THE TRINITARIAN COMMUNION - Archdiocese of Ernakulam ...

the principle of perestroika, reconstruction, and re-structuring, that thecouncil has made of. 103Hence the need of going back to the original experience of the Early Church isour task to rebuild the Church of today based on the Triune God’s communion that theApostles experienced.3.2 Significant Factors of CommunionWhile explaining the contents necessary for Catholic communionecclesiology, Dennis M. Doyle combines different views and understanding of someauthors and the theological points of views 104 and draws some conclusions. 105 It isunderstood from his conclusions that the communion builds the relationship betweenGod and human beings and among human beings themselves. The human personwhose dignity and freedom are mostly dependent upon his interpersonal relationshipwith God and with his fellow human persons is important in society. As B.C. Butlerrightly says, “Human personhood grows towards its own perfection in thedevelopment of personal relations and particularly in the development fromrelatedness as a fact to interpersonal relationships in which that relatedness is morefully ‘lived’.” 106 The aspect of interpersonal relationship is emphasized in the biblicalunderstanding of ‘communion’ with God and human beings and among human beingsthemselves. As Joseph Kallarangatt says, “Koinonia is not a mere image or model ofthe Church. It is a theological principle which is indicative of a profound biblicalspirituality, Eucharistic centrality and internal life.” 1073.3 Understanding of Communion in the BibleThe faith of the whole Christian community in God stems both from the Wordof God and teaching of the Church. The Word of God remains the source of ourChristian living. We shall examine how the aspect of communion in the Church isemphasized in the Bible.3.3.1. Communion of the People in the Old TestamentThe Greek word koinonia cognate with the Hebrew word haber refers to therelationship of humans with other humans. G.V. Jourdain observes, “Nowhere in theOld Testament had any mention of a God-human fellowship. In Jewish literature