While there is some truth to this, he certainly goes beyond Calvin when he addresses contemporary Protestant theology and claims that «Christian doctrine should be conceived, delimited, and
developed on behalf of the church's formation program.»
(5) The most urgent ecumenical dialogue between Russia and Rome today must focus
on a new generation
of Russian Orthodox thinkers: those who, having looked hard at the crisis in Ukraine and their
Church leadership's propaganda activities
on behalf of the Putin regime, have concluded that Russian Orthodoxy needs a new theory
of Church - and - state — and should
develop one in vigorous conversation with serious scholars
of Catholic social doctrine.