PRIMACY IN THE SYNODALITY – SYNODALITY IN THE PRIMACY. REFLECTIONS ON CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX DIALOGUE

Sinodalnost i primat stoljećima su se činili nespojivi, a jaz među njima nepremostiv. Kakva je današnja ekumenska katoličkopravoslavna perspektiva iz vida odnosa primata i sinodalnosti? U ovom se radu iz naznačenog vida kratko predstavlja teološko udaljavanje, posebno Prvim vatikanskim saborom, te ekumensko približavanje na temeljima i dokumentima Drugog vatikanskog sabora, na mišljenjima uvaženih katoličkih i pravoslavnih teologa i dokumentima Mješovite međunarodne komisije, posebno iz Ravenne 2007. i Chietija 2016. godine. Rad jasno svjedoči promjenu teološke svijesti na obje strane da se primat i sinodalnost, kao dvije strukture Crkve koje počivaju na razvojima dviju ekleziologija (euharistijske i univerzalne), više ne isključuju nego se jedna drugoj otvaraju i nadopunjavaju se. Svaka struktura treba onu drugu. Njihovu kongruenciju kao pravac valja uočiti i primjenjivati, a njihovu konfrontaciju isključiti. Valja nam sve više tražiti razumijevanje primata u sinodalnosti, a sinodalnost gledati u primatu, kako bismo napredovali na putu jedinstva Crkve.Abstract For centuries synodality and primacy have been regarded as irreconcilable and the gap between them insurmountable. What is today’s ecumenical Catholic-Orthodox perspective of the relationship between primacy and synodality? From this point of view, the article briefly presents the growing theological distance, particularly after the First Vatican Council, and the ecumenical approaches related to the foundations and documents of the Second Vatican Council, the views of renowned Catholic and Orthodox theologians and the documents of the Joint International Commission, especially from Ravenna (2007) and Chieti (2016). The work clearly demonstrates the change of theological awareness on both sides that primacy and synodality, as two Church structures based on the development of two ecclesiologies (Eucharistic and Universal) no longer exclude each other, but open up and supplement. Each structure needs the other. Their congruence as a guideline should be perceived and applied, and their conflict should be excluded. In order to advance on the path of Church unity we must increasingly seek to understand the primacy in the synodality and look for synodality in the primacy