Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
A lecture by Robin Darling Young (Catholic University of America), part of a webinar series on "Eastern Catholic Theology in Action" presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Godbearer Institute.
Three features are common to all Eastern Christian traditions—philanthropia, mystery, and martyria. They appear repeatedly in Eastern Christian writing, ritual, and personal practice from the preaching of Jesus to the present. Philanthropia, God’s love for humanity, prompts the mission of the Logos to provide for humanity’s return to the divine. Mystery, which paradoxically reveals and conceals, both in ceremony and in “ordinary” time, the Logos’ saving events. Martyria is the sign and demonstration of God’s beckoning love and the replication of the “priesthood of all believers.” Dr. Young will explore these themes through examples, not only from the Greek and Slavic traditions, but also from those of the Christian traditions of the East, the Caucasus and Ethiopian Christianity.
To join us on Zoom, where you may ask questions, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hKXIgUmGSAijxzld7NqKcw
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This series is co-sponsored by the Beatrice Institute, the Calvert House Catholic Center, the Catholic Theological Union, the Institute for Faith and Culture, God With Us Online, the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, the Nova Forum, the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, the Saint Benedict Institute, the St. Paul University Catholic Center, St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church, and the Tabor Life Institute.
More info here: lumenchristi.org/eastern-catholic
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Join us next week, September 24th, for "Eastern Churches, Latin Territories: Ecclesial Catholicity and the Notion of Diaspora," with Alexander Laschuk (Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at University of St. Michael’s College). For more info and to register: lumenchristi.org/event/2020/9/Eastern-Catholic-Diaspora
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If you enjoy our programming, you can support our work by liking and sharing this video, as well as through donating to the Lumen Christi Institute at lumenchristi.org/donate
A lecture by Robin Darling Young (Catholic University of America), part of a webinar series on "Eastern Catholic Theology in Action" presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Godbearer Institute.
Three features are common to all Eastern Christian traditions—philanthropia, mystery, and martyria. They appear repeatedly in Eastern Christian writing, ritual, and personal practice from the preaching of Jesus to the present. Philanthropia, God’s love for humanity, prompts the mission of the Logos to provide for humanity’s return to the divine. Mystery, which paradoxically reveals and conceals, both in ceremony and in “ordinary” time, the Logos’ saving events. Martyria is the sign and demonstration of God’s beckoning love and the replication of the “priesthood of all believers.” Dr. Young will explore these themes through examples, not only from the Greek and Slavic traditions, but also from those of the Christian traditions of the East, the Caucasus and Ethiopian Christianity.
To join us on Zoom, where you may ask questions, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hKXIgUmGSAijxzld7NqKcw
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This series is co-sponsored by the Beatrice Institute, the Calvert House Catholic Center, the Catholic Theological Union, the Institute for Faith and Culture, God With Us Online, the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, the Nova Forum, the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, the Saint Benedict Institute, the St. Paul University Catholic Center, St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church, and the Tabor Life Institute.
More info here: lumenchristi.org/eastern-catholic
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Join us next week, September 24th, for "Eastern Churches, Latin Territories: Ecclesial Catholicity and the Notion of Diaspora," with Alexander Laschuk (Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at University of St. Michael’s College). For more info and to register: lumenchristi.org/event/2020/9/Eastern-Catholic-Diaspora
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If you enjoy our programming, you can support our work by liking and sharing this video, as well as through donating to the Lumen Christi Institute at lumenchristi.org/donate
