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Basic Principles of the Russian Orthodox Church's Attitude to the Non-Orthodox

The twentieth century now drawing to a close has been marked by the tragedy of divisions, enmity and alienation, but in it divided Christians have shown a desire to achieve unity in the Church of Christ. The Russian Orthodox Church has responded to this desire with a readiness to conduct a dialogue of truth and love with non-Orthodox Christians, inspired by the call of Christ and by the goal of Christian unity as ordained by God. And today, on the threshold of the third millennium after the Nativity according to the Flesh of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Orthodox Church again lovingly and persistently calls all those for whom the name of Jesus Christ is above all other names under heaven (cf. Acts 4:12) to seek blessed unity in the Church: "Our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged" (2 Cor. 6:12).

• 1. The unity of the Church and the sin of human divisions
• 2. The quest for the restoration of the unity
• 3. Orthodox witness before the non-Orthodox world
• 4. Dialogue with the non-Orthodox
• 5. Multilateral dialogue and participation in the work of inter-Christian organisations
• 6. Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church with the non-Orthodox on her canonical territory
• 7. Internal tasks in relation to dialogue with non-Orthodox confessions

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