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Abstract
Despite the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453, the Orthodox Church continued to make contacts with the West. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Patriarchs Joasaph II and Jeremias II had ecumenical contacts and theological dialogues with two generations of Reformers. Martin Luther and Melanchthon, and later Martin Crusius, Jakob Andrеä, and their associates in Wittenberg took up the initiative for a serious ecumenical dialogue with Constantinople. Despite a sincere desire on both sides, lack of a common methodological framework in the talks did not allow for significant results. In the end, both sides did not prove insistent enough to continue the dialogue. Difficult problems for the Patriarch in the capital of the Ottoman Empire proved more important for his church.
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Ribolov, Svetoslav Svetoszarov
(2024)
"Ecumenical Dialogue between Reformers and Orthodox under the Ottomans (15-16th Century),"
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 44
:
Iss.
1
, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2476
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https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol44/iss1/5
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