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Perspectief 2 Why Ecumenical Dialogue Matters for the Orthodox Church......................................................25 Dr. Petre Maican Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................25 Personal Deification......................................................................................................................................27 Ecclesial Deification ......................................................................................................................................30 Conclusions......................................................................................................................................................34 Learning ecumenically from each other ...............................................................................................35 Viorel Coman MA The concept of open sobornicity ............................................................................................................35 Receptive ecumenism..................................................................................................................................37 Brief comparison............................................................................................................................................39 Examples from the past...............................................................................................................................39 Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................43 Ecumenical recognition and reception in free church perspective ............................................44 Dr. Jelle Creemers Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................44 Free churches: definition.............................................................................................................................45 Recognition: individual, local church, supra-local church..............................................................46 Recognition: faith, sacraments and ministries....................................................................................48 Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................48 Eucharistic hospitality ..................................................................................................................................50 Giulia Casadei MA and Fokke Wouda MA Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................50 Cases that sparked the debate.................................................................................................................50 Present challenges ........................................................................................................................................53 Searching for terminology .........................................................................................................................54 Re-interpreting the terminology .............................................................................................................57