing on the perspective of the bilateral dialogue between the two Churches in the framework of the Ecumenical Movement. Chrismation-Confirmation is one of the three sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Chrismation-Confirmation and Eucharist). As it is celebrated...
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This article gives en overview on the lines of separation between the major Christian traditions and how these are linked with the question of Eucharistic fellowship. It further explains the multilateral ecumenical discussion on the issue of the Eucharist as they have been going on in the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The author shows, that it is the task of the...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2014.
Christ prayed that the Church be one “so that the world may believe” (John 17:21). The background of this thesis therefore is the wish to contribute to the efforts being made to realize this prayer of Christ. Our main concern is to find possible ways to address the challenges of diversity and uniformity to move forward in the search of Christian unity. In this context, the study of the...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2015.
The present study gives an outline on how bilateral and multilateral dialogues have used the notion of koinonia in relation to ecclesiology with a view to full visible Eucharistic fellowship. It is not so much an inquiry on the relation between modern communion ecclesiology, on the one hand, and scriptural and patristic visions of ecclesial unity, on the other. However, this comparison remains an...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2013.
The thesis “Pastoral Counselling of the sick (case study: Ecumenical Chaplaincy of CHUV/Aumônerie Oecuménique du CHUV – Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Switzerland and Religious Assistance Service of the hospitals in the Romanian Orthodox Church, Romania)” presents the importance of Pastoral counselling, a unique form of counselling which uses spiritual and psychological...
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The following paper was written as a research paper for the course of Ecumenical Theology at the Ecumencial Institute in Bossey during the winter semester of 2013/14. It was then submitted to the “Hochschulpreis des Evangelischen Bundes Württemberg 2013” and honoured with the first prize in October 2014. The paper deals with the recently published convergence document of the World Council of...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2012.
This thesis investigates the possibilities of theological agreement between the Reformed and the Roman Catholic churches on the Eucharist from the Reformed perspective. The first chapter is dedicated to the theology of Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper. It unveils two aspects: first it shows that although they have different perspectives on the Christ’s Eucharistic presence,...
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Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2015.
Discrimination is one of the most challenging issues that we are faced with in the world today. It impairs human dignity and dehumanizes individuals and particular group of people, violating the order of God’s creation. It has and continues to be a critical issue and a serious challenge for Christian churches today. This thesis aims to link the theme of the liberation for the Burakumin who are...
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Thèse de doctorat : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2010.
Our planet Earth is going through an unprecedented crisis. The current ecological predicament is such that has the potential to annihilate life as we know it today. It is a global phenomenon that concerns every human being and even the whole creation itself. The international community and many organizations have issued persistent calls to change habits and behaviors as well as the basic...
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