Conciliarity

• Michael A. Fahey, S.J.: Eastern Synodal Traditions. Excellent discussion of the idea of sobornost. From Episcopal Conferences: Historical, Canonical & Theological Studies, edited by Thomas J. Reese, S.J. (Washington, DC: Georgetown, 1989. --- Woodstock Theological Center
• Fr. Milan Savich: Sobornost -- Catholicity of the Church, (1986) --- ORI

• Fr. Alexander Schmemann: The Church is Hierarchical, (1959). SVS Quart. (3/4):36. Defending this position against the lawyer Ralph Arkush, who felt that hierarchy implicitly disenfranchises the laity and is incompatible with sobornost. --- Schmemann.Org
• P. I. Novgorodtsev: The Essence of the Russian Orthodox Consciousness, (1923). From A Revolution of the Spirit, edited by B. G. Rosenthal and M. Bohachevsky-Chomiak, (New York: Fordham, 1990). Anti-utopian apologia emphasising the importance of sobornost and mutual love.

• Doctrine is established by consensus: St. Vincent of Lérins, Commonitory, 2 and 29-33