Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 333 Seiten, mit CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 557 g
Reihe: Eastern Christian Studies
Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 333 Seiten, mit CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 557 g
Reihe: Eastern Christian Studies
ISBN: 978-90-429-2580-9
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
The Second Vatican Council diaries of the late Met. Maxim Hermaniuk,
C.Ss.R., provide a captivating glimpse into the public and
behind-the-scenes work of this Council Father. Hermaniuk was a graduate
of the Catholic University of Louvain, and taught for a number of years
in Belgium in the study houses of the Redemptorist order before being
named the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian (Eastern) Catholics in
Canada. Hermaniuk was by far the most active of all the Ukrainian
Catholic bishops at the Council. Much of his work was carried out
through his membership in the Preconciliar Theological Commission and in
the influential Secretariat for Christian Unity. Hermaniuk's activities
centred on his proposal to establish an Apostolic College, as well as
his call to nullify the anathemas of 1054 between the East and West. He
was a strong advocate of ecumenical dialogue with other Christians,
particularly with the Eastern Orthodox churches. His work also included
the promotion of dialogue with other faiths. In reference to the
Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was at the time severely persecuted in
the Soviet Union, one sees his affirmations of the particularity and
dignity of his Church, his promotion of religious liberty, and his
condemnations of religious and political oppression. These diaries also
reveal how the Ukrainian Catholic bishops responded to the pastoral
needs of their faithful - in liturgy, catechesis, education, mission and
ecclesial governance - and the call to renewal made by the Council.
Finally, the diaries are unique since they are one of the very few
accounts of the Council by an Eastern Catholic Council Father.
