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The Magi Initiative: East West THE MAGI INITIATIVE : EAST WEST ⇆ TABLE OF CONTENTS OPening sessiON .................................................................................................................... 5 WORD OF WELCOme Dr. Mike Bassous, General Secretary and CEO, Bible Society – Lebanon ..................................................................................... 7 intRODUCTORY WORD Dr. Souraya Bechealany, Secretary General, Middle East Council of Churches ....................................................................................... 11 intRODUCTORY WORD His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London and President of the British and Foreign Bible Society ...... 13 message His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches ...................................................................... 19 ADDRess His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon................................................................................................. 20 CONFERenCE KEYNOte SPeeCH His Holiness Aram I Keshishian, Catholicos of the Armenian Church Holy See of Cilicia ............................................................................. 23 4 PROGRamme BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF RESPECTIVE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES Overview of pressures and opportunities for Christian communities – Archbishop Dr. Youssef Touma, Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Kirkuk ..................................................................................................................... 32 – Fr. Dr. Marjan Paloka, Professor of World Religions at Gonzaga University .................................................................................................................... 37 Reading events based on God’s Word – Bishop Dr. Joseph Naffah, Patriarchal Vicar for Bsharri, Zgharta and Ehden, Maronite Church ............................................................................... 51 – Rt. Rev. Dr. Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington in the Diocese of London ................................................................................................................... 62 BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES UNDER PRESSURE Exilic literature as a model for the Church under pressure – Sr. Dr. Rose Abi Aad, Professor of Biblical Theology Old Testament, Lebanon ............................................................................................................... 76 Apocalyptic literature for Christian communities today – Dr. Johnny Awad, New Testament Professor at the Near East School of Theology .................................................................................. 81 – Dr. Kostake Milkov, Founder and Director of the Balkan Institute for Faith and Culture................................................................................. 89 Wisdom Literature as inspiration for contemporary churches – Sr. Dr. Bassima El Khoury, New Testament Professor at Holy Spirit University ................................................................................................................. 96 – Rev. Dr. Wilbert van Saane, Professor of Social Theology and Chaplain at Haigazian University .....................................109 THE MAGI INITIATIVE : EAST WEST ⇆ Early Church models of engagement – Fr. Dr. Tanios Khalil, Dean of the Religious and Theological Sciences Faculty at Sagesse University ......................................... 114 – Dr. Jutta Henner, Professor for Biblical and Ecumenical Theology, University College für Teacher Education Vienna/Krems (KPH), Austria .........................................................................122 PRACTICAL WAYS OF ENGAGING WITH THE SCRIPTURES IN A SUSTAINING WAY Middle East case-studies – Rev. Dr. Rima Nasrallah, Professor of Practical Theology at Near East School of Theology ......................................................................................... 138 – Gergis Ibrahim Saleh, Coordinator between Coptic and Middle Eastern Churches .......................................................................................................... 142 Western European case-studies – Rt. Rev. Dr. Gerold Lehner, Superintendent of the Lutheran Church of Upper Austria ......................................................................................150 – Prof. Alexander Schweitzer, United Bible Societies Director of Global Bible Translation ....................................................................................165 CONFERenCE COmmUniQUE ................................................................. 171 WORD OF WELCOME Dr. Mike Bassous General Secretary and CEO, Bible Society – Lebanon • Your Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, • Your Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch Krikor Bedros XX of the Armenian Catholic Church, • Your Eminence Archbishop Paul Sayah, Patriarchal Vicar and representative of the Patriarch of the Maronite Church, His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Raï, • Your Excellency Archbishop Monsignor Joseph Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (and representing His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches) • Your Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, General Bishop in the United Kingdom of the Coptic Orthodox Church and President of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), • Dr. Souraya Bechalany, Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches, • Mr. Amine Khoury, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bible Society, Board members, and General Assembly members, 7 8 WORD O F WELC O M E • Your Eminences, fathers, pastors, sister Bible Societies colleagues, brothers and sisters from Lebanon and around the world – WELCOME TO LEBANON! It was about 15 months ago that I was chatting in Istanbul with my colleague from the UK, Dr. Paul Williams, who is the CEO of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), about establishing a platform whereby we could conduct an honest, transparent dia- logue among church leaders from various parts of the world, in an attempt to foster better understanding, and a support system for one another, based on God’s Word. Because of our conviction that the Scriptures – the Bible – bring churches together, we pursued this initiative to close the gap between various perceptions, using the following five principles: 1. We are all under pressure. The entire Body of Christ is fac- ing unprecedented pressure – whether this be persecution, secularism, disinterest in the Gospel message, disinterest in the Church, post-modernism’s ‘relative truth’, materialism, etc. No active Christian community can claim to be pressure-free! Hence mutual support and partnership, as one body, is encour- aged and advocated. 2. We are here to listen to each other. There is no right or wrong approach, presentation, speech, reflection, and/or discussion. We all agree that the Church has traditionally been an important ‘peace builder’ in society, and an advocate for education, equality, human rights and democracy. Therefore, listening to one another requires active engagement with our brothers and sisters, better understanding of their context, and continued uplifting of them in prayers, to achieve effective social change. 3. We are here to learn from each other. Experiences of how our communities under pressure have flourished are important lessons. The World Evangelical Alliance’s Religious Liberty Commission issued the Bad Urach Call in 2009, which states: ‘Persecuted Christians have learned truths about God that THE MAGI INITIATIVE : EAST WEST ⇆ Christians under less pressure need to hear in order to experience the fullness of God.’ Learning from one another requires humility, respect, and mutual insight. 4. We are bound in unity through God’s Word. What does the Bible message – transmitted orally, written, and compiled throughout generations in ‘the East’, and today a ‘global book’ comprising 97% of the world’s languages – what message can we, in unity, take back to our Christian communities under pressure? There is a message of hope and perseverance in faith that we can share together in unity. 5. We are gathered to discern the leading of the Holy Spirit. Despite the pressures we are all experiencing, our different contexts, the listening and learning from each other, and the unity around the Word of God, the most important requirement for our dialogue conference is to be ready to be led by the Holy Spirit. In the apocalyptic words of the Book of Revelation, “let us hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Having regard to these principles, the Bible Societies started exploring the platforms by which we could hold this dialogue conference. And here surfaced the concept of the ‘Magi Initiative’: Wise men coming from the East to ‘the West’ (at that time) in pursuit of the Star of Bethlehem, to encounter the Messiah, and to carry the Good News back to their own territories. Therefore, the ‘Magi Initiative’ is an invitation to each one of us to pursue the ‘Truth’ through this East West dialogue and take a message of hope back to our Christian communities under pressure. ⇆ The three most important initial objectives of the initiative included: • A better East-West understanding of the state-religion relationship; • Building bilateral and mutual support for communities under pressure; and • A common understanding about reading and venerating the Holy Bible. 10 WORD O F WELC O M E The invitation for collaboration with the Middle East Council of Churches came as a natural
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