“Without the concept of communion it would not be possible to speak of being. Substance has no ontological content, no true being, apart from communion. In this way, communion becomes an ontological concept. Nothing in existence is conceivable in itself,… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“The question that preoccupied the Fathers was not to know if God existed or not - the existence of God was a "given" for nearly all men of this period, Christians or pagans. The question which tormented entire generations was rather: *how* he existed. And such a question had direct consequences as much for the Church as for man, since… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share
“Man is free only within communion. If the Church wishes to be the place of freedom, she must continually place all the 'objects' she possesses, whatever they may be (Scripture, sacraments, ministries, etc.) within the communion-event to make them 'true' and to make her members free in regard to them as objects, as well as in them and through them… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share
“The Holy Spirit does not intervene a posteriori within the framework of Christology, as a help in overcoming the distance between an objectively existing Christ and ourselves; he is the one who gives birth to Christ and to the whole activity of salvation, by anointing Him and making him Χριστὸς (Luke 4.13). If it is truly possible to confess Christ… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share
“One of the basic difficulties inherent in the Greek conception of truth is that it implies that truth can be grasped and formulated by… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“The person is otherness in communion and communion in otherness. The person is an identity that emerges through relationship; it is an 'I' that… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“Without the concept of communion it would not be possible to speak of being. Substance has no ontological content, no true being, apart from… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“I have maintained that precisely because Christian faith regards the nothing from which the world came forth as absolute ‘non-being, creatureliness implies that death… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“The Church is not simply an institution. She is a 'mode of existence,' *a way of being*. The mystery of the Church is deeply… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“Culture cannot be a monolithically universal phenomenon without some kind of demonic imposition of one culture over the rest of cultures. Nor is it… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
