Vision of Unity

John Meyendorff, in his own words, has dedicated most of this life to teaching and to investigating the past of Christianity, studying the ways in which the faith of the Church was confessed throughout the ages by the Fathers of the Church. His editorials reprinted in Vision of Unity ask the question: Can we survive in chaos and disunity? They are presented into two sections: 1) the issue of Orthodox unity in America, and 2) the basic principles of the Church structure. Throughout, the Church is revealed as a "conciliar" Church, the Church of all people, clergy, laity, old and young, men and women--the "Catholic" Church, of all nations and generations.

Fr John Meyendorff (1926-1992) was a Professor of Church History and Patristics at SVOTS, and a professor of History at Fordham University, NY. He was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1976-77), and a Guggenheim Fellow. He held honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame and General Theological Seminary, was a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and a Senior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. In 1990 The Diploma of Honorary Member of the Leningrad Theological Academy was bestowed upon him.