Colloquy (religious)
A colloquy is a conversation or a debate between people of different religions or intra- religious groups ( denominations ) on religious disputes of all kinds Other designations are religiosum Colloquium, also " colloquium de religione ", "religious colloquy / defense " or " conférence religieuse ".
In a broader sense can except a real conversation even be a fictional or mythical conversation a religious discussion, and have a prayer -like form of dialogue.
- 3.1 Between Old Believers and Evangelical
- 3.2 within Protestantism religion talks
Explanation of terms
In a narrower sense, Colloquy dialogues or discussions of religious or theological champion or representative of the nascent or established religions or denominations in different conversation and forms of organization in order to clarify the respective differences and bring about a decision or an agreement that will determine and justify further action should. They provide a means of spiritual encounter and confrontation of religions and their denominations in their competition for their ( sole ) and recognition for their existence or living together dar. Because determine the religions of meaning, rules of conduct and cultural configurations of state and society strong, have crises especially in the " state-supporting " religions repeatedly clarification attempts made necessary. In the absence of universally recognized principles and arbitration instances they tried to overcome through official or private debates or discussions, the conflicts in a peaceful and spiritually and to obtain enforceable results that receive public advantage and allow the peace should, if the problem is not by mere application to solve the (state) violence tried ( Mission, religious wars, persecution of Christians, tolerance).
We find Colloquy particularly in the dissemination of missionary or the sole validity -demanding religions such as Christianity and Islam, but also in prophetic religions such as Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Buddhism or Confucianism. The current situation and constitutional situation and the nature of religions identify topics, objectives, forum organizers, legal form, organization, forms of conversation, attendees, location and meeting venues. Colloquy accompany the respective disputes from the beginning to the subsequent history of the decision. You can be private or official, internal or public events and in the context of religious management committees, governments, and of meetings of synods, parliaments, city councils or princely councils, or before worldly or spiritual rulers and courts or by universities, meetings of scholars or clergy be. monks. The fuzzy concept " colloquium religiosum " takes this diversity into account and needs for individual examples are specified in each case (see Reich colloquy, Municipal conversation ).
Colloquy of all kinds, we find since the 6th century BC to the present day, especially in areas of the propagation and the encounter of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism and Confucianism, but also in Central America as well as in the experiments, the to overcome their internal divisions or to find a form of coexistence. Peak hours are those of the respective propagation: Islam in the 7th to 10th centuries, in Judaism from 1000 to 1400 and in the divisions of Christendom after 1054 ( all eastern schism ), in the Hussite movement after 1410 and in the 16th and 17th centuries as a result of the Reformation. Intensifies they are related to the development of world traffic, mission and colonialism since the second half of the 19th century. In the 20th century, but they are changing more and more always talks of equal partners and mutual respect (religious conference, ecumenism, tolerance).
Religion talks in the Middle Ages
Between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church
Between the Catholic Church and heretics
Jewish - Christian religion calls
Islamic- Christian religion calls
- 781 Baghdad ( al -Mahdi - Timothy I. )
- 13th century ( Qarafi - Paul of Sidon )