Extending the philosophical approach of the reciprocity of gift, the present study belongs to Christian theology. Calling to mind several Pauline texts on reconciliation and communion as well as the underlying assumptions of a Eucharistic ecclesiology (J.M. Tillard et J. Zizioulas), this study allows itself to be guided by a Trinitarian Christology, sensitive to the interaction of Christ and the Spirit. It applies itself to show how the asymmetry of the gift does not contradict its reciprocity. Communion in the Spirit passes by way of reconciliation in Christ; the unity of communion with God cannot rule out its unity from the origin. The study also intends to show that communion, the accomplished form of reciprocity, is not the unique form of it in the life of the faithful. So, by seeking to move from dissent to consent, dialogue introduces reciprocity into the reality of the history of the church of God.
Extending the philosophical approach of the reciprocity of gift, the present study belongs to Christian theology. Calling to mind several Pauline texts on reconciliation and communion as well as the underlying assumptions of a Eucharistic ecclesiology (J.M. Tillard et J. Zizioulas), this study allows itself to be guided by a Trinitarian Christology, sensitive to the interaction of Christ and the Spirit. It applies itself to show how the asymmetry of the gift does not contradict its reciprocity. Communion in the Spirit passes by way of reconciliation in Christ; the unity of communion with God cannot rule out its unity from the origin. The study also intends to show that communion, the accomplished form of reciprocity, is not the unique form of it in the life of the faithful. So, by seeking to move from dissent to consent, dialogue introduces reciprocity into the reality of the history of the church of God.