Mong Ih-Ren, Ambrose2019-09-252019-09-252016-03-0820142190-0582http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/235257"After a long life as a Lutheran scholar of church history, Jaroslav Pelikan was chrismated in the Orthodox Church on 25 March 1998, at the age of 75. His reason for moving towards the Orthodox Church was both personal and theological, but it was not so much a conversion as a return to where he believed he truly belonged. As a result of many years of historical study, he was finally convinced that the Orthodox Church was the most faithful custodian of the apostolic faith. This paper seeks to examine Pelikan’s position on Christian doctrinal development, his sympathetic and yet critical view of Roman Catholicism, and his encounter with Hellenism, which eventually led to his reception in the Orthodox Church. Though he ended his life as an Orthodox Christian, his admiration for Luther and love for the spirit of catholicity remained. "engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)HellenismOrthodoxyCatholicismProtestantismEcumenismEcumenismEcumenical MovementChristian denominationsOrthodox (Eastern, Oriental)Roman CatholicArticle