Scripture, Law, Bishop, Council -
How does the Church Voice Authority?
A one-day Orthodox Christian Conference and Symposium
Admission free – all are Welcome
Saturday,
October 6, 2012
Trinity College of
the University of Toronto
George Ignatieff Auditorium
(15 Devonshire Place . Near Queen’s Par
SPONSORS:
St. Mark`s Orthodox Fellowship. Tel.
(416) 505–4876.Email:
smofonline.org
and
Trinity College Orthodox Studies
Program
9:00-9:30: Doors open, registration, book
display, coffee servic
9:30-9:35: Welcome and official
opening
Very
Rev. Prof. David Neelands, Dean, Trinity College Faculty of Divinity
Dr.Raouf Edward, President of St. Mark`s
Orthodox Fellowship- Canada
9:35-9:45:
Introduction: the
theme of today’s Symposium
Prof. Richard
Schneider, Co-ordinator, Trinity College Orthodox Studies Program
9:45-10:30: Law in Scripture – Old and New?
Maria
Simakova, M.A., M.Th ABD (St. Vladimir’s Seminary), Ph.D. cand. (Trinity)
10:30-11:15: Scripture in Church Law
Dr.
David Wagschal, M.Div. (St. Vladimir’s Seminary), Ph.D. (Durham University)
11:15-12:30: Iconography of The Word - Bishop, Council,
Scripture.
Prof. Richard Schneider, Co-ordinator, Trinity College Orthodox
Studies Program
12:30-1:30: lunch and book display .
1:30-2:30: Scripture, Law, Bishop in the Oriental Orthodox Tradition
The
Nomocanon of the Coptic Church compiled by Al SAFI IBN AL-‘ASSAL: its strength
and its weakness
. Prof.George
Bebawi, Em. Dir. of Studies, Cambridge Institute for Christian Orthodox Studies
2:30-3:00:
The Perfect Law, the Law of Liberty
Fouad
Youssef, Editor, Word of Life magazine
3:00-4:30: Open-Floor Discussion and Debate on the Issue
Moderators: Very Rev. Prof. David Neelands, Dean, Trinity College
Faculty of Divinity
and Margaret Fleck Professor of Anglican Studies