EASTERN PRE-CONSTANTINE CHURCH HERITAGE OF ALEXANDRIA
Keywords:
EASTERN, CHURCH HERITAGE, ALEXANDRIAAbstract
It is exciting to discover how the life of the postmodern Church has been shaped by the remarkable contribution of Eastern pre-Constantine Church of Alexandria. Our purpose in this article is to reflect on the
dynamic of the Eastern pre-Constantine Church heritage of Alexandria in the daily life of postmodern Church by stressing the importance of the dialogue between the Gospel and postmodern cultures. The Eastern pre-Constantine Church heritage of Alexandria is a paradigm for postmodern intercultural witness to the Gospel of Christ. In a postmodern world influenced by science, technology and social deconstruction, how do we proclaim the Gospel by respecting the inherent dignity of postmodern cultures as holy grounds of God’s work? We will address this issue by using the insights of two ecclesiastic writers of the third century, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, in their ways of dialoguing with the Greek culture of their time as the paradigm for intercultural witness to the unchangeable message of the Gospel in postmodern cultures.
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