THE MORAL ESSENCE OF THE PASTOR IN THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION

Abstract

article reveals the moral orientation of the Eastern Christian idea of pastoral care. The article emphasizes that pastoral care, as a sacrificial form of priestly ministry for the benefit of a religious community, implies a pastor of the existence of a complex of moral virtues, which distinguish it from the general mass of believers, and serve as a model for imitation in the practice of the system of Christian values.

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Ірина Ломачинська

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Ірина Ломачинська (2017). THE MORAL ESSENCE OF THE PASTOR IN THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION. Вісник Львівського університету, 14(), 50-56. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-450122