If we renounce freedom, we become less than truly human; and if we deny others their freedom, we dehumanize them.

— Kallistos Ware (1934–2022), Orthodoxer Bischof, Theologe

Source: A Sense of Wonder, in The Inner Kingdom

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Ethical Questions, Meaning & Identity

Kallistos Ware

Kallistos Ware (1934–2022) war ein britischer Metropolit des Ökumenischen Patriarchats von Konstantinopel und lehrte als Theologe an der Universität Oxford. Er wurde durch Standardwerke zur Orthodoxie sowie die Übersetzung der Philokalie zu einem der wichtigsten Vermittler ostkirchlicher Theologie und des Jesusgebets im westlichen Raum. Heutigen Bibellesern eröffnet er einen verständlichen Zugang zur frühkirchlichen Vätertradition und einer kontemplativ-mysterienbezogenen Schriftauslegung.

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