Metropolitan Amfilohije on Love and Conciliarity Through The Little Prince

The post shares quotes from Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral's lecture "Personality and Conciliarity of the Church Through the Fairy Tale The Little Prince." The metropolitan draws on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's work to illustrate Orthodox teaching on love and community. He cites the fox's words to the Little Prince: "One sees clearly only with the heart.

What is essential is invisible to the eye," and "You become responsible forever for what you have tamed." Metropolitan Amfilohije connects these insights to the Church's conciliar nature, stating: "Love, it gathers and conciliarizes" (Љубав, она сабира и саборнизира). The post presents the metropolitan's interpretation of the fairy tale as a vehicle for explaining how personal relationship with Christ forms the basis of true ecclesial unity, where love is not sentiment but the force that binds persons into the sobornost of the Body of Christ.