Bede Griffiths I entered Magdalen College, Oxford, as an undergraduate in October 1925 just after C. S. Lewis entered as a fellow and tutor in

The religions of the world are meeting today in a way they have never done before. Each religion grew up in a particular cultural setting,

We hear a great deal today about the magisterium of the Church, and those who have a position of authority in the Church are even

The divine office is a system of signs and symbols which manifest the mystery of the City or Kingdom of God: A priest of my

These symbols of the Old Testament are not dead signs, they are living symbols which gradually disclose their meaning as we meditate upon them, and

Christianity comes to us with the claim to be the revelation of a mystery. Our Lord in the gospel speaks of the ‘mystery of the

A prophetic look at the unity that exists across Christianity through baptism and a vision for an ecumenical Church of the future.   In view

Image above: The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonard da Vinci. National Gallery London The birth of Christ at Christmas is a call for each

Many people have left the Church in search of God. The Church can respond to their needs by rediscovering the experience of God revealed by

The old is always dying and the new is emerging…we are at the birth of a new age and a new consciousness.   This article

A Letter to The Tablet 8 July 1978 Sir: I have been intending for some time to write an article on a new approach to

Above: The mass celebrated in the new temple at Shantivanam A letter to The Tablet 28 May 1977   Sir: The correspondence in The Tablet

Image above: The Holy Women at the Sepulchre. 15th Century icon in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.   This article was first published in The Tablet

Image above: Fr Bede thought that this image of Shiva Nataraja could serve perfectly as an image for the Holy Spirit This article was first

Above: The Rig Veda. British Library This article was first published in The Tablet 5 November 1977 The Vedic Revelation An appraisal of An Anthology

Above: The tabernacle in the chapel at Shantivanam A letter to The Tablet 28 May 1977   Sir: The correspondence in The Tablet on union

This article was first published in The Tablet 11 September 1976 In his very interesting Letter to a distressed Catholic (The Tablet 31 July) Bishop

This article was first published in The Tablet 24 July 1976 The Church in India today is seeking to enter into dialogue with Hinduism and

  This article was first published in The Tablet 1 February 1975   Until recently the Church in India has not been conspicuous for originality

First Published in Saccidananda Garland of Letters (Saccidananda Ashram 1988) The two founders of Shantivanam Ashram, Jules Monchanin (Swami Paramarubi Ananda) and Henri le Saux

This essay by Fr Bede was first published (c. 1990) in Saccidananda Garland of Letters, an occasional publication of Saccidananda Ashram (Shantivanam). The essay remembers the

Sin, Repentance and the Unconscious Bede Griffiths This article is a compilation from letters written by Bede Griffiths to his friend Dr Mary Allen in